Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-04-14

Nearby Notes

Mrs. Farran Brenneman, an old res
1dent Of Bear Valley, Richland county,
died April LIST aged 81 years.
Barneveld, Cobb Rewey, Ridgeway,
all voted against permitting the sale
of beverages containing alcohol.
B. A. Hoskins, manager of the Min
eral Point Zinc Co. has returned to
Galena after spending the winter in
California.
Eddie Springer, the Sextonville
youth who ran away, turned up at Sa-
wanna, ILL., The parents sent him the
money to come home on.
Alex Wilson of Riverview, Rich
land county, was struck by limb and
knocked unconscious while engaged
in dragging brush out of a field
The Interstate Power company ex
poets to begin rebuilding its high ten
sion line between Hazel Green and
Platteville in the near future.
Thomas Millen Sr., an. old resident
of Patch Grove, died Saturday morn-
ing Of last week aged 70 years. He
leaves five sons and three daughters.
VirOqUa was fire stricken for the
second time in two months when the
Budd block was completely destroyed
Friday OF last week This is but a
Few doors from the big fire Of Janu-
airy.
AT an auction sale Of the Geo. Lee
farms near Platteville Fred Mundon
bought an so for $106 an acre. John
Lee bought the home place for $202.50
AN acre.
A. i. Yeager Of Gordon's Ferry be-
low Dubuque, found the floating body
of young man, Henry S. Northrup,
who has been missing from Dubuque
since last fall. The body was iii
fair state Of preservation.
BY a vote Of 90 to "a the village Of
North McGregor voted to become Mar
quette, Iowa Confusion between the
names of McGregor and North Nc
Gregor with various kinds of trouble
IN mail, etc. caused the citizens to
aake this stop
The Richland county case of the
state VS. Yves Flamme, adultery, will
be heard this week Flammes attor-
ney charges the district attorney with
using his office for persecution rather
than prosecution The case is attract
ing considerable interest.
James Finnerud, a pioneer Of La
fayette county, died last week aged
SO years Mr.. Finnerud came from
Norway on a sailing vessel Good
Hope" in 1853 and located a tract of
land from the government. He was the
father Of thirteen children eight Of
whom survive.
Platteville went "wet" by 4 votes
giving the saloon men the privilege to
sell Intoxicating liquors Of every de-
scription in case national prohibition
is repealed A measure to license
soft drink parlors (this takes care Of
the 2% per cent goods defined as non
Intoxicating under the Mulberger act)
was passed by four votes.
A horse race with a $1,000 wager
was staged on the Platteville race
track last week when The Rebuttal
owned by W. G. Enloe was matched
against YO Sen. owned by John Muir
ply After two heats Mr. Murphy
agreed that the Rebuttal was a fast
horse and Mr.. Enloe carried home the
purse. A large crowd witnessed the
race.
The fourteen months old child of
Mr.. and Mrs Arch Mccain, Cornelia.
happened to get hold of a piece Of
lime and child-like put it in its mouth
and swallowed it. The lime lodged III
the bahys throat. A physician was
summoned who found that an opera
ton was necessary. The little fellow
passed away Monday evening.-Wit
ness.
The city Of Dubuque is made the
defendant in a damage suit for $40
600 brought by Wallburga Van Dueht-
man Of that city. The plaintiff who
ia 62 wears of age alleges that on Jam
nary a. Of this year. she slipped on
an icv sidewalk on Almond street and
suffered fractured right hip and
shoulder She further alleges that
these injuries are permanent and
seel $4,000 as damages.
Or. True Elliott, one Of Sayanna's
prominent and popular young men,
committed suicide early Sunday morn
ing by taking potassium cyanide, the
act having been committed at the
home Of his grandparents, Mr. and
MRS James Elliott in that city. The
young man since his return from ser
vice in the army was engaged in bus
mess with MS father and lived with
his grandparents, his mother being
dead The act was premeditated but
no reason was given. The victim was
born in Savanna in 1898. Gazette.
1t has been a long time since jack
O-lanterns and will-o-the-wisp have
been seen around Darlington, but a
resident living on the outskirts of
the city has lately seen three or four
almost as big as automobile lights not
far from his home. The largest one
was out every night during the re-
cent rainy season and halted several
times directly over the gate in his
cow yard. One old timer remember
ed back fifty years ago when on
fOggy evening a whole congregation
leaving the church with lanterns. got
mixed up with these strange visitors
and were lost for several hours
Darlington Democrat.
COLD IN NEW JERSEY.