Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-21
Responded to by Mrs. Richard Never

Responded to by Mrs. Richard Meyer,
Jr., of the class Of '76.
| 4.--class Of '77-May they aid in the march Of
| civilization.
Responded to by Miss Ellen Woolsten-
holme, of the class of III.
| Sour clergy-The relation of education to
| religion.
Responded to by Rev. S. W. Eaton.
| 6.-Man makes his own surroundings.
Responded to by John Muesse, of the
class of 10.
| 7.--lnfuence OF the press on education.
Responded to by Walter w. Pollock,
of the class of 80.
| Sour Alma Waterway she ever rank high
among educational institutions
Responded to by Adolph Schreiner,
of the class of rs.
| its benevolent institutions, and its public
| spirited citizens-may they prosper in the future
as they have in the past.
Responded to by Mr.. Edward Pol
lock.
| Memory dear
Responded to by Miss Myra Barnett,
of the class of rs.
| 1.-THE senior class OF our high school--May
they soon become members Of our association.
Responded to by Miss Clara Jones, of
the senior class.
This closed the exercises of the even
ing, after which the alumni and invited
guests, to the number of fortv-fye, sat
down TO tempting supper, served in
one of the recitation rooms. The hands
of the tell-tale clock were nearing the
hour of midnight when they rose, and
after mutual regrets at the close of so
pleasant a day, passed out into the
glorious moonlight, leaving the grim
old pile, which has listened to the tread,
and witnessed the hopes and fears of so
many weary climbers up learning's hill,
to its solitude and reflections.
QUITE an important will case was on
trial before Judge McGonigal, in the
county court, the past week. The es-
tate involved was that of Mrs. Mary P.
Ladd, who died Oct. 9TH, 1882, and
whose will, dated July Goth, 1870, was
offered for probate. On the back of the
will, bearing date Oct. 9TH, 1879, were
the words, Il revoke this WILL" signed
Mary z. Ladd. On the ground that
this was a revocation of the will, the
contest was made, Clark g. Mills APP
pearing for the contestants, and VIM. E.
Carter and A. X. Bushnell for the propo-
nents. In the original will, after a few
requests, the balance of the estate was
left by the testator to her two nephews,
Arthur and Myron Sherman. Evidence
was introduced by the contestants,
showing that Mrs. Ladd had in
tended to make new will,
and had supposed the present will
was revoked. The proponents claimed
that the mere writing on the back of
the will was not a legal revocation of
the same, in so much as the statute
form of revocation had not been OBJ
served. The statute provides that ''no
will or any part thereof, shall be revok-
ed, uni 7ss by burning, tearing, cancel
ing or celebrating the same,n etc.
The contesta hts claim that this was
cancellation of the will and quoted au-
thorities in defense of the position. The
proponents held itcould not by any form
ofverbal Gymnastics, be twistedint such
a meaning, and produced their array of
authorities in support of their position.
After three days fight Judge Nc
Gonigal decided in favor of the con-
testants, and refused to admit the will
to probate. AS the contest involves n
question never passed upon by the
supreme court of this state, an appeal
will be taken and the matter will finally
end in that tribunal.