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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
Mt. Hope wants a hotel.

Phil Goldstt in was il Fenni-
more Wednesday.
Atty. Geo. B. Clementson was
in Galena Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Herbst of Sparta
is a guest Of J. w. Bracket and
wife.
An art studio for the charging
Of pictures has been opened in the
building adjoining McDonald's store.
j. G. Bates, horse buyer Of
independence, Ia, purchased 10
horses here last week for which he
paid total of $1,000.
Preparations will be started in
about three weeks for an opera to
be produced under the direction Of
Mrs. Anne Hooking Smith.
W. H Hoffman OF Baraboo,
master mechanic for this division Of
the Northwestern system, had bust
ness in Lancaster Wednesday.
The regular meeting of the K.
2. lodge will be held next Tuesday,
Sept. 25. Special business will be
acted on and all mem bers are urged
to be present.
No accidents were reported
during the fair and the large
crowds were handled in most
Commendable manner by Marshal
Dersch and his efficient corps Of as
sistants.
Mrs. F. @. Caliger and little
daughters, who have been visiting
the Misses Sarah and Nellie Nc
Granahan the past five weeks, re-
turned to their home in Chica go on
Thursday.
The wedding was we'll at
tended affair, provisions ''more'n
enough" The roses cost a plunk
apiece, the dress was gold lace stuff.
The auto took her to the train, she
had a special car; she had thou
sand dollar check, with compli-
ments Of pa" The auto cabby got
cold cash, the railroads got good
mon" But the local paper printed
three full columns -''just for fun. y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
"Backstamping" May be Abandoned.

Experiments have been recently
made by the Chicago postoffice with
regard TO the receipt stamp on the
back OF the envelopes, and, the out
co,o2e nsey be the means Of doing
away with this practice. 1t is in
teresting to know that the receipt
stamps was organized in Milwaukee
by S. G West. The plan was
started for the purpose of protect
ing the Office in case Of dispute over
tardy mail matter, and the practice
was finally authorized by the post
office department at Washington
It is claimed by postal authorities
at Chicago that the abandonment
Of the receipt stamp means the saw
ing Of many hours Of time and the
services of many clerks can then be
dispensed with.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

Miss Genevieve Thomas is visit
ing relatives and friends at Min
neapolis.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thompson, of Fennimore. Sept.
9th, boy.
Complete rural mail delivery
service has been established in La
fayette county, effective October 6,
1906. The total number of routes
in that county will be twenty
eight will be new.
The announcement is made that
both William j. Bryan and Cover
nor Folk, of Missouri, will probably
be in Wisconsin TO take part in Mr..
Aylward's fight for the governor
ship. Mr.. Awkward has Gov. Folks
promise TO make speeches in the
state and Mr.. Bryan says he will be
here if he can possibly make ar
rangements to do so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
Exceilent(?) Train Service.

The special outbound train fur
nished to accommodate fair visitors
last evening,in charge of Conductor
Beaver, met with a mishap to the
engine at Livingston and was
stalled there.
This left no coaches in Lancaster
for the regular morning passenger
and the only accommodation for
oven hundred outbound patrons
were a pair of rusty old cabooses,
with a freight car for baggage.
Two engines remained in the
round house here during the entire
night, and there were plenty OF
engines at Madison and Galena that
could have been called into use to
bring the coaches back from Liv-
ingston, but nothing was done.
It's about time for the Commerce
ial club to hold another Indignation
meeting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
The Beautiful Everywhere.

Learn to love and appreciate the
beautiful. There are many beauti-
ful things everywhere Some SEE
them; some do not. 1t depends
upon education. A beautiful flower
may grow by the wayside. Ore
person may pass 1t by and not even
see It, or he may trample it under
foot and call it an ugly weed;
another may see the very same
flower, and as he looks upon it,
marvel at its beauty and recognize
the handiwork of God. One Of
these persons has no love for the
beautiful in hls'soul and the other
has, that is the only difference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
Japs Made Great Show.

The Okahe family of Japanese
acrobats fairly captiyated the
crowds and none but words of
praise we've heard for their pheno-
menal exhibition. It was without
doubt the best special attraction
ever seen at fair in this vicinity
and the management is be be con-
graduated in securing them.
The family consists Of ten-a
mother and seven children and two
cousins of the seven, ranging in
size, but all trained gymnasts.
From Lancaster they went to
Red Wood Falls, MINI, thence pro-
coed to Springfield, Ill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
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One-Half Vic and Repeat Run
Time--:52. sly.

