Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-09
LOCAL ITEMS

N4SlLluS uer SISTER, Mrs. David Cook
of this city.
VIM. Benedict and wife of CHICAGO
are expected here this week for a visit
with Mrs. j. P. Benedict.
Mrs. S. w. Doolittle and sister, Miss
Wendell, went to Milwaukee yester-
day for a weeks outing. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat May and daughter
went to Madison Sunday for a visit at
the home of Mrs. Martin.
R. S. Grilley, first assistant at the
depot, is taking "a weeks vacation at
his former home in Wonewoc, Wis. I
Mrs. Earl Daughenbaugh and babe
and guest, Miss Irma Connor, went to
Milwaukee Saturday for-.-a weeks
visit. 4t1s*
Mrs. Geo. Mckinney and sons,
Harold and Lavenre, of Bloomington,
went to Madison Sunday for a weeks
visit.
Mrs. Will Hayes and son of Bara-
boo drove here last week in their new
Buick sport car and visited Mrs.
Lenora Orion.
Mrs. Frank Mosher and children.
Bob and Vivian, returned home to
Ladysmith Sunday after a visit with
Ed. Kiley and wife. s
Adelbert Bray has returned to his
work at the highway Office after
two months course of study at the
university summer school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor of
Beetown are the proud parents of a
baby boy, their first born, who arrived
July 31st, DR.. Kraut attending.
Jack Thorn, brakeman on the morn
ing run, is laid up with couple of
smashed fingers and will be absent
from work for a couple of weeks.
Miss Emily Roberts Of Chicago and
aunt, Miss Mae Hannum of the same
city, arrived here Sunday night for
vacation at the C.. C. Roberts home.
Roy Edwards, University student
was a weekend visitor in Lancaster.
The Delos Edwards family are
camping out at Mccartney this week
Lawrence Reynolds, 9, son of John
Reynolds of Potosi, fell from a tree
Monday, suffering a COLES fracture of
the left arm. DR.. J. c. Doolittle set
the break.
Miss Rachel Payne has returned to
Lancaster from Madison where she
attended summer school. Miss Payne
will return to BOZeman, Mont, next
month, to teach.
JOS. Fronk and wife of Madison are
visiting at the Jos. Caspers home.
They go to Spring Green soon as Mr..
principal there.
Miss Bessie McNair plans to leave
here Tuesday for Joliet, ILL.,, to attend
also visit in La Porte, Ind, while
away from Lancaster.
Totman & Funk Bros. are preparing
to give up their machine repair head
quarters in the Vesperman garage,
the lease expiring August %. The
firm has no place in view as yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Flesch are Wis
iting at the Will Turner and Matthias
Flesch homes here. Albert has de-
cided to open up d dry goods store at
Jefferson, Wisconsin, about Sept. lst.
The Cassville village board is pre-
pairing a petition to the county board
asking for aid in the replacement OF
two foot bridges across dry runs IN
the village, washed away in recent
storms.
Grant county teachers institute be-
gan in Lancaster Monday with a good
attendance. Supt. F. b.. Ralph, IN
charge, has Pres. Asa Royce and Prof.
J. c. Brockert, Of Platteville Normal,
as instructors. This insures good
program.
Mrs. A. l.. Sherman and children,
Evelyn, Roger and Constance, ana
Mrs. Shermans mother, Mrs. 9. j.
Johnson, are expected here tomorrow
from Chicago, where Mrs. Sherman
and children have been visiting Tor
the past two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Wager have re-
ceived word of the birth OF grand
son at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. b.
Millen of Blakes Prairie. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wager now have sixteen grand
children, eight boys and eight girls
They feel a just pride over their Iusty
descendants.
Chas. e. Chase and wife are nome
from a splendid vacation trip III the
Moose Mountain Forest Reserve OF
Canada. They had delightful caoln
with good furnishings and comforts
electric lights, etc. Nearby was a
fine lake with fish in abundance, wall
eyed and northern pike predamlna-
ting. :o,,od
Supt. M. V. Burris recently picked
a cluster of corn containing elsnt
large perfect ears, eight lncHes IL
length. The cluster looked IKE I! d
bunch of bananas. Unfortunatey -
was picked green before MI Burrls
discovered the nature OF the treak
and consequently it could not De
saved.
Mrs. Robt. Hoffman of No. Lancas-
ter. was called to Fennimore yesteI-
dav to attend the funeral OF frlenu'
Miss Marie Rudersdorf, who dleo III d
Madison hospital Saturday night Iol-
lowing an operation. Miss Ruue soI
DORIS death at the age of thirty Iol :
lowed that of her mother by aDou' q
FISHING in the Mccartney lake IS !,
said to be the best in years: blach
bass. sunfish, croppies and otnel
game fish are biting well ana soou
catches have been reported. A num- Il.
her of new cottages are gong up a.
Mccartney and plan to macaoan, ~ :
the road between the@tracks ana tne
lake is being considered.
Mrs. Lou Sanger and babe Went I. C
platteyille Tuesday to attend the Tar
Leroy Grindell of Plattevliie' c; was