Grant County herald. [volume], May 13, 1908, Image 1

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SEMI-WEEKLY
Wednesday—Saturday
ESTABLISHED: 1843.
SMALL SIZED CYCLONE
VISITED THIS COUNTY
Blew Down Buildings in Several
Localities.
Lancaster Escaped Injury, but Reports
of Serious Damage Come From
Many Quarters.
One of the narrowest escapes this
city ever had from being wind
swept was on Monday of this week.
A storm had been brewing since the
evening previous and broke at
about two o’clock that afternoon.
From the manner in which the ele
ments acted it looked as though the
city would be swept by a cyclone
but the angry wind clouds seemed
to veer and sweep around city
strik J ng the rural districts and
villages on nearly all sides.
Many of the farmers living in this
vicinity have sustained heavy losses
through the destruction of their
barns and sheds. Telephone lines
were thrown down in all parts of
the county. People in this city first
realized the extent of the damage
that had been done when the rural
carriers returned in the evening,
drenched but happy that they had
escaped so luckily. They reported
that the road in places was blocked
entirely by trees, timber and debris
generally.
The barn of Byron Landon who
lives about 5 miles east of the city
was levelled to the ground. W. W.
Oyer, living about 4 miles south
east of here on the Platteville road
also had a barn destroyed. Ralph
King, had driven into this building
to escape the fury of the storm and
warned by the shaking of the
structure, left it just before it fell.
The rural carriers had hard work
to return home. They encountered
many obstacles, the roads being en
tirely blocked in some places as we
have said. It was extremely dif
ficult to drive against the furious
wind and at times they were almost
forced backward. Reports from
other parts of the county indicate
that the loss of farm property is
greater than was at first supposed.
In the vicinity of Bloomington
and Beetown the storm did very
little damage, but near Patch Grove
it destroyed among other smaller
buildings a barn belonging to Fred
Foster and a windmill on the Knapp
farm.
In South Lancaster barns and
sheds were destroyed at Christian
Vesperman’s and John Bailie’s and
othes farmers sustained heavy
losses of fruit trees, etc.
In Fennimore there was con
siderable damage done Two large
window were broken; one in
the H. Roethe residence and one in
the home of Frank Roach At the
latter place a piece of the glass flew
and struck Mrs Roach on the head,
cutting a deep gash. A physician
was called and he found it neces
sary to take several stitches in the
cut.
East and south east of the city the
wind seems to have done the great
est damage. On the Walter Boyd
farm, east of town, more or less
damage was done to the buildings
and at the Bast farm near W. W.
Oyer’s a large hay shed was blown
over.
On the old Tom McDonald place
where Carl Brandemuehl bow lives,
three outhouses were completely
destroyed. A little girl was in one
of these buildings at the time that
it was blown over, but escaped
without being injured.
At the Levi Garner place east of
the Rock school house, a windmill
was so twisted that it was almost
completely spoiled for future use.
All through this section fences were
demolished and the usual damage
was done to trees, telephone posts,
etc.
Decoration Day Meeting.
A meeting of the citizens of Lan
caster is hereby called for Saturday
evening, May 16th, at 7:30 p. m.« at
theJG. A. R. hall, for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements
for the proper observance of Mem
orial. day.
We want a large attendance.
J.T. Bennett, Mayor,
David Schreiner,
Commander Tom Cox Post.
Eggs For Hatching.
Weber’s Rose Ccmb Rhode Island
Reds. Eggs produced from three fine
pens. 75’cents and 1 dollar per 15.
2o ts * Walter Weder.
Teh jone that news item to The
Heram. Either phone.
Grant County Herald
AN EASY ONE
Lancaster Defeated Mineral Point in
Base Ball Game 11 to 1.
Lancaster high school won its
fourth consecutive victory of the
season last Saturday when it de
feated Mineral Point high school by
the remarkable score of 11 to 1.
Although the local team showed up
much better than the visitors the
latter part of the game was little
more than a comedy of errors. Lan
caster did not plaj the same smooth
baseball that won the Normal
games and most of the local men
were enjoying quiet nap when
Whitford scored for the Point boys
in the sixth
Brewer, the visiting pitcher, was
much harder to hit than either of
the other twirlers has
been up against this year, but when
one man got a hit off of him it
meant two or three scores. In
this way the home boys “bunched
hits” in the fourth, sixth and eighth
innings and brought their end of
the score up to its remarkable
proportions. At other stages of
the game Brewer was somewhat
steadier and managed to strike out
12 men. Pennock had 14 strikeouts
to his credit.
