Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-07
The EI66tiOnS.
The Several Towns In
Grant County Heard
From.
pOTOSI SURPRISES /" THE NATIVES. "
E1ienboro The Banner Temperance Town
-PlatteviIIe Votes For License Mater
loo Goes Back On Water Bloomington
Just A Little Wet.

just A Little Wet
Election in Grant county this spring
was unusually spirited. The license
question was an issue in several towns
and party politics figured in others.
For the most part the choice of officers
was simply matter of personal pref
erence. Potosi, Bloomington and
Platteville were the storm centers, In
Potosi the old regime is beaten and
two new men will come from there to
the county board. Glenn. Thomas
beat the veteran chairman, John lob
in, by one vote. Berge won over
Henry Coons for supervisor by "a
votes. Last year Coons beat Berge
one vote. The contest might be re-
garded as a trial of strength between
liberals and conservatives and the
liberals carried the day.
In Bloomington the temperance
question overshadowed all other is
sues. License carried by the small
majority of five votes. A. j. Frazier
beat Jacob Schreiner for president OF
the village votes and for supervisor
one vote. Five trustees all received
the same vote from which three had
to be chosen by lot Although the
license proposition prevailed four of
the no license ticket were elected and
great possibilities for warm time
are evident.
In Platteville the license party car
ried the election by about ? to /.
The Republican town ticket were all
elected except that A. W. 10y was
chosen over Geo. Beck for town clerk
and James Dolan was elected Justice
of the peace. In Lancaster the cleo
tion was very quiet. a very light
vote was polled. Republican ticket
chosen about 3 to
Ellenboro carried no license by a
vote of l21 to 9. Mount Hope voted
no license while Waterloo voted for
license by a small majority.
Following is the result Of the cleo
ton in the several towns SO far as re-
ported:
Platteville: Town Board -Robt.
Speer. chm, Amo Stephens, VIM. Rob-
inson; assessor, +. NJ. Benson; treas
urer; Jos. Meinhardt; clerk, A. w.
10y; justices,S. b. Spencer, Geo. Beck.
Jas. Dolan; constables, John Shelliam.
John Faweett, John Spark
Fennimore: Town Board
Schneider, chm, Jas. Anderson, VIM.
Rudersdorf; clerk, d. +. Barrows; as
SCISSOR, VIM. Marsden; treasurer. VIM.
Hunsaker;justices, NJ. L. Shearer, VIM.
Weaver.
Potosi: Town Board Glenn Thorn
as, chm, Ed. Pierce, Jos. Stilpiug;
assessor, Chris. Keehner; clerk, Ed.
Wilmotte; treasurer, Peter Blindert;
Justices, Glenn. Thomas. Andrew Will
helm.
Ellenboro: Town Board-Geo. Me-
Pherson. chm, Peter Quick. John San
del5ach; assessor, Jas. Mcpherson;
treas, w d. Burr; clerk, Henry Gull
yer; justices, l.. d. Culver, II. Reu-
kauf, Louis Vespermann; constables,
David Henry, James Cornwel.
Mt. Hope: Town Board-Jas. Me-
Cluskey, chm, John narrower, Frank
Place; clerk, A. f. Cooley; treas,
Anthony Abraham; assessor, VIM.
Rogers; justice, John Lawless; con-
stables, Geo. Mitchell, Frank Braudt,
L. T. Schncyer.
Mt. Ida: Town Board-Dayid Far
ris, chm, Thos Edge,W w. +. Gillespie;
assessor, II. j. Place treas, o. j. Ar
mold; clerk.H. II. Streeter; justices, f.
Borah, II. F. Barstow; constables. J.
b. Bradbury Fred Petit. VIM. Ten
nant.
Hickory Grove: Adam kruel chm.
assessor,C. Miller; treas. II. +. Austin;
clerk, Geo. Jackson.
Boscobel: Town Board ) ". De-
lap, chm, Hugh Matthews. Norman
Gibbs chm. f. G. Muffiev; treas. ,Jno.