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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05

Montevideo, Mimi, The high school
commencement exercises were held
in the opera hall, and over thou
sand persons were present. The exer-
cises were unique from the fact that
the members of the graduating class
have cast into dramatic form incidents
dered this as their commencement pro-
gram. The location of Camp Release,
about three miles from the city, added
local interest to the presentation. Su-
perintendent S. A. Callman has been re-
elected for the fifth year at an increase
in salary. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05

WELLS, MINN.-The first. annual
9th Grade commencement exercises took
place in the assemblyroom Of the high
school Friday evening, May 26. Sat
urday evening", May n, the juniors gave
Yesterday Rev. Paul Faude .preached
the baccalaureate sermon at the M. b.
church. This evening the graduating
exercises will be held at the opera
house. DR.. John r. Clarke will lecture
on s'Hits and Misses. " The following
class graduate: Salutatorian, Joseph |.
Carl t. Altenburg, lizabeth M. Bieri,
Birdie A. Garlock, M: Blanche LOOMS
Ada B. Maricle, and Cleo Blanche Whit
new. 70 -s4z~.. aHts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05
HOT DAYS At
COMMENCEMENT
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN MIN
NEsoTA ARE CLOSING DOWN.
The Sioux Outbreak Given in Dramatic
Form at Montevideo- High School
and College Students Will Now Be
Given an Opportunity to Rest and
Think.
Specials to The Journal.

Specials to The Journal.
ST.. Peter, Mimi, June 5.-Commenee-
ment exercises of the. st. Peter high
f fchGo t ni ev she eo sgd
witnessed by a crowd Of 500 persons.
Seventeen students received their diplo-
mas and the speaker of the evening was
r. R. Kane of st. Paul. Miss Gracia
Loehl delivered the salutatory and Miss
Margaret Smith the valedictory. Two
numbers were given by the commence
ment chorus and the Misses Ransom,
Schleuder and Klitzke, Mrs. Strathern,
and Messrs. WATSON, Cox, Sehleuder. and
Lansing sang" 4 hose hose in Heaven
ent of the local schools, left for New
York this morning and will make tour
Of Europe during the summer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05

@55hoac esEWhite Potatoes, per bu., Csc.
New Potatoes, per PIX, 2Sc.
Pieplant, lbs, &c.
Spinach, per PIX, 7c.
: RadjShas hunchac So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05
Shoe Dept.

Our busy Shoe Dept. is the
place that saves you money.
How is this?
Gray canvas Oxford Ties, Wo-
mems, Misses and Children's
good styles, flexible leather
soles, dressy and neat. z0n
Special 81. Is; cut to-. OO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05
Dress Goods

46-ineh imported French Rice
Cloth, very sheer and dressy,
in the choicest shades Of re-
soda, champagne, tans, French
grays, browns, modes and
navy blues, imported to sell at
75c yard, and worth 9Qn
it; special, per yard. UOO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
BAD BLIZZARD.
Snow Storm and Sudden Drop in
Temperature Impedes Traffic Day.

Another storm centered in this
section of Wisconsin Monday and as
a result roads we're blockaded,
trains snowbound, traffic of all
kinds impeded and if there was any
one in this neck o'-the-woOds who
did not realize that we we're strict
~ in the throes ola genuine blizzard
he certainly must have remained
indoors.
An insignificant snow storm, dur
ing which few inches of the beauti
full descended Sunday night, turned
out to be veritable western biz
zard and ell day Monday bowed a
gale. Drifts were heaped high as
a result. The railroads, rural mail
carriers and stage lines naturally
were crippled the most. The out
bound passenger Monday morning
with two engines did not reach
Montfort until noon and was stalled
there, returning here about $50 p.
m.
The noon passenger did not ar
rive at Lancaster until nearly p.
m. and left at 5, arriving at Madi-
son about midnight. Freight traffic
was entirely abandoned for the day
and only two of the nine rural mail
carriers braved the wind and drifts.
The Bloomington stage arrived here
but could not get out until yester-
day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