Very ordinary fielding was ex
hibited by both teams and taken
all together the game was a very
tame affair.
The score by innings is as follows:
Lancaster 0 0031 502* —ll
Mineral Point.. 000001000—1
Batteries —Brewer and Whitfoid;
Pennock and Basford.
OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.
t
Are Picture Post Cards, But the Govern
ment Dislikes to Handle Them.
However little the postal authori
ties may like to handle it, the sou
venir or picture card is not only
affording the people a great deal of
pleasure and entertainment, but it
is actually providing a goodly
amount of valuable information.
People as they travel about are apt
to buy postal cards illustrating the
places where they happen to be and
send them to tbeir friends at home.
They contain pictures of the most
interesting sights and scenes, many
of tbem historic and all of them in
teresting. Whoever has a collec- -
tion of several hundred can get a
pretty good descriptive idea of a
great many points and places. Some
people have thousands of these cards
and in that way are enabled to
know much about many interesting
buildings, people and scenes.
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us Strong
and Healthy.
All the blood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every 3
minutes. The kidneys filter the
blood. They work night and day.
When healthy they remove about
500 graine of impure matter daily,
when unhealthy some of this im
pure matter is left in the blood.
This brings on many diseases and
symptoms-pain in the back, head
ache, nervwusnesss, hot dry skin,
rheumatism, gout, gravel, disorders
of the eyesight and hearing, dizzi
ness, irregular heart, debility,
drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in the
urine, etc. But if you keep the fil
ters right you will have no trouble
with the kidneys
Mrs Eliza Langridge, living in
the Fourth Ward, Lancaster, Wis ,
says: “I had been suffering from
kidney trouble and rheumatism for
many years. At times I had suf
fered terribly from severe pains
through my back and limbs and it
was causing me great discomfort
when Doan’s Kidney Pills were
brought to my attention, and I pro
cured a box at J. D. Hatch’s Drug
Store. At times there was a reten
tion of the secretions and I felt very
weak and dizzy at times. Doan’s
Kidney Pills relieved me in a few
weeks and now I feel much better
in every way. lam glad to recom
mend Doan’s Kidney Pills.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co-, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
and take no other.
—Lester Bidwell died Sunday at
the home of his sister, Miss Alice
Walker, east of the city, at the age
of 40 years. He had been ill but a
short time. He leaves two brothers
and four sisters. The funeral will
be held today at 10:30 from the
Walker home. Interment will fol
low at the Hillside cemetery.
—Lancaster Protection Hook &
Ladder Co. No. lelected the follow
ing officers Monday nigh t for the
ensuing year: Foreman, L. G.
Hickok; assistant N. J. Tiedeman;
inspector L. E. Henkel; secretary
C. D. Stratton; R. N. Trentzsch;
trustees, L. J. Starr and Wm.
Hough. The appointive officers are
not yet chosen.
PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1908.
AROUND THE COUNTY
What Our Neighbors Are Doing, as Reported by
The Herald’s Correspondents
BLOOMINGTON.
Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Drowning at Glen Haven —Jo
sepb Orr, son of Postmistress Ger
trude M Orr, of Glen Haven, found
a watery death in the Mississippi
river Thursday evening. He went
down to the landing with several
others to witness the landing of the •
steamer, “Eclipse”, and when the i
party started home some of theml
missed him A search was insti
tuted but he was not found. Upon
advice of one of the party who had
heard something fall into the river
a party was organized at once to
drag the river with a clam outfit.
The body of the young man was
found within forty feet of the bank
on the first trial. Joe was sadly
afflicted with epileptic fits having
had one on the morning of the ac
cident. It is, thought that while
standing on the bank of the river
he was seized with another, and
thus fell forward into the stream.
The appearance of his face indica
ted as much. He was twenty years
of age. His father, Joseph L. Orr, j
died suddenly during the excitement <
attending the burning of Frank
Barr's livery stable about threej
years ago. He was postmaster at.
the time of his death and Mrs Orr •
succeeded him to that position Fu- ■
neral services for the young man
were conducted by Rev Lacey of
this city Sunday morning.
