Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-22
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures
Harry Paffrey of Richland Center,
is in the Ozarks, buying apples.
Prairie du Chen is planning for an
annual fair of magnitude.
Mrs. Maggie Hines Of Highland fell
down flight of stairs breaking one
arm.
Frank Suffer hes sold his farm
Dickeyville to Frank Jansen for $195
an acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Prussing of
Belmont, lost their two-year-old daugh-
ter Saturday week ago.
Ole Olson of Boscobel, mot the one
in the play,) sustained broken leg
working road scraper
Mr. Edward Duffy of Highland,
died suddenly Sunday while return
ing from church in an auto.
The Wisconsin Mining school at
Platteville began with an enrolment
Of 55 students the largest in its
history.
The Platteville brewery has been
diverted into pop making factory
near beer now being a secondary con-
sideration.
Wencel Sprosty, an Eastman boy
who died in England nearly two years
ago, was buried in his home town
Sunday week ago.
The gate receipts of the Platteville
fair this year exceeded those of last
year by $1,828.37 and were the largest
in the history of the association.
Green county has nominated Miss
Maize Brown for County Clerk on
the Republican ticket She over
tx1ho
majority.
Henry Weber, 20, an old resident of
Keller, died at his home there Monday
of last week. Mr.. Weber was born in
Galena. He is survived by a widow
and five children The funeral was
held Wednesday at Keller
w. r. Garner, former resident of
Richland county, died last week at his
home in ImbOden, Ark, aged rs years
The Milwaukee road will hold an
other unclaimed goods sale at Prairie
du Chen on Oct 9Th.
FIR BrommenschenkeI, pastor at
Eastman, was so i'll recently that his
weight fell from $50 down to 100 A
throat operation was performed to
remedy the trouble and the priest is
recovering rapidly.
While Grant county actually gained
81 in population in ten years Iowa
county lost 997. The Iowa county
population is 21,5O4 In 1910 it was
22,497. In 1900 it was 23,114. The
loss i'll twenty years is 1910
Mrs. Lucy Deffenbacher, widow of
Dr. w. H. Deffenbacher, died last
week at Beaumont, Texas. She was
the daughter of Leonard Coates, a
pioneer merchant of Platteville.
The body was brought to Platteville
for burial.
Only two packet boats are in active
service on the upper Mississippi river
this season. They are the steamer
Keokuk, which makes regular trips
between Burlington and Quincy and
the steamer Alabama, which gives
service between Quincy and St. Louis.
Mrs. Alex Butler died at her home
| in Platteville after being confined to
her bed for two years Deceased was
born III Platteville and had reached
the advanced age of seventy nine
] years. Her aged husband died but a
few weeks ago. Mr.. and Mrs Butler
had enjoyed 81 years of welded life.
Donald Foltz, Platteville, was in
jured while driving cattle to pasture,
when an animal ran into the horse he
was riding and causing the horse to
fall on Mr.. Folts. Besides being badly
bruised his ANGLE was broken in two
places He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward R. Folts, who recently moved
onto farm near the city
w. H. Richie, well known mer-
chant of Lansing, Iowa, committed
suicide while in fit of depression on
Thursday last. The wife was away and
the discovery was made by a son, nine
years, when he came home from
school, The man attempted to cut
his throat and falling, used a revolver.
Lightning struck with dire effect at
Bellevue, Iowa. on Sunday last week.
The barns of Mike Deppe and Her
man Felderman were both struck
with tremendous loss in buildings
and tools and grain Bellevue people
assisted in saving the other buildings.
Robert Tiff, seven year old Savan-
ma boy, attempted to "fip"a railroad
car and had one foot so badly mutt
lated that amputation was necessary.