Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-07

/ ed TO the streams ABOUT the CITY.
Each can contained 5000 fish making
all told 80. 0OG trout The trout sea-
son opens on April 10 this year and
the local sportsmen are anxiously
awaiting the day Many of the Ian
caster fishermen have been striving
for several years to replenIsh the near
ly depleted streams in this vicinity
and it is hoped that all interested
will o-operate with them in the
work.
Louis Alt and son Carl went
down to Everett Blackburn last
Friday and purchased twenty six head
OF young Aberdeen Angus cattle for
their market. Mr. Alt says that in
his thirty nine years experience he
never saw as nice bunch of baby
beeves', of like number and of one
kind together. They will be on ex-
hibition in front of L. Alt q Sons
market next Saturday, between one
and two O'Clock The price at which
these beeves were bought will aver
age about S42 per animal.
Arnold Hauser made his first APP
pearance with the Dubuque Three [.
league team Sunday in the game
against the Olympics. The Times
Journal said of his work: 'Hauser
made very favorable impression at
third base. and if he keeps up his lick
is certain of a place on the team.
While he didn't get the opportunity
to do much in the game, he showed
up we'll in the practice and
demonstrated he knows his business.
He won home, though, with his
hitting, getting a scorching double
to the left field fence and a clean
single over third Katz also showed
up we'll in the same game.
On Sunday, for the first time this
year the streets in the city we're in
good condition for the owners of
automobiles to enjoy their favorite
pastime. Many of them were whiz-
zing about all day within the city
limits for. the county highways were
in many places still impossible. On
the evening previous L. II. Stevens
received his new thirty horse power
Cadillac touring car which proved to
be one of prettiest machines ever
brought here. Mr.. Stevens and his
nephew L. A. Clark have the local
agency for the Cadillac A Ford
touring car was also received here
Saturday evening for demonstrating
purposes. 1t is expected that several
more automobiles will be purchased
by Lancaster citizens this season.
The question of the debate be-
tween representatives of Dodgeville
and Lancaster high schools to be held
in Dodgeville in May has been decid
ed on. 1t is: Resolved, that the
south is justified in its attitude to-
ward negro suffrage as shown by re-
cent legislation Legislation to in
clude state constitutions. The
local team will uphold the negative
side of the question. Neither school
has as yet chosen its representatives.
They will doubtless be picked in pre-
liminary debates. Lancaster people
await this affair with interest as 1T is
the first debate that the local school
has engaged in with an outside IL.
stitution in years. The boys of the
Forum Society will doubtless do
their best to bring the honors back
to Lancaster.
Fred Grimes, young negro liv-
ing near this city, came to town Fri
day and after getting outside of
quantity of bad liquor, started to
speed his horse around the business
section of the city. This exhibition
came to a temporary halt at the
Wright House corner where one wheel
of the buggy was torn off. Notwith.
standing the fact that the vehicle had
but three wheels he soon renewed his
mad race and was finally stopped near
the Lancaster House. He was ar
rested and after few hours of sober-
ing up in the city lock up was
brought before Justice Burrows on
the charge of being drunk and dis
orderly. His fine amounted to $40 and
costs but in default of payment he
was given a Jail sentence of 30 days.
On Saturday his father Thos. Grimes,
appeared and paid the fine and costs
and the repentant negro was released
from custody.
Judge Ciementson presided last
week from Monday until Wednesday
in a murder case, in the term of
Iowa county circuit court in session
at Dodgeville. The defendant, Otto
Haldeman, was charged with having