Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-10-25

MISS RUBY BOyCe, VINO has pSSH
very i'll for several weeks, is reported
as better.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coornbs, now MAX
ing her home with her son, George,
at Livingston, was here last week Wis
ting Mrs. James Treloar.
Miss Hildegarde Alt went to Mad
:son Thursday to meet her mother,
Mrs. Chef Hannum, returning from
summers visit in Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ ]. Regain, who nave
been occupying Miss Farrell's apart
ments, intend to move soon into Miss
Selma Johnson's apartments.
Miss Erna Engroff went to Chicago
Thursday with the intention OF MAX
ing her home for the winter with her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Engroff.
Croft & Stephens and Andrew Lew
is, local stock buyers, shipped 10 car
loads of stock out Of the local yards
last week. They experience great
difficulty in getting cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fisher, Cassville,
are making arrangements to move to
Madison Mrs. Fisher was Miss Gen
evieve Halferty of Lancaster before
her marriage to Mr.. Fisher
Last weeks Herald was in error in
stating that the JOS. Wright farm
house recently burned was insured
for $4,000 The place was valued at
SO 900 and insured for $1,000.
Considerable soft coal has been
coming into the local yards. To date
hard coal is largely myth in so far
as coming to Lancaster is concerned.
Most plants recurring hard coal are
making a shift with bituminous al
though the results are far from salts
factory.
Supt. w. A. Hayes accompanied by
Lee Jutton, trainmaster, and b. K.
Culp, division engineer, came IN
private car Thursday and looked over
local Northwestern conditions. The
officials were making their fall in
spection of line and equipment on the
Madison-Gal division.
Harry Simpson writes the Herald
from 119 No Webster ST., his Madison
address, saying that he and wife are
now settled in their new home and
like the capital city but miss their old
friends here. They regard the Herald
as a necessary article in housekeep-
ing and ask to have the same for
warded to Madison.
Sheriff Holmes drove out of Lancas-
ter Thursday with two prisoners with
state penal institutions as destina-
ton. He took Carl Bailie of Bloom
ington to Green Bay to serve one
year, and John Jenni to Waupun for
a two-year term. The sheriff took
his charges without handouts and
landed them safely into the custody
Of the prison warders.
Miss Nellie Wilkinson of Washing
ton, D. c., has been visiting her
mother, Mrs Florence Wilkinson of
Lancaster, for several weeks past.
Miss Wilkinson has lived in the capital
for the past four years, going thre
following completion of her studies at
the Wisconsin university. Upon COM
pleting her visit here she will go to
Denver, Colo, to make her future
home.
Sam Nero and wife Of Livingston,
returned home Friday after a visit Of
a few days with Miss Clara Millard,
Mrs Mero's sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Me-
70 also visited at Bloomington and
spent a couple Of days in the DR.. Car
ter cottage at Bagley Mr.. Nero did
fine fish and he says the fall bass fish
ing is very fine Huge catches have
been reported.
The length of the days and the
angle of the suns rays is the same
now as on similar dates in February.
The reason given for the disparity in
temperature between October and
mid-winter month is that the earth is
warm at this time of the year from
the prolonged heat of the summer sun.
1t takes a long time for the crust of
the old globe to cool off and it takes
similar lengthy period for it to warm
Up after the sun has crossed the line
in December and starts back for our
region again. B-r-r-r.
In recent issue of the Porter County
Daily Vidette, published at Valparaiso,
Ind, is the following item in reference
to a horse owned by former Lancas-
ter man: "One of the prettiest and
most interesting exhibitions on the
program yesterday was that given by
Asa Wilkes, a PAGER with mark Of
2:071a, the property of Chas. Knobel
of this city. Without cart or driver,
Asa Wilkes PAGES the mile in fine
STYLE, never breaking, never slacken-
ing his speed; it was a sight we'll
worth watching The Guileless Won
der, as the horse is called, is one of
the finest specimens of equestrian no
bility that has ever shown in this city.
For the past four years Mr.. Knobel
has been showing this horse in SINH
lar performances to the one of yes
terday, and has exhibited to as many
as 10000 people in one performance.
A half interest in queen honey bee
has been sold to j. M. Cutter & Son of
Montgomery, Ala, for $3.50, setting a
high mark in bee values.
NEW BOOKS AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
The following named new books,
adult and juvenile reading, have been
received at the Lancaster public lib
ray:
Kingfisher by Bottome.