Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-22

The 10 Davies county board has
put shower bath in the jail for the
prisoners.
''Uucle Tommy" Edwards, the pa
triarch of Richland county, voted at
the spring election Mr.. Edwards
will be LOT years old if he lives until
Feb. 16 next.
While Charles Cushman of Rewey
was in Platteville attending a mill
tary funeral his motor was stolen.
The car was found the following
Monday six miles out on the Lancas-
ter road
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerd Helmes of Bel
mont celebrated their golden we'd
ding day last Thursday with about
fifty relatives present at the festivi-
ties. The couple were married at
Galena and spent their married life
near and in Belmont
The Fairview addition to Darling
ton has been plated and the entire
30 lots disposed of at auction at
prices ranging from SIS to $3.50.
The tract in the northeastern part
of the city, the first addition to be
made to the city in over 40 years.
Little Earl Graham OF Dodgeville
had narrow escape from death,
when his mother by mistake gave
him a teaspoonful of iodine. Prompt
services of q physician saved the
boys life and he seems no worse for
the unpleasant experience.
Reports in circulation recently
that the Mineral Point Zinc Co. had
closed the oxide furnaces seem to be
without foundation as investigation
shows the plant is still in operation
in this particular department. The
force there is divided on time and an
effort will be made to keep moving
until better business conditions are
manifested.
Several new Oakland cars belong
ing to G.. G. Kincannon, Richland
Center dealer, were injured to the
extent of several hundred dollars in
a fire last week A pail containing
oil soaked rags used in cleaning cars
was set near wood partition. and
the rags became ignited by their own
heat. The fire department quenched
the flames.
party of horse traders using the
picnic grounds of w. H. Pier near
Richland Center, defaced the grounds
to such an extent that Mr.. Pier filed
a complaint and the parties were
fined for trespassing and forced to
pay for cleaning the place up. The
park is located near some fine springs
and is a popular resort of picnickers
with the owners full consent.
The railroad commission has low
cred the rates on the Muscoda toll
bridge to meet the stockholders less
than fifteen per cent Since the COM
ing of the auto the toll bridge bust
ness has been enormously profitable.
Some communities own their bridges
and consider it good business to
charge nothing for use of the bridge.
Others like Boscobel have small
fee for maintenance purposes.
Dale I. Hayes, one of the most eff
ficient employees of the Wisconsin
Zinc Co., stationed at New Diggings,
in charge of the large steel magnetic
separating plant at that point, has
handed in his resignation, and will
leave the field. Hayes was a most
competent superintendent, and
achieved fame in bringing low grade
zinc ore up to the highest essays
possible with the present method of
separation, obtaining essays at times,
as high as SO per cent. His depart
ure from the field is noted with re-
gret by mining officials as we'll as
the men under his management and
control.
A young man by the name of Ped
ley, from Warren, Ill, was drowned
in the Pecatonica river, near Gratiot,
at what is known as Campbell's
bridge, on Sunday afternoon. The
boy was with others from Warren
and was in swimming. Men who
were sitting on the banks of the river,
noticed that young Pedley was in dis
tress and rushed to his aid, but could
not get to him quick enough to rend-
er assistance. The body was not
found for three hours after the acct
dent. The remains were taken to
his home in Warren where funeral
services were held on Tuesday
Darlington Republican.