Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19
PLATTEVILLE.
The Journal says:

Mrs. Margaret Vohs is suffering with
a dislocated shoulder. She has gone
into the barn and started for the loft
when she fell from the first round of
the ladder, causing thisu Unfortunate
accident.
Married at the p. NJ parsonage on
April 5, by the Rev. ]. Hardcastle, Mr..
John Mcknight of Lima and Miss Ma
bel l.. Roth, of EllenbOrO. The young
couple have hosts of friends who wish
them happy and prosperous life.
Mrs. R. R. David returned last night
from Freeport where she had been the
past three months, most of the time
with her son, Rec. She reports fine
time. She states that the suffering of
the people there during the recent
flood was terrible.
Albert H. Davidson was arrested
here yesterday by Deputy R. p. Holmes
on a warrant of the Chicago Detec-
tive agency, on a charge of a conf
dence game, for passing bogus
check amounting to SIS on the Great
Northern hotel of that city. He reg
istered at the Great Northern, and
gave them a check on the First Ma
tional Bank of Chicago, which was
returned as mo account" Word was
sent here to the chief of police that
Davidson was here at the Edward
Cullen home. He was located there,
taken before a justice, where he plead
guilty. He is now held awaiting the
arrival of an officer from Chicago.
Davidson had hired out to Cullen as a
farm hand, Mr.. Cullen, of course, hav-
ing no knowledge of his previous do
ings.
Two very important cases to the
city of Platteville will be argued be-
fore the supreme court at Madison to-
morrow. The cases are the Moses
Carthew case and the George and Pc
ter Johns cases against the city of
Platteville. The lawsuits grew out of
the city's discharging its sewage from
septic tank No. /, into ROuntree
branch at Straw's bridge. Plaintiff
charges that the sewage pollutes Roun-
tree branch, the air and soil in that
vicinity, and renders the land unfit
for pasture for milk COWS, the use to
which they had put it. These cases
were tried in circuit court and Judge
Clementson decided both cases in ia
vOr of the city. The cases were then
appealed to the supreme court and the
question is whether the judgment was
correct. Calvert Spensely of Mineral
Point appears for plaintiffs and City
Attorney R. A. Goodell, with Hon. ].
w. Murphy of counsel, appears for
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Libert, highly
respected residents of this city, cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary on Saturday, at their home on
Rountree avenue. Only the members
of the immediate family were present
on the occasion, and it was joyous
event for them to be together. A we'd
ding dinner was served which con-
sisted of the same menu as was serv-
ed at the wedding fifty years ago.
The marriage of this couple took
place in Hazel Green, when Freder-
lex Libert was married to Miss Cath
rine Garner of Lancaster, Wis. The
bride was the daughter of the late
Pittsburgh, Pa, October 49, 1S47. She
came to Lancaster with her parents
when five years of age, and resided
there until her marriage.
Mr.. Libert was born in Bavaria,
Germany, June z, 1910. He came to
America with his parents when he was
five'years old. When young man, he
engaged in the blacksmith business,
which occupation he followed before
and after the war. When this country
needed men, he enlisted in Co. E. 25th
Wisconsin V. l., on Aug. 8, 1862. He
served in the war for three years and
was confined in the terrible Ander-
sonville prison for two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Libert were the pa
rents of six children, two of whom
died in infancy. The surviving child
rem were all with them at their gold
en- wedding anniversary. They are:
Mrs. w. F. Dawley of Sioux Falls, S.
D.; Mrs. A. T. Sphinx, of st. Paul,
Mimi; Mrs. j. w. Aiken of Park Falls,
Wis; and Mrs Sadie Roselip of Platte
vile. Their ten grandchildren were
also present on this occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Libert are both in
fairly good health, and are living in
comfort in their declining years. They
received many lovely remembrances
as tokens of the esteem in which they
are held. Their host of friends hope
for them continued good health and
happiness.