Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-12
AROUND THE COUNTY
POTOSI.

Special Correspondence to the Herald
Mrs. VIII Lesser is confined with q
serious attack of the grip and other
complications.
Peter and Reiner Esser of Cass-
vile, visited here with their brother
John, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Verne Brownlee of Maiden
Rock. Wis, is here to see her mother
Mrs. E. Ostermier, who is quite ill.
Louis Pluemer and Peter Rupp, Jr.
took in the sights of Chicago and Mil
waukee last week.
E. C. Thomas, carrier on Route A
is another victim of the grip, and is
confined to his home.
Miss Esther Schumacher returned to
her school duties at BrilliOn, Wis, last
Sunday afternoon via Chicago.
The approaching nuptials of Francis
Rickert TObin and Miss Bertha Pluem-
er, were announced from the altar OF
st. Andrews church Sunday morning
Cards of invitations have been sent
to friends to attend the silver wedding
nesday, Jan. 18th.
Peter Markus, after spending the
holidays here with his family, has re-
turned to the Presbyterian hospital
in Chicago for further treatment.
1t is a rare thing to see dandelions
in blossom in this country at this sea-
son of the year, but we have Jess Days
word for it that he seen some in his
yard on New Years day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ostermier, an aged
and highly respected resident, has
been very i'll for the past couple OF
weeks. We learn though, that she is
slowly improving.
Tony Udelhofen of Edgely. Tamour
county, North Dakota, is shaking hands
with old friends in Potosi and other
places in this part of the county. He
is the same Tony that he was when
we were boys, long ago.
Mrs. E. NJ. Gage of Lakefield, Mimi,
is visiting with her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Gibson, and other relatives in
Potosi. Mrs. Gage is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Price, formerly re-
siding here.
Percy B. Runkel has taken the
agency here for the old reliable North
western Life Insurance company of
Milwaukee. He prOpounds this ques-
ton to you, will a Policy be Ready
When Let Co. Then ask yourself this
question, if you have a policy now, rs
1t large enough" Call and see Percy,
and he will explain to your satisfaction
what a Northwestern life policy will
mean to you.
Mrs. Anna Groom of Sherburn,
Mimi, is visiting with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Gibson and sisters, Mrs.
Ella barrow and Mrs. Ida Vontram,
and brothers John and Joe Gibson.
Mrs. Groom, whose maiden name was
Anna Gibson, is native of Potosi.
She graduated from the POtosi high
school with the class of 1892, after
ward attending the Platteville normal.
She was at one time assistant princi-
pal of the PotOsi high school Her
scores of friends are pleased to see
her.
We made mention last week of the
death of Mrs. Margaret O'Bryan, an
aged and highly respected old citizen
of PotOsi We were unable then to get
the particulars of her life, but have
succeeded in getting the following
Margaret Carlos was born at Rich
mond Harbor, County LOngford, Ire
land. March II, 1926. She was the
daughter of Mr.. James Carlos and
wife, old pioneers of Potosi. She
came to Galena, Ill, with her parents
in 1912. After four years residence
there, when twenty years of age, she
removed TO ST. Louis, the parents COM
ing to POtOsi. She was united in mar
riage in st. Louis to William Francis
O'Bryan in 1859. To this union were
born six children, five of whom died
in infancy. Her husband preceded
her to the great beyond 40 years ago.
With her remaining child which God
had spared her she came to Potosi in
1888, where she resided to the time of
her death. She made her home with
her daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Frank
DOser, who had been her mothers sole
comfort in her declining years. Mrs.
O'Bryan was strong adherent to the
Catholic faith and died fortified with
all the rights of the church. She died
January I, aged SO years, s months
and IL days. She is mourned by her
daughter and husband, and nine grand
children.