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

business Monday.
Paul J Lewis was over from
Bloomington Saturday.
j. W. Jones, of Fennimore was
in Lancaster Saturday.
&C. w. Morse and +. Chapman
were down from Fennimore Saturday.
e H. Hyde left Saturday for
Madison to spend a couple of days
visiting.
Mrs Efie Webb and nIeces Alice
and Esther Petty arrived home Satur-
day from visit in Hurley, S. D.
Harry Wurster arrived last week
from Missouri where he spent several
months visiting at different places
Herbert Van Dusen who has been
on the road the past year with the
''My Boy Jack Co. = is visiting at the
home of his parents, DR.. and Mrs
Van Dusen.
Ward Totman who is employed
in the dairy department of the Agri-
cultural school of the State Uni
versity arrived Saturday evening for
two days visit at home.
District Atty. Clementson was
unable to fulfill his engagement to
speak at the Darlington celebration
Monday and Atty. Fl. E. Carthew sub
stituted for him. Atty. Carthew went
to Darlington in his auto He was
accompanied by Earl Ivey.
Arch Basford expects to start
| Thursday for ST. Louis where the
rehearsals of his Eric Ericsson Com
pany will commence Immediately
The company which includes fifteen
people will open" in st. Louis on
the Gath and after it's engagement
there will travel northward and to-
ward winter will work back to the
southern states in order to be in the
sunny clime'' during the cold
weather. Eric Ericsson was written
especially for Mr.. Basford and is one
of the popular Swede plays, slightly
on the Ole Olesen order. The COM
pany will also carry band and
orchestra.
Notice was served on Justice
G. W. Burrows by State Veterinarian
D. B. Carter that COW belonging to
John Pennock, of Bloomington, was
afflicted with tuberculosis Acting
on orders Justice Burrows appointed
Joe Mccoy. Eannum Place and G. W.
Ray appraisers whose average estimate
of the animals value was $47. The
COW was shipped to Madison Thurs
day. The new law went into effect
the same day which provides that
the state shall pay the owner of the
diseased animal q Of the appraised
value instead of 2-3 as heretofore
Another provision of the same law is
that if after slaughtering the cow is
not found to be afflicted the state
shall pay the full appraised value.
-Supt. Brockert returned home
Friday evening from Platteville
where he has been acting for the past
week as instructor in school manage
ment, civics and the manual in the
State Normal summer school. He
reports that the enrolment at the
school at the time of his departure
exceeded $50 and was increasing nearly
every day The school SO far has
been a success. 1t will continue for
about four weeks. The daily sessions
begin at Z 80 a. IN. and close at ~ 10
giving the students the afternoon
for preparation of lessons. Supt,
! Brockert will not return as his
numerous other duties forbid him
continuing the summer school work.
His classes have been handed over to
the other instructors.
The rain storm of last Friday
evening, which was accompanied by
slight storm Of hail in this vicinity,
made a wonderful change in the
temperature within few hours.
Friday had been the most oppressive
ly hot day of the summer but it was
cool enough to make d furnace fire
| feel comfortable for the next four
days. At Milwaukee the rain storm
on Friday was one of the heaviest in
many years and did much damage.
The sewers and cutters could not
carry off the water fast enough and
some OF the streets looked like rivers,
with dry goods boxes, lumber and
other movable things fl Dating down
the streets. Pavements were washed
out, good sized shade trees uprooted,
and Easements flooded in many local
cities.