Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24
LOCAL ITEMS


Miss Edna Halferty, substitute. is
assisting at window work in the post
Office.
DR.. Gault removed tonsils for =
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tuck
wood last week.
Clyde Dimmick, young man of
this city, is in Chicago for medical
and surgical attention
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wieland an
nounce the birth Of daughter, Mar
garet LaVon, May IT,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Abrams have
moved into their remodeled home on
the east side of Ryland park.
DoWner Kllby, former buttermaker
for B. & D., is now in charge of a
large cannery at Reesville, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson enter
tanned friends at cards followed bv
refreshments Thursday evening.
Lother Reidel of Galena, telegraph
man, was at the depot last week re-
lieying Bob Grilley, who was sick.
Mrs. L. BETTER, Dist Organizer for
the Beavers, was in MOntfort Friday
attending lodge meeting and ban
quet
Miss Iona Aupperle was in Mount
Hope last week to assist in the care
OF her sister, Mrs. James Breese, who
was i'll.
Mrs. Elmer Pohle and son, Junior.
of Bloomington, went to Appleton
Saturday to visit at the parental
Retza home.
Mrs Fred Granville and daughter,
Jean, spent the weekend at Montfort.
Mrs. I. Sillbeck was Fennimore
caller Friday.
Miss Abbe Phelps had the bad luck
to fall one day the fOrepart of last
week, and fracture her left wrist DR..
Godfrey set the break.
Mrs Matte Richardson and mother
Mrs. Schuster, have moved here from
Platteville. They have taken quar-
tcrs in the F. Durni residence.
Melville Riley Of Mt. Ida and Ce-
celia Spenser of Fennimore were
married Wednesday in the Congrega-
tional church by Rev. Arhelger.
Mrs. Will Gard and children of
Cobb, returned home Wednesday fol-
lowing a visit with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Williams.
Mrs. NJ A. Bennett, proprietress Of
the E. Maple st. restaurant for the
past year. has sold the place to Ed.
Diamond of Rio. Possession will be
given June 18th.
Mrs. Andrew Foster went to Living
ston Thursday to visit her grand
daughter, Mrs. Floyd Dolphin, who
was Helen Coombs of Arthur before
her recent marriage to Mr.. Dolphin.
Fred Stone and Roy Steele, local
musicians Of note, went to Eastman
Thursday to play for dance. They
returned Friday to play for the legion
dance here
District Rebekah officers elected at
the Bloomington convention are:
Pres, Mrs. Gertrude Dixon, Cuba;
" P, Mrs. H. Cooley, Bloomington;
Sec, Elva Dyer, Lancaster; Warden,
Mrs Fred Dugdale, Platteville.
Mrs Harvey Foster went to Mad
ison Wednesday for further treatment
for her right eye from Dr. Dwight.
For time the member was badly
swollen and the sight impaired froIn
some mysterious infection. 1t is much
better now.
committee of the city council has
under consideration the opening of w.
Cherry ST. between Polk and Taylor.
This will require the moving Of the
Lambert Groenier cottage formerly
occupied by Robt. Burgess, sixty feet
south of its present location.
Supt Of Streets Mccarthy and gang
OF ten men are at work on the Ian
caster streets They are laying
macadam on the depot street for two
blocks, having first scraped several
tons of mud off the old surface. The
plan is to grade and smooth up every
street in the city this summer
b. A. Ingebritson of BarabOo, spec
ial agent for the Royal Insurance Co,
dealing with farmers, was here last
week comforting with Chas. klarman,
local agent. Mr.. Ingebritson was en-
thusiastic over Grant county and sald
that nowhere in the state were crop
conditions as we'll along as in this
county. He travels all over Wlscon-
sin.
Joseph Walker, octogenarian Of
this city has a unique neck pin OF
an amethyst set in rhinestones. The
pin was made over a hundred years
ago by an ancestral jeweler in DERBY,
England, and was one of the keep
sakes left by Mrs. Walker. Mi.
Walker intends to send the pin to
young woman relative of his wires III
England.
G. w. Gardner Darlington, has been
appointed managers of the Farmer
Telephone Co. George Peterson re.
signs the bookkeeping on account OF
Illness This post has been offered 10
John NJ. Stone who hesitates accept
ing on account of the long hours anu
hard work at his age Mr. peterson
will take a change and a complete
rest in an effort to win back health
The wool merchant, Chas. Chase,
loaded a carload of wool, lS,0OO
pounds. last week and shipped 1t TO
the Philadelphia market. Mr.. chase
says wool has about doubled in price
since last October when he shipped
car. At that time wool brought
around 15c a pound. Today the price
runs IS to soc a pound. Mr.. Chase
ships about 10000 a year from THIS
territory.
The eldest daughter Of Arthur
Green. the Shutdown colored man. Is
reported to be a victim of tubercu-
losis as the tests indicated at the r.,
cent clinic. Other members OF tne
family Of thirteen children are salu
to be affected by the dread disease.
Mrs. Green died of tuberculosis last