Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-08-18

day morning. Five large hogs and
some small pigs belonging to sher-
man Gingrieh were killed by light
ming at the time the barn was struck.
Mr.. Gingrich lives about one mile
southeast Of this city.
Thomas Leaney, residing ? miles
northwest of Bloomington. has pur-
chased lots in the city of Lancaster,
on Tyler street opposite Cap. Strong's
and is just starting to build a house.
Mr.. Leaney viii move to town. He
has seven sons big. tall husky fell
lows
VIM. Craven visited the county
seat Tuesday. He informs us that
in Belmont, near West Mound, early
Monday morning during an electric
storm shed containing 90 tons of
hay on the farm of Mr.. Harms was
struck by lightning and entirely
burned.
Carpenter Henry Hartline has
jus. completed the building of a
cheese factory for John Parks in Bee
town. Machinery was taken out from
Lancaster Tuesday and the factory
will be ready to start in about a week.
Thode Parks, who recently finished a
course in the dairy school at Madison,
viii run the factory.
The following named persons took
the train at Lancaster Tuesday morn.
ing bound for the Y P. G f. conven-
tion in Boscobel: Helen Reed. lie ia
and Ralph Kinney, Sadie and Edna
Moses, Dora, Ralph, Clara and Marga-
ret Watkins, Rev. I. j. Brown, Olive
Hymer, Ruth Miller and Mabel Smith
of Lancaster, and Mary Ennor, of Po-
tosi
An exchange truthfully remarks:
Everyday man lives without earning
his living he impoverishes himself
and the world to the extent of what
that living costs. This is why loafers
are so great a burden to community.
1t is why we punish for vagrancy. 1t
is why poor houses are necessary and
creates the need of jails. The vacu-
Gus nonentity, the sidewalk squatter,
the hanger on, the catcher-on, the
boulevardier, the cigarette-tainted
cipher with the rim knocked off, who
depends upon his dad for his change
and the family responsibility for his
social tolerance, is stalking crime
against social order.
MIR. Herman Schloesser, who is a
most successful grower of plants and
flowers, has been holding receptions
for two evenings this week in honor
of his plant 1.-The Queen of Night. "
Three blossoms opened on each
Monday and Tuesday evenings and
Mr.. Schloesser kindly invited his
neigbors to enjoy with him the beauty
and fragrance of this rare flower. We
have seen this same specius in bloom
before but never one with SO many
and such large beautiful blossoms as
this one. And its beauty is not all
spent as there are still number of
buds which viii bloom in few weel $
more if all is well.
At Richland Center on Tuesday
while little Johnnie Brooks, aged II.
and Philip lillian were playing to-
gether in the best Of good nature
lillian picked up rifle and pointed it
at his playmate. declaring playfully
that he was going to shoot. The
weapon was loaded and so close was
the muzzle of the gun to the face Of
the victim that large part of the
boys head was blown away The
bullet entered his brain. killing him
instantly. Young lillian was grief
stricken when he saw the result of
his folly. and his parents feared his
grief would drive him crazy. The
two youngsters were the best Of
friends and there was no criminal
intent.
During a violent electric storm in
Lancaster early Monday morning the
house Of David Schreiner on south
Adams Street was struck by lightning
and set on fire. An alarm was sound
ed by the south bel between and 4
O'Clock, and the fire department got
out into a sea Of mud and night Of
Egyptian darkness, as it had rained
heavily and the street lamps were not
burning at that hour With the as
sistance of neighbors Mr. Schreiner
had gotten the fire under control with