Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-30
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREVITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Boscobel has purchased $1,000
oiler for its streets.
Mrs. Edward Nicholas, Benton,
passed away at her home there Sun
day morning Of last week.
Shullsburg votes Tuesday on a
$40, 900 bond issue for paving the
principal streets of the city
Fred Boebel of Fennimore is suf-
fering from severe case OF blood
poisoning due to pin scratch.
Harry Green of Livingston and Mat
tie Palmer of Millville, were granted
license to wed at Dubuque last
Thursday.
Mrs. Palmer, residing with her
daughter, Mrs Mark Scott OF Patch
Grove, was SO years old on Saturday,
March 10Th.
Joseph erase and wife of Montfort
celebrated their seth wedding day on
Saturday, March 10th.
Patch Grove votes tomorrow on in
cooperating the village as separate
municipal unit from the town. 1t is
predicted that the issue will carry.
Within the next few months the new
First National bank building at
Richland Center will be completed.
The building will be one of the finest
of it's kind III the state.
The affairs of the table factory at
BOscobel have gone into the hands OF
a receiver. Theodore Kronshage,
president of the Central State bank,
has been named receiver.
Simon P. Spry, civil war veteran
who was born in Ohio in 1847, died
at Richland Center Friday a week ago.
Mr.. Spry was in the garden, rake in
hand, when the summons came.
Fred Morrow of Cuba City and Mel
lie Jane Walker of Piatteville were
married at the Presbyterian church in
Galena last Wednesday morning the
Rev Jerome McGlade officiating. Mr..
and Mrs Morrow will live in Platte
Vile
Careless throwing of cigaret in
the doorway of the Arthur Kruger
hardware store at Benton caused
vigorous blaze there last Sunday. The
high wind made the fire hard to sub
due but it was eXtinguished without
great loss.
Fred Snyder a former resident of
Grant county who went west to Hur
ley, S. D., in 1887, died March 4th.
Mr.. Snyder was native of Hanover,
Germany, who came to America in
1866. He was married to Mary Jane
Livingston, who with a large family
survives him.
The baseball fans of Boscobel
raised $4,000 to back their team as
member of the West WISCONSIN league.
Richland Center business men have
donated uniforms for their home team.
Sank county now has speed cop
with authority to arrest any person
who violates the speed regulations and
take them into court at once. His post
of duty is on the country roads and
he will be on the alert for speeders.
John L. Grindell, Platteville, was
chosen president OF the Memorial Art
club, an organization composed main
ly Of monument dealers of southern
Wisconsin, at the annual banquet at
Madison, held recently. The club
was organized a year ago and its pur-
pose is the Improvement of designs
for cemetery memorials. Fred M
Schlimgen of Madison is the secre-
tafy and treasurer. Mr.. GrindeIl, the
president, is one of the best known
men in his line in southwestern Wis.
y
Petersburg, who some years ago tried
to get the Crawford county seat moved
to that place, is 80 years old, but the
prospect of going through the, grind
Of the divorce courts in the attempt
to secure "a divorce from his wife,
Grace M. Lawrence, appears to have
no terrors for him. Mr. Lawrence
married his present and second wife
in 1902, and he claims after living
happily with him for few months
and after securing about $4,000 from
him, she refused to return to his
farm with him and insisted upon
remaining in Chicago. Then he al
leges she had him arrested in Chi
cagO for non-suport, whereupon the
Judge severely reprimanded her, and
discharged him. The climax came,
however, SO he says, when she made
application for his pension.-Prairie
du Chen Courier.