Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-01
LOCAL ITEMS

/ W. CA oet4S'H
Miss Minnie Laabs of Livingston
was a weekend guest of her mother,
Mrs. VIM. Laabs.
Miss Flora Harker, employed in DR..
Moore's Office, spent the weekend at
her home in Cuba City.
". P. Richardson advises that he is
feeling greatly improved to what he
did couple of weeks ago.
Miss lea Skate of Cuba City spent
the weekend in Lancaster with her
sister, Mrs. H. NJ. Schermerhorn.
H. NJ. Hobart. Northwestern agent
at Roscoe, Ill, has been here the past
week relieving Agent Williamson.
Mrs Charles Hinkins of near Darl-
ington has been a guest at the Clare
Dobson home the past two weeks.
Mrs Vina Stone went to Platte
vile Thursday morning for visit at
the home Of Rev. and Mrs. Guy W.
Campbell
Alfred Warren, an old resident of
Lancaster, has been i'll for the past
two weeks but is reported as some
what better.
/ Mrs. VIM. Kroening was called to
! Milwaukee Saturday by the serious
! illness of her father, a man OF 70
years OF age.
/ George Sykes was a victim of the
! icy walks WaShingtOn's birthday AMI
suffered a severe shaking and a bad
cash on his head that took several
| stitches to close.
| Miss LeOna ShOWalter, employed in
! the General Insurance Co. offices at
Madison, was weekend guest of her
mother in this city.
! Mrs W. j. Nauert returned to BoS
cobel Thursday morning after an eX-
tended visit with her friend, Miss
Anna Kaiser of Lancaster.
Rev Mrs. O. o. Gilbert Of Mt. Ida
preached at the Baptist church here
Sunday and remainec until Monday
as the guest of Mrs Weyhrauch.
+! G.. E. Rich & Co. lost about 200
yards of sand stored near shinoa
ford in the food of last week. A
large quantity of grave; went through
the flood in safety.
| Announcements are out of the ar
rival Of daughter at the home of DR..
and Mrs. j. Fred Henkel of Richland
Center. The little girl has been given
the name Of Patricia June.
/ Mrs. r. D. Walker went to Madison
Sunday to see her SISTER, Mrs. Nan
Donnelly. The latter has returned
to Madison from Rochester where she
recently underwent a severe opera
ton.
Last weeks Herald was delayed by
power failure and subseqent slowness
Of mail service The power boys did
everything they could to keep the ser
vice working and deserve credit for
their efforts
/ Rev w. A. Weyhrauch went to Chi
cago Saturday to conduct a series OF
evangelistlc meetings over two weeks.
During Rev Weyhrauchs absence
Rev. Gilbert of Mt. Ida will occupy
the Baptist pulpit
G. H. Basford was taken i'll early
| lasT week and took to bed at the home
of his son-in-law, Lambert Groenier,
Mrs Basford being absent in the
south. BY the end Of the week Mr..
Basford was feeling much better.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. GOurlie of
this city are tho parents IF son,
born Monday at Cuba Citv,where Mrs.
Gourlie was visiting. Mr.. Gourlie is
one of the obliging rural mail car
riers out Of Lancaster.
Miss Julia Burns of So. Lancaster,
and neice, Hazel, departed Monday
for Anderson, Ind, where they viii
visit for a few days. Mrs. Fannie
Burns, who has been there for some
time, will accompany them home.
The new Ellenboro bridge over
Platte river went through the flood
of last week in safety but sixteen feet
OF earth was washed away from the
abutment at the west end, leaving
gaping cavern under the abutment.
The county will fill this in with ROCK.
Mrs e. n Breithaupt and Mrs. r.
A. Irwin were called to Plattoville on
Wednesday by the d ath Of ADAM
Schustcr on Monday Of last week.
Mr. Schuste" was Mrs. BreithaGpt's
brother and uncle of Mrs. Irwin The
funeral was held Thursday.
/ leo Schumacher. formerly Of Potosi
but now of Colorado, writes asking to
have his Herald changed from Wild
Horse, Colo, to Loco. Colo The He"
aid will do this gladly. The mailing
man always smiled when he stamped
wild Horse" ana Loco" will give
him further me~riment.
Mgr. Harry Simpson of the local
Bell system was busy last week re-
storing service in the large area Of
toll lines he is responsible for. Mr..
Simpson said that along Military
Ridge the lines took the full effect Of
the storm and were considerably dam
aged Further north the damage
from sleet was something terrific.
c. H. Williams aud wife went to
BarabOo SUNDAY to visit the week
with their daughter Mr.. Williams is
one Of tire Oldest engineers in point
of se~v'ce o. the Northwestern sys-
TEN. being promoted to engine driv-
ing on Oc+ 80, 1884. He will be elig-
IDLE to a pension before many month";
pass. During Mr.. williams absence
Chas. LIGHT of Madison is taking his
place on the morning run.
H NJ Hobart relief agent at the
Northwestern depot, sang morning
and evening at the Congregational
church. In the morning he rendered
two so,os, "A Lamb of Cod and
l"Open the Gates of tho Tonnle." In
the evening Mr. Hobart and Mrs Ora