Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-23
There is also 'sbalance OF pow

~. Inero Is aleO q "Dalance OF pow l
er" ticket in the field. Thomas will /
make a thorough canvass, and the
chances of election seem to be IN bis |
favor, although the Democrats pre-
tend that he will be beaten, saying
that since o. b. soured on their party |
he has been regularly defeated every
time he happened to be candidate.
There is one thing that will initiate
against Thomas in some quarters
lie has the reputation OF being an
out.and.out Reyes man. The plat
form adopted by the convention that
nominated the gentleman is some
what emphaiically "agin" the boss
but whether the opposition is taffy
or is wheat, remains to be seen.
During the past few days the Mon
dell has sheltered and fed a good
many people from Grant county
Among them were Messrs. Wheeler,
Brown, Woodhouse, Sprague, DR..
Chambers. and others from Bloom
ington. Sam Woodhouse came Sun
day accompanied by his wife, and
early this morning they took the cars
for California. They will be on ".he
slope" several months. slime, who
came to day, (came to buy the Mon
dell House, it is rumored) says they
will be back in time to eat their
Christmas dinner at home. Frank
Haight, of Platteville, and IL. p.
Bell. of Potosi, both well known and
popular Grant county men. are also
in town.to stay a week or two Frank
is noble boy, but he can't play
checkers halt as we'll as some OF the
old natives of the city. Mr.. Bell is
pleased with the nomination of Jas
w. Seaton and thinks he will have
the largest vote ever polled for a
Democrat in Grant county. So may
1t pan out. If the boys exert them.
selves little and push the figure to
1000, there is no telling what may
happen Gus.
LATER,
TUESDAY EVENING, Oct. 2l.-Mr.
Siegbert died between eight and nine
O'Clock this morning. An inquest
was held this afternoon and the yer.
dict was "came to his death by a
pistol shot fired by himself during a
fit of temporary insanity" The re-
mains will! be taken to La Crosse fol-
burial
Thatit ,oas fit of temporary in.
sanity that caused Mr.. S. to make
way with himself is belief shared
by many besides the men who com.
posed the coroner's jury. There ap.
pears to have been no disastrous
specializing in wheat, and the bnsi-
ness affairs OF the house are in az
good condition as they ever were
simply A l. The immense stock OF
goods in store will be sold immedi.
ately at cost and the business closed
as soon as possible.
As may be supposed, the estima.
BILE family of the deceased are bowed
to the earth by their great bereave.
ment, and the heartfelt sympathy oil
the entire community is with them in
this sad honr OF their darkened lives.
1t is said that the deceased made
his will last Saturday. l do not state
this as fact, even it it does appear
in the dispatches of the Associated
Press. Mr.. Thomas being inter.
viewed, said: deceased came to
my Office last Saturday with h,t
brother-in.law, and | did some bust
ness for them" But whether the
business was will making or some
thing else OF legal nature, is no,
} stated.
MIR. Siegbert having always beer
a remarkably successful business
man, sketch of his mercantile ca
reer would no doubt prove interest
ing to a great many readers of the
HERALD; therefore, look for some
thing of the kind in my next week.
letter from this city. G.