Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-19

Madison.
Laurie Starr is visiting bis Uncle
Will in Chicago.
C b. Cushman was down from
Montfort Monday.
Isaac DelIer. of Milwaukee, is
visiting friends here.
Atty. A. R. Bushnell. of Madi-
son, had business here Saturday.
Frank schreiner was a passenger
on the Monday afternoon train.
-Pythian Sisters, of Calanthe
Temple. You are requested to as
emble on Wednesday night at Castle
hall. Come sister, brothers, one and
all.
The probabilities are now. that
the st. Paul Colored Gophers will
play the Lancaster team on the last
day OF the fair. On the first day
Bloomington plays Fennimore.
j. Norton and wife, old time
Lancaster people, of Tekamah,
Nebraska. arrived Monday for a visit
with Theo. Calvin and family and
other Lancaster friends. They had
been spending a few days previous
with their niece. at Patch Grove.
Mrs. Andrew Brown died at her
home in this city Sunday, August
10Th after comparatively brief ILL
ness. Mrs. Brown was a native of
Wisconsin having been born in the
Badger state June 10th, 1843. Funeral
services were held yesterday at the
Rock church in Clifton.
The caboose and two freight cars
of the out going freight yesterday
morning were ''ditched' three miles
out of town and consequently the
noon passenger train could not get
in here. A dray was sent out for
the mail. express etc. and three
buses conveyed the passengers to
this city arriving shortly after one
O'Clock. The passengers on the after
noon train were forced to take the" bus
route also.
The game between the st. Paul
Colored Gophers and the National
Indians at the Fennimore Big Days
Friday afternoon was rather one sided,
the negroes winning over the red
skins to 1. Although the National
Indians are str 0ng aggregation, the
Colored Gophers outclassed them in
nearly every department and would
have had little trouble in making
their end of the score much larger. As
negroes are not allowed in any of
the major or minor leagues. the few
Independent colored teams are enabled
to sign players who would be in
faster company if their color was not
against them. Indians are allowed to
play with league teams and on this
account the Indian teams are never
as speedy as colored organizations.
Trout fisherman have but three
weeks more to lawfully enjoy their
favorite sport, for on September first
the closed season for the speckled
beauties starts and will not open
again until April 10, 1909. During
this closed season it will not only be
unlawful to fish for, catch or kill
trout but person will be also violat-
ing the law If he has in his possession
or under his control any variety of
trout during these months. A person
can not lawfully fish or catch any
variety of fish in stream, containing
trout during the closed season. There
will doubtless be just as great dis
regard for these laws in the vicinity
of Lancaster as there has been in the
past. The dynamite and the net will
probably be in commission during
most of the closed season and in the
summer the honest sportsman will
wonder why the Grant County streams
are mostly depleted. Sportsmen in
other parts of the country have
organized for the purpose of aiding
the government and state in protect
ing the fish and game. These associa.
lions have been uniformly successful.
Such an organization might accom-
plish results here.
The following pen picture by q
Milwaukee Free Press writer could
hardly be more true to life. A trip
into the county. about Lancaster will
convince you OF its truth. There
never has been a time when the har'
vest fields of southern Wisconsin have
been a more wonderful sight thar
they are today. No rain has dulled
their brilliancy, nor has the sun had
time to burn them to russell; all is