Serious Runaway Last Friday
Rev. Woolley and wife had three
whee s of their buggy smashed to
kindlings and narrowly escaped
serious injury in a runaway mix-up
at the water trough south of town
on the Beetown road. Fred Schar
fenstein, of Ca-sville, had been out
to the McNamaia farm, delivering
some machinery for Thos Finney,
of Cassville, and while coming down
the hill near the trough, th* tongue
of the wagon slipped through the
n-ck-yoke ring, permitting the wa
gon to run against the horses. The
horses ran away, and Fred was'
thrown from the wagon, sustaining
a bad cut above one eye and severe j
bruises on various parts of his anat- ■
omy. The team came in contact
with the Woolley vehicleat the foot;
of the hill and became entangled in ,
the buggy. One of the horses w as
under the buggy and could not ■
move until liberated. Three wheels,
of the buggy were smashed and the
seat was broken off. Mr. and Mrs. j
Woolley escaped with a good shak-!
ing up and a fair-sized scare.
Elocutionary Contest—Bloom- j
ington high school was represented
in the field meet and elocutionary j
center t at Platteville Friday, but,
did not carry off any prizes. Those |
who accompanied Prof. Holt to the •
meet and participated in the events •
were Lucile Woodhouse and Stella
Goldberg, speakers; Guernsey Abra
ham, Mark Hoskins Linn Wood
house, Jay Martin, Henry Knapp,
Albert Kalt, athletics.
New R. R. Time Card —The Burl
ington passenger service has been
greatly improved for local travel.
No. 52 now goes south at 2:42 p.
m., and No. 49 north at 5:40 a. m ,
making regular stops. No. 50 going
south at 12:25 a. m., stops on signal,
and No. 51 going north at 3:40 p.
m. stops to let off passengers from
east of Savannah. The way freight
going north meets No. 52 at Glen
Haven, and passengers can go to
Prairie du Chein and then transfer
to No. 51. The other way freight
goes south at 11.25 a. m. All
aboardl
Mississippi Steamer—The Steam
er Eclipse also is a great convenience
for travelers and freight. It runs
from Prairie du Chien to Dubuque
in the morning, returning in the
evening, and stopping at all in
termediate points both ways. Noth
ing like competition amongst the
common carriers.
Orchestra is Popular—An or
: chestra, made up of Everett Prit
' chett, violin, Lester Pritchett clari
onet, Jesse Riese, cornet. Ora Brodt,
trombone, and Arthur Mayne, piano,
played for a dance in Mt. Hope Fri
day evening. The boys were in
vited to play for another dance
soon.
M. W. A. Delegate—Lincoln
Abraham attended the state camp
of the M. W. A. at Wausau
last week, and he was elected as
one of the de egatee to the national
meeting at Peoria June 16. He re-
ports a very successful state meet
ing with 140 delegates in attendance.
Musical E > tert ainment —The
Ladies’ Fraternal Quartette gave an
entertainment and dance in the city
hall Saturday evening. They proved
to be good players, with lots of
trombone to spare.
The school board recently voted
to invite the following teachers to
remain next year: J. Holt, prin
cipal; Nell Austin, Emma Glasier,
assistants, Louise Nelson, grammar
department, and Eugenie Giasson,
first primary. The other teachers
have • esigned to take up the work
elsewhere
Uncle Hardy Green, the only
colored gentleman residing in this
vicinity, recently suffered a stroke
of paralysis and is at the point of
death He is about 80 years of age.
Joe Greer and Lester Pritchett
did the pitch catch work for the
Cassville team against McGregor
Sunday. Fifteen innings were
played and the game was a tie, 8 to
8. No scores were made in the
last seven innings. About twenty
people from here saw the game.
Harley HicKok sold his bay driv
ing team to- the Patch Grove
creamery men for a neat price.
•Some of our boys played a Patch |
Grove team at that place Sunday,
but lost by a score of 13 to 9
W D. Cox delivered a prohibition
speech in the city hall Monday
evening.
Miss Reed visited hiends in Lan
caster Sunday.
H. Tornowske and wife were
over Sunday visitors m Lancaster.
LOCALS.
Earl Kuenster and wife, of Chi
cago. are guests of West Grant
relatives
A. C. Bishop and Miss Ella Wit
comb vLlted in Guttenburg Friday.
Rev. J. W. Tavlor, of Chicago
Moody Institute, is expected to oc
cupy the Baptist pulpit for a few
Sundays soon.
While none of our pupils landed
a prize at Platteville, we are glad
that an Ontario girl got third place,
as Ersk ne Jay is principal of that
school So it was a Bloomington
victory anyway.
Erskine Johnson is home from
North Dakota where he did some.
breaking on his homestead.
Mose Hicklin and Fred Wetmore'
went to Minneapolis last week, I
where the former bought three car-1
loads of cows and heifers, to put in
the Hicklin pasture for the season.
