Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

ter, attending the &C. college at
Madison, was a weekend yIsllor at
home.
Eugene Woodhouse and men take
possession of the E. L. Mccoy house
today for extensive alterations ana
| Improvements.
Mrs. Allen Mccartney Of Mt. Hope,
returned home Monday having been
here to attend the funeral of her sis
ter, Mrs. Nancy Gilbert.
Mrs. F. NJ. wager was called to
Madison Saturday by the illness o.
Mrs. Elsie Abrahams and three chill
dren who were jointly afflicted with
influenza.
Adolph Wepking went to Fennimore
Saturday to see his brother, Henry,
who has been quite i'll for couple OF
weeks with a complaint resembling
scarlet fever.
The ski Jump and coasting field in
Schreiner park has been popular
place tor young people the past few
weeks. Marshmallow and weiner
roastss go along with the winter
sports as diversion.
Jos. n Blackbourne is making his
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as his home is under quarantine for
scarlet fever. A son, Paul, is the vic
tim, but his illness is not serious.
The bitter weather of Wednesday
caused the postponement of several
farm auctions in this vicinity. Among
others was the Hiram T"ylor sale
near Burton, postponed until Friday.
Recent wedding ceremonies per
formed by Rev. Arhelger of Lancaster,
were the uniting in marriage of Mon
roe Thorntoa of Bloomington and
Mary Barr OF Glen Haven, and Fred
Petit and Carrie M. Swallow of Lib
erty.
&. w. Cox and wife of Davenport,
Iowa, and Mrs. Jake Bradley OF Fen
nimore, were here last week to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, re-
turning home Saturday. Mrs. Cox
was reared in Lancaster. She was
Miss Clara Klinger before her rlar-
riage.
=. Mr.. and Mrs Albert Mannick de-
parted Friday noon for Lead, S. D.,
where they will visit relatives before
going to their home in Cody, Wyom-
ing. Mrs. Mannick was Miss Gather
inc Schuster before her marriage to
Mr. Mannick last Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry Simpson \ of Madison,
returned home Monday following a
weeks visit with Lancaster friends.
Rev Lawrence Crittenton of En-
manuel Parish preached his last SER
mon from the Episcopal pulpit here
Sunday. He goes to Kenosha after a
residence of about four years in Ian
caster. His final sermon had a pass
age in the Gospel as text and was
not farewell message. Rev. Graft
tenton is an able minister and good
preacher. During his incumbency the
parish has added guild hall and
made several other important i'm
provements besides gaining in mem
bership.
The Walter Dale family, recently
located on the Felix Wanazek farm in
Little Grant, moved Saturday to their
new home south Of MuscOda. Mr..
Dale drove overland with car and
the wife and five children took the
train. Their goods were shipped in
car via Madison. Charles Adams goes
on the Wanazek farm.
J. l.; Grindell, Platteville monument
dealer, was in Lancaster over Thurs
day, taking the train for home. He
said that M. V. Burris had cleared the
road to Lancaster and had gang of
men on the road east toward Ellen
,boro Platteville men and, farmers
had cleared the road between Ellen
boro and Platteville, but between Ell
lenboro and the top of the ride COM
ing toward Lancaster no effort had
been made to break the drifts of
snow.
Miss Margaret Taylor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Taylor, writes Lam
caster friends in an interesting way
of her work as bacteriologist for the
Alabama State Board of HEALTH.
Among other interesting things Miss
Taylor's department recently aided
justice in bringing an indictment
against a supposed murderer. Blood
on clothing of murdered 16-year-old
white girl proved under test to be
human blood instead of pigs blood, as
claimed by the man accused. Miss
Taylor will probably be an expert
witness at the trial. Alabama has
been having some cold weather, Miss
Taylor, says, but the Herald will
wager a few snowballs it is not as