Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-17
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Walter Harville was here from
Fennimore Saturday.
-Chas. Drinkwater was over from
Livingston Friday.
Al Fry and VIM Decker were
from Fennimore Saturday.
Will Lathrop returned Friday
noon from an out of town trip.
R. ]. Weaver, of Fennimore.
was a Saturday caller in this city.
j. W. Pier and Joe Zibka, of
Sitter, were In Lancaster Thur sday.
George Schuppener and son, OF
Woodman, were in Lancaster Satur-
day.
Chris Coombs, of Bloomington,
visited with Lancaster relatives last
week.
w. E. Hayward, of Fennimore,
transacted business at the county seat
Saturday.
F. Ell. Heberlein, of Mineral
Point, arrived here Friday on bust
ness trip.
w. Tiedeman was up from
Platteville Friday for visit with
relatives.
Jake Hartman and son of Platte
vile, were business callers at the
county seat Friday.
The w. G. T. U. VII meet at
the usual hour with Ms. Greebe,
Thursday, March IS.
N. j. Rewey, e. F. Menke and
F. A. Jenty, all of Plat eville, called
on county seat friend, Friday of last
week.
Baptist services will be held as
follows: Covenant and business meet
ing next Saturday, March Goth, at 2
O'Clock p. m. Sunday March 21st,
Bible sc4ool at 8 80 a. m. B. Y. P.
U. 6 80 p. m. preaching 10 80 a. 10.
and 80 p. m. The public are
cordially invited to these services.
VIM. A. Kay. of Big Patch,
treasurer of Smelser township, was
Herald visitor last Thursday He was
here settling with the county treas
urer and informs us that he collected
every cent assessed-$11 500. Out Of
$50, 600 assessed in the past three
years he only returned between eight
and nine dollars uncollected taxes.
The money demand law suit of
John w. Pier, of Sitter, VS.. Henry
Schrader, of Sitter heard before
Justice Burrows last week was decid-
ed in favor of the defendant by the
following jury: A. Y. Decker, N.
J. Tiedeman. Joe Bendorf, John
Horsefall, Will Mcmahon, George
lockwood. The suit occupied nearly
two days.
The aid of educators in Grant
County is asked in the support of
bill recently introduced into the
legislature by Assemblyman Merlin
Hull. of Jackson Co. The purpose is
to reorganize the state institute com,
mitttee and TO place the entire con-
trol of the institute problem in the
hands of committee composed of the
state superintendent ex-officio one
member elected by the normal school
regents and one to be elected by the
county superintendent. Teachers of
this city and vicinity seem to think
that if the bill becomes a law
the efficiency of the state Institutes
will be materially increased
Thomas Duncalf, a we'll known
citizen of Grant County, died at his
home near this city on Monday of this
week. He had been i'll but a short
time and his death was unexpected.
Mr.. Duncalf was native of England
having been born in London in 1881.
He came to Wisconsin in 1866 and
located on the farm near this city in
1874. He is survived by five children
Alfred and Susan, who made their
home with him, Thomas and Samuel,
of this city and Walter of California.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the M. E. church, Rev.
Morgans officiating. Interment will
follow in Hillside cemetery.
Oscar Kleinpell found it neces-
sary to sgo to Millville Friday on an
important business errand, and with
George Foehringer and Rudolph
Turtscher undertook the rather
periIous trip across the ice. Cross
ing the channel, which was open, in
row boat, they reached the ice and
then walked the remaining distance,
pushing the boat beofre them, but be-
eo~o rooohino tho Iowa side thew broke