Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-01
BOSCOBEL BREEZES.

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lmeeting Of the Boscooel Agricultural
and Driving Park association held Oh
Friday, the following named officers
were chosen: Pres, Lou b. Ruka;
Vice Pres, Geo. Kruel; Secy.. T. {.
Mufiley: Treas. Joseph Nauert. Exec
utive committee. Geo. + Yildebrand,
+. W. Guentzel and Jacob Scott. Sir.
Nauert having positively refused to
accept the position. the office of trea.-
urer remains in the same efficient
hands as of old. A Boscobel fair
without the two Franks would lie
funny.
A resolution was adopted as the
sense Of the meeting, that the sum of
5000 be raised by the citizens of Bos-
cobel by the first of January next to
be know and used by the association
as citizens purse. Should no such
purse be raised, no fair is to be held
here next year.
Rev. John Day of Adams county
was seen upon our streets last week
Bro. Day is one of the piooeer preach
ers of this country, having been en-
gagged in missionary work in Craw-
ford. Richland and Grant counties for
over thirty years. We were delighted
to meet Bro Day.
We are glod to say that our veneer
able and industrious friend Butcher
Feare Is steadily recovering from
long and severe spell of sickness.
The contract for the new tobacco
warehouse has been let to Marcus
Moen of Westby, Wis, for $3.50
The building is to be 44xl12, several
feet longer than at first planned.
On Friday, Oct. 10Th, son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Guernsey.
The John McDermott Post G.. A. K.
have engaged Ruka's opera house for
j the night of Nov. 6, to receive the
election returns. The telegraphic
wires will be run into the building
and dispatches received and read.
| The w. K. G. will serve refreshments
also. Tickets are being taken by our
people III quantities. Let every body
90 and hear the news and I'LL the
purse of the Post.
The Burckhardt boys are in town.
John and family came in from Ana
mosa, Ia, on Thursday eve., while
Fred followed in few days from
lama county, Ia
i The Milwaukee and st. Paul r. r.
surveyors are surveying the ground
for spur track to be laid up TO the
new tobacco warehouse.
John Seaman took the train Friday
evening fol Iowa to look after cattle
interests.
Mrs. j. P. Walker and daughter
spent Sunday at Prairie du Chen.
Miss Emma Hummel who has been
visiting sister at Yonkers, New
York, for the past five months, re-
turned Friday evening. A large cir
Gle OF friends gave her warm well
come home. But nowhere is there
more heartfelt and genuine welcome
than in the humble homes made hap
py by her Christian comfort and
cheer.
The speech of reformer Ryan on
Saturday night was listened to by a
good sized audience, many of whom
were Republicans. Mr.. Ryan has
great ability, but his address was
married by partisan bias and histori-
cal mis- statements. No man or party
oal succeed by distortion Of facts.
Died, suddenly on Thursday morn
ing, Oct. %, 1900, at his home in
Boscobel, David Freymiller, aged Il
years. Mr.. Freymiller was an old
resident of Grant county. His funeral
was held in the Lutheran church on
Saturday and he was buried in the
cemetery in the Sanger district.
Geo. Wicken turned horse loose
into his pasture on Wednesday morn
ing. in good condition. At night he
went after the animal, to find that it
had been shot through the front leg
by some careless and wandering MINI
rod.
Frank Walworth pleaded guilty to
burglary before Judge Bancroft at
Richland Center Saturday and was
given the minimum ponalty-a year
at Waupun. He is well known here
Messrs. L. n. Hubbell and J. j
Blaine drove over to Lancaster Satur-
day to hear the speakers and take in
the Republican rally.
Mrs. Frank Tutllev takes her de-
parture Friday for Chicago for brief
sojourn. HERAGD-HELPFR.
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