Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-20
LOCAL ITEMS

Mrs. Ora Place spent yesterday in
FennimOre.
D. Markee of Blue River was BUSH
ness caller here Monday.
Rev. L. Arhelger was weekend
business caller in Milwaukee.
W. B. Dyer went to Madison Sunday
with Ernest Kuenster, an insane
patient.
Mrs. Claire Totman Of Oostburg,
Wis, is visiting her mother, Mrs. r.
NJ. Lee.
Chas. Watkins and wife Of St. Louis
will spend Christmas with Louis Yes
perman.
Miss Delphine Hyde. teaching at
Ebenezer, Wis, was weekend visi-
tor at home.
The Eastern Star will have an open
meeting Dec. 18th. Each member may
bring a guest.
Mrs. j. P. Benedict went to Chicago
Monday to visit over the holidays with
her son, William
Mrs. John ziegler has returned to
her home in Cassville after a visit of
three weeks in Lancaster.
J. w. Halloran and wife went to
Madison Sunday on a business trip
for the telephone company
Miss Laura DiVall returned home 70
WauZeka Monday following a visit at
the Mrs. James Mccormick home.
Geo. Allen, one of the substantial
farmers of Clifton township, was in
the county seat Oh business Monday.
Frank Rennison, So. Lancaster, I'M
derwent an appendicitis operation
Thursday, Dec. IA. He is doing we'll.
Ray Poland went to Platteville Mon
day to visit normal friends. Ray en-
tiers Marquette college of pharmacy
Feb. 1st.
The Misses Catherine and Cecilia
Trentzsch departed Saturday for Chi
cago, where they will visit until after
the holidays.
James Sweeney and sons, Martin
and Frank, went to Madison Sunday
to plaster a $4,000 house at Univer-
sity Heights.
Miss Selma Hazard of Sioux Falls,
S. D., U. of w. coed, was week
end guest at the John Mcdonald home
in Lancaster
Mrs Elizabeth Duncan entertained
six sister members of the Mystic WOr-
kers, last Thursday afternoon at a
Chain tea. All had pleasant time. ***
Martin Raisic, lineman for the
Bell Telephone, was struck in the left
eye Sunday by a flying wire. The
sight will probably not be affected.
One OF our veteran and joviaI re-
tired farmers, John B. HorsfalI is TAX
ing a nice holiday visit at Mankato,
Mimi, with his sister-in-law, Mrs. AL
len Horsfall, and children.
Leroy Edwards Of Lancaster, stu
dent at the U. Of w, has been selected
by his fraternity as the proper man
to go to Ames, Iowa, to organize a
chapter in the agricultural school
there
Dr. S. w. Doohttle and wife and
daughter, Dora, departed Saturday for
Tucson, Arizona. DR.. Doolittle will
return to his practice here following a
stay of several weeks - Tucson get
ting his family located.
John Finnegan Sr., is laid up due
to a bad fall last Thursday. While
walking near the Methodist church he
fell striking his head and cutting
scalp wound that required 10 stitches
from DR.. Godtl ey's needle to close.
Mr.. and Mrs Wallace Helms and
waukee Monday following a visit with
Mrs. Emma Day and other Lancaster
relatives. Mrs Day returned with
them for an extended visit at MilWau-
kee.
Frances Block, aged Is, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Block, underwent
an operation for a ruptured appendix
at the Block home Monday. Owing to
the patients critica condition at the
time her chances Of recovery were re-
garded as slight.
The trustees of the John Schreiner
and AdoIph Nathan benevolent funds,
Mrs. Martha Showalter, Florence
eastman, r. C. Willis, Thomas Tuck
wood and C. B. Ziegler, met Monday
evening and distributed 5000 to the
worthy poor of the city. The sum dis
tributed this year was the largest 10
date as the Nathan fund was added 10
during the past year.
Fred Steinforth and wife of Winnie
bago, Mimi, departed Friday TOT the
eastern mart of the state after
months visit here. They came to at
ten me funeral of Mr.. Stelntorth S
mother at Fennimore early in Novem-
Deg. ana remained to visit relatives.
Miss Mary Ennor went to Dubuque
Friday following visit with LahCaS7
ter friends. She leaves soon Tor her
winter home in FL PasO, Texas.
Action on the county agent matter
has been deferred until Dec. ~, Wnen
the agricultural committee OF the
county board meets again. At a meet
ing Tuesday the committee offered Mr..
Graf $4,000, which was the lnstruc.
sions of the county board. Mr.. Graz
refused the offer. He has Deen set,
ting $4,000. 1t may be that he VIII
take the $4,000 the difference between
that sum and $4,000 to be made up by
the farm bureau.
Mrs. VIM. j. Duncan has received
the announcement of the marriage OF
her niece, Miss Bertha Grill, to oscar
Raucher,. a jeweler. in Lemberg' 70
land. Mrs. Raucher came 10 Amer I.
intending to live with her aunt, MRS.
Duncan. However, Cupid interfered