Robert Bohringer has been writ
ing insurance for the Bloomington
Hail and Wind Co. in the towns of |
South Lancaster, Liberty, Ellen-,
boro and Harrison- He wrote
$129,000 in South Lancaster alone.
The company now is carrying about
$1,000,000 insurance and is solidly
on its feet.
C. W. Vince and John Day were
drown from Mt. Hope Saturday.
John it was who helped “Cum ”
Wayne kill an old wolf and six cubs
in a den on the Dagenhart eighty
near the east line of the town of
Patch Grove. They got a bounty
of S2O for the old female, and $8
each, or S4B for all, of the cubs,
making a total of S6B for the lot.
Good hunting day, that.
There were some pleasant Arbor
Day exercises in the schools Friday.
Andrew Foster and wife are on a
western visit. Mr. Foster is visit
ing his son George in Edgeley, N.
D , and half expects to go to Mon
tana to see his brother William.
Mrs. Foster is visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. Schweninger, in Malta,
Colorado.
Marguerite, daughter of J. C.
Bennetts and wife, of Prairie du
Chien, has been haying a siege of
small pox.
" BAGLEY.
Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Jackley and wife got home from
Platteville Friday.
Len Stagman and family spent
Sunday and Saturday with Father
Arris, of Patch Grove, and on the
way home they stopped at the home
of Herman Stagman to see that new
comer boy baby.
Laura lorns had a nice rag bee
last Thursday.
Mr. Krist and family, run the
forehand farm recently purchased
of John Harris.
Will Calkins, while breaking a
colt hitched to a buggy, said get up,
and the colt laid down and broke
the thills and harness. Have pati
ence Will the colt hasn’t learned
the word of command yet.
The owners of six nice blooded
stallions that travel through Bag
ley, are owned by Messrs Keene,
Hamilton, Lambert, O’Neil and
Luke Anderson.
Among the business callers this
week W. Weed, town clerk, Rile
Jacobs and wife, Mrs John Marsh,
Hank Baumer and Millie Burgess,
and J. C. Bennetts, formerly of
Bloomington, now of Prairie du
Chien, traveling for Fred Way
& Son, Dubuque, la.
Two of our young men were out
the other night by the light of the
moon and a safe distance behind a
couple of girls promenading;but the
girls someway gave the boys the
slip and later on the young aspir
ants found they had been shadow
ing a conple of elderly married
ladies. Ha, ha, well boys wipe the
cob webs est of your goggles and
try it again.
Mrs. Johnson, sister of Mrs. J. P.
Day, will return to her home at
Evansville, Wis , next Monday.
The Burlington here laid off two
men and will, they say, thin out
some more section hands.
The Ladies Aid helped Mrs. Gor
don Pitser with her sewing last
Friday.
Arbor Day was observed by our
school primary exercises Thursday
afternoon and High school club en
tertainment in the evening. Fri
day the children had a half day off
to go flower picking and for a while
the woods were full of the rising
generation.
Cold, was no name for it. The
morning of May Bth you might
have seen U & I out in the garden
hoeing with mittens and arctic over
shoes; on the 9th quite a frost and
Sunday 10th, hot as mid summer.
Now don’t it?
Mr. and Mrs. J T. Clifton drove
to Bloomington last Thursday.
That was a sad ass ur, the drown
ing of that young man, Me. Orr,
at Glen Haven last Friday.
Yes, Dr Mecum has a young fox
to tame; look for your chicken
coops; Doc. is the man behind the
gun just now, and the way English
sparrows fade away and that peskey
Reynard grows is a caution.
Maud Grimsey and children after
a good visit returned last week to
Glen Haven.
Mrs. J. P. Day is gaining all the
time and will soon be out in the
flower garden.
The 4th of May Grandma Shrake
passed her 95th mile stone in life.
Some of her lady friends went up
and took dinner with the old lady.
Mrs. Jacob Beer accompanied by
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leonard
Beer and her two girls called on us
last Sunday.
Little Jesse Mecum wanted to
give U & I a bouquet, but was too
ill to bring it, so after a few days he
made his mother bring it; although
badly wilted we still keep it as a
token of true child like friendship.
The wives of Dei Morrisey and
Lou Newman accompanied tbeir
husbands to the “hub” where the
men had to sit as jurymen.
