Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-21

AAAA0' A' ~ AAS6OLS, WIZ LIDS UCCu
sick for some time, is now recovering.
Some correspondence was received
too late disqualification yesterday after
noon and is unavoidably left over.
-Theo. Calvin who has been laid
up with the grip for three or four
weeks is convalescent made his first
trip down town yesterday.
-PlattevilIe local talent presented
the comic opera of Pinafore in an
exceptional manner before good sized
Lancaster audience at Reeds opera
house last Friday evening.
-"Billy" Mullen wears the local
championship belt so far this season
as the crack trout fisherman. He
has been displaying in the window
of Holtzmiller's barber shop a catch
of four beautiful speckled trout which
he landed in McPhersons creek the
largest one measuring between II and
IS inches long and the other three all
good ones. That little creek has been
constantly lined with fishermen since
BILLY made his catch. but no
further results of consequence have
been reported
Will Hickok and Ed Patch repre-
senting an insurance companyof Bloom
ington, were out Friday to adjust the
loss on N. Fl. Suttle's fire. Mr.. Suttle
states that he lost among other things
900 bushels of oats, 90 tons of hay, a
buggy and fine three year old draft
horse. He managed to save a good
deal of the contents of the barn. The
cause of the fire is still unknown.
Mr.. Suttle has been very unfortunate
of late. Last summer all of his hogs
died of cholera. His many friends
sympathize with him heartily.
WIN. E. cambridge, special
agent of the U. s. treasury depart
ment of the American consulate at
Paris, committed suicide last Satur-
day morning. His act was attributed
to temporary insanity brought on by
over work and worry. He was a
graduate of the Platteville Normal of
the caiss of SO. His residence was
in Council Bluffs. Iowa. During his
public life he had been second
secretry of the American legation
at Pekin and special customs agent
of the United States at Paris, and had
held other honored Offices in the
customs service. Because of his
efficiency his salary had recently been
increased His burial will take place
in Council Bluffs.
w. L. Miller and son Frank ex-
pect to start tomorrow, Thursday
with two car loads of household
goods, farm machinery etc. for the
new Homestead, upon which Mr..
Miller recently fled, pear Dallas,
South Dakota. He has fine quarter
section of prairie land lying back 10
miles from Dallas, which is the near
est railroad point, and thinks it is
already worth four times what it cost
him. He has already got 100 acres
broken and as soon as they arrive
there with the goods they will build
barn and put in their spring
crops. Mrs. Miller and son Erskine
will remain here until the close of
the spring term of school, when they
also will leave for their new home
The Ladies of the u. A. r. will
give veal pie supper at the K. P.
hall next Thursday, beginning at
O'Clock p. m. The price will be 25
cents per plate. Money to be used in
placing in the high school room
bronze tablet which BEARS in full,
Abraham Lincoln immortal address at
Gettysburg. This is Nat. Orders to
Circles as far as possible to place in
educational institutions either this
tablet or picture of Lincoln, to
create patriotic thought among present
and future students for the savior of
our country. There will also be a
chance to see a great base ball game
for nickle and also get souvenir
thrown in for your bestest little girl.
Don fail to see it.