Newspaper Page Text
LOCAL NEWS NOTES --Cassville is planning to celebrate the fourth. —J. S. Norris, of Platteville, was in this city Monday. —Ben Walker, of Preston was in Lancaster Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Day visited in Platteville last week. —Chas. Wilson, of Darlington, was in Lancaster Wednesday. —Joseph Fine, of Potosi, was a Lancaster visitor Saturday Cispsr Lehner, of Galena, had business in Lancaster Saturday. —Mrs. J. S Seymour, of Wauzeka, visited in Lancaster last week. . Willis Spraggon, of Fennimore, was a Lancaster visitor Monday. —Mis? Theresa Schwer, of Fenni more, visited in Lancaster last week. —L K. Brandekow and E. L. Geach, of Cassville, were in Lancaster Mon day. —The Prohibitionists will hold their county convention here Friday, June 10. —Geo. A. Moore’s next shipping day for all kinds of live stock will be next Wednesday. —Mrs. McCune and John Burns, of Ft. Dodge, lowa, are visiting with their aunt Mrs. Wm Alcorn. —An itinerant sign painter dec orated the display windows of several of cur business houses last week. —Mrs. Ed Carthew of Spokane, ! Wash., attended the funeral of her mother Mrs. E L. Damm Wednesday. —Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Benoy re turned home Wednesday after a pleasant visit with Dodgeville rela tives Miss Ada McCormick, who has been teaching in the west during the past year is home for the summer va cation. J* —Andrew Zenz is the first farmer hereabouts to purchase an automobile. He bought the Ford belonging to Dr. Doolittle. Foster Porter, of Bloomington, took the train here for Janesville Sat urday. He will secure employment in that city. —Miss Frances Burrows left Friday morning for Poplar, Montana, after a pleasant visit with Lancaster rela tives and friends. —Alba Edwards, who has been studying ihedicine in Chicago, arrived home Saturday evening for the summer vacation. —Sheriff Harcleroad and W. J. Bailie went to Platteville Saturday in Mr. Bailie’s automobile, the former to hold a sheriff’s sale. M McDonald has purchased the Greanv residence property now oc cupied by C. E Tuffley and located just south of the Grand hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Howe left on Wednesday for 'Chicago where they attended two productions of the famous New Theater Company. —Advance Car No. 2 of the Sharps’ Circus arrived in Lancaster Friday evening and lost no time in billing the town and surrounding country. —Bert Shipley caught three fine trout out of McPherson’s branch last we k. All where very nearly the same size—about thirteen inches in length. —Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Brennan, of Rapid City, S. D., are visiting in Lancaster with their nephew Land lord T. A. Finnegan, of the Grand Hotel. —The annual Children’s Day exer cises will be held in the Congrega tional church next Sunday morning at 1U:30 o’clock. The offering will be for Sunday school extension work. —The Senior class play “The Woo ing of Fredrika’’ Wednseday evening was well attended and greatly enjoyed by those present. The cast was well balanced and all of the actors are deserving ol praise. —An invitation has been sent out to the Prohibitionists of Grant Co. to meet in the City hall at 10:00 a. in. Friday June 10th for conference and business. J. M. McLeod is chair man of the county committee. —The ‘‘Roosevelt In Africa.” pictures at the Orpheum Friday and Saturday made a hit with the large crowds in attendance each evening. The pictures showed our strenuous ex president as natural as life, in his recent role of wild beast slayer. —The Junior Reception Friday evening was as successful as usual. There was a large attendance and all enjoyed themselves heartily. The members of the class of 1911, were surely deserving of the many en comiums they received for the credit able manner in which this annual function was carried out. -Luke Webb, of Bloomington visited here Friday. —A. E. Lewis hal business in Dodgeville Wednesday. - —J. T. Biddick, of Montfort, was in Lancaster Wednesday. —Thos. Duncalf arrived home from Eau Claire Friday noon. —J. J. Scanlan, of Fennimore, was a Lancaster caller Saturday. Fred Smalberry, of Fennimore, was a Lancaster caller Friday. —Miss Margaret Jordan visited last week in Cassville with relatives. Henry Belscamper, of Madison, attended the commencement exercises. —The Congregational Ladies Aid will meet next Friday with Mrs E. L. McCoy . —Mr and Mrs. Allen Miller, of Platteville, visited in Lancaster last week. —Clarence Howe visited at home last week. He is traveling for a clothing firm. —Attys. M. S. Block and David Gardner were in Lancaster on legal business Friday. —Mr and Mrs. Adoplh Nathan, of Chicago, arrived last Friday for a visit with friends and relatives. Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Doolittle and little daughter Dora visited in Brodhead last week with relatives. —Mrs. Oscar Jeide and children left on Saturday for their home in La Crosse after a visit with relatives. —Guernsey Abraham, of Blooming ton, took the train here for Janesville Wednesday after a short' visit with relatives. % William Ludden an incorrigible young man of this vicinity was taken to the reform school at Waukesha last Saturday. Rev. Johns and wife, of Platte ville, attended the commencement exercises of Lancaster high school last week. —Miss Nettie Oswald, Mrs. Walter Webb and little daughter Louise left on Saturday morning for Fennimore and Boscobel. —Mrs. Louis Fisher and daughter Hilda left Friday afternoon for Cal loway. Neb., to attend the wedding of Mrs. Fisher’s niece Miss Hilda Hunefeld. —An excellent open air concert was given Thursday evening by the city band. The evening was slightly cool but a large crowd assemble! about the courtyard to hear it. —Harry and L. P. Basford arrived home from Chicago Friday evening to spend the summer vacation. They are students in the dental department of Northwestern Univers’ty. —Mr and Mrs. J. H. Ford. Miss Helen Fargo and Ella Gordon and Dr Merle* Drap r,‘ of Dodgeville, were Lancaster visitors last week. They came over in Mr. Ford’s automobile —The local lightning rod agents have done a large amount of business lately People hereabouts do not seem to have lost their faith in the efficacy of the good old fashioned lightning rod. —The meeting of the Southwestern Wisconsin Automobile Association will be held at Fennimore Thursday, June 9 The date orginally set was June 2 but on account of a conflict of dates with the commencement ex ercises the meeting was postponed. —The well known Homestead mine at Platteville was damaged by fire last Friday night to the extent of $20,000. The fire started in the boiler room of the plant at midnight and spread rapidly. Only the engineer was in the place and fortunatly no one was injured. The fire had gained such headway before help arrived that it was not soon brought under control. The Homestead mine was owned and % managed by the members of the Shepherd family, who are well known at the county seat. —The 1910 high school base ball season has been both successful and unsuccessful. The hoys won four out of five games played. They lost to the Normal aggregation made up of older and more experienced players and won from Bloomington, Boscobel. Fennimore and Platteville high schools. It is very doubtful whether any high school team hereabouts was in the same class with the Lancaster boys. The season was unsuccesful iu that all the games except one were uninteresting for some reason or other. Next season it is expected to put another victorious team in the field. One or two fast men are lost by gradu ation but their places will doubtless be ably filled. Ralph Stone, this years’ captain, whose work behind the bat has never been excelled by a local catcher, will be in the game again to gether with a good following of his team mates. GRANT COUNTY HERALD. LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. JUNE 8, 1910 —Jesse Riese, of Bloomington, was in Lancaster Friday. —W. P. Peters, ot Dodgeville, had business here Monday. —O. E. Tennant, of Fennimore, was in Lancaster Friday. Will and Mark Carmody were Dubuque visitors last week. Miss Frances Andrew, of Livings ton, attended the Junior reception. —Alvan and F. A. Noeringsfeld, of Fennimore were Lancaster visitors Monday. —Mrs. Lydia Wagner has been en joying a visit at the George Starrett home in Flora. —Mrs. George Garner and son Rob of Richland county visited Lancaster relatives last we?.k. < Place & Jerrett’s next shipping day for veal calves, cattle, hogs and sheep will be next Monday. - —Mrs J. H. Fowler and children left Friday afternoon for Oak Park, 111., for a visit with relatives. —William Lewis went to Cassville last week for a visit at the home of his daughter Mrs. John Foley. —Mrs. Smith, of Amhurst, visited last week with her son Prof. Willard Smith, of the high school faculty. —The following C. & N. W officials were in Lancaster Wednesday; A. L, Fisher, M. E. Thomas, M. Riney, and G. B. Vilas. —The city band gave a pleasing open air concert Thursday evening. From now on these concerts will be held nearly every week. Mrs. Harriett Liscomb, a pioneer resident of Cassville who was well known by m.ny of our older citizens, pased away Thursday morning at the age~of 75 years. Miss Myra York, of Hazel Green, is a member of this year’s graduating class of the Platteville Normal. She is a graduate of the Lancaster high school, class of 1907. Dr. J. H Reed attended the meet ing of the Southern Dental Ass’n held at Janesville last week and incidental ly attended to business relating to his recent safety pin patent. —Miss Mathilda Block arrived home last week from Harrold, S. D., where she taught in the public schools the past year. She is well pleased with western life and thinks she will return next fall. —The class of 1910 was the third largest graduating class in the history of the Lancaster high school. Twenty five students received their diplomas Friday. In 1907 the class numbered twenty -seven and in 1900, twenty eight. —Prin. Geo. T. Kemper, of Brown’s Business College, at Davenport, at tended the Pettit-Kemper wedding and also the graduation of his brother, Edward, from the Lancaster high