Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-09
COUNTY AND NEARBY.


Frank Gahart of Platteville who re-
Gently pleaded guilty to selling in
toXicants before the Grant county
court nd paid a fine of 500 and
costs, was before Judge Bancroft
again at Prairie du Chen week be-
fore last. Mr.. Gahart with George
Mundon pleaded guilty to operating
gambling device and paid fines Of
500 each. 1t is said that a small
Monte Carlo" was staged at Prairie
du Chen during the freight sale two
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Banfield of
Cuba City celebrated their golden
wedding last Tuesday with dinner
served in the city auditorium to $50
guests. Following the feast there
was dancing until late hour. Mr..
Banfield is proprietor of the North
western hotel in Cuba City. The
couple were married in Elmo. The
villagers made an event of the day
and one of the gifts was a buckskin
purse containing gold presented by
S. E. Smalley for the villagers.
Castor Taylor, 80, oldest resident
of the neighborhood of Maiden Rock.
died at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Thomas Morgan, leaving 169 living
descendants
Louis STEINER ST., II, Woodman,
shot himself through the head with
a p rife early last Wednesday morn
ing. Mr.. STEINER, a sufferer with in
somnia, had been ailing since Febru-
airy when he had the flu. On the
morning of his death he was sitting
on the front porch talking to the fam
ily Unobserved he went to his bed
room and shot himself.
Amherst w. Barber, a son of G. A.
Barber, early resident of Lancaster,
died at Washington, D. c., May 10.
Since 1891 Mr.. Barber held a position
in the general land office in the capt.
toll. During his early years Mr.. Bar
Der taught school at Boscobel and
married Miss Velma Sylvester of
Castle Rock. Mr. Barber was a mem
Der Of the G. A. r., having served in
the 41st Wisconsin, Co. G. He was
buried in Arlington cemetery, Wash
ington
Ed. Flamme, Richland county far
mer, was attacked by a 1900 pound
steer and might have been killed had
not the hired man come to his assist
ance. Flamme went into the animals
pen and was attacked. Aside from
numerous cuts and bruises he is I'M
injured.
Galena, the Oldest city in Illinois
so some claim, is without gas plant
for the first time since 1850 when the
first plant was put in. The plant at
that time was marvel and a source
of pride to the residents. The mains
were laid in solid rock at consider
able expense. Lately the plant has
failed to pay expenses and efforts to
interest new capital were fruitless.
The company blames the low rate for
all its troubles. Now the old plant is
dismantled and the householders are
falling back on oil and wood stoves.
Balancing himself on a speeding
plane approximately $500 feet in the
sky, c. w. Nelson of Freeport, made
perfect parachute descent as the
concluding feature of Mondays at
traction at the Rockford Driving park.
On his way down, Nelson performed
several hazardous acrobatic feats,
which furnished a climax to the thrill.
Bellevue is to have a big summer
festival July 10 to "a, under the au-
spices Of the American Legion and
Rescue Hose Company. Contracts
have already been signed for free at
fractions costing over $4,000 and no
expense will be spared to make this
positively the biggest event of its
kind ever pulled off in Eastern Iowa.
Charles Coomber, so, was killed,
and his brother, Albert, so, injured
Monday last when the car they were
riding in was struck by an /. G.
freight train at Mcconnell near Ga
lena. The younger brother was cut to
pieces and the elder badly lacerated
and bruised. The car was wedged
into the engine so completely that
force had to be used to dislodge it.
The bluffs below Cassville, noted as
scenic spot, were featured in the
Milwaukee Journal nature picture
contest a week ago Sunday. Wallace
P. Coleman, 1896 Scott St., Milwau
kee, took the picture and presented it
to the Journal, receiving a prize.
George Ritter, years, Fayette, was
fatally scalded when he stepped into
pail of boiling water at the home of
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rit-
ter.
Henry PAUL, Dodgeville, broke the
Isecond finger on his right hand har-
Messing a horse. The horse made
sudden movement bending PaulPs
hand back against the partition so
that metacarpal bone was broken.
Trout from the government hatch
cry at Manchester, Iowa, have been
received at Dodgeville and distribut-
ed in various Iowa county streams.
Lightning last week killed two hogs
for Ernest Biddick and COW for Jos.
| Nechkash, both Montfort.
The body of John F. Tomashaska,
the first Richland county soldier to
be brought back from foreign SOIL
was buried at Richland Center last
week with full military honors. Pri-
vate Tomashaska was indicted May
81, 1918, and went overseas with the
Blackhawk division. He died at Win
chester, England, October II, 1918.
A class of 30 received their diplom-
as as graduates of the Platteville
high school last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nye of Viola,
we'll known former residents of Grant
county, celebrated their Goth we'd
ding anniversary last Wednesday. Mr..