Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-03-05
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
NOTES FROM NElGHBoRING TOWNS
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

Items of Interes5 from Grant Iowa
Dane. Crawford and Lafayette Counties.
Cleaned from Exchanges and Condensed
for Herald Readers
Cuba Cityis agitating the electric
light question.
Mrs. j. +. Walsh, a former resident
of Hazel Green, died in Chicago.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs A. S. Huff in Boscobel, Feb. %.
1896
August Zimpel's store at Richland
Center was damaged by ire to the ex-
tent of $500
Seventeen new members Joined the
Congregational church at Shullsburg
last Sunday.
Mrs. Thos. Dolan of Highland who
has been resident of that VILLAGE
since 1887 died Feb. 81. She was 80
years of age.
Mineral Point wooden mills have re-
sumed operations and the Tribune
says their prospects for running are
brighter than ever.
While hauling hay Monday, John
Reynolds of Georgetown fell from the
load and sustained fractured rib
besides minor bruises.
Simon Harker, prominent citizen
OF Smelser township, is dead He
was born in Swaledale. Yorkshire,
England. Sept. 30, 1882.
Norville Bailey. a young man re-
siding northwest of Fennimore. had
his left leg broken while riding horse
back. The horse fell upon him.
Mrs. Rebecca P. Smith, one of
Grant eounty's early settlers, died at
Minneapolis at the home of her eldest
daughter. She was born in Pennsyl-
yania, March %, 1897. Was best
known in Patch Grove.
The Southeastern Wisconsin Teach
er's association will hold its annual
meeting at Madison, April 3 and A.
Particulars may be obtained by adj
dressing A. A. Upham, president,
Whitewater, Wis
Miss Mary Lowe, resicing near
Benton, attempted to commit suicide
by drinking water into which she had
dissolved the heads of matches. The
decoction made her very sick but did
not produce death.
Guy Kempuhorn was out hunting
near the Mound last Friday and acct
dentally shot himself in his RIM; the
bullet entered near the elbow. DR..
Oettiker was called and succeeded in
cutting the bullet out at the shoulder.
The patient is doing Platteville
Witness.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: Last
Saturday was Washington's birthday
and legal holiday. but it was not OBJ
served in this city. Business went
along as usual and it is probable that
not one out of fifty Of our citizens
thought of the Father of his coun-
try " Brother Law should dig up
the Ratchet and give his people a
cherry tree war dance for their
thoughtlessness
The Jacob Scott farm of 1877 acres
in Watterstown was purchased by j.
A Perkins Saturday for So, 800, 90.
Mr.. Perkins disposed of his property,
the Norman Gibbs farm in Hickory
Grove, to Atty r. d. Blanchard of
Boscobel for Sc, $4,000, Mr.. Blanchard
paying 81 300 in cash. his residence
property in the second ward and as
Stunning the indebtedness against the
place. Both farms are choice pieces
Of property.
Boscobel Dial Monroe Trumbull
and son Frank lost team of horses.
harnesses and wagon through the ice
on the Wisconsin river at point not
far from the stave factory yesterday.
They were on their way to the city
with load of hay. The young man
was driving the team while his father
proceeded him, trying the condition
of the ice. In passing over a stretch
of thin ice the team and wagon broke
through and in a twinkling disappear
ed to the bottom of the river.
Supt. w. FL. Thomson of the X. V.
& n. was in the city this forenoon on
his way to Dubuoue. where he will
hold a conference with committee of
prominent business men with a view
of extending the Kickapoo line to that
city. We are not informed whether
the plan of the Dubuque parties con-
templates line through Grant coun-
ty via Bloomington or by junction
with the G. b. Il N. at the Wisconsin
river bridge.
II you eat what you like and digest
it, you will surely be strong and
healthy.
But if you don't digest it, you
might almost as we'll not eat, for what
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