Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-02
COUNTY AND NEARBY

The First National Bank, of Monroe,
will spend fifty thousand dollars in
improvements on their building the
coming season.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Staber of
Shanghai, China, have been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Staber,
at Mineral Point. Mr. Staber is
operating attorney for the Standard,
Oil Co. throughout the northern part
OF China and is now on a six months
vacation.
Walter Jeffrey, employed at the
Bewett mine near Galena, while
working at the mine had his jaw
fractured, a deep cut made in his
cheek and several teeth knocked out.
Matt Hendricks of Cuba has gone
to Rochester, Mimi, for medical
treatment
DR.. Frank Smith former Beetown
resident was married at Hong Kong,
China, to Mrs, Margaret May Carter.
They will live at Manila, P. l.
Darlington is reported to have
twelve cases of smallpox.
Mrs. Ford a direct descendant of
Priscilla and John Alden died at
GAINESVILLE, Feb. 18th.
State school inspectors have been
busy i'll Grant county with the result
that the building in dist. 3, Marion
township, was condemned The Flynn
school i'll dist. 5, Watterstown, was al
SO drowned upon by the inspector. Tt
is considered probable that the con-
solldation movement will do away with
a number of old and insanitary school
houses in this state.
Pra du Chen is discussing a woman
mayor for the coming two years if the
voters deem it wise at the spring cleo
ton. Mrs. Ona Earll, wife of John S.
EARL, has been mentioned in this con-
nection
Shortly after the death of her hus-
band, David B. Walker of Platteyille.
Mrs. Walker passed away. The hus-
band died Thursday and his wife fol-
lowed him in death Saturday.
Harley Ward, Steuben farmer, had
2 nelghbor, Ralph Kephart, arrested
charging the latter with the theft of a.
bobsled. Kephart was able to prove
that he had bought the sled from
Roach Bros. OF Fennimore.
William Steele, Steuben farmer who
bought home in the woods and pro-
ceeded to carve away the timber and
clear the mortgage, worked so indie
tatlgably that his mind broke and he
was sent to an asylum. While absent
Mrs. Steele died and her brother. Os-
car Reynolds of Boscobel. was made
guardian for the three children. Fol
lowing this Mr.. Steele recovered and
last week was pronounced sane by
examining physicians at Prairie du
Chlen. He was restored to his posi-
lion as the head of his household and
MS property and other rights returned
TO him.
Galena IS city that has reared five
generations including many noted per
sonages, and events in her history are
mliestones along the nations nro-
gress. One of the recent events is the
Iemodellng of the famous De Sofa
House by it's owner, Irye Glover.
Paddy, the night clerk. " for half a
century ushered guests to "the room
and bed Gen. Grant slept in" and has
retlred on account of old age The
beds the General slept in" have been
replaced by modern creations of com
Tort and the Office and lobby made
strictly modern. Here is where YOU
see the grand transformation. Work
men VINO have sawed, nailed, glued
ana QUILT into beautiful altar flower
eHect stand and an Office counter and
9esk the materials of the abandoned
De sofa House bar, would make the
DIacKsmlth who at the close of the war
peat General Grants sword into a
ploWshare, look like a piker. The
past is plotted out. The house is now
modern, neat, comfortable and at
misunderstanding News.