Mrs Will Calkins took a trip to
LaCrosse last Saturday. While she
was gone Mrs. May Ruckdashel
looked after the interests of the
hotel-
People in town should take a
personal interest in improving and
beautifyingthetown. Guard jealous
ly side walk from tramping hoofs of
stock, every shade tree and every
attempt to improve the looks of
lawns should receive the encourag
ing look smile .of every good
citizen old or young.
Miss Barber, principal of our
school received a visit from her
father, of Madison, last week.
He that writes and runs away
May live to write another day.
Notice to Contractors
The Board of Public Works will
receive bids for delivering rock to
the city as follows:
A bid for quarying rock at the
Joe Wright quarry, city to nay 40c
per load for the stripping delivered
on the street; also bid for delivering
crushed and uncrushed rock from
this quarry for sidewalk and road
purposes to be used in the city; also
bid for furnishing and delivering
crushed rock from any quarry. Each
bid to be accompanied by a bond
for S2OO. Sealed bids received up
to 9 o’clock p. m. Saturday, May 16.
The B. of P. W. reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. Signed,
F. P. Barnett
Louis Fischer
H. C. Bryhan.
HONOR TO THE MEMDHY
OF OUR SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Day Will be Suitably
Observed Here.
Citizens Meeting Billed for Saturday
Evening to Make the Necessary
Arrangements.
Memorial day will pr bably be
observed in the usual fitting manner*
in Lancaster this year The orator*
of the day as has been announced
by the Herald will be John Watson*
of Livingston, and a thoughtful andi
eloquent address is expected from
him.
A citizens’ meeting will be held
at the G. A. R hall on next Satur
day evening to make all necessary
arrangements. It is hoped that
there will be a large attendance and
that all will aid in making the ob
servance of this day tend to keep
fresh the memory of “those who
died that their country might live.”
Department Commander John C-
Martin of the department of Wis
consin, G. A. R., has issued the fol
lowing general order from his
headquarters at Madison regard
ing the observance of Memorial
day, May 30:
Comrades: We are approaching
another mile stone in our march
westward. The sun of our day is
neaiing the horizon and our thin
ning ranks reminds us that it is fit
ting for us to pause and pay heart
felt tribute to our brave comrades
sleeping so peacefully in their'
shallow graves all over the South
land, and in every city, village and
hamlet throughout this department.
Their work is done, their
over. Let us cherish and revere;
their memories.
In compliance with the rules and
regulations and general orders No„
5 from national headquarters, Sat
urday, May 30, will be observed as
Memorial Day by the Grand Army
of the Republic of this department
—and, it is hoped, by all good citi
zens of this state which sent out
over 90,000 of her best and bravest
men —in grateful remembrance of:
our heroic dead who fell in battle
or wasted away in prison pen, and
of our comrades who have since?
passed over to the other side. Let
us strew upon their last resting
places the sweetest flowers of spring
and plant there the flag they loved
so well and preserved without the
loss of a single star. Let us remem
ber their unselfish devotion to duty.,
and from their example gather in
spiration that shall cheer and sus
tain us, as with halting, step we
march on toward the sunset; and as
the present generation looks on or
takes part, may rbev, too, be inspir
ed with the true spirit of the day.
As a preparation for Memorial
day, let all the .poets, accompanied,
by the W. R C., Ladies of the G»
A. R., daughters and sons of vet
erans and Spanish war veterans, at
tend divine service on the Sunday
preceding May 30. meeting at the
post hall and going in a body to the
church where arrangements have
been made for such services. Post
commanders will arrange to have
all comrades, the W. R. C., Ladies*,
cf the G. A. R. and daughters and
sons of veterans attend patriotic
cersises in the public schools on Fri -
day, May 29, and will urge the at
tendance of all the children, teach
ers, clergy and the public generally,,
to the exercises to be held on
Memorial day. Post commanders
should ask th& mayor or other
executive officers of their respective
cities and villages to request that all
places of business be closed, and
that citizens abstain from secular
labor and amusements during that
portion of Memorial day devoted to
decoration and memorial services.
Post commanders will see that
President Lincoln’s address at
Gettysburg be made a special feature
of the Memorial day exercises.
Flags throughout this department
will be placed at half mast on the
morning of Memorial day and so
remain until noon, when they will
be hoisted to full mast for the re
mainder of the day. City and town,
governments and all our citizens
throughout the state are kindly re
quested to comply with the same?
form.
Vegetables and Bedding Plants.
Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, and
Celery plants, also Coleus, Cannas
Verbenas, Pansies, Asters—almost any
thing you want in flower plants will be
ready about May 12, at Taylor’s Green
house, Lancaster. Bell phone 1332.
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