Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-30
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

MIS-. annie Hooking and Mrs. Mar
tina Anderson, both old residents OF
Iowa county ARE dead from apoplexy.
Herbert Fielder of Cuba City and
Rose Welsh of Benton were married
Tuesday at Benton. They will reside
in Cuba City.
The Central House at Boscobel has
changed hands again, the new pro-
prietors being A. d. Young and wife
OF Chicago who are now in charge.
Katherine Kenny of Lima and Arch
Moore of Chicago were married Tues
day at st. Mary's church, PlattevilIe,
by the the Rev. Lillis. They will re-
side in Chicago.
Gwendolyn Roberts, years, of
Dodgeville, daughter of Owen Roberts
fell down the cellar stairs in her home
and was badly bruised and apparent
ly injured internally. Her condition
is serious.
Darlington anglers are spending
their evenings along the shores of the
placid Pecatonica trolling for pike,
and only one, generally averaging
from seven to ten pounds, is ever
caught by fisherman.
Lester M. Devendorf, aged "a, died
at his home in Platteville Saturday
of last week Mr. Devendorf was
native of Ohio who came to Platte
vile in 1855 He is survived by one
son, Charles.
VIM. Holden, a native of England
and a member of the Iron Brigade
died at the Soldiers Home in Wood
stock, H., Nov. Doth Mr.. Holden was
SO years and three months old. Bur-
ial was made at Platteville.
An interesting case was tried in
Richland county circuit court when
the Equity society of the county
brought suit against the Milwaukee
road for damages in not having cars
ready for livestock shipments. The
case was decided for the road.
Judge Simpson of Lafayette county
who recently went big game hunting
in Canada, has since been confined to
his home in Shullsburg by heart
affection brought on, probably, by the
unusual exercise outdoors to which 4
man of sedentary occupation is not
accustomed.
The aged Joseph Pink of Highland
is confined to his bed with injuries,
that owing to his age, may be serious.
Mr.. Pink fell on slippery walk at his
home and at first the injury was not
regarded as serious. Severe pains de-
veloped and an examination disclosed
broken hip 1t will be some time
before Mr.. Pink can be around again.
Jack Shiefel Jr., Highland, while
out hunting, was the victim of pain
full accident While descending hill
he slipped and threw out the rife in
voluntarily to prevent falling The
gun discharged and the bullet enter
ed Shiefel's hand, passing through
The injury was painful but no COM
plications resulted.
Louis White, Lansing, Iowa, is at
the bottom of the river below the city
and in his pockets are $500 in curren-
cy. Mr.. White stumbled off a barge
backwards and having on hip boots
could not make shore although he
pluckily kept afloat forty rods. The
place where White went down is
very rocky and the body is thought to
be lodged in boulders.
A glass jar containing a gallon of
turpentine fell to the floor in the
Mellor drug store at Boscobel and
the volatile and combustible fluid ran
down a hot air register to the furnace
where it ignited causing an intensely
hot blaze. Flames leaped to the cell
ing and dense clouds of smoke hamp-
cred the work of firemen VIII ores
pended with extinguishers. The fire
was put out before it made much
Roadway although some smoke dam
age resulted.
Mabel Jones, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Jones Of Platteville, and
A. Stavrakakis, proprietor of the Par
is Shoe Shop of the same city were
married in Chicago Thursday evening
of last week. The ceremony was per-
formed by Fir. Leon Pegeas of the Or
thdoX Greek church. Glenn John, a
close friend of the groom, was best
man. Following the ceremony, old
friends of the groom gave a banquet
at the Pantheon Cafe, SIS Halsted st.
The young couple were showered with
costly and beautiful gifts. Mr.. and
Mrs. StaVrakakis have gone to house
keeping in Platteville.
Rival pastors with a full corps of
adherents appeared at the Ridgeway
Primitive Methodist church Sunday
morning of last week. On the ground
also was Sheriff Bob Hillary of Iowa
county, who "mosied' along to pre-
vent any conflicts. All, however, was
peaceful. The Rev. Tetreau took the
pulpit and conducted q Sunday school
class. He was followed by the Rev.
Williams who preached a sermon ani
was severely heckled for fifteen min
utes at the close. One brother in
vited another outside to finish an ar
gument but failed to respond when
his offer was accepted. The conflict
ing clans, who battling for the pos
session of the church, went home to
their dinners, which, on account of
the arguments, were somewhat be-
lated
The Iowa county board in its ses-
sion just closed took stand for econ
omy cutting the salary of board mem
bers as a first step. In the future
the per diem pay will be 81 daily in
stead of SIS. The county board refused
to raise the salary of the coun-
ty superintendent and that official
will resign within so days. The state
supt. of schools viii appoint his sue
cessor. Salaries of the sheriff and
the county clerk were cut 5000 year.
Salary of the register in probate was
cut $500 a year. The Iowa county
board by a vote of 16 to IA refused to
appropriate for a county agent and