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The Crank, Pardeeville Wis., March 30, 1898 Vol. 1 No. 1

Personal Mention . John Slowey visited friends at Rio Sunday. John Roberts visited in Portage Friday. James Marston has returned from Albert Lea, Minn. A.S. Riley arrived from Louisiana about a week ago. Mrs. H.E. Spear is expected home from Milwaukee this week. R.E. Mitchell attended to the law business of this section Monday. Charles Foster, of Packwaukee was in town the first of the week. Miss Rhoda Merrill of the Times has been incapacitated for several days. Warren Gilbert, of Lowville, was in town Thursday looking after business. Joe Horton and Rial Langdon made a flying trip to Portage Wednesday. Ellsworth Grover went to Kingston Friday morning and returned Sunday. Mesdames Robbins and Leatherman took the Portage bound train Monday. Sidney Baillies has started on the road with L.Z. Smith selling Ward's remedies. Miss Maggie McDermott, of Neosha, is visiting her brothers, Frank and Peter. Arthur Clark arrived at his destination in South Dakota last Thursday afternoon. Fred Baldwin has been in Randolph canvassing for Hall's patent tea-kettle covers. Mr. Baughman, one of the solid farmers of Scott, transacted business in town Saturday. Carrol Kincaid started Tuesday for Minneapolis. From there he will go to Wilmot, S.D. P.J. McKay started bright and early Monday morning for Montello. He will not be back before Saturday. Chas. Stancer, who has been teaching in Lewiston the past winter, is with us again. Charley is always welcome as the flowers in May. Mrs. J.E. Coats, of Chicago, a sister of Mrs. E. Devendorf, arrived Saturday evening for a visit with her sister and other friends. Mrs. Geo. Gorsuch came home from Sparta Saturday, where she is keeping house for he son, F.K. Randall, for a few days' visit with relatives and friends. H.T. Hoffman, of Fox Lake, dropped in at our office Saturday and let fall his mite into the contribution box for a subscription to The Crank. "Go thou and do likewise." R.J. Walsh, who has lately finished a successful term of school at Marcellon, was in town Thursday on his way to Briggsville. He has accepted a position as traveling salesman with the West disinfectant company of Milwaukee. Ellsworth Grover transacted business at Portage Tuesday. Mrs. Bert Force has been under the doctor's care the past week. L. Rufus Hill and wife departed last Friday for South Dakota. Miss Frankie McKay was a visitor at Portage the first of the week. The Misses Merrill & Way will open their spring stock of millinery Saturday. Edith Spear has just bade fond farewell to an acute attack of la grippe. H.L. Bellinghausen, representing E.S. Purdy, of Portage, was on our streets Friday. Sibyl, little daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Lou Ashley, is suffering from an attack of tonsillitis. Henry Hussa, of the Hussa Brewing company of Bangor, was in town last Friday. Emil Meyer has purchased a half interest with F.L. Carpenter in his machinery business. John Beahm, of the Fox Lake lodge, attended the Odd Fellows' lecture and supper Friday evening. Mrs. Geo. Hepler arrived Friday from Fitzgerald, Ga., on business connected with her property in the village. Mert Cook, an old Pardeeville boy, son of Finn Cook, and brother of Mrs. Chas. Coleman of this city, has got to be one of the greatest magicians of the age and has traveled all over the world in his profession. He was lately heard from at Kansas City. Correspondence. MARCELLON Mrs. Gage, who fell and dislocated her shoulder, is doing well. Julia Woodard will teach the Marcellon school this summer, Sarah Egan, the Scott, Arthur Fuller, the Stone, Peter Cunningham, the Rosedale and Tillie Hanson, the "slab". Frank Stone will teach summer term of school in North Dakota. Anna Payne is at home from Portage for an extended visit, where she has been employed as a cook in the Hotel Columbia. Wm. Ebert, a popular Marcellon boy, has taken his grip and started for Washington. Will Woodard is at Seattle. Cyrus Kohler will build in Pardeeville this spring. Jas. Marshall, of Dekorra, was in town Friday. Our mail arrives at 3:30, which causes much dissatisfaction. Mrs. Emily Herreman is at home for the summer. Ozellus Herreman will attend school in Pardeeville this summer. Julia Woodard is visiting in the northern portion of the state. Amos Preston had a narrow escape one day last week while putting on a belt in his sawmill. He fell and was caught in the machinery and had it not been for the fact that the engineer was at the throttle he would have been killed. As it was he had nearly all of his clothing torn from him. Sunday School will be organized April 3 at 9:30. Elbert and Ora Cannon were in attendance at the Epworth League rally at Randolph Monday afternoon. SOUTH SCOTT The following ticket was nominated Saturday at the town hall: Wm. Ross, P. Baillies and C. Kamrath, supervisors; Ed. Judd, assessor; E. Inglehart, treasurer; V. Barden, Wm. Robertshaw and R.N. McConocole, justices; Mark Roberts, T. Sheeks and M. Thomas, constables. Farmers are plowing and sowing wheat. M. Thomas commenced the 15th. Frank Barden's baby is improving. Mrs. Geo. Hopkins went to Packwaukee to visit her mother, Mrs. Yates. C.P. Tripp has let his farm to Messrs. Thomas and Simmons for this season. Mike Farrell was seen driving on our streets last week with a number of buggies. It must be he is going into biz. Geese are ripe, judging from the reports of guns about here, or else the Spaniards have came over. WYOCENA Delbert Wheeler and Walton Miller were Cambria and Randolph callers Monday. Aunt Maria Murphy is still on the sick list. The people were greatly pleased