Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-15
AROUND THE COUNTY
POTOSI.
special Correspondence to the Herald
CBy E. NJ. Wilmott.)

Xavier Miller and Otto Brender, of
Bellevue, Iowa, were in Potosi last
Thursday.
Nick Wagner has completed the
painting of the Walsh store building
in Tennyson.
Mrs. Robert Glennon, who under
went an operation for hernia at Mercy
hospital in Dubuque, is at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Crouch, of
LIE Mars, Iowa, were here to attend the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Roesch.
George Lee, of San Francisco, is
here for a visit with his uncle, John
Kelly and family, and Grandma Kelly
and Uncle William Kelly.
Earl Kreiser, an employee at the Will
son mine while descending the shaft
on a swinging ladder, fell about 20 feet
and sustained badly sprained ankle.
Will Roesch and wife, of EauGallie,
Florida, are visiting relatives in Po-
tosi, and incidentally attended the
golden wedding of his parents Mr..
Roesch is postmaster at Eau Gallie.
Miss Lottie Pluemer, after about two
months visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Pluemer and other relatives
returned to the st. Mary's hospital
in Chicago last Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schaefer, widow of
the late Henry Schafer, died at the
home of her son, Frank, last Friday
morning. A more detailed note of her
life will be given in our next issue.
Miss Eva Wilmott arrived home Sat-
urday morning from her California ex-
position trip. She has much to relate
of her trip, going and coming from
San Francisco, and the sights seen at
the San Diego and San Francisco Pan
anna expositions. She was gone al
most three months.
Peter Longcamp, farmer residing a
couple of miles east of TennySon in
the town of Paris, met with an acct
dent last Monday evening that result
ed in his death Saturday morning. No
one knows how or by what means the
accident occurred, as he never became
conscious after being found on the
highway about a mile from his home.
II is presumed however, that he fell
from his wagon and alighted on his
head behind the horses and received
injuries about the head that rendered
him unconscious in which state he re-
NAMED up to death. He was found in
the road at about $50 in the evening
by Mr.. ]. F. Walsh, who was coming
from Dickeyville. He was about forty
five years of age, and leaves a widow
with six children.
Bernhardt Hurst, for "a years a
resident of the towns of Potosi and
Waterloo, died at his home near Bur-
ton, Monday, Sept. 9Th, aged SO years
and four months. He was born at Ba-
den, in Germany. April 18th, 1926 and
came to Potosi in 1S41. He crossed
the plains to California in 1850 and
remained there two years. He returned
to Potosi, and subsequently removed
TO the town of Waterloo and followed
the pursuit of farming for many years.
He entered in the service of his coun-
try, and was member Of Company {,
Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, in the wal
of the rebellion. Ben Hurst was well
known and liked by every one. He had
been sick for only a week and his
death was incident to the infirmities
OF. old age. He leaves a widow and
three small children, and several
grown children, from a former mar
riage.
lIr and Mrs. Philip Roesch celebrat-
ed their golden wedding at their home
in the village OF Potosi Tuesday, Sept
9TH, 1915. None but relatives were
present, of which about forty were in
attendance. The event was a most
delightful one and the worthy couple
were the recipients of many gold pres
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. ROesch have been
honOred and highly respected citizens
of the town of Potosi for many years
She for seventy years, and he fol-
fifty-eight years. Philip ROesch was
born at Baden, Germany on the first
day of May, 1912, and came to POtosi
with his parents in 1857.
In 1862 he answered the call of his
adopted country and enlisted in the
war of the rebellion Aug. 18th, and
went to the front with Company H
25th regiment, Wisconsin volunteer
infantry, and was mustered out at the
close of the war, June z, 1865. Helen
jeanette Cardey was born in the towr
Of POtosi, Aug. 20, 1916, being a daugh-
ter of Russell and Mercy Cardey, early
pioneer residents of PotOsi. She was
married to Philip Roesch, Sept. z, 1865
and is the mother of Mrs. Henry Kor.
Der, of POtosi, Mrs. W. L. Gelbach, anC
Mrs DR.. ]. w. Gibson, of Lancaster
William r. Roesch, of Eau Gallie
Florida, and Clyde z. ROesch, of Pc
tosi. After the marriage of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Roesch they settled on a farm
Of eighty acres, which eventually be
came a farm of more than three hun
dred acres. Some years ago they re
tired from farming and removed to thu