Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-09-21

days, and in some places the fires are
stii! burning although considerably
checked. A large amount of valuable
timber has been consumed and The
damage is great. Ashland was reported
in danger Sunday. A number Of peo-
pie were compelled to leave their homes
on account of the dense smoke which
noated over the city. The farmers have
suffered generally by these fires. es-
pecially along the Bad and White
rivers, the fertile valleys Of both streams
being thicklY settled.
James Jones of Fennimore. one of
the guiltyIparties in the Doan adultery
case, came before Judge Carter and
plead guilty last Saturday afternoon to
the charges against him He has been
trying a game Of bluff all along until
lately, when he weakened and conclud-
ed to take his sentence at once. The
judge gave him two years and half at
hard labor in the penitentiary at Wau-
pun, twenty-four hours to be spent in
solitary confinement. This will give
him time TO think over his vicious ways
and with a yirluous apprenticeship of
two and half years he may conclude
to be better man the rest of his life.
The examination of his partner in guilt
has not yet taken place but it is difficult
to see'how she can escape a somewhat
similar punishment.
The possibilities for large attend
ance ut the fair to-day Thursday and
Friday are most catering. Dame
Natures Kindness in sprinkling the
highways makes i. foregone conclu-
sion that the attendance the last day
will be equal to if not in excess of that
of the same day last year. The track is
in excellent condition, is hard and fast,
and with the work which will be done
on it, to get it in the best shape possible
remarkably fast time should be made
and record-smasbiDg is to be expected.
The field of horses already here include
the fastest in this and surrounding
counties. Each race has contestants
in it of equal speed and merit and there
fore constitutes special feature.
Everyone is especially interested in the
three year old race, which has such
horses in it as Lumpwood, Myrtle N,
and Bay Henry Fast time is expected
for this race, and guessing on the win
ner is dubious business.
The Nj. f. Church conference held
this year at Hudson was the most salts
factory in every way that has been held
for years. Bishop Joyce was the pre-
siding officer. The people of Hudson
We'd with each other in their efforts TO
entertain the strangers within their
gates. There were not many pastoral
changes this year. Rev. II. ID. Smith
remains at Lancaster, and Rev. C. G..
Swartz remains at Darlington. w. 0.
Nuzum goes from Bloomington TO
Leon, Geo. Merrifed goes from Dodge
vile to Shullsburg, Rev. Mills from
Shullsburg to Bloomington, w. H.
ChYnoweth goes to Dodgeville. VIM.
Balch goes to Necedah from Prairie du
Chen. A. c. HalseY goes to Prairie du
CHEN, and Z. +, Marcellus from Ore
gon to Menominee. OF the
presiding elders in the state
four went out of office because
the six year limit expired. Rev. H. w.
Bushnell of Ashland Dist. receives an
elegant gold watch and chain from the
pastors of his district as token oftheir
regard Other retiring elders were
also treated handsomely. OF the new
appointments A. j. Dayies goes to
Ashland District, M Benson goes to
Eau Clair, H. Goodsell goes to La
Crosse, and w. j. Mckay goes to Mad
ison, One of the most striking figures
in the conference was Father Yocum
So years of age, who has attended sc
conferences as an active pastor. AS a
token of regard the members of the
conference presented him a we'll filled
purse. TIE members Of this confer
ence, one and all, recognized that this
session has been most happy one in
every respect,
Las. week we had the genuine pleas
IRE Of spending part Of two days at the
Boscobel fair and shaking hands with
friends. Did you ever notice a Bosco-
bel handshake? There heartiness
about 1t that leaves no doubt of the gen
,7iro rood ,pill rf tho ebaixor Tho fa;r