The exhibits in the art hall were,
as usual, beautiful to see. While
the display of works of art was not
up to last year IN quantity, the
quality excelled. Besides the ex-
hibits up for premiums, there were
splendid displays by the well-known
firms Of John Schreiner & Sons, gen
eral merchandise; Baxter d Draper,
general merchandise; Joeckel Bros,
clothing; L. Alt & Sons, meats and
groceries; L. Weber, boots and
shoes; The Hub, clothing; Roberts
g Groenier, musical Instruments
Goldstein q lockwood general mer-
chandise; Carl Orion, photographs;
Aupperle Grocery Co, meats and
provisions; O. Heberlein, boots and
shoes; Weber Bros, jewelry; ID. c.
johnson and Mrs. Meyers.
A detailed account of fair will be
published in the next weeks issue
OF this paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
A Find Band.

Fennimore's Juvenile band Of 40
pieces added to It's already envia BILE
reputation Thursday and Friday by
the excellent service rendered
Our neighboring village have good
reasons to be proud of them. The
leader, Albert HIM, was presented
with a beautiful diamond pin by
the youngsters whom he organized
and has so successfully drilled one
day last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
NEWS OF VICINITY.
Happenings of Lancaster and I'm
mediate Vicinity.

Frank Budd arrived home
Wednesday.
That ball game will no be for
gotten for many months.
The Galena fair comes off next
week, then follows the big Boscobel
fair.
Miss Ethel Carter returned to
her school duties at the state uni
versity this morning.
Grey Mollie is owned by H. F.
Grimes of Beetown, not Ed Perrin,
as the Herald stated last Wednes-
day
The county fair gave the poll
tical candidates a chance to mix and
most of them took advantage Of the
opportunity.
-Auctioneer Bishop Of Belmont
oficiated as starting Judge at the
races both days in a very satisfactory
manner and left favorable i'm
preston.
Frank Hickok of Bloomington
captured first premium for carriage
team. He afterwards disposed of
them to an Independence, Ia, party
for $4,000.
Miss Charlotte Lowry took de-
parture Wednesday for Greens
Farm, Conn, a private school, where
she has accepted a position as in
structor ii music.
The dates for the Bloomington
fair next year are Sept. 11-12-13.
This years exhibition was very sue
cessful in every way and the society
is highly encouraged.
The Saturday issue of the Her
aid is delayed on account Of the
force attending the far and this
issue may hardly be up to the usual
standard for the same cause.
Rev. Hannaford, the new Con
gregational divine, arrived with his
family from Ohio Wednesday. His
family consists of a wife and three
children-two sons and daughter.
The first number Of the Bloom
ington lecture course will be Oct.
1st, with Ed7-1n Brush, magician,
as entertainer, assisted by E. w.
Stiff, musician. The course will
consist of four mum bers and is given
under auspices of the high school
for the benefit of the piano fund.
Here's hoping that during the
school year commenced this month
N the nation there will be drilled
into the minds and hearts Of the
boys and girls of the public schools
more thoroughly than ever before
/ a conception Of what the flag float
ing above them means, an under
standing of the fol ces at work in the
political world and the ambition to
do something to promote civic
virtue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuffiey.

Daniel A. Peterson, Benton,
Mary 3. Altmeyer, Hazel Green.
James Smith, Cassville, Daisy
England. Glen Haven.
lie Roy E. Clemens, Hazel Greer,
Sarah E. Champion, Hazel Green.
Burr H. Walker, South Lancas-
ter, Myrtle Kinney, South Lancas-
ter.
Timothy j. Watchorn, Clifton,
Cora Peat, Clifton.
George w. Jarrett. Platteville,
and Edna Knapp, PlattevilIe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
Continued on Page A.
Iowa Corn Great.

The following item IS taken from
a Summer, Ia, paper and as it
refers to a former Grant county
resident we reproduce it herewith
William Treloar has twenty acres
Of corn that he and Rev. knight,
after careful investigation and com
putation, estimate will go 100
bushels to the acre. Many Of the
stalks are double cared and many
ears hang seven feet above the
ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
Noah.

