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Fred Foster was here from Bloom ington Thursday. —E. Baker, of Edmund, had busi ness here Thursday. —An obituary of William Bennett will appear in next week’s Herald. Dr. Paul Howell, of Beloit, visited at home the forepart of the week. Lemuel Oates left yesterday morning for Baraboo for a visit at the home of his brother Harvey. Evans Barnett, a student in ■Sacred Heart College, Prairie du Chien, is visiting at his home in this •city, —Mr. and Mrs. George Suchardt, of Elk Grove, attended the funeral -of their nephew Frank Ertz last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. James Wenzel ar rived home Monday evening from a brief visit at the Walter Orton home in Fennimore. —John Mikesch, ot Mason City, lowa, attended the funeral of Frank Ertz here last Thursday, returning home the same day. —Alonzo Wayne left Monday after noon for Chicago. He left there yes terday for southern Texas to visit the 4 ‘Cross S” Ranch. James E, Bailie residing four miles south of town has a new 5-pas senger 30 h. p. Overland car, deliver ed to him last Saturday Mrs. Win. Webb arrived home Monday evening from Platteville where she enjoyed a two weeks visit at the home of her aunt Mrs. C. F. Rowe. W. G. Knox accompanied by Joseph Caspers went to Milwaukee yesterday where the former is pur chasing machinery for his new garage and repair shop. —‘ ‘Our Village Postmaster” pleased a packed house last night. It is a company of artists and a well rendered play—Springfield Register. See them at Reed’s opera house May 2. —Mr. and Mrs. Z A. Williamson, of Albion, Neb , have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Goble during the past week They were called here by the death of Mrs. Sophia Kibourn. —The following University of Wis consin students were home for the Easter vacation the past week: Clare Totman, Herbert Taylor, Keenan Bennett, Frank Meyer and Clarence Gates Col. J. G. Clark has from 50 to 100 small peach trees suitable for planting which be offers to give free to any of his friends who will come at once and dig them, at his residence north of the postoffice. —The Cedar Rapids Times says: “Everyone leaving the opera house last night wore a smile, a sure sign that Perry’s ‘Our Village Postmaster’ pleased.” This company will appear in Lancaster at Reed’s opera house Tuesday evening, May 2. —Joe McCoy a few days ago shipped to Healy & Brown, of Wausau, Wis., 10 head of draft horses, average weight 1560 pounds each, probably the heaviest and best bunch of draft horses ever shipped from this market. He also shipped some drivers to Mil waukee same day. —The Lancaster high school base ball team met defeat in the first game of the season Saturday at Cassville. The game was cut short in the seventh inning by the Lancaster catcher, Chandler injuring his right hand. The score at this point was 14 to 12 in Cassville’s favor. The Lancaster battery was Stone and Chandler. —Fred C. Duncalf, son of Mr. aud Mrs Thos. Duncalf of this city, has decided to accept au excellent offer to return to the faculty of the University of Texas this year. Prof. Duncalf has held a chair in history at Bowdoin College, the past year and while the work in the eastern institution has been very pleasant and profitable it h?-o not afforded the opportunity for work along the lines of Medieval History, which Prof. Duncalf has always made his specialty. —Miss Clara B. Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Porter, and William I. Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cook, were united in marriage at the home of Rev. Herbert Nye Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. The wedding was a quiet affair only immediate relatives and being present at the ceremony. The bride and groom were attended by William Snyder and Miss Grace Wilson. Mrs. Maude Gulke, sister of the bride, played the weuding march. Mr. and Mrs. Cook received many valuable and useful gifts. The best wishes of many friends follow them. —Adolph Wepking had business at Fennimore Monday. —Congregational Ladies’ Aid with Mrs. Reuben Garner Friday. Sunday was a beautiful day for the annual display of Easter bonnets. —Two or three columns more local news on second page of this paper today. Miss Jeanette McCoy, a student in the Milwaukee Normal school visited at home the past week. —A general yard raking and clean ing-up campaign has been in progress all over the city during the past few nice days. Rev. August Cramer and Geo. Weiland left yesterday for Madison to attend Presbytery. They expect to re turn on Thursday. —F. P. Barnett has been seriously ill during the past week. Mrs. Barnett and daughter Barbara have also been ill a portion of the same period. —‘ Tony” Howell has a fine lot of strawberry plants now ready for de livery and as the season is a little late advises intending purchasers to ‘‘get busy” at