Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

the Lancaster company has a heavy
loss. Along the a'Silroads the wash
outs were numerous, al 'CaSsvllle,
Bagley and Charipe, on the$8arling
ton, and at Wauzeka on the G. NJ.
q ST. P at this writing, no trains
on the latter road have arrived at
Plair1e du Chen. Farmers estl-
mate that the loss in the district
will be about two thi9ds of the crop.
Tie storm must have been at least
twenty miles vide, extending way
over into Crawford county. Con
siderable damage was done over IN
Iowa, the river towns OF McGregOr,
Clayton and Guttenbugg being
sufferers.
LOCALS Continued Helen, the
four-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard WEIGH. died Sunday
at 1896 p. m. The funeral was held
in st. Mary's church today at 1890.
Rev. Brudermans officiating. The
many friends extend sympathy.
Chas. Enke returned from visit
to Chicago and several other towns
Sunday. Saturday night his train
was laid out at Boscobel on account
of the washout at Wauzeka. So he
drove home from that city and had
an oppol tun1ty to see the effects of
the storm, which was bad all along
the way.
Fred Fisher was the fourth man
on the LIST of business getters for
the New York Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. during the the spring
period. There are several hundred
solicitors so it is quite an honor.
Fred lives at Spokane, Wash.
E. A. Enke is indisposed.
E A. Caswell and wife of Mt.
Sterling have been guests at the
home OF his sister, Mrs. Rev.
Woolley, for several days.
Miss Goldla Adkins, teacher at
Harrison, Idaho, is home Tor the
vacation. Her mother who has
been visiting in Minnesota, returned
home with her.
Chas. Chapman visited three
weeks with his wife's brother in
Drexel, Mo. His daughter, who
had been there for some time,
returned with him.
a. G. Bishop is entertaining a
brother from Elkader, Iowa.
VIM Bateman returns to his
home in Nebraska this week, after
a pleasant visit here.
Fairy Schoenfeld, of DodgeviIle is
visiting friends here.
LOCAL NOTES. DIR. Kennedy, our
veterinary surgeon, purchased a
driving team of Davis Bros.
Stone & Donnelly are buying
! wool, The price is good, though
| rot so large as year ago.
The people interested in Dodge
cemetery had bee there last Tues
day, cleaning up the yard.
Ora Hatch, who last Wednesday
broke the large bone in his ankle
while jumping from moving train
in Glen Haven, is slowly recovering
from the fall. A gravel train was
was employed for couple of days In
filling the place where Ora landed.
AS is natural during a time when
many are moving about, we have
made a few errors the past few
months, though nothing serious.
Mark Twain says that the only peo-
pie who can tell a fellow how to
run a paper without making mis-
takes are the ones who have never
tried 1t. Those who have tried it
have lots of charity.
Vern Holford writes us from
Bartopsite, Texas, that Louie Kaap
bought a nice 100 acre tract near
his farm, and that Pres. Mlllin of
Wyalusing bought 160 acres near
Plainvlew. Louie and Pres, both
cdT pOuIcISs are Ou1IuAAS q AOuSO 1OA
a neighbor, who numbers among
his possessions nine daughters.
Count on Louie and Pres. making a
summers job of it.
PLAY BALL.-Many of our folks
are waking up to the base ball ex-
element. Some of the lovers Of
the diamond met one evening and
subscribed $50 toward expenses for
a series Of games. 1t is the purpose
of the boys to have an all-home
team, never importing talent except
to meet imported talent. They play
at Lancaster Thursday and here
Friday, of this week. The Times
Lancaster correspondent is q poor