Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-28

MI hilip agueE acclGenLally
dropped a five dollar bill in the post
Office the other day. After discover
ing his loss he supposed he was S. a
loser but fortunately the bill was
found BY an honest man Mr.. Downer
Kilby who eturned it to NJ. Wagner
as soon as he learned he was the own
err.
District Attorney Howe was here
Tuesday reviewing evidence in.coupty
cases accumulated before he came in
possession of the Office and attending
TO other cases. He reports that Mr..
John Wilson has not been able to get
out out of the house for about three
weeks and that N. b. Miller has the
first hatch Of chickens in 1897 in South
ern Wisconsin
John Pringle and family, who have
been living near Bridgewater, 5. Da. D..
have returned to Grant county and
will have charge of the Anton Knapp
farm near Cassville. Mr.. Knapp will
leave Grant county for Kansas and try
his fortunes in warmer climate. lie
owns valuable farm near Garnett.
MIR. Pringle is son-in-law of Mr..
Knapp, having married his daughter
Nettie about four years ago.
News of terrible accident comes
from Georgetown. Herman jacob, a
farmer living near the village, was
returning from East Dubuque with a
load OF lumber Wednesday of last
week. While coming down what is
known as Kearns' hill, about three
miles from East Dubuque. his horses
ran away The body, when found.
was horribly mangled. The face and
head were smashed into an unrecog-
nizable mass and the arms were brok-
en-. The unfortunate man was about
40 years'of age and leaves wife and
family.
-Kickapoo Chief: Henry f. Howe.
the former owner of the Kickapoo
Chief, has decided to cast his lot with
the Union as an employee on the Of
flee force. Parfrey & Co, OF
Richiand Center, who have been look
ing up the prospects for putting in
an excelsior mill at Stonepoint on the
kickapoo for several months past, have
finally decided on Petersburg as their
point. They expect TO put in plant
worth from IS, to &c. 900. There
was quite rivalry between the towns
on the line as to which would have
tie prize.
The announcement of Mr.. Buch-
ner for the Office of county Judge adds
another worthy name to the list of
aspirants for that position. Mr..
Buchner is too well known to the peo-
pie of the county to need an introduc-
ton. He has lived many years among
us, has'fought his way to the front
by his own unaided efforts and where
ever tried has proven himself trust
worthy and efficient. He has a large
practice before the county court and
is familiar with the business of the of
flee Mr.. Buchner's friends can sup
poe him with the confidence tnat be
is honest, honorable and in every way
worthy OF the high honor they would
i stow.
Mr.. C. II. Cox. who is here :.
bury his wife, informs us that he will
not return to California He ha.
been renting a fruit ranch there anC
avs that fruit raising has come to be
Improbable as the crop cannot be sold
q paying prices. He says the fruit
'wner sells his crop to commission
men and pays them a stated com.
mission for selling it regardless Of
price received. A neighbor of hi.
sold 800 boxes of peaches through
such a commissioner and when the re.
turns were all in the grower had tc
hand over Sc to make up expenses
over and above what the peaches
brought in market thus he was out
his peaches, boxing, wrapping paper
and Sc besides. The commission man
takes none of the risk of the market
as the grower has to pay all cost OF
transportation and make up any loss
that may occur to the men who handle
his fruit. The ordinary peach boxes
we see here that hold three layers OF
peaches cost the grower cents each
and the paper wrapped about the
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