once. See advertise ment in another column of today’s Herald. —The ladies of Eva Camp. Royal Neighbors, will have another quilt ing on Friday afternoon of this week, to make quilts for the M. W. A. sanitarium. Members are requested to bring a covered dish and to remain for lodge. / —Wednesday evening next week, April 26th the Lancaster Canton of Patriarchs Militant and other Odd Fellows and their wives and ladies will go to Platteville to attend a big celebration of the anniversary of the order there. There will be addresses, recitations, music, canton drills by the Patriarchs Militant of Lancaster and Platteville, and a grand march, ball, and supper. All the Lancaster Odd Fellows hope to go to Platteville if the weather and roads will permit. Extensive improvements are to be made this spring at the County home. Contracts have been let for a new porch 20x40 feet on the front of the main building, to cost $750 and the entire interior will be repainted, kalsomined etc. Supt. M. V. Burris is handling affairs at the home in a most successful and satisfactory man ner, and when these improvements are made we will nave one of the neatest and most comfortable institutions of the kind in this part of the country. And the best of it is that this money has all been raised in profits from the farm and the improvements will cost the taxpayers nothing at all. —The committee in charge of the local lecture course has secured the following six numbers for the 1911- 1912 season : The Strollers’ Quartette, a male musical organization; Edward Reno, the well known magician and illusionist; Thomas Brooks Fletcher who will lecture on one of the follow ing subjects—‘‘Tragedies of the Un prepared, ” “The Martyrdom of Fools” and ‘‘The Modern Judas;” John B. Ratto, impersonator; Edward Amherst Ott, of the Municipal Service League, Chicago, who has the follow ing four lectures to select from— ‘‘Sour Grapes,” “The Haunted House,” ‘‘The Spenders” and ‘‘The Story of a City;” The Anitas Sing ing Orchestra, an organization of six young women, who both play and sing. All the above attractions are highly recommended and Lancaster people are assured of one of the best courses it is possible to secure. —Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock a special divine service will be held in Reed’s opera house by the Odd fellows of Lancaster, to which the general public is invited. April 26th is the ninety-first anniversary of Odd Fellowship, and is a day uni versally observed by Odd Fellows. Canton Lancaster No. 14 of the Patriarchs Militant will attend the service in full uniform. There will be volunteer musical numbers and a sermon on some subject appropriate to Odd Fellowship by Rev. Herbert Nye, of the Baptist church. Rev Nye is an Odd Fellow who came to Lancaster during the past year and has officiated as pastor of the Baptist church here. His congregation is not large and he has not had a large salary and it has been bard for him beie to get along financially. He has resigned and will go to another field next week. The offering next Sunday afternoon will all go to him. There will be no ex pense for the hall, Dr. Reed having offered it for the service, and the Odd Fellows trust that everyone who at tends the service will give liberally in aid of Rev. Nye. GRANT COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. APRIL 19, 1911. Nothing counts much but to be kind and decent and charitable. —The Woman’s Club will meet Monday witn Mrs. Frank Schreiner. Most of us feel like we work hard enough to get more out of life than we are getting. Walter Pollock and family, of Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting at the Edward Pollock home. —A marriage license was issued Saturday to Teenan Oleson, of Lone Rock and Annie Rust, of Boscobel. —Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Oleson and children of Dodgeville spent Easter at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Martin. —Mrs. Tom Blackburn has returned from Dubuque, where she had been to see her brother, Frank Huftil who is very sick in a hospital there. —Edward Nathan, a son of Adolph Nathan of Chicago and a friend, Mr. Schupp, of the University of Wiscon sin, visited relatives here the past week. —Mrs. Carrie and Mrs. David Cornwall, while hunting water cress last Monday killed seven snakes ranging from eighteen inches to three feet in length. —Hon. David Schreiner has suffi ciently recovered from his long and serious illness that he was able to be at his office yesterday a portion of the day and expects to return to Madison to resume his duties as member of the assembly next week. —Dr. S. W. Doolittle arrived in Lancaster last week after a nine months absence in Europe—two mouths of which was spent in travel and the remainder in study at Vienna, Austria. Doctor and Mrs. Dooltttle. daughter Dura and Mies Lila Wendall landed in New York a