SIX are still living, being Mrs. G. T.
Cory of Hartman, Tenn, Mrs.
Lucy Schell and Chas. E. Brown of
Sibley, Iowa, Mrs. T. D. Maggie of
Patch Grove and VIM. Fl. Brown of
Bloomington. Mrs. Mary Alexander,
a sister, died at Sibley at about the
same hour that her brother breathed
his last at Bloomington.
After his arrival in this section,
ID. f. Brown lived the life of a
farmer and taught school until 1854,
at which time he made the over
land trip ny ox-team to California.
He remained in the gold fields until
1862, when he returned to Bloom
ington by way of the Isthmus of
Panama, and engaged N the mer-
camille business, in which he re-
NAMED continuously until his death.
He made a visit of pleasure to
California among his old haunts
about twenty years ago.
During by far the larger part OF
his mercantile career he was in
business alone, but for short periods
many years ago he was associated
with his brother w. III. Brown, the
late George Greer and F. L. Greer.
He held numerous local offices
at different times, many years
represented both the town and vii
lage of Bloomington on the Grant
County board, and for time was
chairman of the county board. He
was an original promoter OF the
Blakes Prairie Agricultural society
and for many years acted as It's
treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

ianity, and practiced it in his deal
ings with mankind, he-by no means
regarded religion as taught and
practiced as being synonymous
with Christianity. His belief can
not be better shown than by quot
ing the concluding paragraph of
certain instructions in his own
handwriting and over his signature,
written about ten years ago, which
was found after his death in the en-
velope with his will, as follows,
Dear wife Clara, and daughter
Nell, I believe God is Good, not
bad, and that we shall meet again
in the Great Beyond"
Mr.. Brown leaves surviving him
his widow, Clara E. Brown, (nee
Brooks) and an only child, Nell B.,
the wife OF A. G.. Zimmerman
formerly of this village, and now
county judge at the state capital.
All three were at his bedside during
the last days Of his illness.
May he rest in peace.
Among the messages of sympathy
received by Mrs. Brown and her
daughter was the following tele-
gram from Gov. LaFollette:
Mrs. A. G.. Zimmerman, Bloom
ington, Wisconsin: Mrs. LaFol-
lette joins with me in expressing to
you and your mother our deepest
sympathy for you in your great
sorrow. Your fathers death comes
to me as personal loss. He was a
constant friend. (Signed) Ro bert
M. LaFollette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
STOCK STALLED.
Ten Carloads Brought in for Snip
ment Delayed by Storm.

Ten carloads of live stock, includ-
ing cattle and hogs, were delivered
in Lancaster Monday notwithstand-
ing the storm but as the fury OF the
blizzard increased and trains became
stalled all along the line the rail
road company wisely concluded not
to transport anything perishable
and Agent Rockwell was advised
not to receive stock for shipment.
Among the shippers were Moore
& Ray with 8, Place Bros & ferret
with 2, Fred Aupperle 2 and the
Bryhan Bros. and Carl Roth had 2
loads Of fine fat cattle.
The yards were taxed to their
utmost capacity and owing to this
fact portion of the stock was un-
able to find shelter and suffered
from the elements. The shippers
will realize this when the shrinkage
is computed from the returns of
sale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
CHANGE IN POTOSI STAGE
Burlington Mail Now Arrives at a.
III. Hugh Warren Has Contract.

The efforts of the postoffice de-
partment to secure a low bidder
for the contract of carrying mail
from Potosi to Lancaster and re-
turn, for which Uncle Sam has been
striving several mon tbs, have at
last proven successful.
Hugh Warren of Potosi has &C.
cepted the job for a term of four
years at an annual fee of $500 and
made his initial trip through the
snow drifts Monday successfully.
arriving here at about 9 a. m.
The stage is due to leave the de-
pot at Potosi Immediately after the
arrival of the mail train on the Bur-
lington which is scheduled to stop
there about a. m. A through trip
to Lancaster with brief stop at
the Potosi and Rockville postofices
is laid out and when the roads are
passable the mail is supposed to ar
rive in Lancaster at about s a. m.
It takes departure again at 10 a.
n. and is due to arrive at Potosi at
Up. m. By the new arrangement
county seat folks will receive Chic
ago mail four hours earlier than the
Northwestern train can get it here
which is a great convenience.
The rural mail carriers out of
Lancaster will hold until the stage
mail is distributed and thus furnish
rural route patrons with the same
improved service.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
DANIEL F. BROWN.

