Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-18
LOCAL ITEMS

PlatteeV1lle congregational church on
Wednesday evening at the Pot-IucE
supper and remained for the ta1lr
given by Miss Marion Vlenberth.
colored woman, who spoke of her
work as teacher of colored students
in the South. The speaker was horn
in st. Paul and is teaching in Ala
bama. She gave a fair talk upon tha
negro question. She considered the
question one that must be solved nv
the white race. That the negro must
have religious education and that If
was useless to consider placing the
negro in regular university-News
David Gardner Jr. of PlatteviI1a
leaves this week for New York to at
tend the democrat convention as AL
teTnate. He goes from there to Ros-
ton as delegates to the Elks' conven-
ton and taking it all in all DayN will
have quite trip. He promises to send
the Herald few Impressions of the
convention and other things of in
terest and the Herald may have a sne-
cial correspondence column along with
the big papers.
A. L. Morse makes formal annonnoo-
ment of his candidacy for the office of
sheriff in this issue of the Herald Mr.
Morse wishes to make it clear that if
elected he will serve any papers civ
en- him to serve by the district attor-
ney or other constituted authority
He has acted as under sheriff under
Sheriff Edge for the past two years
and has proven himself to be an oblig-
ing, courageous and capable officer.
Mrs. r. M. Lee of Dallas. Texas
ri
city, visited here the past week with
her brother, Holly Bryan She de-
parted Friday for Kenosha to visit her
mother, Mrs. Q. R. Bryan, before 60
ing south again. Mrs. Lee is enchant-
ed with Texas and says she enjoys
living there very much.
Misses Hildegarde and Dolores
Schaeffer of TennysOn departed Mon
day for ManitOWOc to enter the Fran
ciscan convent as novitiates. Sister
NJ. Conrad of st. Andrews parochial
school accompanied the young ladies.
Miss Theresa Haas departed Mon
day for her nome in Marshfield to Wis
it for three weeks.
Miss Elsie Brennan departed Satur-
day for Berkeley, Calf, where she
will attend summer school, She is
one of large number of Wisconsin
girls making the trip. At Kansas
City the party boards a special train
on the Sante Fe for the trip west.
This will include various side trips to
scenic points.
Mrs. Hattie Ceise of Chicago visited
here last week at the Geo. Gibbs home
in the second ward. She went to
Cobb Saturday for visit at the Ed.
LANCE home. Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thorn and daughter, Eleanor,
and Mrs. Geise motored to GAINESVILLE
to visit Mr.. Thorn's mother.
Mrs. A. c. Long, Barney Long and
wife and Mrs. Floyd Tannehill de-
parted Sunday on a motor trip to
SanBorn, Iowa, 300 miles west. They
left early to catch the Z a. m. ferry
at Pra. du CHEN. From Sanborn they
go to Rock Valley, Ia, and from there
to Parker, S. D., before returning
home.
Ralph Biederbeck of Platteville is
held in Jail on a sentence of the court
that he provide $25 a month support
money for his wife and child or spend
six months in jail. Serving of the
sentence does not relieve him Of re-
sponsibility for support Of his de-
pendents.
Almond Bates Campbell OF Werley,
aged so, was confined in the county
home under orders Of Judge GoOdselI
last Wednesday. Mr.. Campbell is
victim of senile dementia and an ep-
ileptiC He was recently found at MS
home in an unconscious condition.
Chas. Seemeyer and family of Dy-
arsyiIle, Iowa, were here Friday look
ing for a house preparatory to loca-
ting in Lancaster Mr.. Seemeyer is
to have charge Of the new meat mar
ket to open shortly on No. Madison ST.
He expects to move here SOON
L. NJ. Dixon is home from trip
through central Wisconsin. Mr. DIX
on had not been in that part OF the
state for 20 years and was surprised
at the remarkable development, agrl-
cultural and industrial, of the "sano
counties.
The Lancaster band rendered an en-
ioyable concert to a large audience
Thursday evening" The open-alr con-
certs will be a weekly feature ali
summer and the band under dlrectloh
of Mr.. Silbeck has made rapid strlues
the past year or so.
Roy Steele of Boscobel was releas-
ed from custody last week after ne
had provided cash bond of Sou 1or
the support of his two minor children
The court fixed the sum of $40
month as support money
The Lancaster boosters spent sat
urday evening in Cuba City, Hazel
Green and adjacent towns IN the IN
tere,G of the local 4th of July ceIe-
brdtCu.
The four Franciscan sisters OF the
Bloomington parochial school depart
&c Saturday morning for their Motner
House at Manitowoc to spend the
summer.
Miss Berna Bennett of Madison VS.
tied in Lancaster last week at tle
Chas. Vesperman and Ed Eastman
homes, returning east Saturday.
Mrs. Oscar Henning and daughter'
catherine Louise, returned home ~