week ago. The re turn trip was made on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Mrs. Doolittle, Dora and Miss Wendall are at present visiting Brodhead relatives. The doctor visiting the more im portant hospitals of Chicago and Philadelphia and that of the Drs. Mayo at Rochester Minn. Upon his return to Lancaster he expects to open an office as a consulting physician. He will not engage in general practice. Mrs. Sophia Kilbourn a pioneer resident of Grant Co. died suddenly at the home of her daughter Mrs. George P. Goble Tuesday evening shortly after 7 o’clock. Death was caused by heart-failure and was not preceded by any illness. Mrs. Kil bourn was a native of Chautauqua County, N. Y., and came to Grant county with her people in 1837 when but six years old. The earlier por tion of her life was spent near James town but after her marriage to James A. Kilbourn she went to Glen Haven where she lived until about thirty years ago when she came to Lancas ter. Mr. Kilbourn died about thirty two years ago, Mrs. Kilbourn is sur vived by one son Leroy, of Kincaid, Kansas; Mrs. E. ’A. Williamson, of Albion Neb , and Mrs. Geo. P. Goble of th : s city. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home, Rev. W. H. Hannaford, of the Congregational church officiating. A more extended obituary will be published next week. —Jared Evans Barnett, better known to his triends as Jed Barnett, died at his home in the fourth ward Wednesday morning after several weeks illness suffering from acute peritonitis accompanied by a severe attack of la grippe. Mr. Barnett had lived in Lancaster for sixty-four years and was one of our nest known and most highly respected citizens. He was born in Jefferson County, Pa., 1881, and came here with his parents in 1847. His father, Andrew Barnett, was the Lancaster ‘‘hotel man” for several years. In 1857 Jed E. Barnett was united in marriage to Mies Harriet. Fisher and for a time they lived in Boscobel where Mr. Barnett was postmaster. After a year or so they returned to Lancaster where Mr. Barnett commenced • a teaming and stage line which later developed into the large dray line business owned by J. E. Barnett & Son. Mr. Barnett is survived by four daughters Mrs. N. Baldwin, ot Lancaster; Mrs. George Mills and Mrs Wilton Morse, of Mancos, Colorado; Mrs. Cnas. Weber, of Fennimore, and three sons Harry, Fred P. and Ralph of this city. Funeral services were held from the home Friday afternoon Rev. J. T. Morgans officiating. Interment was made at Hillside cemetery. A more extended obituary notice will appear next week. FOR SAlE—Fine St. Bernard dog, nine months old. Inquire of Geo. Beck, at Beck & Schwartz creamery, near depot, Lancaster. MUSIC PUPILS WANTED— Voice and piano. 6w4c H. Blanche Hyde. School tablets—just received an other shipment of those big fat fal lows to sell for a n’ickle at Crich ton’s. LOST, between north school and postoffice last Saturday, gold cross and chain. Finder please return to Fred Brackett. WHEN BREAD WAS CALLED “THE STAFF OF LIFE” the delicious Crackers, Cakes and Biscuits of today were unknown. A baker, in those days, meant a man who baked bread. A baker nowadays more —it means an artist who tickles your palate with those flaky crackers and other tid-bits that give you an added appetite for food —and help digestion. “WHO’S YOUR BAK ER?” means much. If you study the matter as WE study it THIS is your bakery. We have taken into our stock a complete line of the Loose-Wiles Co’s fam ous goods. These people have and control twelve of the largest factories in the world and also have factories in London, England, and Berlin, Germany. The line consists of all kinds of fancy and staple goods put up in sealed packages and in bulk Our line will be complete and will include nearly all the imported cakes and bakery goods. TAK - HOM - A is the name of our new package Soda Cracker; crisp and flaky. Get acquainted with it. Special For Saturday, April 22nd Three packages of the regular five cent size “TAK - HOM - A” biscuit for 10c. ONE HUNDRED DOZEN PACKAGES READY FOR THIS SALE Dignified Clothes This is our hobby; and our success in pleasing the young men who appreciate clothes that have char acter, is due entirely to wW\ 1111 Orton-Haley Co. . . i y - n I mhhmm Mfld c. ep \ r < t 11 m ffl fl W-STORE. FOR BETTER GROCERIES W Kuppenheimer and Colleg ian Clothes. There is a vast difference in these clothes and others. That’s why we pride ourselves in having exclusive con trol of these carefully-tailored garments. You get real value in every suit you buy, bearing these labels. An un limited assortment of exclusive Spring styles are ready for your inspection. Not necessary to make a purchase; we only ask you to come in and look through, then make comparisons with others, and we are sure of selling you your Spring suit when you are ready. range from $15.00 to $35.00. PAGE FIVE