Daniel Fitch Brown died at his
home at Bloomington, Wis, shortly
after midnight on the morning of
January 8, 1905, in the nth year of
his age. He was born at Ellsworth,
Trumbull county, Ohio. November
18th, 1928, and came to this section
in 1916, with his parents, arriving
at Patch Grove on the 10th day of
May of that year His father, Luther
Brown, died at that village about
twenty years ago, in the S7th year
of his age. The original American
ancestors of both Luther Brown and
his wife (of the Fitch family came
from England in 1886, an1 settled
at Norwalk, Conn. The grandfather
and great-grandfather of D. F.
Brown Of both his fathers and his
mothers families served in the
revolution and in the war of 1912.
Daniel was the second child of a
family of twelve children, of whom
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
"MR BOB"
Amateurs Present Play to Small
House.

Owing to the minstrel show and
dance in Fennimore, together with
other obstacles in the form of
parties and the like, the play pre-
sented by the high school dramat-
lists did not meet with as extensive
patronage as could have been
wished. The standing debt of the
athletic association aid the i'm
mediate expenses of the production
consumed practically all OF the box
office receipts, SO that the associa-
ton will play about even financially
for the coming year. 1t is very
probable that had the play been
presented sometime during the
week between Christmas and New
Years it would have been a money
maker. AS it is, the youthful
Beaumonts and Fletchers are very
thankful for the very appreciative
audience they did receive.
The title role was very ably filled
by Miss Emily Cronin. Her enuncla-
ton was clear and distinct, her
bearing composed and her manner
entirely free from embarrassment
or furry.
Frank Meyer played the part OF
Philip Royson, the leading man,
with his usual ability, somewhat
surprising his former efforts in this
line. Fred Weir as jenkins was a
typical English butler, and did the
part ample justice.
Miss Maggie McBrien as the
soubrette was the hit of the even
ing. Her stage-struck soliloqules and
tragical wailings kept the audience
in continual uproar; and even the
most critical we're of the opinion
that she played a very difficult part
with remarkable ability. Her song
and dance speciality was enthus-
iastically applauded. Miss McBrien
has sweet clear young voice which
promises great things with culture,
Miss Beth Lisherness as the niece
and Miss Meyer as the aunt were
excellent, both having very difficult
parts ard little chance to throw
over the heavy lead which kept all
eyes upon them.
VI. Showalter was the only old
wheel-horse in the piece. He played
the part of cadaverous and crlnge-
ing law clerk with great success,
and his distress was beautiful to be-
hold.
Not a hitch was noticeable in the
whole performance, and the entire
production was remarkably good
for the training given to the actors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
DEATH OF A PIONEER.

Mr.. Brown was widely known fol-
his liberality and public spirit, and
no doubt had the goodwill, respect
and friendship 0of aIlarger number
OF people than any other man who
ever livel in West Grant. He had
been in failing health for several
years past, but with indomitable
will and spirit insisted on remain
ing in the harness until the last.
With his death the community
loses one of it's last of the few re-
naming original settlers. Like the
rest of mankind he has his faults,
but almost universally will it be
sait9, that with the decease of Dan
Brown this section loses man who
had always been justly known as a
good, true, useful citizen.
Mr.. Brown was not what would
in any sense be called a religious
man. He did not often attend
church, and while he had great res
pect for the true spirit lof Christ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
NEWS OF THE COUNTY.

Mrs. Vance Harmon, of Ovation
ma, Mimi, is visiting relatives. Her
father, VIM. Hill, who has been
visiting her, accompanied her home.
Lawrence Hill has been very ill.
DR.. Grimes, of Rewey, is attending
him.
Carrie and Homer Johnson, of
Lancaster, visited their grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Livingston, last week.
Almost all of the out of town Liv-
ingston students, teachers, etc.,
have returned to their duties in
other places. Since the holiday
designations have passed, we are
gradually settling down in the
same old way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Alton were
Cobb visitors Thursday.
Miss Jennie Ell. Livingston enter
tanned number of friends at tea
party Friday evening;
Chas. Watson, ST., while in Ian
caster Wednesday, fell and broke
the ligaments in his wrist. AS Mr..
Watson is quite an elderly man, it
is very unfortunate accident.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

