Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-11
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Alex Ivey at $50.
The case of Birdie McReynoldt
VS. Leroy McReynolds, came up IL
session of circuit court held yester
day. A judgment of the divorce
was signed
Simon Kirschbaum of Cassville
had his hearing before Justice Moses
yesterday. The charge against him
was wife abandonment. He twas
bound over TO the county court.
John Elliot Day an old gentle
man living in the second ward, died
Thursday evening after an extend
ed illness. Funeral services will
be held Sunday at the residence and
also at the Little Grant church,
Will Church, ore of the Cass-
vile chaps who were arrested last
winter for stealing lumber, came
before Judge Clementson yesterday
and pleaded guilty. He was
sentenced to two months in the
county Jail.
james RushtOn, an old citizen
of Lancaster, died Friday morning
after long Inconsistencies follow
ing stroke of paralysis which he
suffered Wednesday evening. The
funeral will probably be held Sun
day. More extended notice will ap-
pear later.
Otto aenkel, of Cassville, who
has been in jail since January await
ing trial on a charge of stealing lum-
Der from a car on the Burlington
railway at Cassville a year ago,
yesterday plead guilty before Judge
Clementson, who sentenced him to
60 days further confinement in the
Hotel de Budworth.
Fritz Miller, the swindler whose
attempt to buy goods of Potosi
merchant without paying for them,
was told of in our last edition, was
brought before Judge Clementson
yesterday on a charge of obtaining
goods under false pretenses. He
was sentenced to sixty days in the
county Jail.
If you can't say a good word
for your town by all means remain
silent. Every town is but flashed
back picture of the men. women
and children comprising It's popula-
ton and your i'll word must be
shared by yourself A town, IN
short, is largely what the people
living in it choose to make it. Let's
make ours "a whale"
"A surprise party was given Mrs
Lon Wayne at her residence in the
third ward, last Tuesday evening,
upon the occasion of her fiftieth
birthday. About Is or 80 of her
lady friends assembled for the occa-
sion and spent very happy even
ing, in spite of the Indictment
weather. Mrs. Wayne was present.
ed with a set of silver spoons as q
memento OF the event.
Last Saturdays Herald noted
the sale by Edward Blackburn, Of
Hurricane, of II head of Angus
yearlings to Place & Jerrett of thi.
city. These have since been sold tt
L. Alt q Sons and are beins
slaughtered and served to patrons
of their market. Louis Alt inform,
the Herald that in all OF his 81 year,
experience as a butcher he hal
never had such a nice bunch O
baby beeves" as these, which Ger
tainly ought to be considered higl
compliment by Mr.. Black bourn.
The city band listened good
to the people when the boys got on
with their 'tooty- o's" and other in
struments last Wednesday evenins
to serenade the successful caudi
dates in the previous days election
MayOr-elect Bennett was the frs
man honored with serenade and
speech was called for by the as
sembled crowd, but Mr.. Bennett
side stepped by telling Ed. Hyde t,
take the band boys into Lathrop'
and treat them at his expense t,
whatever they wanted. Then tn,
homes of the various newly elected
officials were visited one by one By
the band and there was music ga
lore in every ward of the city unit
late hour, to the delight of tn,
crowd of small boys that "followeC
the procession" The band farce
pretty we'll also in the treats tina
were given, including some casI
contribu tons.