Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
LOCAL ITEMS

Mrs. Andrew Jerrett went to Platte
vile Friday for weekend visit with
friends.
:. Walter Vesperman of Lancaster and
Veronica Welsh of Dubuque were
married last week.
Mrs. May Ziegler of Cassville was
IN Lancaster last week, the guest of
Henry Mink and wife.
Ernest Pagenkopf of Madison was
Lancaster visitor last mid-week, re-
turning Thursday afternoon
Miss Margaret Peacock is in Charge
of the millinery department at the
Henkel store. She is an experienced
trimmer of long practice.
Mrs. Jacob Berndt of Fennimore
visited at the Peter and Phil Berndt
homes last week, returning north on
the Thursday afternoon train.
James Buxton and wife and Mrs.
Laura Kitto of Potosi were Lancaster
shoppers and business callers We'd
nesday.
Mrs. John Hoffman Sr., an aged res
fdent of the first ward, underwent a
paralytic stroke Thursday night Her
condition Friday was somewhat inn
proved.
Walter Blair of the state highway
office at Madison, was in Lancaster
last week installing the state unified
system of keeping highway accounts
in the county highway office.
Miss Bessie McNair went to Madison
Thursday for days visit with Mrs
Barbara Fletcher who came down
from Two Rivers to attend meeting
of the nurses and welfare workers oil
the state.
F. C. Hauser had the bad luck tC
lose two pure bred Angora cats he
had shipped in from Maine. One, &
male, is healthy and thriving but the
two females died soon after reaching
Lancaster.
Messrs. and Mesdames F. W. Steph
ems and Joe Livingston of Livingston
attended the Kiwanis minstrel show a
Lancaster Thursday night, returning
home Friday morning. While here Mr.
Stephens made the tax return for the
village of Livingston.
John Herbert Slaght of Beetown
better known by hundreds of friends
as Hub, was a Lancaster visitor or
Thursday of last week. The Herald
acknowledges pleasant visit. Mr.
SIaght missed a couple of copies o
the Herald and wanted them as he i!
keeping up with the great serial story
"The Wings of the Morning" now ap
pearing in our columns. Hub" says
it is one of the best stories he evel
read.
P. H. Nicholson, Clifton township
treasurer, and F. L. Reed, treasure
of Waterloo township, were in Lancas
ter Thursday morning for the purpose
of maxim annual settlement with thu
county treasurer. Both men had thei
accounts in first-class shape and thu
transfer of funds, etc, was accomp
lished with dispatch. While here Mr.
Nicholson enrolled on the Herald lis
of readers, Mr.. Reed being an old
time subscriber.
L. D. Eastman sends the Herald
copy of a resolution adopted by thu
state convention of county boards il
session at Kenosha Wednesday, mem
orialiZing the state legislature to op
pose the enactment of the Blaine
measure to increase the income taXe
by the repeal of the personal proper
ty tax offset The county chairmel
as a man felt that such tax meas
ure would be inimical to the business
interests of the state.
Miss Elsie Brennan of this city, nov
a teacher in the Rhinelander, wis
high school, has been offered and ha
accepted a fellowship with degree a
the state university. The offer in
cludes an emolument of $500 a yea
and an assistant professorship. Mis-
Brennan will begin college work again
next fall and work through to Mas
ter's degree. Her student work in thu
university is highly regarded by Jen
kin Lloyd Jones and others of the fac
ulty.
A surprise party was given ALFRED
Duncalf at his home Tuesday even
ing. Those present were Messrs. anC
Mesdames John Breithaupt, Pear
Breithaupt, Mike Trainor, F. c. Haus
err, Allie Wenzel, Mrs. Bennett anC
Miss Mildred, Richard Bennett, Miss
Tanner, Mr. Edwards and wife O.
Bloomington and James Bradbury. 4
pleasant evening was enjoyed and {
real feed partaken of by the guests
assembled and Aft declares it to bt
very pleasant evening.