Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-03-09

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the Sank Co. city the approach of the
vernal season is announced by the ar
rival of the lions, elephants. giraffes,
bears etc. etc They treat it as a
matter of course up there, too. The
following item is taken from the
Baraboo Democrat: A carload Of
animals for the Forepaugh Sells show
arrived here by express Saturday
morning and were transferred to
Ringing Bros. headquarters. The
shipment contained a giraffe, horned
horse, blue gnu, blesbok. water yak,
number of kangaroos. lioness and
an Alaskan brown bear. The latter
beast is an enormous animal weighing
over 1000 pounds.
A number of the teachers in the
city schools will attend the twentieth
annual convention Of the Southern
Wisconsin Teachers Association
which opens in Platteville Friday.
Some of the prominent educators on
the program are DIR. Duncan McGregor
and Pres. Sutherland, of Platteville;
Pres. Chas. McKenny, of Milwaukee
Normal; Nathaniel Butler, Dean
School Of Education, U. of c. and
Supt Pearse, of Milwaukee city
schools; Carl D. Thompson, member
of the state Legislature from Milwau
kee, will address the convention Fri
day morning on Socialism and
Democracy. j. Percival Huget of
Galesburg. Illinois, will speak on
Education in Democracy Friday
evening at the city opera house. This
will be the annual address of the con-
vention.
AT the present writing the out
look for base ball in Southwest Wis
consin this season is not at all favor
able. 1t is not likely that any of the
towns hereabouts will supp ort profess
sional teams although some are to be
represented by amateur organizations.
into the field thereby breaking an an
cient and time-honored precedent in
the Lead Mine city. 1t would be USE
less to attempt to have professional
base ball in Lancaster if our old
rivals, Galena and Platteville. do
not have salaried teams. Therefore,
it is not likely that any steps will
be taken towards organizing semi
pro- club here this summer. The
of speedy amateur tea
would be a feasible proposition how
ever and if any thing is to be done in
this line it is well-nigh- thine to start
the bail rolling. Until school is out
the high school nine will satisfy the
hearts of the local fans
Both stages were late Saturday.
The Bloomington stage driven by Del
Brown arrived here at two O'Clock in
the afternoon and the Potosi stage.
driven by Frank Philips and carrying
our largest mail. pulled in between
five and six o'clock. There were
several reasons for the latter being so
late. The Burlington was FIVE hours
late into Potosi to start with and fol-
lowing that the driver had streak of
hard luck. He just got outside of
Potosi when his rig broke in some
way. which necessitated his return
ing and getting another conveyance.
A fresh start was made and this time
he got nearly to Lancaster when
another breaking down occurred. The
roads were in frightful condition,
which, alone, was sufficient reason for
the Bloomington stage being several
hours late Both drivers always do
their best in the face of all kinds Of
difficulties and there surely should be
no complaint offered regarding the
manner in which they perform their
duties. The stages returned home
Sunday morning. Strangely enough
the Madison Lancaster train Saturday
was just about on time while the
Galena Lancaster was but thirty
minutes late.
s Last fall when Herman Buchner
was writing his very interesting series
Of retrospective articles for the Herald
he offered prize to the boy or girl
giving the best information regarding
the origin of the names of Grant
county tonws. None of the children
seemed willing to undertake the re-
search work necessary to win the
prize, however. and unfortunately no
light was thrown on the much-dis-
cussed question of how certain towns
we're named. The Boscobel Dial
is at present curious about
the origin of the name Boscobel about
which there seems to be some dispute
Most of the old settlers say that the
place was given that name by Mrs.
John Mortimer wife of an early