A member Of the Nebraska Iegisla-
ture was making a speech on some
momentous question and, IN con-
Guiding, said:
In the words of Daniel Webster,
who wrote the dictionary, Give me
liberty or give me deathn'
One Of his colleagues pulled at
his coat and whispered:
Daniel Webster did not write
the dictionary; it was Noah"
Noah nothing" replied the
speaker; Noah built the ark"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

With the beginning of the fall
those who patronize our merchants
will find better stocks to select
from than were ever shown in this
place. Our business men have been
making a study of the wants of this
community and they will have what
you are looking for in stock. Give
them chance on everything you
purchase this season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

At the Wisconsin Free Methodist
conference at Oshkosh Rev. E. P.
Roberts was appointed presiding
elder of the Platteville district. Rev.
E. M. Hawley was assigned to
Platteville, Arthur and Cuba City,
and Rev. F. S. Kann to Montfort
and Livingston. Boscobel and
Werley are to be supplied.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

Elisha Russell of Woodman
was adjudged insane and COM
united to Mendoza hospital for
treatment Wednesday. On the day
previous Mrs. Maggie Banfeld of
Cuba City was also examined and
found demented.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22
What the State Civil Service Has Done.

With the competitive eXamina-
ton advertised for September 22nd,
the State Civil Service Commission
will have completed the series Of
examinations necessary TO supply
eligible lists for over 80 per cent Of
the positions falling within the COM
petltive class. Experience thus far
makes it probable that four annual
examinations will hereafter keep
the eligible lists in condition to meet
all the requirements Of the service.
Since January 1st the commission
has held, including the forth coming
examination, four general COM
petitive examinations. In these
four competitive examinations over
thirty-five classes OF positions have
been included, and, including the
non competitive examination of
original employees, over rs kinds
Of examination have been prepared.
These examinations have been held
in the various assembly districts
under the supervision Of local
examiners acting under the direc-
ton OF the Civil Service Com
mission and candidates have ap-'
peared on an average in 70 assembly
districts each time.
Out of a total of 1900 applicants
for positions in the competitive
class as many as 1900 persons took
the examinations for the various
positions, and out of this numb
629 passed and We're placed upon
the eligible lists. 275 additional
persons were registered for posi-
tons in the labor class.
Since tie first examination on
January 9th Of this year 122 persons
have been appointed on probation
from the eligible lists to permanent
positions in the competitive class
and so persons have in a similar
manner secured labor positions.
These appointments are not punched
in few localities as was customary
formerly. There is probably not
country in the state not represented
on the register Of eligibles and this
representation is quite evenly dis
tributed according to population.
In addition TO the above examina-
tions the commission has examined
81 state employees as required by
law. (The employees Of state
institutions were not required TO
take this non competitive examina-
tion.)
The following statement shows
the number and various classes of
positions filed since eligible lists
have been prepared. In this con
nection It should be borne in mind
that the work Of preparing eligible
lists by examination was not begun
until January 9Th, and that work is
not yet entirely completed
Readers for Civil Service commits
sion for occasional work. ......... Il
Assistant auditor at University. l
Supt. Of buildings at University " l
Attendants at state hospitals -. IT
FIremen ....... .....,.... .........
Engineers Observation-Disclosures. 5
Clerks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ... :
Factory inspector Observation-Disclosures. 1
! Prison guards ........... Is
Special agents for tax commission %
Game Wardens. )
Oil inspectors. ...............
StenOgrapherS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Family officers and matrOns /
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

The appointments for the Platte
vile district made by the N. E. con
ference at Dodgev1lle for the ensu-
ing year are as follows. In the list
are included also other appointments
in which our readers may be inter
eSted
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

NJ. f. Ministers Given Assignments
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

Rev. 5. w. Trousdale was reap
pointed presiding elder Of the Madi-
son district.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
GENERAL SERVICES
ON GOOD FRIDAY"
All Schools in the City will Be
Dismissed So Students
May Attend.
PLAN JOINT MEETINGS
AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH THE REVS. W. N. MEL
SON AND n. n. HADLEY WILL
ADDRESS THE GATHERING.

