Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18
GRANT RIVER

Hortence Nagle of Yakima, Wash,
visited at Ed McLean's from Tuesday
until Friday. Miss Nagle belonged to
the early pioneer Nagle family of
Patch Grove She moved to Washing
ton some Is years ago and this is her
first visit back to Wisconsin. She re-
turned here some several weeks ago
with the remains of her aunt, Jane
Nagle Henderson, who was inferred
in the family lot in Patch Grove. Mrs.
Henderson was well known in Wis
consin in early days and had the honor
of being the first woman to graduate
from the University of Wisconsin.
! Mr.. and Mrs Dick Lewis spent
| Wednesday at Frank McLeans.
Carl Reuber sawed wood Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reading and two
children from near Cassville spent
Thursday at Albert Blum's.
Frances Joyce is on the sick list.
She has acute gastritis, also an abcess
| in the ears. Dr. Baldwin is the physi-
clan in attendance.
Carl Sager's nephew arrived in Lam
caster from Germany this past week
! He will reside with Ernest and Will
Sager on the farm this summer.
! Robert Behling and a helper are
| erecting fine new milk house on his
| farm. Robert had an accident Thurs
day. When driving nail into froz-
en- oak timber the nail flew back and
hit him on the bridge of the nose
causing quite flow of blood but es-
| Gaping both eyes.
Henry Mankel, Ed Mclean and John
Joyce attended Jake Morgan's sale
| Thursday.
Summer may be coming but spring
time isn't here yet by any means. At
| least not from the amount of snow
and blows we've had this past week
The early robins, blue birds and red
winged blackbirds must be having a
pretty cold time of it in this cold eli
mate.
Miss Marie Doser braved the storm
Friday evening and walked almost all
| the way to Lancaster. She spent the
weekend with her sister and together
they called on their parents in PotoSi
Sunday morning.
Clarence Webster came home from
Gutenberg Sunday. He has had hard
siege of illness and is glad to be able
to get home to his parents and they
are glad to have him. His brother,
Ernie, called on him Sunday.
One of our high school girls is
again taking honors in the Lancaster
H. S. Lilah Mclean, our honorary
Junior, received third place in the
elimination contest held last week and
is again going to try out Tuesday
night in final to represent the Lam
caster high in the county contest. We
are all planning on you Lilah. Do the
best you can and we all know you
have made an effort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Grimes called
at Lee Rogers Sunday.
Mrs, Ed Mclean and Miss HOrtence
Maggie spent Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Dan Hoffman.
Miss Elsie Stark spent Thursday af-
ternoon at the Chas. Plautz home.
Earl and Ella Hoffman and Henry
Mankel called at Ed McLean's Sunday.
Albert Blum called at John Joyce's
Sunday.
Mrs. Harville and children of Bag
ley and Mrs. Geo. Miller and babe
called at the Lee Rogers home last
week. Mrs Harville's daughter is
spending a few days with Mrs. Rog-
ers.
Friends and neighbors of Miss Mag
Gle Specht remembered her birthday
last Friday with many pretty birthday
cards. Miss Specht is in Lancaster at
the Schade sanitarium and her many
friends are glad to know she is i'm
proving a little.
Miss Elizabeth Joyce spent Wednes-
day night at the home of one of her
pupils.
Lee Rogers spent a few days the
past week with Geo. Miller at Bagley.
Double tragedy, taking the lives of
two brothers, stalked the home of the
late Herman Brumm, of Madison. Wor-
ried over the condition of his brother.
Herman, who had been i'll for some
time with pneumonia, and fearing that
in the event of his brothers death he
would be destitute and without
home, Gustave Drummer, Co. hanged
himself in the basement of the home.
The body was discovered hanging in
the cellar by Lester Brumm, who no
titled the police A few minutes before
the arrival of officers, Herman Brumm,
IS, about whom Gustave had worried
necessarily, died without knowing that
his brother had taken his own life.