Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-02-19
COUNTY AND NEARBY.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE OF THIS
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.

Mrs. Elizabeth Krouskop of Rich
land Center, died last week at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. i r
Coumbe, Blue River. She came west
from Virginia in 1854.
Iowa county Red Cross had a bal
ance of $99479 on hand Feb 1919
Few counties can show better on that
branch of patriotic effort.
The zinc mine near Dodgeyille
owned and operated by a company of
which l.. w. Pollard is manager and
principal owner, has developed into
one OF the best producers ever known
IN that district. The high quality of
the zinc ore and the unusual thick
ness OF the sheet are simply aston
ishing. A great quantity of the Jack
mas already been raised, and every
day sees a large addition to that now
on the ground. While other mines
are closing, this one is whooping-er-
up for further orders.
$50
According to the records of the
Richland Center postoffice. the sum
OF S333,927.71 was invested in war
savings and thrift stamps during the
year 1918 by the patriotic people of
Richland county. The month of July
showed the greatest purchase of these
savings stamps, the total of $128,000
being invested during that month.
Harry Post, 80, a young and pros
porous farmer near Sextonville, Rich
land county, died last week of pneu-
monia. He was one of the most be-
loved men of Richland.
Richland Center basketball team,
heretofore accounted to be invincible,
lost to Prairie du Chen by the score
of % to 20. 1t was close shave but
the Prairie boys had the tools.
Arrangements have been made by
the Mineral Point Public Service Co.
to close their Dodgeville Office in or
der to cut down expenses. Hugo
Kloeden, who has been manager of
the Dodgeville office, will be trans
ferred to Mineral Point.
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Conductor Filkins went to Fenni-
more from Montfort Tuesday, and on
Wednesday made his initial run in
charge of the train on the narrow
guage. A large number of neighbors
and friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Filkins
held farewell party at their home in
Montfort on Wednesday evening.
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Sergt. Randolph A. Amundson of
Ridgeway, when he reached New York
on his way home from service in
France, sent a telegram to his wife
that he was on his way home and
would soon be with her, not knowing
that she had died about the middle of
December.
Elmer Kittoe of Platteville, and Miss
in marriage by the Rev. w. W. Lis
ton at the Methodist parsonage Tues
day afternoon in Galena. The young
couple were accompanied by the faith
er of the groom. They returned at
once to Platteville near which place
they expect to make their home.
The miners at the Black Jack mine
near Galena, just blew into remark
able open crevice of lead and zinc ore,
that promises to add large tonnage
to this famous old producer. The ore
was encountered in the regular course
of development work, and its discov-
cry was entirely accidental. 1t is
well known that the Black Jack has
been famous in the past so years for
its remarkable ore specimen and there
is scarcely a collection complete in
the world without at least one from
this mine These pockets, however,
are not found so often as in former
years, but Judging from the appear
ance of this one, they lose nothing
by their rarity.