Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-16
POTOSI EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Spe ciaL
Correspondent.


BOtOSi correspondent must again
chronicle the death OF an Old fr-esld
and longtime resident Of POtosi.
John Welsh died at Mercy hospital On
Monday night at midnight, Nov It'll,
following an operation for a ruptured
ulcer Of the stomach, performed Sun
day w. j. Welsh, brother receiy-
ed a letter Saturday morning from an
attendant physician, advising him OF
his brothers condition. Mr.. Welsh
went to Davenport that day and found
his brother in cheerful mood aud
prepared for the worst Mrs. Mar
8aret Deneen Of POtOsi, a sister, and
Thomas Welsh Of Dubuque, a brother,
went to Davenport Sunday and were
Joined Monday by another sister, Mrs.
Kate Keller Of POtosi. John conyers-
ed with them and was conscious up
to five minutes before he died The
doctors were unable to diagnose his
case and it was not known that he
was afflicted with stomach ulcer until
the operation took place John Welsh
was a son OF the late Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Welsh and was born at Min
eral Point in 1853 His parents re-
moved to PotOsi in 1855 and here John
grew to manhood. He worked with
his brothers and sisters for many
years, helping his parents on the
farm. In later years he took up the
work OF a jeWeler and became very
proficient at the trade. His eye signC
failed to such an extent that he was
forced to give up his chosen work
and for the past year or two he spent
his time with his brother, William, on
government Improvement at Burling-
1rrb ri,
but a common school education, he
had good idea Of mathematics and
could figure the contents of tri-
angular piece Of land down to the
fraction Of an inch This seemed to
be a natural talent with him. No one
can say anything against John Welsh.
He was . perfect gentleman. affable
and courteous, pleasant man to con-
verse with and a man that attended
strictly to his own affairs, never in
teTfering with the affairs of others
No word derogatory CT any person
ever escaped the lips of John Welsh
He was a kind and loving brother
and dutiful SON. Two brothers, VIM.
and Thomas, and two sisters, Mrs
Deneen and Mrs. Keller, were at the
bedside when he breathed his last and
peaceful breath. The remains were
brought to Potosi by his sorrOWing
% others and sisters Tuesday night
and taken to the home Of Mrs. DenGen
He was an ardent adherent of The
Catholic. faith and died with the last
rites OF the church. The funeral was
held Thursday from the home Of his
sister to st. Thomas church at $50
a. m. A solemn requiem high mass
was celebrated by Rev. FIR. Biersner
and at the conclusion of a sermon the
funeral cortege wendell its way to the
Catholic cemetery on the hill and all
that was mortal Of q good and honest
man was consigned to the grave by
the side of his parents. He leaves to
mourn his departure, two sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Deneen and Mrs. Kate
Keller Of Potosi, and five brothers,
VIM r. OF POtOsi, Thomas Of Dubuque.
Edward of Kingman, Ari., David of
Denver, Colo, and James, an unfort-
innate brother, an inmate of the county
hospital at Lancaster.
Thos Bulman, of the o. S. Engin-
GERS Office, Dubuque, attended the flu
neral Of his cousin, John Welsh, at
Potosi last Thursday.
Mrs. Bert Schiffman of Long Branch
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ruby
Mrs. Lydia Campbell Of Chetek,
Wis, after a weeks pleasant visit
with John Campbell and family in Po-
tosi, went to Lancaster Saturday for
a visit with relatives and friends be-
fore returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Siemering have
returned from Waverly, Iowa, where
they went with a view of purchasing
a home, they having sold their home
here to Ed Wiedman Mr.. Siemering
formerly lived i'll Wayerly and is well
and fayorabIy known there. A home
in that city if Henry has been sue
cessful i'll buying one will place him
right among old acquaintances
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Welsh of Du
buque attended the funeral of their
brother. John Welsh, here Thursday.
The Misses Clara Runkell and
Kathryn CoOns we're guests of friends
in Dubuque few days last week.
Isadore Mclaughlin and Joseph
Glennon, students at Columbia Col
lege, Dubuque, spent Armistice day
with their parents in Potosi Miss
Margaret Key accompanied them
According to the late trapping laws
in Wisconsin, boys under sixteen can
obtain a trapping license for 25c.
Others must pay SOU TOR Incense
and in consequence we have a lot of
youthful trappers who are anxious to
catch a skunk. Well, skunks are
plentiful-no matter where you go
or where you are-you can lnhale the
sweet scent. A big harvest i'll skunk
pelts is in progress.
Charlie Keller, student at Campion
College, Pra. du Chen, attended the
funeral of John Welsh last Thursday.
Miss Mildred OFT, teacher at Bag
ley, was a visitor over Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe OFT.
Lee and Earl Campbell, Ringland
Richter, Herbert Marcus, Prof. Bus
sen and Percy spent Armistice day in
Dubuque, and saw the big parade
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stark are re-
ioiciug over an 81 pound boy born
Thursday, Nov 10TH
Miss Cecilia Sweeney went to Pra
du CHEN Saturday to visit friends and
meet her brother, Emmett Sweeney,
a student at the Marquette university
in Milwaukee, who came to Pra. dn
Chen Saturday with the university
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