Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-06-16

- iatteNllte illness. \ com mum
ication is published in another column
of today's Witness. signed Voter" in
regard to a candidate for this assem-
bly, district in the ensuing election.
There are, as he says. many good men
in the district who could honorablv
and aceeptably till the place and it is
TO be hoped that some such man will
be nominated. While we do not know
that any Platteville man is looking
for the nomination we do know that ii
has been long time-lSs9-sinc the
Representative was chosen from this
city. The columns of the Witness are
open for communications on the sub
iect in the hope that the discussion
will result in the nomination of a good
strong man for the place.
Boscobel Dial-Enterprise; A
teachers summer school is to be con-
Quoted at Soldiers Grove commencing
July 18th and terminating Aug. 18th.
by Supt. f. f. Brindley. An able
corps of instructors has been engaged
in w. r. Graves. j. T. Brindley and
Sadie b. Huff. ... There shouldn't
be blank used in Grant county that
hasn't the imprint of one of the print
ing offices of the county. Any one of
them will be glad to furnish almost
any of the blanks used at the same
price as charged by outside concerns,
If they only have the chance. This
will apply also to any other kind OF
printing .- County Treasurer j. b.
Mauer of Lancaster was in our city
Tuesday evening. He took the mid
night train for Charles City, Iowa,
where his son Fred graduates from
the commercial department of the
college of that place. Mr. Mauer was
also student at the college when it
was located at Galena thirty years
ago.
This community was unexpress-
IDLY shocked Wednesday morning by
the news of the death of our popular
townsman, DR.. l. +. Crane. Mr.. Crane
was i'll only few days and was not
considered bad at all until Monday
His trouble was Inflammation of the
bowels. His wife and children were
on their way to Canada but were re-
called by telegram Tuesday morning.
They arrived in Lancaster Tuesday
evening. By this time the physicians
in charge had decided that the only
possible hope for Mr.. Cranes life lay
in surgical operation. This was ac-
cordingly done. The opening of the
abdominal cavity revealed complica-
ton of adhesions, perforations and
Inflammation that made the death of
the patient certain without an opera
ton and almost as sure with it. The
utmost that surgical skill could ac-
complish was done. The operation
was conducted by Doctors Strong and
Barber assisted by DR.. Seaman and
DR.. II asset. II was concluded about
ten o'clock, bat was of no avail. The
patient died at Alb Wednesday morn
ing.
-Cassville Index: A special train
of five cars of horses, three baggage
cars and one ear load of rough riders
passed through Cassville Monday
evening over the Burlington on their
way to Chiekamauga. The horses
and rough riders came from Billings,
Mont, with Lieut.. Leavens in COM
mand - Capt. Thompson announce
es that the river improvement work
that was to have opened June 9TH for
the seasons run has been indefinitely
postponed owing to the heavy draft
made by the war on Uncle Sans IL
nances. The regular contract work
on the Upper Mississippi will 90 on
just the same -... Postmaster Ed
ward Patch of Patch Grove is in Mimi
eapolis this week. He went to be
present at the celebration of his moth
er's centennial birthday anniversary,
which was held at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Marion Russell. Mrs.
Patch, whose maiden name was Eliza
beth Halter, was born in New York
state June 6, 1898 Her husband
died several years ago; six Of her
children are now living, the oldest
one is Mrs. Louise Murdock, IS years
Of age, widow of the late Judge Muir
dock OF Elkader, la.