Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-03-24
Nearby Notes

lode drilling an air well near the old
workings.
E. ]. Sharon and wife have left
| Cobb for Montana, where he has ac-
! cepted a position in the west as har-
ness maker.
The big wind caused damage at
Richland Center where the grand
stand was blown over on the high
school grounds.
A Bethany Old Peoples Home has
been organized by the German Pres
byterians of Galena. A commodious
| residence has been secured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Herpel of
Marietta, Crawford county, received
word of the death of their son Leo. 20,
in San Francisco hospital.
Margaret Brakeman, years, Me-
nominee, was bitten on the temple by
the family dog she was playing with
The wound Is serious but the child
will recover.
H. ]. Gutenberg Of Galena, home
from a Nebraska Duroc sale, has two
gifts he paid fancy prices for. One
is Orion Mary, $1,000, and the other,
Great Queen, $780,
Mrs. August Kettler, an old resi-
dent of Platteville, died Saturday,
March 10, aged past SO years. The
husband and two daughters, Mrs
Louise Schambow and Mrs. F. x.
Burg, survive.
A Richland Center man who keeps
an eye on the thermometer declares
that since October, five months ago,
until March IL, the temperature was
below freezing every night. This man
is considering a milder winter eli
mate
M. Fitzgibbon, aged 80 years, res
fdent of Benton died at the Catholic
Home Thursday where he had been
living for two years. He helped with
the work of building the narrow
guage road Interment was made at
Benton.
The city of Fennimore has let
4 contract to sink a new city we'll fol-
lowing failure in the present supply.
/ The cost of drilling the new we'll 500
/ feet down is about $4,000 This in
cludes piping and casing. $4,000
bonds will be issued
The big wind of last week blew out
plate glass window in the Roach
store at Fennimore Lights were
| broken in the F. n Kern windows.
At Hinns yard a team shed was pick
ed up and transferred ~ a neighbor-
ing yard leaving the vehicles intact.
Walter A. Blair, Davenport, a we'll
known boat captain, fell into all air.
hole in the river when he walked on
! the ice in preference to a muddy path
along the shore. Captain Blair was
| rescued by a mOtOrman who cut the
trolley rope and threw it to the ex-
hausted mariner.
The farmers of Lafayette county re-
ceived over 100000 less for their ag
ricultural output in 1918 than in 1918,
according to figures compiled by the
state department OF agriculture. There
was a falling off, Notwithstanding the
fact that 1888 acres more were culti-
waited in 1919 than in 1918.
Jacob Bland and son, Leslie, were
killed near Daggett's station near Sa-
wanna when their gasoline car was
struck by a freight train. The son
was in charge of a section gang out
of Savanna and the father was taking
hom to work The men were horribly
mangled. The father was so and the
son, recently married, about 25
Mrs. n J. Dobson of Darlington has
received a memorial from the French
government in honor of her son, Her
bert Dobson who was killed in ac-
tion at Cantigny, May %, 1918. 1t
reads: To the Memory of Herbert
Dobson Of the United States of Amer
lea who died for Liberty during the
Great War, the homage of France the
president Of the Republic R. Poincare.
The excursion steamer G. w Hill.
known all over the upper Mississippi
river, is practically rebuilt. The boat
will now have five decks the latest be-
ing an observation deck. The dance
floor has been widened and lengthen
ed and a new maple floor put in. The
panels of the dance hall are inlaid
with French plate mirrors which with
the latest inverted lights will effect
a crystal palace.
[ The government has at last taken to-
house the tank, tractor, trailer, guns.
carriages and limbers, ETC., at the Sa4
wanna proving grounds, Colonel Har-
Try S. Maloney, an eX .lerienced man
7 on storage projects has been placed
in charge and is making things hum.
1t is said that Savanna will be a huge
storage headquarters. There are
1856 civilians employed there now the
largest number since the armistice.
lie I6UldluS VI du6III hCCy WIZ
was drowned in Lucena, Philippine
Islands. Dec 6. arrived at Sparta for
burial and the funeral services were
held at the home of his mother, Mrs.
H. J. Oakley He was a Viroqua boy
aged &c, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ] w.
Lee, his grandfather being Albert
Johnson, deceased. The young man
entered government service in 1917 as
instructor in the schools of the Phil
ippine Islands.
Garrett Pluym, East Dubuque farm
er, won an action against the Illinois
Central railroad that was carried to
the appellate court of the state. Pluym
lost bunch of cattle by the animals
swimming to fence, breaking the
top wire and gaining the right of way
where they were killed. The company
contended that in fencing the right
of way it had done its part The plain
tiff contended and was sustained that
the fence was insufficient to restrain
the cattle. The case has been on file
since June 1916.
Frank Greenfield, we'll known to