Every man in every town dur
ing the course of a lifetime has to
ask favor of an editor-not an ex-
ception to this rule. A man may
escape a doctor, keep clear of the
courts, but once in a lifetime, at
least, every man has to go to
newspaper to ask to have certain
piece put ina death notice, mar
riage notice, ETC.; to have certain
piece kept out or toshave lhis name
printed in, Or omitted from some
item. 1t is therefore to your inter-
est to treat the editor fairly. He
desires to be fair; he would rather
do the right than the wrong thing;
but if you give him kick, the dent
of it may be found in your own hat
some day and you will never know
how it got there. Don't think you
are immune; don't think that provi-
dence has especially favored you.
Your time will come, and when it
does come, it will be fine invest
ment. il you have a friend in the
editors Office.
Wheat reached $1.1S4 on the
markets yesterday. This is the
highest price recorded for years for
this cereal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
High School Notes.

School opened Monday morning
with very good attendance after
the two weeks vaca ton.
Homer johnson is back at school
for the rest of this year.
The next momentous event on
the high school calendar is the
Judge Mills oratorical contest,
which will come off some time in
February. The senior class will be
kept busy until that time with the
preparation of their orations.
The class of 1905 will follow the
example of the class of 1908 and
get up an annual. The matter was
finally decided at a class meeting
held Monday afternoon, and COM
mittees were appointed to take
charge of the various details of the
work, such as advertising, compost
ton, etc.
While many of the pupils ex-
pressed regret that school had
started again, the English literature
class all seemed more than glad to
get back to their study of Lycides.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
ARCHITECTS COMPETE.
Three Firms Submit Plans for New
Capitol.

The program for the architects
competition for Wisconsin's new
state capitol has just been issued IN
book form. This book is issued by
the capitol Improvement commits
sion, and contains outline instruc-
tions to and information for arch
fleets participating in the submis-
sion of plans from which to make a.
selection for an improved or practi.
cally new building.
The building commission is COM
posed of Robt. M. LaFollette, o. Ell.
Ingram, j. B. Winslow, Fl. w.
Chynoweth, Edwin Reynolds, j. A..
VanCleve and r. d. Marshall. They
have at their disposal the sum of ten
thousand dollars, which is to be paid
out OF any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. This
sum is for the employment of
architects, who will submit plans to
the commission for their approval
or rejection. The needs of the state
with reference to the capitol are
left entirely to the Judgment of the
commission, and its members are
expected to make judicious selec-
ton of plans which will provide
necessary accommodations for the
state departments for years to
come.
The commission has the power to
select the architects who will enter
the contest, and have limited the
number to three in this case, they
being Mr.. Cass Gilbert, of New
York, Messrs. Ferry & Clas. of
Milwaukee, and Messrs. HI. C. Koch
& Co., of Milwaukee, the latter be-
ing the firm who have charge Of
the erection Of our own courthouse.
The central idea of the commits
sion in considering the plans is to
select the set which will lest allow
the utilizing Of the two wings of
the old building and such parts Of
! the old rotunda and uome as may
be practicable. Many new features
will be required, among them seven
suites of three rooms each for the
justices of the supreme court, a
barber shop, restaurant, carpenter
shop, repair shop, and many other
accommodations unknown in the old
building.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

summoned a farmer with sleigh
and together the two men carefully
conveyed the injured woman to
the house, it being impossible for
her to give herself ANY assistance
whatever. On arriving in the
house, she gave them instructions
to telephone to the city hall for her
husband, for her son George B.
from his Office and for DR.. Clement
son from DR.. Gault's office. The
husband and the two sons soon ar
rived, and did all they could to al
leviate her suffering.
Examination revealed that the
hip bone had sustained serious
fracture near the hip joint. Next
to a fracture of the spine or skull,
this is the most serious break that
could occur. Besides being very
painful, it involves of absolute
immobility, especially IN person
of middle age. Mrs. Clementson
had just been planning on trip
to Fresno, California, accompanied
by her son, the doctor, for visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Fry. This
of course, is utterly out of the ques-
ton under the present circum-
stances. The fracture was adjusted
Sunday afternoon and the lady is
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Views and Interviews.

