Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
POTOSI.
al Correspondence to the Herald.

JOnQ Is. wagner, OF D1CK0yVllI0
was looking after business interests
in Potosi couple ofdays last week.
The teachers and pupils of the
Potosi schools enjoyed a weeks va
cation last week.
Former Sheriff W. G. Hymer and
family are again residents of Potosi.
much to the pleasure of their count
Jess friends.
Andrew Bode of Dickeyville, COM
bined business with pleasure and
spent four days with friends in
Potosi last week.
Tornado insurance is cheap, why
run the risk of having your property
destroyed by a twister without in
surance. E. NJ. Wilmott writes
Tornado, Windstorms and Cyclone
insurance.
E. M. WilmOtt and Leo Tobin at
tended to matters In the county
court at Lancaster last Thursday.
Mrs. Mike Huffnagel went to Du-
buque Friday for a visit with
friends and relatives
Will Doser was in Prairie du
CHEN last Thursday and Friday.
George Keehner, Jr., arrived Fri
day from South Dakota, for a brief
visit at the parental home.
John P. Better and wife and chill
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. William
FIiesen will depart Tuesday for
Faira bault, MINI, where they will
make their future home.
Moth withstanding the muddy con-
dition of the roads, the dance given
by the Military band last Friday
evening was financial success.
Miss Eva Wilmott came over
from Dlckeyville Friday evening
and stayed over Sunday with her
parents.
The following Potosians attended
the Old Homestead play in Cass-
vile Friday evening: Mr. and Mrs.
Z. NJ. Schmitz, Mr.. and Mrs. r. W.
Glennon, Mr.. and Mrs. L. G..
Edwards. the Misses Anna and Belle
Mclaughlin and Messrs. P J. Stelp-
fug, Richard ToLin, Ed Berg and
Leo Zimmer. an,.
It again kecomes our painful duty
to chronicle the death of two form
er old residents of Potosi, Mrs.
James III, Jackson, died in Dubuque
from affections OF the heart We'd
nesday, March 26th, aged over 70
years. The remains were brought
to Potosi Friday morning and taken
to the Congregational church.
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock in the afternoon conducted
by Rev. w. T. Price. At the con-
clusion of the services the funeral
cortege wendell it's way to the
British Hollow cemetery where the
interment was made. The pail
bearers we're Nick Twohig, F. III.
Grimm, Chris. Keehner, Joe Vogels
berg, Ben Elskamp and T. FL.
Runkel. Mrs. jackson whose
maiden name was Lucinda Com
mon, was born in Lincoln County,
Mo Dec. 30th, 1889 and came to
Grant county, Wis, with her par
ents, Hiram Common and wife, in
1913. She was united in marriage
to James Fl. jackson, Oct. 18th,
1864 To this union were born
seven children, three of whom pre-
coded the mother to the grave.
Besides her aged husband she is
mourned by two sons George of
Montana and Albert of South
Dakota; two daughters Mrs. Myra
Welsh of Dubuque and Mrs. Myrtle
Schelling of Cuba City and one
brother Noal Common, of Warren,
Ill.
John and Frank Kaeding of this
place received sad telegram Fri
day evening saying that their
mother had died suddenly that
evening at the home of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Henry Miller at New
Hampton, Iowa; at this writing 1t is
not definately known if the remains
will be brought here for burial.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Kaeding was born
in Germany 78 years ago. She
came to this country with her hus-
band, the late friedrich Kaeding IN
1861; her husband died in May 1892.
Prior to few years ago when she
went to New Hampton, she had
made Potosi her home since 1861.
She is survived by four sons,
William, of New Hampton, Iowa;
Frank and John of Potosi, and Fred
of Dubuque, and five daughters,
Mrs. Lizzie Miller, Mrs. Bertha
Hail, Mrs. Julia Bendorf and Sophia,
all of Hew Hampton, and Mrs. Jessie
Bernhard, of Dubuque.
E. M. Wilmott went to Cassville
on business Sunday afternoon re-
turning Monday afternoon.
A town caucus was held Saturday