Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20

Key. DR.. HUlbart OF Milwaukee
viii preach IN the Baptist Church in
Lancaster next Sunday.
The bicycle .scorcher'' the idiot
who '.shows off, on his wheel and
runs down everything in sight regard
less OF consequence having
trouble in all larger cities around us.
Policemen have been furnished with
bikes and are instructed to run down,
arrest and imprison the flying, hump
backed emissary OF death wherever
! and whenever spotted
At the meeting in Dubuque next
June of the Head Camp of the Modern
Woodman of America there is every
prospect Of a lively row taking place
in which it is believed some of the
head officers viii be bounced. At
a recent meeting Of forty camps at
Clinton, Iowa, an investigating COM
mittee preferred serious against Head
Clerk Halves and Head Consul North
colt.
The Western conference Of the
Primitive Methodist church was held
at Ridgeway the fore part OF this week.
The Rev. j Hardcastle was elected
president; S. r. Chubb, vice president;
j. Anderson. conference secretary.
Every circuit was represented The
most important business was to con-
slider the dissolution of the conference
according to a resolution adopted
last year
The second trial of Stephen Ter
rell, who killed John Quirk on the
morning of March 18th, 1898, in the
saloon of William Collins at Mineral
Point, has just ended. The shooting
took place in quarrel over piece of
green ribbon which one of the men was
wearing in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
Saturday night the jury brought in
verdict of manslaughter in the second
degree, which means from four to
seven years.
TO be juror in lengthy murder
case is trying ordeal For the past
eight days the gentlemen who COM
pose the jury in the Townsend case
have continually been in charge of
the sheriff or some of his deputies.
During the day when out Of the Jury
box for recess an officer heads them in
their marches about the city for exer-
else. An officer guards them while
they eat their meals and sleeps with
them nights. Last Sunday the jury
went to church in charge of an officer
The object is to exclude all outside in
fiuences that might be brought TO
bear on them in reading a verdict.
Town, village and city ordinances
charging peddlers license are OF no
avail where such peddlers hold state
license. In several instances where
cities charged state peddlers on extra
license for peddling suit was brought
by the peddler and invariably Judge
ment has been rendered against the
city So says State Treasury Agent
Vernon. Also the payment of city
license by peddler does not exempt
him from paying a state license. The
statute makes one or two exceptions
in eases of transient merchants. A
city, village or town can get at those
big competitors of home merchants
and they should do it every time.
The twentysixth annual convent
ion Of the grand lodge, knights of
Pythias Of Wisconsin, adjourned after
a two days session. Officers were e.
lected as follows: Grand chancellor.
Joseph Schroeder, Racine; grand vice
chancellor, Judge d. 6. Classon. Ocon-
to; grand prelate, H. R. Potter, Fond
du Lac; grand master of exchequer,
Frederick Kraus, Milwaukee; grand
keeper of records and seals, Frank
Barry, Milwaukee grand master at
arms, George R. Whitman, Dodgeville;
grand inner guard, NJ. j. Hart, Ash
land; grand outer guard, Frederick
Klause, Winneconne; grand trustees,
L. W, Halsey, Milwaukee; William
Humphrey, Watertown; NJ. G. Jeffris.
GAINESVILLE; supreme representatives,
Ogden H. Fethers, Janesyiller Harry l.
Weed, Oshkosh. Appleton was Sc
lected as the next place Of meeting.
The people OF Lancaster and Vi
entity are OF the reading class il Judged
bY the number OF orders sent IN each