Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS.

ing the summer with Mrs. w. Is. Car
ter. returned to her home in Aurora,
Ohio, Tuesday.
Oliver Club took four carloads
of fine cattle TO Chicago Tuesday
Ray Arthur returned with him to his
home in the city.
Miss Annett Merrill, who has been
the guest of Miss Hattie Barnett for
several weeks, returned to her home
In Sioux Falls, Oak, Monday.
VIM. Watson of the town of Lima
was adjudged insane last Saturday by
County Judge L. b. Goodsell and was
taken to the county asylum Monday.
1t is reported that some one OF
the Lancaster party at the Dubuque
races last week lost diamond ring.
Ii you want TO find out about it ask
Papa Wright.
Mrs. Kate Green and Miss Hyde
gave picnic for all theSunday. school
scholars who took part in children's
day exercises, Wednesday afternoon at
Nathan's woods.
Mrs. Carrie Bidwell Of Blooming
ton, who has been spending several
weeks visiting relatives at Shullsburg
and Galena, returned home Friday by
way of Lancaster.
Mrs. Moses Of this city has re-
ceived letter from her son Herbert,
which says that Halle Moses and A.
Il. Case are on their way home from
Dawson city. They are expected to
arrive any day.
= Miss +. c. Roe, the young lady
who was so badly hurt in a runaway
between Lancaster and Bloomington,
returned to Chicago last Monday, hav-
ing been detained here four weeks on
account of her injuries.
The fine rocker in the window of
I'll. S. Rhodes furniture store is to be
given away at the Grant county fair in
Lancaster for the best half peck of
potatoes. All potatoes entered for
the prize belong to ii. S. Rhodes.
Deputy game warden, Ed. Roschi
has captured another man fishing with
seine in Bertram Lake. This time it
was a man named Bates, whose home
is in Iowa. He was taken before Esq.
Sneclode of Cassyille and fined. Mr..
Roschi secured a trammel net IS yds.
long.
Sheriff Fawcett had on exhibition
this Wednesday morning a fine black
bass which weighed 64 pounds. 1t
was caught by Attorney II. w. Brown
in Bertram Lake near Cassville. Dan
Doyle says it is only small sunfish
compared to some bass he has caught
in that same lake.
"A nine months old child of Rev.
and Mrs. Albert Whitcomb of Mt Zion
died early Tuesday morning at the
home OF Mr. Whitcomb's brother o.
f. Whitcomb of Baraboo The body
was brought to Lancaster and the
funeral sevices will be held at the
Franklin residence, at 10 A. NJ. Thurs
day and then the remains will be taken
to the Mt. Zion cemetery for buria'.
Some of Lancaster's young people
came near having very serious acct
dent Monday evening. just about s
O'Clock as Ed Stephens and two young
ladies were driving on the street in
front of Il. Meyers residence they
saw team coming up the street to-
wards them on the run and suppos
ing it was horse running away Ed
turned his horse out to let them 90
by but instead of passing by the
driver ofthe other rig turned his horse
so as to run into Ed's buggy causing
a general smash up. Stephens buggy
and harness were broken and the
horse run for short distance and
stopped Ed was thrown out over
the dash board and hurt his shoulder
slightly. The other rig and its occu-
pants were tipped over and whether
injured or not we have not heard.
Later Richard Wilkinson, the driver,
was arrested by Marshal Budworth
and fined for fast and careless driv-
ing The fine and costs amounted to
81 so.
Prairie du Chem Union:-Mr. Jas.
Boron of the firm Boron q Bailey met
with a very painfdl accident last
Thursday. While at work in the
blacksmith shop and making weld,
he took piece of quarter inch iron
out of the forge and was in the act of
laying it over on an anvil, when the
end of the rod which was quite long
struck the wheel of a buggy which
had been moved toward him, and
bounded back striking him in the fleshy
part of the right leg and burning a
hole clear through. Mr.. Boron who
is by no means a young man is full OF
grit and says he will be on duty in a
few weeks in spite OF the painful in
jury -. Miss Rose Miltln, foster
sister to Mrs j. ii Mcdonald who is
at present domestic in highly re
spectacle family in this city, attempt
ed suicide Monday morning by taking