Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18


IS. A. Hatch, of Bloomington,
visited here this week
Sam Richie. of Sitter, was a
Lancaster caller Tuesday,
Art Vesperman, of Fennimore,
was in Lancaster Tuesday.
Sam Levin, of the Boston Store
is on business trip to Chicago.
Willis Edwards and M. Edwards
were over from Bloomington yester-
day.
The Womans Club will meet
with Mrs. VIM. ziegIer next Monday
afternoon.
Miss Bessie Kitelinger, who
teaches in Little Grant, is enjoying
a two weeks vacation at her home.
John Orion is SPEEDING few
days in Montfort and Cobb this week
with an elegant line of ladies cloaks
and furs for Baxter & Draper.
Up to yesterday only one county
candidate had hled statement of
his election expenses. This was
Thomas S. Metcalf, register of deeds,
who reported paying $1O7, of which
500 was an assessment paid to the
county committee
The following marriage licenses
have been issued since last reported
in the Herald: Fred j. Granville
and Leta Stevens, both of Montfort;
Henry E. Weist, Cassville and Cora
NJ. Donaldson. Potosi; Frank A.
Nechkash, Clifton and Josephine F.
Cook, Castle Rock.
in the contest for appointment as
ianitor at the court house Fred
Garner, the present efficient janitor
won out handily last week. There
were eleven candidates for the place,
but the committee reported in re-
commentator of Mr.. Garner and he
was promptly elected by the board.
Quite an interesting sporting event
took place yesterday. Two captains.
VIM. Hough and L G. Hickok chose
up sides to contest in a big game
hunt One side was to hunt anywhere
north of the cemetery road and the
other side south of that line. Each
contestant before the hunt had to
deposit 90 CENTS Each hunter also
had to register at Fischer's black
smith shop in the morning before he
went out and report there a O'Clock
that evening and hand in his score.
each animal killed to count so much.
The side having the lowest score then
had to hand over to the winners the
amount contributed at first and also
furnish the supper. The game which
it was allowable to kill and the
the method of scoring follows: Each
rabbit counted 10; squirrels Is;
partridge, 100; woodchuck, so; coon,
300 wolf, 500; fox, 500; hawk so;
owl, so. The sides chosen and the
territory they were to hunt in were:
North-L. q Hickok, Yves Thompson,
Gene Starr, G. Edwards, T. Wenzel,
r. Pagenkopf. R. Oates John Decker,
w. zeigler, N. J. Tiedenan, K.
Trentzsch, Sever Oleson, W. H.
Leary, Harry Nathan Jr. and Will
Walker South side-W. Hough, A.
j. Steinborn. P. Tanner, c. Borah, Fl.
Smith, Will Mullen, =. Keller. E.
Fisher, j. Blewett. w. Dyer, John
Collins, Fl. Stephens. Ed Brinkman
and V. L. Showalter.
The attention of postmasters is
directed to the following scheme
operated by swindlers from various
towns and cities in Spain, who make
a practice OF writing to persons in the
United States The scheme consists
in sending letters to certain persons,
who have previously been selected by
The foundation of the
plot varies somewhat. In some in
stances the writer represents himself
as a dying prisoner in military
fortress. He has fortune in the
United States. but the certificate of
stock is concealed in a secret recep
tacle of his valise, which has been
seized by the Court at Carthagena,
and it will be held until the prisoner,
or his representative has satisfied the
cost Of the trial. He claims distant
with the addressee. If
the first letter bears fruit, it is fol
lowed by others in which the prisoners
daughter plays prominent part.
She is in Spain without protector
A proposal is made to send her, ac-
companied by priest, to the newly
found relative for protection. If
enough money is sent to release the
valise containing the secret receptacle
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