Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-20

| at Boscobel, Sept. -.
Grant County Reform Senatorial District Conven.
tion Congressional, at Lancaster, Sept. ".
Grant County Circuit Court, at Lancaster, Sept. s.
Meeting Of Old Settlers of Grant County, at Ian
caster, Oct. l.
/ VIOLATION OF CEMETERY, ORCHARD
AND GARDENs.-It would seem that
the sacred character which naturally
belongs to the burial places of the
dead would protect such places
from injury or Dissertation of every
character. & person who would not
tread lightly Ger the ashes of the
dead must be devoid OF all the finer
feelings pertaining to mae and one
WHO will willfuly deface the sepulchre
aud destroy and carry away the orna-
ments or flowers deposited by friends,
as sacred tributes to the memory of
the dead, would steal the grave clothes
of the departed or the ornaments of
the coffin, if not intimidated by the
law. Such trespasses, we are sorry
to say, have been committed in our
community. Not only flowers, but
growing plants and shrubbery, have
been taken, and for the benefit of
those who might trespass without the
knowledge Of the law, we add an ex-
| tract from the statute pertaining to
the matter. (See chapter 81, section
IA, r 81:
Any person who shall willfully destroy,
nutilate, iniure, or remove any tomb, monu-
| ment, grave stone, building, or other struc
| tuTe, placed in any cemetery, or any fence,
| railing, or other work fol- the protection or
| ornament thereof, or who shall wilfully de-
stroy or irlure any tree, shrub. or plant within
| the limits of such cemetery, incorporated un-
| der this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of
| msdemeanor, and shall be liable in an action
! to be brought ia the maine of the association,
Tor the payment OF all damages by him occa-
stoned, or any proprietor of lot in such
cemetery may sue for any injury done upon
any lot owned by him
In this connection we add another
section of the Wisconsin Statutes
which may prove salutary at the pre-
sent. (See chapter los, section 65-
Taylor's Statutes):
Every person who shall wifftully and mali
| ciousiy enter any orchard, nursery or garden,
| and carry away, muliiate or destroy any tree,
| shrub or vine, or steal, take or carry away
any fruit or flower without the consent of the
owner thereof, or who shall willfulIy and ma
1 liciously mutilate, injure destroy any tree
or shrub planted for fruit, shade or ornament,
shall be deemed quality of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment IN the county Jail for period
not exceeding three months.
CONVENTIONS AND CAUCUsEs.-
Calls appear in the HERALD for Re
publican Assembly District Convea-
tions to be held in the I'd, Sd and
18th districts, respectively in the
towns of Lancaster, Boscobel and
Bloomington, on the 9Th day OF
September, for tho purpose of elect
ing two delegates, each to attend
the Congressional Convention at
Mineral Point, Sept. 18th, and five
delegates each to the County Con-
vention at Lancaster, Sept. 10th. 1t
is presumed that the Assembly Con-
vention for the lst district will also
be called on the same day Sept 5th),
although the call has pot appeared.
We again call the attention of Re-
publlcans in the county to the i'm
portance of attending the primary
caucusses, in order that representa-
tive men be delegated to attend the
Assembly, county and nominating
conventions The Caucuses especial
" should be Republican ia every
sense of the word. There is 40 apol-
ogy for allowing q Democr to par
ticipate in a local Repu 5lcan Caucus
on the promise that be will support
particular Republican, if nominal
ed. The rule that should govern the
admission of Democrats in Republi-
can Caucuses ought to require them
to pledge support to the Republican
ticket 1T the polls, whoever be the
nominee of the nominating conven-
ton.