Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-01
LOCAL ITEMS

DR.. ]. c. Dooli+tle was a Milwaukee
business passenger Monday.
Miss Anna Gould of Chicago return
ed home Friday following a pleasant
two weeks visit with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hymen Goldstein.
Dorothy and Billie Morse of Toron-
to, Canada, who have been spending
the summer with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Morse, eft Mon
day morning for home. They will be
met at Detroit by their mother, Mrs.
VIM. Morse.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis Harper
of Madison announce the marriage of
their daughter, Hester, to Albert Ell
lisOn Rumsey, on Saturday, Sept 27,
at Madison. Mr.. and Mrs. Rumsey
will be at home after the first of De-
cember at Waterloo, Iowa.
M. M. Trainor, Fennimore insurance
man, send the Herald a card from old
Quebec where the Goth anniversary of
the Travellers Insurance Co. Chateau
Frontenac, where Mr. Trainor is being
entertained, is nigh above the st.
Lawrence river. But Mike will tell all
about it when he returns.
Carter Gates, son of Chas Gates of
Bloomington, departed Friday for
Milwaukee where he enrolls in the
School of Engineering for three
year course as electrical engineer.
Carter graduated from the Blooming
ton school last June. He is an alert
young chap.
Kenneth Haas, 81, of Platteville,
was placed under arrest by Under
Sheriff Morse Thursday, charged with
forgery of Is to 16 checks, aggrega-
ting $100, on the Mound City bank
of Platteville Bond was furnished by
the young mans father and the case
will come up next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Groenier leave
by motor car this week for the west.
Mrs Weber will stop off at Mancos,
Colo, where she has relatives. Mr..
and Mrs. Groenier will drive on to Los
Angeles to be joined there by Mrs.
Weber later. The GrOeniers will stay
in California this winter and may To-
cate there.
Otto E. Lorenz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM Lorenz Sr. of this city, and Miss
Ora Williams, daughter of Mrs. Henry
Williams, also of Lancaster, were
married Saturday, Sept. 20, the Rev.
e. Crusius officiating. Mr.. Lorenz is
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the young couple will reside in Lam
caster. Friends offer congratulations.
Little Grace Wacek of Madison, on
visit at the Ward home, was thrown
violently from coaster wagon last
Thursday evening while riding down
hill with her small brother, John.
One wheel locked, causing the acct
dent. DR.. Godfrey took several
stitches in Grace's forehead to close a
deep CASH
The Burns Electric Co. of this city
is a strong believer in wholesome en-
tertainment and to help make the
evenings pleasant has sold five radio
outfits to people in this territory 1t
is expected that radio business will
be good this fall. The number of fans
increases weekly and fall and winter
are the best time for radio reception.
Henry J. Walker has about complet-
ed his store furnishing and Will nave
an opening shortly. The downstairs
of the new building contains a large
sales room with store room adjacent.
One room downstairs is used for
kitchen. Upstairs are four commod-
ious living rooms and bath room.
A general stock of merchandise Will
be handled
The body of Mrs. Melissa Sanborn'
who died at the county home Wednes-
dav evening, was shipped to Peshtlgo
Thursday for burial. Mrs. Sanborn'
aged SIS years, four months and four
DAVIS died of cerebral hemorrhage:
She formerly lived at Boscobel put
had been an inmate of the county asy-
lum for twenty years. son llVes aC
Peshtigo.
According to word received here,
WveviIle, an old railroad point near
Adams. is soon to be no more. Inc
tracks are being torn UP ana much Oh
the costly equipment Installed tnere
is being moved to other points. ms
is a hardship on the train men ana
other employees who put up homes at
Wveville. The town is 50 miles lro'l
Adams. another we'll known rail point.
Rail circles again buzz with report
that the morning run to Galena ana
return will be taken OFF soon. "A
check is made daily on recelptS anu
from reports the total is no where
near the cost of operating the tram,
Should the train be removed II VIII
work hardship on the train employees
as several of them have bought good
homes here and gone to conslderaple
EXPENSE in fitting them up.
P. w. Dunnewald of Madison, rep.
resenting the engineer in charge OF
the new sewage disposal plants beng
installed here, was in town Monday 10
do survey work at the basins me
old plants are being ripped out and
new sludge aeration type are beng
installed. The Herald is promised an
explanatory article covering the type
and operation of the plants as soon as
they are completed.