school. Incidentally he paid the Herald a pleasant visit. —The morning freight train ran off the track near Stitzer Thursday and the noon passenger could not get through to Lancaster. By evening the track was cleared however and the 6:15 train arrived nearly on time with an. unusually large amount of mail. William Bateman, of Gordon, Neb., was in Lancaster last week on his way to New York from which port he will sail for Liverpool June 18. This will be his first visit to old England since he emigrated forty-two years ago. Mr. Bateman is a former North Andover resident. —Prof. Gilman paid a pleasing compliment to the Lancaster high school in his address last Friday morning when be told of the high re gard in which its graduates have been held at the state university since away back in the seventies. It would indeed be hard to find a high school in this section that has held to such a consistently high standard of scholar ship as Lancaster’s. For several years our graduates have been admitted to the leading colleges and universities of the north west without examination. We surely should be proud of our school and “boost” it at every op portunity. —Prin. A. J. Henkel of this village who has been at the head of the public schools here during the past four years has contracted to as sume the principalship of the High School at Pardeeville for the coming year. Pardeeville is a progressive and thriving village of 1000 or more inhabitants located in Columbia County and supports a first class high school. We are very loth to lose Mr. Henkel from our schools here, but did not feel abie in this district to pay him the wages which he demands and is capable of earning. He proven himself to be able and confWtent in every way and there is no doubt that he will give the very best of satisfac tion as a high school principal. Our schools here have steadily progressed during bis administration here, the tenth grade work having baen added to our course of study under his supervision.—Kickapoo Chief (Wau zeka. ) —D Garner, of Boscobel, was in Lancaster Friday. —Ray Kies, of Livingston, was in this city Saturday. —A. R Manley, of Montfort, was in Lancaster Sunday. —J. McGovern, of Potosi, was a Lancaster visitor Friday. —E. E Raisbeck was over from Bloomington Wednesday. —J. W. Lewis was. over from Bloomington Wednesday. —Ralph Hoskins, of Bloomington, was in Lancaster Monday. —Peter Glassmaker and Ben Wiest were here from Cassville Wednesday. —F. F. Wheeler and J. P. Haffner, of Muscoda, were in Lancaster Fri day. Will Eberhardt, of Chicago, visited with Lancaster relatives last week. —The ladies of the Congregational church expect to give a pantry sale on Saturday June 18. Farther particulars later. —Mrs. I J. Laird and little grand daughter Mary James, of Necedah, Wis., arrived Friday evening for a vis it with friends. —Miss Elsie Seymour, of Bloom ington, underwent an operation for throat trouble last Wednesday. Dr. Gault had.the case in charge. —Mrs. J W. Anderson, of Wood man', is taking treatment in Prof. Schade’s sanitarium. Dan’l Decker, of Fennimore, is also listed among the patients. —George Eustice left for his home at Gilroy, Cal., Saturday morning after a visit of several weeks with relatives in Lancaster and other towns of this vicinity. Mr. Eustice was called to Lancaster by the serious ill ness of his sister Mrs. Alex Ivey, who at present is in a much improved con dition. —Miss Gladys Eggers, of Mifflin, and Arthur Thomas, of Linden, were united in marriage Wednesday at the home of Rev. F. W. Schoenfeld in Dodgeville. They were attended by Miss Katherine Williams and Wade Eggers. The bride is well known as a former Lancaster girl. We extend congratulations. —An unfortunate individual of the genus—hobo, while in Montfort last week became suddenly ill and took refuge in Art Di Vail’s barn. Drs Coopei and Ketterer, of that village, visited him an! found his condition to be serious. Aft?r they had cared for him a few days he was brought to the cjunty home. At present he is much improved. —Considerable complaint has been made in regard to bicycle riders mak ing almost constant use of the side walks. Serious accidents have result ed from this form of amusement and Lancaster, as well as other cities, long ago adopted an ordinance for bidding it. This ordinance should De obeyed. Parents could easily aid the city authorities in this matter, if they only would. —Clinton Kendall, of Brookings, S. D.. visited with friends in Lancaster last week. Mr. Kendall was recently called to Cassville by the serious ill ness of nis little son who with Mrs. Kendall has been visiting with Grant county relatives for some time At present we are glad to report that the little fellow is recovering from his illness, which for a time looked very much like pneumonia. —Lancaster should be able to put a strong amateur ball team in the field this season. We have plenty of material and an interesting lot of games could be scheduled. Of the surrounding towns, Cassville, Mus coda, Highland, Potosi and Galena all are represented by speedy teams made up of home boys. While amateur base ball