Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
LOCAL ITEMS

Monday for visit with relatives.
Mrs. Mike Trainor visited her faith
er and sister at Fennimore last mid
week.
Carl Croft went to Madison Monday
with a load of stock for Croft &
Stephens.
Everett Faust writes the Herald
from St. Paul where he is spending
the winter.
Miss Alma Thompson, attending a
music school at Minneapolis, is here
for the holidays.
Geo. Petersen has been confined to
his home the past several days on ac-
count of illness.
Mrs. Laura Thompson of Madison is
visiting the holidays at the Henry
Schneider and Tom Blackburn homes
here.
Mrs. w. J. Duncan has been con-
fined to her home by illness for the
past two weeks and is unable to sit
up as yet.
Rev. c. w. Powell, who has been
visiting at Kansas City returned and
now has his three sons with him at
tending school.
Mrs John Dobson and grandson,
Ralph Dobson, went to Madison Mon
day to visit over Christmas at the
Clare Dobson home.
Mrs, ]. A. Mccoy went to Austin,
Mimi, first of the week to see the
grandson, William Mccoy Sangster,
and visit few weeks.
Miss Mary Schuster, attending
school at Lake Forest, ILL.,, is home for
a holiday visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Schuster.
Donald Rafferty,, six year old son of
Burr Rafferty,, Jean Granville and
Marie Mccarthy had tonsils removed
at Doolittle hospital last week.
John Conley, three-months-old son
of Glen Conley of Fennimore is ill
with meningitis and under the care
of DR.. J. G. Doolittle of this city. The
infant is showing Improvement
Mt. Horeb and Lancaster high
schools had an exciting game of bas-
ketball here Wednesday night. The
final score was 1874 in favor of Mt
Horeb.
A. E. Lewis shipped in 100 head of
hogs from Presho S. D., last week,
selling them to various farmers in the
vicinity Lewis Bros. shipped ten car
loads of hogs the past week.
Mrs Elvira Rigdon and daughter,
Margaret, went to Madison Monday
for visit at the Geo. Rigdon home
The Rigdon children have been i'll
with whooping cough and the babe
has pneumonia.
Mrs. G. H. Willett went to West Al
is Saturday, summoned there by the
illness of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Thos WilIett, wife of DR.. Willett, who
is not expected to live.
w. J. Schade, d. c., and son, Jack,
leave tomorrow at noon for Chicago
where they visit relatives over Christ
mas. Jack remains there while his
father goes north for a week or so.
The sanitarium will open again Jan.
George Gelbach of Albany, Wis,
Warren Gelbach of Chicago, Mrs. Chas.
Dolphin of Wyalusing and Mrs. Ida
Kemper of Livingston were here to
attend the funeral of their brother,
w t. Ge1bach, held Friday, the Rev.
Wi1lett officiating Interment was at
Hillside.
Misses Maude and Lenice Latham
of Livingston, nieces of Mrs Geo. A.
Moore, are guests at the Moore home.
Henry Mink and Mrs. Harvey Fos-
ter went to Madison yesterday to at
tend the funeral of little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Bert Mink who sue
cumbed to an attack of appendicitis
Mrs. F. G. Hauser and children, Rob-
ert and Mary Ellis, went to aJnes-
Vile Saturday for 2 weekend visit
with relatives Mr.. Hauser has been
at home since early in September re-
operating from the effects of paraly-
sis. He shows some Improvement but
will be laid up from work for a long
time
Vim. Handy, Mt. Hope young man,
was arraigned Thursday on charge
of passing a forged check on the jim
Brees market at Mt. Hope. Handy
waived examination and was held to
the circuit court on bonds of $1,000.
Being unable to provide bail, he went
to Jail. He has figured in similar es-
capades before.
Miss Rachel Schreiner, teaching at
Gulfport, Miss, is home for holiday
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Schreiner. Gulfport lies about
half way between New Orleans and
Mobile and as can be guessed is on
the gulf of Mexico. Miss Schre1ner
likes the winter climate there but
saws the mosquitoes are numerous
and good biters.
Carl Kasper, Harry Kroening, Os-
car Edwards, Paul X. Edwards, Ru-
dolf Hartman. Harold Wright. Walter
Pagenkopf, Glen McKelvey, Dorothea
Gibson. Myrna Bergheger, Hazel
Ward. Catherine Fowler Martha Pet
ty. Dorothy Thier, Geneva Krohn,
Genevieve Williams, all U. of W. stu
dents. are at their respective homes
here for the holiday vacation
Mrs. Katherine Duncalf, wife of
Samuel Duncalf, died at the FAMILY
home in this city Tuesday, Dec. 10, at
the age of 70 years, three months ana
26 DAYS. She is survived by her nus
band. one son. Jay, and one daughter,
Mrs. August Waldman. Funeral SER
vices were held Thursday afternoon at
two o'clock at the Methodist church.
the Rev. Willett officiating. Interment
was at Hillside.
The international Hay and Grain
Show held in Chicago this year, IN
which Ernest H Naumann was an eX-
hihitor. set a new record in the num-
Der of entries. There were 589 samples
Of recently discovered varieties con-
tributed by Is experiment stations.
The champion bale of alfalfa of the
show. raised on the farm of L. IL.
Iavlin. Mason, Mich, was purchased
to be used in demonstrating to farm
ers the money making possibilities OF
this crop.
Mrs. Lena Baehr of Boscobel is here
making her home with her son-in-iaw