Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-27
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
NOTES FROM NEloHBoRlNG Towkg
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

Items of Interest from Grant Iowa
Dane. Crawford and Lafayette Coanties.
Cleaned from Exchanges and Condensed
for Heral4 Readers.
At Cassville twins were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Theo. Weber.
At Boscobel little Bill Palmer fell
from his high chair and broke his col
lar bone.
Robert Hughes, salesman of Min
eral Point, died Thursday morning
aged GA years.
The Times-Review publishes a ru-
NOR that second state bank is to be
started at Fennimore
Mrs. w. l.. Nash, for many years
resident of Boscobel. died at the home
of her son Fred in Baraboo.
Mrs. j. w. Rewey, of Rewey. is can
vassing in the interest of a soldiers
monument for Iowa county.
Philip Smith. having sold out at
Boscobel, has purchased the Lenahan
livery barn in Richland Center.
Thomas II. Carthew and Miss Mar
garet A. Chalders of Rockville were
married at Mineral Point Feb. Is. by
Herbert N Latin, Esq.
The Populists of Waukesha county
and the state are arranging to organ
ize cooperative printing association
for the purpose of printing Populist
paper for Wisconsin and the North
west.
Cassville Index: Great clouds of
dust hid the sun from view Tuesday.
Wonder bow it was up at lancaster"
Along toward night it was in chunks
that bumped along the dusk, but
didn', stop here. Wonder how it was
up 1t Fennimore?
IL is rumored that Mrs Mary Tate,
Of Bell Center, Crawford county, has
brought suit against the kickapoo
Valley Railroad Company for $25. 600
damages. This is the outgrowth of
the refusal OF the company to stop
trains at that point.
At Platteville the slush bucket is
still fast at the bottom of the water
works well. They had succeeded in
raising it about , feet, but last even
ing the grip loosed its hold and now
it may be necessary to drill it out as
was first contemplated.
Burglars at Richland Center were
frustrated in an attempt to rob Coff-
lard Bros, clothing and shoe store.
Night Waterman j. w. Foreman
opened fire on the two robbers who
were making off with armfulls of goods
and be thinks he wounded one of them
as the hind man shouted, wait, Sam,
I'm HIT and staggered and dropped
his load of goods along the walk.
Times-Review: The Fennimore Fair
and Driving Park Association is now
an assured fact The articles of in
corporation were duly filed, and a
certificate issued by the secretary of
state last Wednesday, Feb. u. The
capital stock is $4,000. The incor-
porators are VIM. Rogers. John w.
Varrell and John Rogers. The date
for this years fair and races has been
fixed on Sept, %, "a and 20.
John d. Lawler. aged AZ, oldest son
of the late John Lawier of Prairie du
CHEN, died of apoplexy Tuesday the
18th inst in Sioux City, la. He had
recently retired from the banking
business in Mitchell, s. ID. He mar
ried Miss Ella Sturgis, daughterof the
late Gen. Sturgis He was at one
time senator for Dakota. At the time
of his death Mir. Lawler had visited
Sioux City on business, and was APP
parently in usual health when he re-
tired to his room in the Garrettson
house. He was found dead the fol-
lowing afternoon. The remains were
taken to Prairie du Chen for burial
Platteville Witness: On Friday
afternoon last, Justus ID. Hooser met
with an accident which caused his
death in few hours He was about
to enter the residence of Fred Klinger,
mile south Of town, formerly owned
by Mr., Hooser, and he slipped and fell,
the back OF his head striking a bolt in
piece of timber frozen in the ground.
He got up, went into the house and
was telling Mrs. Klinger about the ac-
cident when he became unconscious
and continued SO until early next
morning when he died. Justice ID.
Hooser was the oldest son of Jacob
Hooser, Sen, anl was the third white
child born in Platteville, March -,
1882, on the farm where his father
now resides. He leaves five children.
Brother Ernest Brooks of tho Pioom-
ington Record prods the boys with his
quill as follows Those people at
Beetown who think that if the rail
road is coming it will come anyway,
should remember that this is strictly
local enterprise, and that the road
will not come unless so much money
is raised. Our people should remem-
Der the same thing. We have not got