Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-29
NEARBY NOTES

in this country ana Will De buried at
Mineral Point
Mark Terrill Sr,, landlord of the
city Hotel at Mineral Point for over
fifty years, is dangerously Ill with an
attack OF pneumonia.
Marsden Bros. and Fred Brandt of
Fennimore paid $125 express on a
Guernsey sire shipped them from Del
aware short time ago.
The Frontier mine at Galena will
continue all operations until spring.
The company has 5000 tons of ore in
it's bins held for higher prices.
Mr.. Barmore sold a COW and a year
ling heifer receiving $1,000 Mr.. Downs
sold a heifer of the same age for $500.
Mr.. Barmore's COW has record Of
100 pounds of milk a day.--Monroe
journal.
John Dillon, Richland Center, is in
the hospital at Madison with tuberculo-
sis of the bone and surgeons advise
the removal of both legs. To make the
sufferers Christmas g little brighter
friends sent him a fund to pay his hos
pital bill.
w. L. Huff, pioneer settler of Bos-
cobel passed his S6th birthday last
Friday and the local G. A. r. post gave
a dinner in his honor Mr. Huff was
given a generous purse as a memento
OF the occasion.
The Sank county board has decided
10 bridge the gap between Sank City
and Spring Green with four and one
half miles of maeadam making a
smooth run of Y miles without leav-
ing the macadam The highway is
noted for its scenic interest.
Jack Tracy, formerly of Platteville,
writes from Los Angeles that rent
is like buying but every place in Los
Angeles is for sale before prices fall.
Jack spent several days at Hollywood
watching the producers make Queen
OF Sheba,' a spectacle requiring $500
people.
Blue Sunday seems certain in Rich
land Center since the second trial of
A. Wolfson, proprietor of the Carna-
ton store Three of the six jurors
we're women and Wolfson drew fine
Of $50 and costs for purveying on the
sabbath G. M. Dillon on a similar
charge was fined $40 and costs.
Frank Thayer, Twin Bluffs farm
hand, was wounded in peculiar man
ner Thayer was sitting in yard
when a rifle held by lad discharged.
The % bullet struck Thayer's right
forearm and lodged against the bone
Had he not had his arms folded his
chest would have been pierced.
scaffold gave way on the new barn
OF VIM Duffey near Highland and An
thony Imhoff and VIM. Frye, carpen-
tiers were hurt Imhoff received a
fractured hip and broken wrist and
may be internally hurt. Frye escaped
with a bruised forearm. Other mem
~ - ho Yaff
until rescued.
Hal Halvorson Of Viroqua is back
from Norway where he spent two
months visiting relatives. He states
that business over there is badly de-
pressed and foreign money greatly de-
iated. The Norwegian krone worth
24c is now lie The German mark
worth 23c is now worth SC. Russian
ruble worth soc is so low that it
takes 5000 to buy pound OF butter
Cheap cigars in Norway sell for a
Quarter. Fords bring $4,000. Amer
lean work shoes worth 81 here sell fo1
So over there, and so on. No wonder
Halvorson was glad TO get back.
Finley hospital officials at Dubuque
were startled last week when well
dressed young man came in and asked
Tor care. While he was able to con-
verse fIuently on finance and other alb
. truse subjects he did not know his
name or where he came from. The
case is said to be the fourth OF its
character in the country and is class
flied as amnesia or atrophy OF the
memory function. The most noted case
was that of Anton Bourn, a man able
to converse on difficult subjects but
without any knowledge OF his identity
Great and wonderful is the law! II
carefully nurses a criminal back tc
health and then after convicting him
hangs him py the neck until he Is
dead. Down in a Rockford, Illinois
hospital is Noble Dickinson, a youth
who slew his young wife couple OF
months ago, shot and killed his moth
er-in-law and then attempted to Kill
himself. He was unsuccessful in the
last and went to the hospital with
sheltered ribs Since an abscesS has
formed and the surgeons are operating
to remove a rib. In the event Of Dick
inson's recovery he will stand trial
for double murder and if convicted fol
first degree will hang according to the
Illinois law.
Elizabeth Linsen, II years, Menom-
inee, 10 Davies county. is the champ
ion speller of the county and Will rep
resent the schools at the state spell.
ing match held at Springfield, Dec. 20
The little girl worked her way up from
the ranks until she stood before the
county superintendent at Galena and
out of eighteen children she was the
only one to spell 100 words correctly
The next day she and another cir
competed aud the Linsen girl spelled
100 words correctly again. Her OPP
q ponent, Miss Evans, spelled SO words
winning a silver medal. Miss Llnsen
won gold medal and a chance to rep
resent her county at the state contest
Some of the catch words were freez-
ing, squirrel. business, government
Juvenile, prettiest. scissors, accustom-
ed. acquaintance, etc,
Two Richland county men. Olaf
Anderson and Gus Hanson, returned
from a trip to Chicago with thrill
lSrU tola THAT rolafnd f04 firSf-haUd