Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-02
WITHIN | HOUR
OF The COURT
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
ROSCORET.
BOSCOBEL

Claire Bowling, a student in the
engineering course at the state uni
versity, came home for a short visit
last week and then took departure
Thursday for Sturgeon Bay, where he
will be engaged in field work for a
few weeks.
Destructive storms visited this sec
ton Sunday and Monday nights. Rain
fell in torrents and lightning was ter
rife Crooked creek went on a ram
page Monday night and much damage
resulted. Farmers report an excessive
amount of rain for June thus far and
are speaking now for dry weather I'M
til after haying.
Views of the proposed public Ii
hrary and municipal building are on
exhibit in the Central State bank
window and attract widespread at
tentiOn. Exterior and interior plans
are well laid out and expressions of
approval are heard from nearly ev-
eryone. The general sentiment APP
pears to favor the project and The
Dial hopes to see it given commune
ty approval by the people at the polls
when the time comes.
Chandler Kemp and Will Peer
were the principals in an automobile
accident occurring Saturday evening.
Chandler was west bound on Oak
street and Peer southbound on Park
street At the intersection a collision
was narrowly averted, both drivers
making quick turns to avoid the
crash. Chandler struck telephone
pole in his effort and Peer went into
q ditch. Drivers fortunately escaped
unframed but the cars show effects
of the mishap
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Fitzhugh and
daughter Virginia of Des Moines and
Miss Emily Lippincott of Pasadena,
Calf. were BOscobel visitors the lat
ter part of last week. They brought
the ashes of their father, the late T..
w. Lippincott, who died last fall at
Pasadena, and the same were inferred
in the Boscobel cemetery by the side
Of loved ones who preceded him. Dur
ing their brief sojourn here the party
were guests at the John J. Ruka
home.
The T[u Klux Khan has invaded Bos-
cobel and it is reported that an or
ganization has been perfected here.
Saturday evening representatives of
the mysterious order assembled on
the Human farm in the western SUI
burbs and held forth with customary
ceremonies, including an address by q
promoter from Indiana. A large crowd
was drawn to the scene through in
terest and curiosity A demonstration
at Muscoda Monday evening was also
we'll attended Trouble was threaten
ed in that village and Sheriff Edge
and deputies were present to preserve
order.
The remains of Miss Helen Pres
colt, who died in Chicago Friday
morning, were brought to Boscobel
Saturday evening, accompanied by a
nephew, J. L. Strong. The casket was
conveyed to the John j. Ruka home
and Sunday morning brief services
were conducted by Rev. Farris, after
which burial took place in the Bos-
cObel cemetery, where other members
of the family are at rest. Miss Pres
colt was a native of New Hampshire,
where she was born in 1886. For a
number of years she made her home
in Boscobel with the NJ A. Sawyer
family. Mrs. Sawyer being sister.
Geo. Prescott, a veteran conductor
on this division, long since dead, was
a brother of deceased. For The past
decade Miss Prescott had resided with
the nephew in Chicago-Dlal.