Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

IRE on SUNDAY last. MT. NiWman Is
station agent At Bartlette and the
house was connected with the depot
They saved nothing but their own
wearing apparel and money, and the
money belonging 70 the roilroad COM
pany.
i. 4. Churchill and family ar
rived IN the city Monday from Cedar
Rapids. Ia, and will soon be located
in Miss Watts house recently vacated
BY II T. Barnelt. Mr. Churchill. was
reared Y Grant county and taught
school II the county for several years,
after which he held 4 position III
Washington, D. G. Ca Tuesday
morning he was admitted to the Bar
of Grant county and has taken his
place in the abstract Office Of Church
i'll & Churchill
There win he a district Equal
Suffrage convention held in Lancaster
one day during the month Of Nov
The exact date il not yet fixed. The
State organizer, Mrs. Alice Ball Loom
is Of Riohland Center, who Is a charm
ing speaker and Irs. Rindlaub d
Platteville, assistant organizer, will
be here. There win be papers by Wis
ting delegates and addresses BY others
interested All are cordially invited
to attend the mee5mgs. Due notice
will be given Of place Of meeting.
Bloomington Record. Mrs. DR..
Godfrey Of Lancaster visited friends
here part OF last week Reub.
Garner and wife Of Lancaster were in
town on business Saturday Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Roberts Of Lancaster
we're guests at the home Of w. Y.
BENEFITS Monday Mrs. Thomas
Myers died at her home at Thornton,
Iowa. last week. Deceased was a
laughter Of Louis Taylor The fun
,ral was held at the Dodge school
rouse on Sunday A large number Of
leiGhbors and friends attended
-Muscoda Waterman: Sometime
asst Sunday evening burglars entered
3remmers store and blew up the safe.
That it was the work Of experienced
men is not disputed by anyone as the
afe door was completely demolished
md although the safe stood within q
ew feet Of the plate glass front the
window was not broken. The shelly
ng in front Of the sale was badly
shattered. The thieves secured about
fifty dollars in cash Stanley
North, a resident Of Spring Green,
vas knocked down hy backing
reight train in the yards Of that vii
age last Thursday afternoon and both
egs were cut of below the knees.
lie lived about two hours after the
lccident
AT the meeting OF the Grant
county Agricultural Society held in
his city last Saturday afternoon, the
GLOWING officers were elected to serve
o. the ensuing year: President, De-
os Abrams, Lancaster; yice-Presi-
Tents, Thos. Tormey, Fennimore,
John Ryan. North Andoyer; Secretary,
]. 3. Wheeler, Lancaster; Treasurer,
Z. Meyer, Lancaster; General Super
ntendent, Thos. lockwood, Lancas-
.er; Marshal, Peter Henkle, Lancaster.
These officers, together with the fol-
owing, constitute the executive COM
nittee: a. Y Knapp, Platteville; n,
.. Rector, Fennimore; John Dobsoil
Lancaster; w, j. Baltic, Potosi; Paul
Patch Grove. At this
meeting it was decided to have every
me interested in the Grant County
Fair to take the premium list, and if
here is any change or improvement
le wish to have made, let him mark
t and present the same to the officers
# the association at the next meeting
II January President Abrams is az
work now with force Of men max
ng improvements on the grounds for
lext year The amphitheatre is to
oe moved back and the track leveled
Up by filing in the low PLACES and
.utting down the high ones.
"A good joke is being told on jan
tor Doyle at the court house. One
morning last week Treasurer Mauer
entered his office and finding no fire, he
to build one. jim McGoni-
gal came in and asked what he was
LONG. Doyle was upstairs and when
he heard their voices he called to Mac
. come up quick, that there was a
ire somewhere. Mac went up three
steps at time, but could not see
Of the fire, BY this time
Doyle was going UP the the third flight
If stairs saying, 1T must be in the
grand jury room, and that "he had
smelled smoke in every room he had
been ia that morning. Jim unlocked
The door TO the grand jury room but
still could not locate the fire. BY this
time he smelled smoke. and upon turn
to Doyle asked him what was the mat
ter with his coat Doyle looked and
saw that the right side OF his coat was
huYnin0 in fact was unite burned