Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

At the annual meeting of the Ph9nix
Fire Company, No. l. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: J. J. Pendleton. Foreman; Frank
Schreiner st Assistant; f. Graham.
md Assistant Geo. MuesSe, Sec'y.;
Richard Meyer, Jr.. Treasurer. C. II.
Basford was elected as a member of the
board of Trustees
Last Wednesday evening. May, eth.
at the brides home Miss Matte Sehu-
maker, and V. W Richardson. of De
troit were united in marriage The
bride was one of Lancaster most
efficient school teachers and the groom
is employed in newspaper work in De
troit, and was formerly foreman in the
this office. The ceremony was pro-
formed by Rev Wolf of the Baptist
church They left Thursday morning
for their future nome.
Washington Ellis, an old resident of
this county. died at his home on Boice
Prairie. Wednesday, May Z, 1890, of
paralysis, aged So years. Deceased was
native of Buckingham county, Vir-
ginia, and came to tins county in 1882,
settling near Rockville. He was twice
married and reared large family. His
wife and ten children survive him. The
funeral occurred Friday morning at 10
O'Clock and the body laid to rest in the
private burying ground on the Stone
farm. Rev. Marcelus. of Lancaster,
ofliciated
The following are the names of the
Senior class in the Platteville Normal
School: Misses Fannie Woodward,
Edith Garside. Myrtle Carter, Laura
Vanderbilt, Ella Verran. LAME Nye,
Mamie Martin, Bertha Gardner, Bar
basa Robson. Belle Burke, Allie Nc
Gregor, Eliza Roberts. Nellie Rountree,
Florence Beck, Anna Burton, Maude
Guernsey. Mamie Peck, Lizzie Bing-
ham; Messrs. Tom Bishop, Frank Jones,
Henry Hay, j Nodolf. L. Wilson, T..
Roberts. f L. Churchill, n Dunn. +
Woodward. and 7. Grindell-1S ladies
and 10 gentlemen
The heaviest storm Of the season sci
in Friday morning and continued
through the night. 1t was succession
of thunder storms and at times rain
came down in torrents with violent
winds Thursday morning the earth
looked like a drowned rat. Under such
conditions it would seem impossible for
any thing touching the earth from being
soaked, yet ground due west of houses
was dry as powder for the space of two
or three feet, the wind being at all times
from the east. Monday witnessed an
other good soaking rain, so that what
has suffered for lack of water can now
grow fat.
An exchange gives the following
good advice to parents: Before you
listen to the complaints of your children
about the general fendishress of the
teachers, and get worked up and excited
over it, ii is better to reflect little.
Remember your one or half dozen
cherubs drive you crazy about half the
time, and bear with the teacher who is
making for you intelligent men and
women of as unpromising material as
you were twenty or thirty years ago.
Remember that besides your boy. who
of course everybody knows is an angel,
she has to contend with that boy of
your neighbor's, and you know full well
what terror he is.
The question of changing the fire bell
to more suitable place, and the advis-
ability of furnishing new alarm entire
" has been occupying prominent po-
sltion in the minds of many of our citi-
zens, especially members Of the Fire
Company. The one in present use is
situated on the top of the engine house
down in the hollow and behind large
brick buildings, and is so muilled that
in case the alarm is sounded large
proportion of the people never hear 1t.
What is needed is new alarm. which,
when sounded, will penetrate beyond
the immediate vicinity TO the remotest
parts of the town; and it should be
placed in more elevated part of he
city.
AS USUAL.
Hazel Green people have. naturally