Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-07


storm Tuesday whirl-wind struck
the large red barn on the Martin farm.
lifted it from the foundation and
broke it all to pieces. Under the barn
floor was basement for stock, in
which were ten horses. The floor was
left intact and not one Of the horses
was injured. This was one OF the
largest harms on the prairie and the
whirl OF wind must have been simply
terrific. Other smaller buildings
around It were not touched by the
young cyclone.
Fred Culbert OF Peshtigo, Wis.
has begun his walk around the world.
having left Kewaunee, the starting
point. Culbert goes to Chicago and
thence to New York by the way OF
Pittsburg From New York he viii
take steamer for Liverpool, then
walk to London, take boat across
the channel, .hen go through France,
Italy, Turkey, down to India, and up
to Hong Kong. From there he will
take steamer across the Pacific to
San Francisco. and then walk to Chi
cago, taking the Union Pacific route.
Culbert must do this within three
years.
Newspapers all over the state are
commenting on the Platteville city
councils recent decision regarding
the Grant county telephone line.
Here is sample. In summing up the
matter the Shullsburg Pick and Cad
says: ..Platteyille ought to put
high board fence around the city so
as to keep strangers out and prevent
all outsiders from seeing their electric
lights. When their liberality becomes
generally known some curiosity hunt
er may want to visit them VITA a
kodak and get few snap shot pic
lures of the place and its enterprising
citizens
-..Shall advertise with space or
locals?n asked business man of the
editor of an established paper If
you are going to advertise a shoat for
sale. few lines of local are enough.
If you have a $4,000 or a $40, 600
stock of goods, two lines would not
convey the impression you want CON
veyed.' Greatest stock on earth al
Smiths would lead the reader to
ask why Smith did not take an adj. in
proportion to his stock. Take space
to correspond with the business you
conduct and you win create an i'm
preston on the purchasing public
that will be lasting benefit. 1t has
been truthfully said that the effects of
advertising never die.
-Richland county circuit court ter
minated last week and the sheriff and
his helpers have been rounding up
and taking to the penitentiary tough
lot OF criminals. There was James
Straight and his wife who were SEN
tenced-he for ten years and she for
three years for the crime of de-
bauching nine-year-old Mertie Shaw,
a motherless little girl that they had
taken to raise. Also among the lot
was Lincoln Ironmonger, convicted of
of adultery and sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary Judge Clement
sons advice to the officer in charge
was not to disgrace the colored man
Ironmonger) by taking him to Wau-
pun in company with the Straights.
The Richland County Democrat
says: .'The ground hog season is
now but well opened and the wisdom
(?) Of the last county board in voting
a bounty for such animals becomes
more and more apparent each day.
For couple of weeks past the county
clerks Office has been fairly besieged
by bounty claimants and the clerk
kept busy drawing orders therefor.
The board set aside fund Of 800 to
pay such counties, the last Of which
was paid out Montay and the sea son
but fairly opened. On Saturday,
April 10Th, the sum $3.50 was paid
ia such bounties and the other five
!
days of the week it amounted to s29 80
total of $73.2 20 for one week or an
average OF $12.10 daily II is es IT,
mated that before the next regular
meeting of the board the ground hog
bounty act will haze cost the county
$4,000" All the ground hogs in
Richland county together probably
would not do above $25 damage in a