For the first time in the history of
the Public Schools of Richmond. the
pupils will be given an opportunity to
attend church services on Good Fri
day" The School Board has permit
ted the schools to be dismissed for
the morning at 10 Il. m. and the chill
dren can then proceed to the church
with which each is affiliated to attend
the services.
In order that there will not be a
small attendance at each church. sew
eral will combine on Good Friday and
hold joint services. The Grace NJ. E.
ST. Paul's Episcopal, Fifth Street
Methodist, United Presbyterian and
First Presbyterian denominations
will hold a joint meeting at the First
Presbyterian church, on the corner
of Tenth and North A streets. Rev
Mr.. Fl. H. Hadley and Rev. Mr.. w. n.
Nelson will address the gathering on
The Passion of Christ In the east.
ern part of the city, the First Metho
dist and the Second Presbyterian
churches will combine, and Rev
Mr.. Swadener will speak. The Luther
an and Catholic churches viii hole
seperate meetings.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
STATE CONVENTION CLOSE
OPENING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
First Session Will be Devoted to
Observation-Disclosures viii Take
Place Thursday-A Short Session
Seems Likely.

The Republican State Convention
which will be held Wednesday and
Thursday of this week at Indianapolis
will not only see Wayne county and
Richmond represented by its delega-
ton of thirty-seven floor delegates and
as many alternates, but there will be
in addition a hundred or more Repub-
licans who intend going over to see
the fun. Just how many of these
extras will be successful in getting in
to the convention hall remains to be
seen, but chairman Gardner has been
informed that he will only be provid-
ed with sufficient tickets to supply the
members of the delegation, including
the alternates. The first session of
the convention will be held Wednes-
day afternoon at which time Congress
man Brick will sound the key note. /"
He will be followed by other prom
inent Republicans. The following
morning Thursday the nominations
will take place and as there are sew
eral candidates without opposition it
would be no surprise III the convention
should finish it's work by the middle
of the afternoon.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
Officials of the Pennsylvania
Lines West To Hold Ses-
sion Here This Month.
Ia TWO DAYS SESSION
ON THE FIRST DAY THE ENGI-
NEERS WILL INSPECT TIE PRE-
SERVING PLANT AT SHIRLEY.
INDIANA.

The Association of the Engineers
Maintenance of Way of the Pennsylva-
ma Lines West, will hold it's quarterly
meeting in this city on April "a and
25, and it is expected that about thirty
engineers and assistant engineers,
will be in attendance
The meetings of the association are
for the purpose of allowing the en-
gineers 10 confer together for their
mutual benefit and talk over recent
improvements and inventions which
have been made along their line of
work.
On the first day OF the meeting the
engineers will go to Shirley, Ind, and
visit the tie preserving plant located
there. This is a factory where rail
road ties are treated in such a way
that their term of usefulness is ex-
tended. On the second day, meetings
will be held at the Westcott Hotel and
the regular business of the association
will be attended to.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
SOCIALISTS WILL
OPPOSE THE SALE
In Their Meeting Yesterday
They Advocated Retaining
the Light Plant.
JOSEPH Drummer SPOKE
ANNOUNCES THAT SHOULD MAT.
TER COME TO VOTE RICH.
MoND's SOCIALISTS WILL BE
FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

At meeting held by the local CO.
cialists yesterday the proposed sale OF
the Richmond Municipal Light Plant
was condo mned AMI the members de-
cided to man to vote against the
sale.
Joseph Drummer, one of the best
known Socialists in this section OF the
state, in a speech, defined the standing
of the Socialists of this city on the
question.
He said that the Socialists were for
municipal ownership because 1t was
the backbone principal of their party.
The local light plant is on paying
basis and the indications are that 1t
will be a splendid investment. AS
the profits continue to grow the city
treasury will continue to be enriched.
This will mean deere ase in taxation"
A remark was made that the sale of
the city light plant would be matter
of indifference to Ire laboring men. as
but few OF them used electric lighting.
Several members took exceptions to
this, stating that all of the new houses
being put up were wired for electric
lighting, and that the Municipal Light
Plant rates were SO low that every Ia
boring man could afford to dispense
with the use of gas.
Robert Ashe, superintendent OF con-
struction for the Municipal Light
plant, spoke at the meeting, strongly
advocating the retention of the plant.
His remarks created much enthusiasm.
1t is an assured fact that when the
special election is held, if 1t ever is
held, the two hundred local Socialists
will be found lined up on the side Of
Municipal ownership.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
EDWARD NJ MAHAN
TO AUDIT BOOKS
Municipal Light Committee
Secures Him To Examine
Accounts of Concern.
WILL TAKE TEN DAYS
EDWIN {. WITHERBY EXPECTED
TO RETURN FROM NEW YORK
THIS WEEk-ATTY. GARDNER
STRUCK A GOOD BLOW.

