Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
LOCAL ITEMS

go buying goods the past week.
Nick T1edeman of Cedar RAPIDS
shook hands with Lancaster friends
Saturday.
Donald Dyer is in the city again for
few days. He expects to teach again
this fall.
Jack Thorn and family motored to
GAINESVILLE Saturday evening and Wis
tied over Sunday.
Mrs. Roy rockingham of Madison
visited Lancaster relatives last week.
returning home Saturday.
Clarence and Bertha Hoffman. in
Lancaster on vacation, returned to
their work in Milwaukee Monday.
The Stratton Flower and Gift Shop
has tomatoes in bearing, about four
weeks ahead of the regular time for
the vegetable.
DR.. Hurd and wife of Boscobel made
Lancaster the 4th of July. The doctor
has been patron of Lancaster SPORT
ing events for over 40 years.
Ralph f. Nellis, attorney of Rock
ford, Ill, and Mrs. c. E. DeNure of
Platteville, were here in legal bust
ness Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Lange of Mil
waul1ee spent Sunday at the ]. G. Yes
perman home. Mrs. LANCE was Miss
DOrOthea Vesperman before her mar
riage. They motored out and back.
Earl Y. Sangster arrived in Ian
caster July 6, after attending summer
school at Superior He made the
trip down with Orion Reyes of
Platteville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pye and little
son, James, of Bartonville, Ill, en-
route to northern Wisconsin on a
camping tour, spent the past week
visiting at the eco. W. Glider home
Miss Laura Turner is home from
La Crosse where she visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Jos. Sweeney, and made the
acquaintance of new niece, Gather
inc Elizabeth, a recent arrival at the
Sweeney home.
Sen. Henry Roethe of Fennimore
visited in Lancaster between trains
Saturday. The senator is diffident
about senatorial honors, saying that
he has reached no decision as to
another candidacy.
The Tempter, a pacing gelding
owned by W. B. Dyer of Lancaster
won nice race at Sun Prairie, July
4. 1t took five heats to decide the
race-Tempter winning the LIST, sec
ond and fifth heats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Suffer of Mount
Horeb, returned home Saturday after
visit with VIM. Haag and wife.
Their grandson Harold Haag, injured
in 13-foot fall a short time ago, is
now in his usual good health.
Miss Matilda Pink, employed with
the Wis. Tel. Co. at Madison, returned
to work Monday following a vacation
spent at her home in So. Lancaster.
Miss Laura Wooster of Mazomanie,
is visiting Lancaster friends.
Fred Bendorf home on furlough for
a month, returned to his duties as a
Western Union lineman at Iron, River,
Mich, Monday. Fred entered the tel
egraph employ a couple of years ago
and has since worked in early every
midwest state.
Mrs Wallace Hines and son, Fred
erick, of Milwaukee, returned home
Saturday following a weeks visit with
the formers mother, Mrs. Day. Mrs.
MerreI Scott and son, Richard, re-
turned with Mrs. Hines for a visit in
the lakeside city.
Ed. Funk, a local garage mechanic,
had a piece of metal fly into his left
eyeball Monday while grinding steel.
He called on DR.. Kraut for medical
attention The foreign matter entered
the eye next to the iris, causing
deep but not serious wound.
Louis Alt, small son of Carl Alt,
punctured the lachrymal or tear sack
of his left eye Friday when he ran
against a barbwire fence at the Irwin
Vesperman farm, a barb penetrating
the side of the organ. DR.. Kraut TOOK
two stitches to close the wound.
The Rev. De Vries, chairman OF the
Union meetings now being held in the
o1lv called
town suddenly. A meeting was held
by the Revs. Arhelger, Grossheim and
Mclaughlin. 1t is hoped that more
complete arran gements will be pos
sibe next Sunday.
Chas. Perrin and wife and James
Perrin and wife and Eddie Perrin
were called to Bayfield,, Wis, last
week. One of the Perrin family OF
BAYFIELD,, son Of Joseph Perrin, died
there. No particulars are given. lie
was working in a sawm1I and may
have met death by accident,
Joe Mccoy has a copy OF letter
written by his great-grandfather TO
friend in Ireland. The letter was
written in 1901, during Jeffersons ad-
ministration 1t deals with social
political and religious topics OF the
time. The Herald expects to publish
this letter IN an early issue,
The Herald is indebted to trlendly
readers for a number OF interesting
items handed in this week for publ1ca-
ton. The office wishes to thank the
friends and to encourage others 70
mail or phone us items. NeWsy
briefs are always appreciated by Us
and our large circle of readers:
How'd e. Richardson of Madison, a
sor, cf Mr. and Mrs CLYDE Richard
son. formerly of Lancaster, and Miss
Nedra e. Dudley of Madison, were
married at the home of his uncle ana ma
aunt. Elder and Mrs. J. Q. button o.
Madison. last week. Elder button OF
ffciated Mr.. and Mrs, Rlcnarus 80
Madison. They have the best wishes
of many friends. -
A number Of local radio fans TOOK
in the Democratic convention wa Ine
air. J. A. Mccoy, an enthusiastic