Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-26
Local Exchanges.

BLOOMINGTON AecDlQ- Last sunday
evening as Lueius Pike was returning
home from church three highwayman
stopped him an demanded his money
OF bis life. Il being o the road oppo-
site justice Holford's residence Lucius
cried Tor help Mr.. Holford had retired
for the n ght but got up and went 10 the
door 70 see what was up. Lucius told
him be bad been attacked BY robbers
bat they had skipped He thinks they
are the same ones that broke open Pen
nock's safe 8 few weeks ago.
Platteyille News:-Assignee Evans 5
making ire last payment 70 depositors
in the defunct bank Of he late Isaac
Hodges. This IS the third dividend and
is TWO and one-half per cent Of the
amounts deposited The first was six
per cent and the second five making a
total Of thirteen and one bali per cent.
The remaining eighty-six and half per
cent can be charged to profit and loss
Galena Gazette More live stock has
been Kill by lightning in this corner Of
the State within the last month than
ever before in the same period Of time.
At Waddam's Grove II. Jonas lost TWO
horses; VIM. Rice, two cattle; Geocge
Masters, one COW; Jessie Marble, two
cattle; Frank Fair, several head Of cat
tie.
Mineral p. Tribune 4 bus load
consisting Of Thos. Laty, John O'Dowd.
Aggie Chamley, Agnes Shepard,
Alice Gribble, Lille Hosken,
Mile Wearne. Eliza Hawkins
Mary Mullen and Mary McCabe who
attended The graduating exercises Of
the P'atteYille Normal School. had IN
exciting and long to be remembered
experience while homeward bound Inst
night When on high point OF ground
they were caught by the heavy storm
and tie 'bus turned over Getting
themselves and bus in shape again they
proceeded on their journey bat it was
very dark and the road being badly gut
ted. they experienced another upset
About one O'Clock "a the morning their
dilipated condition compelled them TO
give up fitheI efforts % 20 on. 50 they
sought and gained shelter Al a farm
house, waited for daylight and arrived
home this Thursday morning. Luck
ily no one was injured, but the 5u-
was slightly shattered.
Dial.-A two year. old colt belonging
10 George Miller was killed in a peculiar
manner SundayInight Il ran lis head
through 3 swing which hung in the yard
and twisted around until the rope
choked tito death.
Darlington Journa.-Mr. Wm. Bish-
ell Of Lamont has probably sheared
more sheep than any other man in Wis
consin. He commenced the business
in England at the age Of Il, and is now
past -, never missing q season At the
work. During the two weeks ending
last Saturday he clipped fleece q fol
lows For Nj Gilman a Isaac New
ton ~; s. 5. Driver 260;Louis Cline 40,
& Blaisdell y; total 60l Nj. Bish-
ellis son Polete worked with him part Of
the time. as the Old gentleman leg are
not as timber a. they once We're. and
the prauks Of some Of the frisky Old
rams make him tired Wool BUYERS for
years have known ,hat Mr. Bshell 5
tleeces can always be relied upon a. I'M
form, and when they know he was the
artist who handled the shears and tied
the leeees. they often pay a cent a
pound extra for the wool. Polete Bish
Ell has learned to be almost as expert
a. his father at the business
Galena Gazette There died at Mont
tcrt lsst Tuesday, man who lacked
but three years If century's existence.
and who was, without doub, The Oldest
Mason in the country. he was born IN
Scotland On he 9th of July, 1893. and
took tie Masonic degrees in that coun-
try Immediately upon the attainment
Of his twenty-tirst year His admission
20 he order therefore antedates the birth
Of The vast majority OF men now living.
ard bis membership in it covered per-
led of seventy-six years. 1t is believed,
ard il is safe conjecture, that there is
rot another man living whose connec-
ton With the order has covered SO many
wears, and that when John Thompson
died The oldest Mason passed away.
The funeral vas held under the aus
pices Of Montfort Ledge Of Missions
Thursday afternoon.
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