Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-05-10

tiOnal church May 10th.
H Blindert and son were here
from Potosi Wednesday,.
Will Mulrooney, Of Blooming
ton, had business here Saturday.
Several cans CT trout were recelv-
ed here yesterday and planted near
the city.
"A concrete walk is being laid on
the west side of the Crosby and Knapp
property in the third ward.
j. T. Dawson. of Galena. visited
his friends and patrons here Monday.
Mr. Dawson spent the winter months
in California.
Mrs G. R. Watkins. Of St Louis.
is expected home the latter part Of
this week for visit with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vesperman.
Mrs. R W. Carter and children,
Of Livingston, visited at the home Of
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. G F.
Dickinson the latter part of last week
Ben Cubele, who has been en-
ployed for several weeks in Black
bourn's barber shop. left yesterday
morning for Monroe to attend the
wedding of sister
The busy angler is making active
use of all of his spare time these days
and all of the streams within reach
ing distance are being industrially
fished Plenty of suckers, clubs and
other such fish are being caught and
few speckled trout put, the latter are
pretty scarce.
Two insane patients were taken
to Mendoza Hospital by Undersheriff
Hymer last week. Julia Conversion,
of Flora. was adjudged insane by Drs.
J. A. Gault and J. G Doulittle.
Joseph Protraska, a Bohemian living
near Muscoda, was examined by Drs.
Kettler and Cooper, of Montfort, and
found to be demented.
The country school pupils who
took part in the contest Friday were
enthusiastic over their trip to the
county seat. Supt. Brockert remem-
bered few of their expressions as fol
lows: 1t was my first ride on the
cars" 1T was my first ride in an
automobile 1T was my first visit
to Lancaster, the court house and the
Jail . II shall work harder to win
next year. -
The Herald Office has just install
ed new 4 horse power Fairbanks &
Morse gasoline engine, purchased
from G. w. Knapp & Son, to replace
the 211S b. p. engine that has been in
use here during the past three years.
This is supplementary to our electric
motor, either of which will drive all
or our machinery easily at the same
time and guarantees us an abundance
of power at all times.
John M. Croker, of Chicago, took
personal charge of the Lancaster House
last week. The hotel is being repaint
ed and pape1ed throughout and is re-
ceiving a thorough renovating. Mr..
Croker is we'll known to many of our
oldest citizens as he travelled through
this section for II years as salesman
for the, John v Farwell Company. He
is an experienced hotel man and
should make success with the Ian
caster house.
After the county contest Friday
group picture was taken of all the
contestants. They were then taken
for automobile rides about the city
and were shown the various points of
interest hereabouts. All expressed
themselves as having had an enjoyable
time. The contestants were a remark
ably bright appearing crowd of young
people. It could easily be seen that
they we're the pick of the different
townships of the county.
Julius Vanard, the Belgian
whose attempted escape from the
county Jail was told of in last week S
Herald decided to plead guilty and
was arraigned before Judge Geo.
Clementson. Monday morning
Adolph Huismann. the man who
brought the saws to the Jail, also
came to the same decision and was
arraigned in circuit court at the same
time. Vanard was sentenced to three
years in the state prison at Waupun
and Huismann to two years in the re-
formatory at Green Bay.
In his address before the contest
ants and visitors at the county contest
Friday, Supt. Brockert stated that the
transportation and school centra1iza-
tion idea had always been his hobby
He believed that instead of numerous
small district schools scattered about