Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-18

Frank Gahard was UP from
Platteville Thursday.
-Gorton Webster, of Montfort
was in Lancaster Thursday.
E B. Abraham. of Mt. Hope
was in Lancaster yesterday.
Ben Orr, of Glen Haven, was {
county seat visitor this week.
ID. B. Brunson and J. S. GillianG
were visitor from Fennimore Thurs
day.
Willis Edwards and Clarence
Brown, of Bloomington, were here
yesterday.
Will Mauer, Dan Powers. W.
Doyle, N. Doyle and J. N, Dunnigan,
of Fennimore, witnessed the Platte
ville-Lancaster game here Thursday.
w. c. Hymer, Fl. S. Adkins,
FEank Barnes, John Kelch, Clyde
Bachelor, DR.. Miller, L. p Piquett
and A. E. Eustice, of Platteville, at
tended the ball game in this city
Thursday.
Miss Georgia F. Finney, whose
address is III N. Pearl ST., GAINESVILLE,
Wis, reports that she likes her work
very much. She is pursuing the com
plete course of the college which is
composed of stenography, book keep
ing and writing.
Mrs. Clarence Gribble of the
Journal, Mrs. Mat Sickle and sons
Edward and Mat, Mrs. F. O'Brien
and daughter Margaret of Chicago,
drove over from Platteville and spent
the day with Mrs. Frank Schreiner,
Thursday and took in the Platteville-
Lancaster base ball game Miss Mar
garet Schreiner returned to Platteville
with them for a few days visit.
John Lord living near West
Grant had the misfortune to have a
barn struck by lightning during a
recent storm. The barn contained
great deal of hay, machinery ETC. and
was complete loss. In shed near
by we're about twenty spring shoots
which were also burned. The barn
was a fine one nearly new and was
insured for about 81, $50, which sum
will fall short of overing the loss.
AN exchange says: The biggest
leak in the United States today is
caused by the wintering of farm ma
chinery. An implement agent said
recently that if the farm machinery
of the country was kept under shelter
and properly cared for it would drive
hundreds of manufacturing plants out
of business. Out west it has often
been argued that it is cheaper to let
the machinery go to rust and buy new
than it is tolbuy lumber to build
cover for it. The leak certainly is
| big one, even in this section where
barn and shed room seems ample.
The Speas- Petty case, details of
which were given in Wednesday
Herald, was heard by Justice Burrows
Thursday. A jury was drawn con-
sisting of John Drinkwater, Reub
Trenztscn, Tom Blewett, Elmer Gar
! ner. Geo. Parkins and Robert Baltic.
Mr.. Trentzsch was excused on account
of being a fireman and Mr.. Bailie
could not be found so by agreement of
attorneys the case proceeded with four
jurors. The plaintiffs witnesses
testified and the defense rested. The
defendants attorney, e. NJ. Lowry,
fled motion to dismiss the case and
discharge the jury on the grounds that
the plaintiff had no right to bring the
action as he was not in possession Of
the property in question. This mo-
ton was granted and the case was dis
missed. Judgment was rendered
against the plaintiff for the costs of the
acton.
Geo. NOZZLE, the young farmer,
mention of whose prostration by the
intense heat of last Saturday was
made in Wednesdays Herald, died
from the effects ON that day Mr..
NOZZLE and his neighbor, Everett
Muldoon have been in the habit Of
changing work with one another and
last Saturday were engaged in
putting up Mr.. Muldoon's hay. The
day was very hot but the men got
we'll along with the work although
both felt the effects of the heat. They
had taken a load of hay to where they
wished to unload, when Muldoon
asked Moelle to let him pitch it off,
noticing that his neighbor looked
very tired. Moelle replied that he
thought he could unload it all right