is far from being in the same class with the semi-pro program as played in this section two years ago it is a-satisfactory subsitute when managed properly. i —E. M. Nye, of Viroqua, and Miss Minnie Herman, of Chicago, were united in marriage Wednesday after noon in Viola at the home of the groom’s parents Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Nye. They are now established in house keeping at Viroqua. E. M. Nye is better known to his many friends here as “Dick” Nye. He was reared in Lancaster and duatel from the local high school in 1897 At present he is proprietor of the Optimo restaurant in Viroqua. The Herald extends hearty congratulations. —A team representing Platteville high school went down to defeat be fore the local high school bunch to the tune of 11 to 1, last Friday. The game was too one-sided to be interest ing. Lancaster started scoring at the beginning of the game and onlvpaused for breath, once or twice, during the rest of the contest. Platteville scored in the last inning on a forced run. before that there was but one time they even had a chance to score. This cnance they threw away by *‘bone head” base-running. The batteries were; Platteville: Kelly and Laugh ton ; Lancaster ; Miller and Stone. Eighteen marriage licenses were if med last month. David James, of Montfort, was in this city Wednesday. Frank Tennant had business in Mineral Point last week, —Gus Seipp, of Glen Haven, was in Lancaster on business Wednesday. —Considerable work has been done with the city road grader the past few days. —Wss Nettie Tuckwood left on Wednesday for Shiocton for a visit with her brother Dr. Chas. Tuckwood. —Supper will be served at the M. E. church -chapel this (Wednesday) evening from 5 o’clock until all are cared for. —Mrs. Keziah Gainer went to Bee town Monday for a visit with her son Harley and other relatives and old friends. —L O. Pennock and Harry Nathan are home from Monroe, where they have completed their course of study in the business college. —Hubert Alt brought in the only trout reported from the bunch that fished McPherson creek Saturday aud Sunday. It measured 15 inches. —On Monday Undersheriff Harcle road took Adolph Graham, who for some time has been an inmate of the county asylum to the Northern Asylum at Winnebago. —About two hundred people from Lancaster, Platteville and surround ing country held a' picnic at King’s Ford last Sunday and reports indicate ( that they had an enjoyable time. —The Junior Auxiliary will sell . candy, ice-cream and sherbet on Sat- I urday afternoon'on the church lawn. If the weather is unpleasant, the sale will be held in the sample room of the Wright House. Mr. and Mrs. John Huhnstock who has been visiting in Lancaster at i the home of the latter’s mother Mrs. • H. Gerlach and other relatives and ; friends returned to their home at; Hoodoo Sask, Canada this morning. I I —Misses Nellie Carmody . and Maude A. Finney left Lancaster on the 8 :30 train last Thursday for Janes ville to visit the latter’s two sisters, viz. Georgia and Nettie Finney, who each have positions there as steno graphers. —The Farmers' Telephone Co. is preparing to string over a mile of cable on their lines west and south of town. They will place it at present as far west as John Zenz’ place and as far south of John Bennett’s. They ' started setting new poles yesterday. | —Elmer, or as he is known by his friends, “Puny” Eastman has disposed of his interest in the Lancaster Lum ber Co to his cousin, L. D Eastman and for the present intends looking after some interests he *has in the west. On Monday evening he gave a little party to a few of his friends at his cozv home on west Maple street. —The Bureau of Labor and In dustrial Statistics of Madison, Wis, . has requested the county clerks of the state to establish, in conjunction with their offices, a farm employment and farm rent agency. County Clerk C. E. Tuffley has consented to assist with such work and if there are any persons in the county who desire work on farms write him giving age, ex perience, wages desired, and refer ences. Also farmers desiring either male or female help should write him stating the kind of help wanted, wages they will pay and nature of tiie work. Anyone laborer or farmer, desiring his services should make ap plication early as the season is well advanced already. Frank Damm the sixteen year old son of the late George Damm and wife of this city, passed away Saturday night after an extended illness. He is survived by two brothers Walter a student in the Lancaster high school, and Paul, aU, W. student. Since the tragic death of their parents, sev eral years ago the three boys made their home with their grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Damm, whose death a week ago, was chronicled in the last issue of the Herald Frank was a bright manly lad and his death al though not entirely unexpected was a sad shock to all who knew him. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the residence. Rev. Morgans officiating. Interment took place at Hillside cemetery. —Ninety-one girls and forty-five noys received their diplomas as graduates from Grant County high schools this year. Of the thirteen high schools the Lancaster graduating class was the largest numbering nineteen girls and six buys. The other high schools and the number of their graduates are as follows: Muscoda seven girls; Hazel Green—two girls, four boys; Montfort—nine girls, five boys; Boscobel—four girls, five boys ; Mt. Hope —three girls, one boy ; Patch Grove—one girl, two boys; Bloom ington, nine girls, seven boys; Platte ville—thirteen girls, five boys: Fen nimore-twelve girls, six boys; Cuba City—five girls; Potosi—two boys, two girls; Cassville—five girls, two boys. The work in all of these schools is by this time completed. —Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shipley went to Fennimore Friday. Mrs Chas. Jewel visited at her old home near Fennimore a day or two last week. —Miss Adeline Lane, of Lamont, 111., arrived Thursday fora visit with her brother, Capt. J. F. Lane. —John Thier Jr. started Monday for Alabama, where he has a brother lying dangerously ill in a hospital, J —Miss Floyd Stevens returned home Monday evening from Milwaukee, where she has been trimming in a millinery establishment for several weeks. —Miss Ruth Harcleroad while at play at school last week fell and in jured her spine quite serio is’y. She has been confined to her bed the past few days —The teachers incur schools living out of town have with three excep tions returned home for the summer vacation. Prin. Traner and Misses Young and Sahin remained for a longer visit, —The joint memorial services of the Royal Neighbors and « Modern Woodmen were held at the M. W. A. hall last Sunday afternoon. The pro gram was an appropriate one and each number was well presented, A large audience attended the services. —Mr. and M’-s. George Warren, of Spring Valley, Minn., autoed to Lan caster last Thursday and visited with Lancaster relatives. Mrs. Warren who is a niece of Dr, J. H, Reed, is better known to her many friends here as Miss Nan Howdle. They started on their return trip Monday. —A brief session of circuit court was held last Friday, In the suit of Monfort State Bank vs R. C Kendricks a judgment for the plaintiff was or dered, Interlocutory judgments of divorce were ordered in the following cases: James Smith vs Daisy Smith; James Lewis vs Maria Lewis; Loretta Levins vs John R Levins and Richard Flitch vs Nellie Flitch. —Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Watkins of St. Louis, Mo., surprised their folks by meeting them on the streets of Lancaster Saturday afternoon. They arrived unexpectedly at noon after spending a very pleasant week with relatives and friends in northern Illinois and lowa. They expect to enjoy a pleasant months vacation in So. Lancaster. —A couple of boys were playing catch several days ago in front of the Bryhan, Roth & Tuckwood machine house when the ball “went wild” and glancing from a telegraph pole crashed through the large plate glass window in the front of the building. The demensions of the broken pane were 68 by 120 inches. The glass was replaced yesterday. - Rev. Wm. C. Laube has been asked to officiate Sunday at the German Presbyterian church and it is hoped that all the members and friends will enjoy one more of these delight fully cool Sundays listening to his ever welcome sermons. Mr. Craemer being in Nebraska it will ba impos sible for him to arrive home in time to be with us Sunday. Sunday school and church at the usual hours*, Hurricane church at 2 :30 p ra. £, —Mrs Beth Bowers, accompanied by her daughter Baeruth and Miss Bessier Trotwine, drove to Potosi last week where they met the latter’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Trotwine, and her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Fengler, all of Dubuque, who came up the river in a big launch. The entire party then steamed up the Mississippi to a point near Spring Lake where they picnicked for a day or two and slept on the launch, which is fitted up as a house-boat. —-—• —i— County Court The following matters were heard in county court yesterday : Estate Christian Kraemer, deceased. Pet for settlement and to determine inheritance tax. Account examined, amended by charging examiner with $lO rent. Inheritance tax assessed. Estate Jacob Woostenholme, dec eased. Pet. to determine inheritance tax. Inheritance tax assessed Estate C. J. Hyde deceased. Pet. to prove will Hearing adjourned to June 14, 1910. Estate Cyrille Marcue, deceased. Pet. for settlement. Account ex amined and allowed Older made assigning estate. Shrewd Masculinity. A man thinks he’s a natural born weather prophet when his wife made him put on his goloshes and it stormed. smart Baby. The coctor swears this is true. It is about his young daughter, who is not yet a year old. Just about noon the other day, when the doctor and his wife sat down to frankfurters, of which they are very fond, the nurse brought the baby in from a long ride. The baby squirmed around in the woman’s arms, leaned over until she could see what was in the chafing dish filled with boiling water and then remarked “800-woo" ”