Edward c. McMahan. bookkeeper
rendered and has accepted the ap-
pointment of expert accountant to au-
dit the books of the municipal light
ing plant Mr. McMahan, it is assert
ed. will begin his duties tonight when
he and members of the committee,
will hold a business session at the of
flee of the city plant and determine
just what work is TO be done. Ten
days at least will be necessary to go
over the books and prepare a report
which will set forth in detail the re,
suit of municipal lighting from a
financial standpoint since the local
lighting plant was installed.
Edwin E. WitherDy, representative
of the Eastern capitalists who made
the formal offer to purchase the plant
on behalf of his employers. is expect
ed to return from New York this
week. Mr.. Witherby returned east
for the purpose of explaining to the
syndicate which makes a specially OF
putting municipal plants out of bust
ness. just how the proposition was re
ceived in Richmond.
Possibly Mr.. Witherby informed
the syndicate leaders that it looked
like tough lob to push through the
Richmond deal. 1t is asserted that the
Eastern. capitalists had hoped to be
able to close negotiations before the
end of the present month. The strong
opposition by majority of people
and the fact that even those who ia
vor the sale under certain circum
stances are not of the opinion that
| things should be rushed. have com
bined to spoil the plans framed up.
City Attorney Gardeners opinion
| has done much toward cementins
public opinion against the proposed
! sale. The city attorney without max
ing any claims for or against munich
| nal ownership. declares that it woulC
| be a Gross mistake to sell the cit
| plant and he also puts crimp in The
claim that $4,000 additional must BIZ
| spent for new machinery. He think.
/ the plant should be conducted JUS
as it is. at least for the time being.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
! Y, NJ. {. A. BUILDING
IS A POSSIBILITY
Pan Handle Contemplates a
Place of Social Recreation
for Employees.
INTEND TO BUY LOTS
BUILDING WILL BE EQUIPPED
WITH GYMNASIUM, POOL ROOM
3, SWIMMING POOL AND LIBRARY.
MANY WILL BENEFIT.

A. Y. M. c. A., under the manage
ment of the Railroad Mems Union is
possibility for Richmond before
many months and If the plans that
are already laid out are carried
through as expected, the building and
equipment will be the best of any Y.
NJ. c. A. clubhouse on the Pennsylva-
mond Division are pushing the pro.
ject and hope soon to receive n IA
vorable reply from headquarters.
Richmond is one of the junction
points of the Pennsylvania Lines
there being three branches of the
several hundred employees of the
Pennsylvania Lines living in Rich
mond and no better location could be
found for such an institution as is
now proposed. The building would
be furnished with gymnasium, bill
lard and pool tables swimming pool
and library. The road intends to buy
lots and erect it's own building, sc
that everything can be just as de
sired.
There has been agitation for a Y
M. c. A. building in Richmond for
years, but nothing has ever develop
4 I'd. The institution proposed would
De for the private use of railroad men
but as the number of railroad mer
here is large many citizens Would be
benefited
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
THE RED MEN LOST CASE,
Russell Gay Comes out on Top in
Litigation Over Horse
and Buggy.

BY a Judgment for S. awarded the
Red Men in their suit on the bond of
Russell Gay, victory for the latter
was achieved in the ligitation resulting
from the awarding of a horse and bug
gy at the Red Mems carnival two
years ago. Gay held the winning num-
Der but failed to put in appearance
within the requisite time and the
second number was drawn. Gay then
claimed his property and upon refusal
seized the outfit through legal process
after filing bond for 5000 with the
sheriff. Upon this bond the Red Men
drought SUI with the result that So
was awarded. The costs fall upon tho
Red Men.