Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-07

W. J. Carmody of Cedar Rapids was
a Lancaster visitor Thursday.
Geo. kinsel and wife of Fennimore,
were Lancaster visitors Thursday
John Drinkwater and family are
home from a visit in Seattle. They
left their grandson, Dick Lane, with
his parents.
There will be meeting of the local
legion auxiliary at Hyde hall Wednes-
day eve, March 7th. Initiation of new
members.
Mrs. R. NJ Lee and Mr.. and Mrs.
Claire Totman arrived here Friday
from Oostburg, Wis. Mr. and Mrs
Totman will locate in Brookings, S. D.
in the near future.
Virgil Irish, formerly Boice creek
farmer, was in town Thursday. Vir-
gil is brakeman on the @. road be-
tween st. Paul and Savanna and likes
the work exceedingly.
Ro0t Leffler has returned from
Dodgeville and will operate the Lam
caster House barn this season. He
acquired the property in a trade with
Harry Barnett couple of years ago.
Judge Smalley and wife spent We'd
nesday in Cuba City. The judge and
his reporter go to Milwaukee this
week to try twelve criminal cases
taken on changes of venue from Judge
A. G.. Packus.
Some OF the merchants ask the Her
aid to ask the roller skaters not to
come in the stores with skates on. In
other words take the skates off before
entering a store. Skates are barred
in the postofice.
Henry Schmitz of Platteville, a
former Hurricane resident, was shak-
ing hands with Lancaster friends
Thursday. Henry motored over and
described the roads as very good. The
trip across was made in an hour.
Mrs. John Drinkwater has been i'll
with a cold since she and Mr.. Drink
water returned from Seattle. Near
Minneapolis the train pipes froze at
nihgt and the cars were without heat
for hours in a II below zero atmos-
phere.
Hugo G.. Krebs of Lancaster and FIT.
Atkinson, went to Milwaukee Monday
on painting contracting business. Mr.
Krebs has the contract on the new
100000 Masonic home being erected
at Dousman, Wis.
William Brintnan joined the num-
Der of Lancaster radio fans, having
new receiving outfit recently INSTALL
ed. The principal complaint from
radio users is over the unauthorized
and irresponsible sending stations
that clutter up the air.
The Platteville city council has
abolished the office of night watch
and will ask for applications to fill a
new job. The new man must be able
70 of no ty,11o IL 11t 1Yir
to a fire at the same time acting as
night policeman. The Platteville
council has ordered two International
trucks to replace Ford trucks now in
use.
Mrs. Chas. McAuley was summoned
to Platteville Wednesday by the seri-
Gus illness Of her sister, Mrs. William
Tiedeman. Mrs. Tiedemann passed
away the same day. She was sick six
days with scarlet fever contracted in
caring for one of her children i'll with
the disease. She leaves her husband
and two children, son, aged six, and
a daughter, aged eight.
Members of the high school faculty,
Misses Marks, Tewksbury, Wells and
Munson went to Dubuque Saturday to
shop. They left Dubuque with Albert
Hunsaker driving about p. M, and
did not reach Lancaster until after 8
in the evening owing to the storm
Had it not been for expert driving it
is doubtful if they would have reached
home until Sunday.
Grand Lecturer Chas. Libby of Fond
du Lac, Knights of Pythias, was in
Lancaster Tuesday night as a guest
of the local order. He gave a splendid
address and aroused much enthusiasm
toward increasing the membership
Mr. Libby was at Fennimore also and
it is more than likely that an effort
will be made promptly to revive a
castle there. Fennimore knights
Truitt and Cohen accompanied Mr.
Libby to Lancaster.