Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-05
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREv|TIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Thomas Perkins of Dodgeville en-
joyed drink from Blacks Spring on
/ Monday, for the first time in siXty-siX
! years. SiXty-siX years ago last Sun
day, on September 25, 1855, his family
moved from town onto the farm and
| he remembers drinking from the
/ spring on that day, and that he had
not done so since until Monday. 1t
is seventy-three years since Mr. Per-
! kins had his first drink from the
| spring, when he came here with his
parents in 1848. Very few people now
! in Dodgeville have been here for so
! long a time Mr. Perkins has seen
the development of the city since it
was only mining camp of few
houses with the residents hauling all
their supplies from Galena, Illinois.
-Dodgeville Sun.
Walter Newman, cook at the
gravel pit near Bellevue, died Supn-
| day evening from a stab in the leg
| by his own knife. Newman was in
an ugly mood from drinking
"hootch" and attacked Dan Ko-
! tcrchvich, an engineer with the
knife which was fourteen inches
long. In the struggle between the
| tldo men the knife penetrated the
right leg. He was taken to the hos
pital where his wound was sewed
up, but he had already lost so much
| blood, which together with the fact
that he possessed a weak constitu-
| ton left him in no condition to with
stand the shock and his death re-
| suited.
! Allen Kies, pioneer resident of
Platteville, died at his HON ethere
/ Saturday a week ago Mr.. Kies was
| born in New York in 1928. After
migrating to various western points,
the family located in Smelser town
ship, Grant county. Mr.. Kies was
married in 1850 to Miss Catherine
Ashmore of Belmont. They lived at
the mound until 1901 when Mrs. Kies
died. Mr.. Kies then moved to Platte
Vile He is survived by five sons
and four daughters. Mr.. Kies lived to
be SO years old and could relate
numerous interesting tales of pioneer
life He is also survived by 20 grand
| children and 16 REORGANIZATION.
William E. Oates, a former resident
of Hazel Green where he was born
and reared, was killed at Little Grass
Valley, Plumas county, Calf, where
he resided for % years. He en-
deavOred to stop a runaway team of
mules and was thrown when the wa
gan collided with a pine tree. The
fall broke a blood vessel in the mans
stomach. He expired while being car
ried to the ranch house. Mr.. Oates
leaves a wife and three grown sons.
He was 68 years old. A brother, John,
lives at Hazel Green
Herbert Kopp of Richland Center,
was badly burned at FennimOre the
Democrat says, as the result of an
explosion of acctylene at his place of
business He had disposed of his in
terests there preparatory to moving
to Richland, and was emptying a car
bide tank, when a companion thought
lessly struck match. Flames en-
veloped the upper part of KOpp's
| body but he escaped with superficial
burns on his face and neck.
Complication exists in the Western
Wisconsin Baseball League through
Muscoda FORGETTING to Richland Cen
ter Boscobel refused to play Rich
land Center in the final game because
of dispute with the league managers
and this left the Cemeteries with two
two games to the good opposed to
Viola. Cashton was eliminated in a
to game with Viola leaving Viola
and Richland for the final to be play
ed at Soldiers Grove
Emil E. Gehler of Mason City, Ia,
died Thursday of injuries suffered
in a dream. On July 5th, following
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight, he
dreamed that he was being attacked
by a giant who rained blows on him.
He fought back until almost exhaust
ed. His right arm struck the wall
and his wrist was broken. To escape
the imaginary Dempsey, Gehler jump
ed from a second story window,
breaking his back.
Lloyd Trestrai1 of the town of
Shullsburg, near Wardsville, brought
in an egg which was laid by one of
the hens on his farm. The egg was
extra large, and when the outer shell
was broken it was found that a per-
feet small egg was inside. This is a
curious piece of nature and attracted
much attention. = Republication
al.
The firm Of Wetmore e O'Neill,
dealers in army goods, have moved
from Bridgeport to Prairie du Chen
to have better shipping facilities and
larger range. The firm has branch
stores in number of Wisconsin and
Iowa towns and during the past few
months have done over 100000 worth
of business.
Burglars entered the Fred Kelli-
cult house at Viroqua while the
owners were at movie and stole a
quantity of clothing and valuable
| jewels. Entrance was made through
kitchen window.
Miss Margaret Reed of Springville,
Vernon county, has gone to Panama
| to teach in the government schools
run for the children of canal zone
employees.
The funeral of Serg.-Major William
Weber was held at Galena Wednes-
day under military auspices. Mr..
| Weber died overseas of pneumonia
| Fire of unknown origin at night did
serious damage to the Seidel store at
Viroqua. Seidel was out of town
when the blaze took place.
Chicken thieves entered the poul-
| try house Of D. L. Norris, Galena
fancier and stole 100 pure-bred Bar
red Plymouth Rocks.
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