Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-19
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
NOTES FROM NElGHBoRlNG TOWNS
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.


Dane, Crawford and Lafayette Counties
Cleaned from Exchanges and Condensed
for Herald Readers
MIR and Mrs. Al. Dietrich of Cass-
vile celebrated their silver wedding
Dec. 4.
Prof. Walter Mase of the Platteville
Normal has been engaged to teach the
Livingston schools.
P. I. Stephens has been elected
patron and Martha johnson matron
of the Montfort Eastern Star.
The new woman must have her
headquarters at Highland. The Press
of that place compliments the fire
ladies' on their promptnesS on re-
spending to a fire alarm.
A young man on the east bound
passenger train at Boscobel in show
in the porter on the sleeper the action
of his revolver, accidentlv discharged
it. producing painful flesh wound.
The trotting horse Smoek w is in
charge o. Joe Palmer, at Darling
ton. and will be trained for next sea-
sons races with confidence that he
will lower his already good mark of
2:21
The Herald-Advertiser of Sparta has
changed hands. The Wagner Broth
ers from this county who purchased
the paper last June have retired from
the management of the paper, the
former proprietor JAY II. Hinkley as
Stunning control.
Friday afternoon Guerdon G. Buck,
of the university class of '97 rescued
John Daniels and Paul Fish from the
waters of Lake Mendoza. The boys
were skating and broke through. Be-
ing near the city shore Mr. Buck soon
got to them and rendered assistance.
Madison Journal
The supervisors of Vernon county
have passed an ordinance excluding
the asylum trustees of that county
from acting as trustees of the poor
farm. The poor house is to he entire
ly under the contro of the county
board and poor con. missioner elect
ed by them.
On viewing our city by daylight one
would think it model of sobriety
decorum; but under the electric lights
between IL and12 at night different
impression would be had. Some who
are on the black list, and others who
should be on it. are then to be seen
struggling with ..jags'' of immense
proportion. The song ''Oh, what a
difference in the morning. should be
changed for our city to ..Oh, what a
difference in the evening Mineral
Point Tribune.
At the preliminary hearing of the
posse of Viola people who were arrest
ed for i'll treating the atlas deliverer, a
Richland Center magistrate bound six
of them over to circuit court. fixing
bail at $500 In this connection the
Intelligencer says the atlas propriet-
ors have brought suit against several
reliable and substantial citizens of
that town for the price of the county
atlas. The parties sued claim their
orders were obtained fraudulently and
refused to accept or pay for the atlas
This will probably be test case.
Plenty OF music, healthful games,
4 good newspapers and magazines in
abundance will keep the boys on a
farm. ''All work and no play is a
true and tritn aphorism; but mix. in
with the work at proper times, plays.
games reading, music in which the
whole family can participate and re-
ceiye each share of the enjoy
ment and the boys will love home for
its own sake. and they will linger
long III the home nest aud sigh regret
fully when the time comes for them to
leave father and mother and takes up
the burdens OF life
Mrs. Patrick Glynn. residing on
Green river, caused the arrest of John
| Kelly, Of Woodman. charging him with
selling liquor to minors and engaged
attorney K. d. Blanchard, of Boscobel
to look after the case. The trial came
on Friday afternoon before Judge
Mclaughlin. The defendant plead
not guilty and called for a jury trial,
through his attorney w. g. Palmer.
Six men were procured TO act as same
and the fun commenced. 1t was very
noticeable that Patrick Glynn, the
plaintiffs husband as well as the
sons, were not pleased with Mrs.
Glynn's action in the matter and her
efforts to secure a conviction were
thwarthed on every hand. where pos
sible, the father even testifying that
he procured the liquor for the young
men on the night in question, Thanks
giving night. After the examination
of number Of Witnesses and closing
arguments on on part Of the attorneys
the case went to the jury They
went out about three hours and re-
turned with a verdict OF mot guilty
as result Of which Mr. Kelly was
discharged.
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