Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-02-12

State funds given to Grant
county fairs this years is as follows:
Platteville, $780, Lancaster, $685.
46; Boscobel, $S73.86; Bloomington,
$5S7.7O. These amounts represent
40 per cent. of premiums paid by
various fairs at their last exhibit
tions.
Lancaster was well represented
at the Teachers meeting held IN
Fennimore Saturday. The follow
ing were in attendance: PrOfs. Nye
and Powers and the Misses Nellie
Howell, Mabel Bieg, Mary Smith,
-ylvia Wheeler, Mabel Vincent and
Alma Bradley.
Special engagement of the eel
ebrated veteran actor and play
wright, J. G.. Stuttz, supported by
Miss Emma Carlton, the popular
leading lady, in his copyrighted
plays. Change of program nightly.
Thursday night, "Was She to
Blame" Admission, 15-25-35, City
opera house
"A petition has been circulated
in the city and widely signed to be
presented to the council asking that
every officer drawing salary from
the city be elected by vote of the
people. AS it is portion of them
are appointed by the mayor and
confirmed by the council. It will
be presented to the council at the
regular meeting in March. City
election occurs April 9TH.
Commercial travellers will be adj
versely affected by a new rule of
the Western Passenger association.
It relates to charges for excess bag
gage, which is all over $50 pounds at
the rate of about ID per cent of the
first class fare. The minimum
| charge will be 25 cents, which will
effect commercial travellers who
make short trips and travel from
town to town. The rule will apply
to trips where the passenger fare is
less than 81. A minimum of Csc
a hundred for excess will have to be
paid.
20. w. Mccartney, son of Henry
L. Mccartney, recently deceased,
and nephew of A. r. Mccartney
of this city, was severely scalded in
! wreck on the Santa Fe road Jan.
28th. Mr. Mccartney is an engineer
on the Santa Fe system, with a run
between Dodge City, Kansas, and
La Junta, Col He was pulling his
train out of Delhi, Col, when his
engine jumped the track and turned
over. An injector steam pipe burst
inside the cab and the engineer was
thrown against it. His face, neck,
arms and back were painfully scald-
ed by the escaping steam, although
the injuries will not prove fatal. A
broken rail caused the accident.
&C. M. jackson, the oldest living
settler of POtosi, celebrated his 9th
birthday Jan. 9th. He is a native
of Kentucky and located at Potosi
in 1886. His wife died a number of
years ago. Eleven children were born
to him, six of whom survive: Mrs.
w. H. Hunt, Dubuque; Mrs. Nellie
Kinnie, st. P, Mimi; Mrs Herman
OFT, Preston, Mimi; Mrs. S. HI.
Hedges, Chicago, ILL.,; William c.. Of
Wilton S. Dakota; and Martha L.,
| of Potosi. There are also fifteen
grand children and one great-grand-
child. Mr. jackson cast his first
presidential vote for Zacharia Taylor
in 184S Since the Republican party
came into existence he has been one
of it's staunchest supporters. He is
spending his declining years sur
rounded by kind friends, His COM
fort is carefully looked after by his
daughter, Martha L. He has been
retired from active life for a long
terms of years, but was formerly in
mercantile and mining pursuits.