Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-15

John Patcle, aged eighty years,
died at his home three miles south
west of Lancaster sunday. Funeral
services were held Tuesday.
Lou B. Ruka OF Boscobel, a mem
Der of the committee on proposed i'm
provements at the County Home and
Asylum, is in the city on matters per-
tanning to county interests.
Five carloads Of blackjack have
been shipped from Lancaster the past
week c.. w. Knapp \ Son were the
purchasers. Four carloads were
consigned to Minercl Point and one to
Peru, III.
i had this past summer an OPP
portunitv to see Mr. and Mrs. Labadie
in the program entitled An Original
Idea The rendering OF several
scenes from Shakesperean plays, and
a bright comedietta that followed,
gave satisfaction to the audience.
which was large and appreciative.
greatly enjoyed the work of these
artists. and recommend them as
worthy of patronage" w. +. SIMoNDs,
Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.
Mr.. F. f. Converse Supt. of Be
lott schools in a personal letter to Rev.
T j. :5rown, says: II am told that
Mr.. and Mrs. Labadie are to give you
recital soon. Permit me to say
that your people have real treat in
store for them. ! know Mr.. and Mrs.
Labadie personally. They have been
earnest students Of their art for years.
and their present high work in their
profession has been attained solely by
hard work and real merit. Not long
since they gave two delightful recitals
in Beloit. All who heard them were
greatly pleased At that time had
the pleasure of entertaining them in
my home for several days. They are
both cultured, refined people with
high ideals Of right living In the
City opera house Saturday night, Nov.
18th.
If you are troubled with rats
about your barn this is a good way
to get rid of them: Take a water
tight barrel. cut of one third from
the top. Get some pieces of tin, cut
into narrow strips Fasten 1t on up
per edge OF barrel with shingle nails,
letting il extend two inches all around
inside. Fill with water to within six
inches of the top. Take a piece of
board three inches square, drive a
nail Through the center and stick
piece of meat on it, place in the CEN
ter of barrel, and spread several
hand-fulls of chat on top of water.
Place a board slanting to the floor, for
rats to walk on. As the chalf covers
the water completely rats will not
hesitate about jumping down on the
piece of board containing the meat
and drown, as it is too small to keep
them above water.
The following prayer is said to
have been actually delivered by an
aged colored minister in Virginia a
few days ago: 20 Lord, save this
country from the hands of them who
is trying to bust it up. Give us
plenty of work and good money for it
so we can take care of our wives and
children and buy bread and meat and
pay for It, We want to keep politics
out of our churches and out of our
prayer meetings. but can't help asking
Thee to keep lookout for that poor
miserable sinner, Bryan, who we hear
is coming into this state, hand in
hand with Satan. We ask Thee, don't
let him do no harm; and, if it amt
asking too much. please forgive his
sins that he is committing every day
and then knock the stuffin out of him
on the 9th of Novem ber.''
One of the most cold blooded
tragedies in the history OF Henry
county, H., was enacted at Hooppole
Tuesday night of last week, when
wife shot to death her husband and
coolly sat watching his dying agony,
haunting him and pouring all the
hate of an embittered heart into the
ears of the dying man. William Hill
ger was the victim of the tragedy.
He had an insurance policy in the
order of the Modern Woodmen for
SO. 900 payable to his wife. This was
the motive for the crime, according to
the ante-mortem statement of Hilger,
supplemented by the confession Of
the woman He was lying on sofa,
resting, he said, when his attentio..
was attracted by creeping sound
He and his wife were the sole occu-