with the series of lectures given by Capt. Hoofstitler and think he did a good business for the cause he was working for. The license question is the talk of the day. Bert Wedge, Will Kohler and Adam Amaden left here today for Baraboo, in hope of finding employment on the Northwestern railroad. Success to them. J.F. Wheeler has just received a full line of fine buggies. Call and see them. It will do you good. It is rumored that Scott's Comedy Company will go on the road this summer. Cranky Pickups. David Langdon remains about the same. Jessie Hepler is very ill at present writing. Sam Torry has about completed his fine new residence. S. Calverley is building an addition to his house on West South street. Williams & Grover started up their factory Monday and are now running full blast. Mrs. C. Shave, of Scott, has purchased the Briffett House and will take possession April 1. George Siebert, of Arlington, has accepted a position as salesman in Spear's cash bargain store. Rev. W. Millar, of the Fond du Lac district, will lecture at the M.E. church this (Wednesday) evening. R.E. Mitchell, our attorney, was detained from business last Monday on account of inflammation in the eyes. Henry Lovell, of North Marcellon, has commenced the erection of a new house with two uprights 16x24, 16-ft. posts. It is reported that Dr. Byron Meacher is to perform an operation, to remove a tumor, upon George Keech today. Gertie Smith, daughter of J.S. Smith, has been very sick for the past three months, but is thought to be slowly improving at this writing. The Republicans of Marcellon have nominated the following ticket: Wm. H. McElroy, James F. Herreman and Casper Turk, supervisors; W.P. Day, clerk; Wilson Young, treasurer; H. Hanson, assessor; J.B. Jerred and Alex. Hamilton, justices; Henry Kiefer and Edwin West, constables. Blodgett has been getting his soda fountain in readiness for business. Mrs. Eleanor Evans Jones committed suicide last Sunday at Portage. J.E. Jones, of the Portage Democrat, has been nominated for mayor on the Democrat ticket. G.H. Cotter, "the poor man's friend" invited you to look over his new spring line of samples. H. Ebert drove to Rio last Friday and on his return reported the sum of two teams on their busy streets. Geo. Bain of Portage, is out for the nomination for sheriff at the Republican county convention next fall. C.H. Williams, the architect, has finished the plans for the new brick block, to be erected by Dodge, Heath & Payne. Our attorney, R.E. Mitchell, is a candidate for the nomination for district attorney at the Republican county convention next fall. J.M. McKay has gone to Oakfield to further the interests of the Bay City brush works, manufacturers of a combined wire stretcher and mop. Dr. Byron Meacher came over from Portage on Monday to visit Mark Barden, Jr., who is reported as getting along as well as could be expected. Two workmen from Portage have lately completed laying an elegant square brick sidewalk for G.W. Dusenbury, which adds greatly to the appearance of his already attractive place. Mrs. Freeman Clark and daughter Clara left the first of the week for Clear Lake, S.D. The former will make it her home the coming summer. Claude Elliott is now basking in the sunshine of the sunny South at Nashville, Tenn., where the Detroit branch of the Western league are taking preliminary practice. Claude has the well wishes of his many friends for the success which he so justly deserves. The lecture at the Music Hall Friday evening by J.W. Fischer, grand chaplain of the grand lodge of I.O.O.F., was well attended, there being about 200 present. About 100, Odd Fellows and their families, participated in an elegant collation of oysters, served with the usual trimmings, at the close of the lecture. Fourteen couples of Miss Nan Cain's intimate associates, in view of the fact that she is soon to leave for an indefinite stay in Ohio, showed their appreciation of her friendship by tendering her a surprise party last Wednesday evening at the residence of F.L. Carpenter. The arrangements for the event were carried out with such secrecy that it was indeed a complete surprise to Miss Cain, whose discomfiture greatly amused the jolly party. Buried Alive. On Wednesday last, at the Rosedale cemetery, the grave of Mrs. Sarah Smith, daughter-in-law of John Smith, formerly of this place, was opened for the purpose of removing the remains to an adjacent lot, and on opening the coffin it was found that she had been buried while in a trance, as she must have came to after being interred, for she had partly turned over and the right hand was drawn up to the face and the fingers indicated having been bitten in the agony of finding herself interred alive. She had been buried thirteen years. There is no doubt but there are many people buried alive, and the awful suffering and strain of mind they surely must pass through is too sad to think of. Persons have been known to have lain in a trance for the period of six weeks and then revive. All should be very careful and sure that their friends are not buried under these conditions. Candidates. As far as we can learn at the present writing, the candidates for county offices are: For sheriff - Geo. Bain, Portage; Lou Buckley, Lewiston; Louis Keith, Columbus; Wm. Robertshaw, Scott; H.C. Stanley, Wyocena; J.O. Weiting, Lodi. For register of deeds - O.H. Harvey, Leeds; E.A. Johnson, Leeds; Ole Johnson, Portage; Peter Richards, Lodi; L.A. Vick, Columbus. For District Attorney - R.E. Mitchell, Portage; H.E. Andrews, Lodi. C.F. Mohr has been appointed postmaster at Portage. Dr. Wm. Meacher, of Portage, remains about the same.

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