G.. II. Baxter: I remember when
the first barrel of kerosene oil was
shipped into Lancaster. 1t was
back in SO, and if I remember cor
rectly it sold for two dollars and a
half per gallon. 1t cost something
like a dollar and a quarter whole
sale in New York, and the trans
portation charges increased the
cost over a third. Now it reaps the
oil companies a magnificent profit
at a retail price of fifteen cents per
gallon, as the utilizing of the by
products more than pays for the
refining.
Jed Barnett: Monday noon.
fail to see why they ever took this
country away from the Indians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
MRS. CLEMENTSON HURT.

Last Saturday evening, about five
o'clock, Mrs. George Clementson,
the wife of the circuit judge, start
ed out from her home to make a
call at the home of Mrs. VIM. Bax-
ter in the next block east. When
just over the crossing between the
CIementson home and the residence
formerly occupied by Geo. Caspers,
now rented by Mrs. Morse, she
slipped on the icy curling and fell
PROSTATE in the snow. AS she fell
she threw her hands out from be-
meath the cape which she wore,
obeying the natural impulse to
break her fall. Her hands and
arms were imbedded in the snow,
and she lay there helpless for some
time, perhaps fifteen or twenty
minutes. The big white collie be-
longing to the family saw her fall,
and jumped over the fence and ran
to where she lay. The dos failed
to understand her predicament, and
trampled on her with his feet in
spite of her efforts to drive him
away.
Mrs. CIementson called as loudly
as she was able, in the hope Of
summoning assistance; but no help
came until Arthur Green, a young
colored man who lives near town,
CHANGED to come along the street
and hear her cries. He quickly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

We are truly grateful to the
large number of subscribers who
have called upon us during the past
week and squared their accounts.
We presume that 81. so seems like a
small amount but when you come
to think that we have two thousand
accounts just like yours you will
see the reason that a settlement
would be appreciated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Baptist Locals.

lancaster
Ladies' Aid society meets with
Mrs. j. Miles this Thursday after
noon.
Boys brigade meets Friday.
Services for the Lords day:-9:3O,
Sunday school, all classes; 1870,
preaching, topic, Faith"
Liberty Ridge
Preaching next Lords day at 800
p. m.
Big Grant
Y.P. S. c.. E. meets Thursday
evening with Charles Vesperman.
DANIEL SPRAGUE, Pastor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

A fine bunch of shoats was mar
keted by Thos. Carmody & Sons
yesterday. There were 70 in the
lot and they averaged 225. Price
paid was 1921 per cwt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
LIVINGSTON.

Miss Mabel Fieldhouse very pleas
antly entertained a number of her
friends at her home Thursday even
ing. She returned Saturday to Del
hi, Mimi, where she has position
in the schools of that city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

Sam Stephens delivered four g.
year-old steers to Fred Aupperle
Yesterday that weighed 500
pounds-1525 each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

Keep cheerful. 1t helps some.
Evening journal., 1905-02-11
WILLIAM LAWTON MAKES
ADDRESS TO MERCHANTS
Advocates the Association
Uniting With Board of
Trade

William Lawton made a. short ad-
dress at the meeting OF the Mercantile
Association last night advocating sew
eral changes for the benefit Of the as
ISOLATION. He was Of the opinion that
the association and Board OF Trade
should unite and make one strong
body
Mr.. Lawton said II such move were
effected the new association should
open a public Office. somewhere on
Market street, .that could be used as a
general bureau OF information. At pres
ent there is no such place in Whining
ton, and the want of such an Office is
one OF the crying needs Of the COM
munity He thought the railroad COM
panies and the steamboat companies
would locate their uptown ticket Offices
in such a building which would further
advertise the place and 1t could also be
used as the headquarters Of the asso-
citation.
Mr.. Lawton also advocated better
Communication with New Jersey, claim
ing that with better facilities for the
farmers of that state TO get to the local
markets and stores, the city would de-
rive considerable benefit and the mer-
chants great profit. Speaking about
the trading stamp question, Mr.. Law
ton thought the merchants of the city
should stant their own stamp store IL
the business cannot be eliminated.
A committee will be appointed to look
for new quarters more centrally To-
Gated.