Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-06
NE|GHBORHOOD
|. BREVIT|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

years, died at her home IN Benton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Andrew, OF
Hazel Green, welcomed a son at their
home recently.
Clarence Rodham of Shullsburg and
Ethel Druen of Platteville were mar
ried at GaIena last Wednesday, They
will reside in Chicago
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald Parish, a pi-
oneer of Montfort, died recently, hav-
ing resided here for ffty-fve years.
Hazel Green has two candidates for
| justice of the peace, they are man
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hanson.
Both houses of the legislature
passed the Weittenhiller bill offering
bounty of cents for every rat
killed
While driving a colt Charles Men
zemer Of Guilford, 10 Davies county,
was thrown to the ground. Both
bones in one leg were broken above
the ankle.
Miss Nellie Biddick of Livingston,
was the winner of Ford touring
car given away by the Montfort Amer
lean Legion.
Miss Ruby Winn and Oswald Rodda
Of Hazel Green were married at Du
buque. They will make their home
on the Rodda farm near Hazel Green.
| Mrs. Hannah Needham Rogers died
at her home near Fennimore at the
age of twenty-four years. She is sur
vived by her husband and three little
children.
Earl Hoover, Richland county farm
er, was cut by his son, 16, while
chopping wood. The elder Hoover
stepped back and put one foot direct
ly in the path of the sons axe blade.
The wound was deep and painful.
Geo. w. Brown, we'll known cashier
OF the Woodman State Bank, has re-
signed his position. 1t is rumored
that Mr.. Brown has accepted a similar
position in a bank at Bloomington.
His successor has not been named.
The old mansion at Galena known
as the Rowley residence was damaged
by fire to the amount of several thous
and dollars last Monday. The fire de-
partment eXtinquished the blaze and
prevented considerable further loss.
The State case VS. Harold Blindert
of British Hollow, charged with a
statutory offense against young girl
OF Platteville was settled at hearing
before Justice Burrows. The defend
ant paid $500 to an appointed guard
ian, approved of by Mayor Hoosier.
Lawrence Davis, son of Dodgeville
farmer, had his pas car stolen from
where it stood in front of drug
store The Davis boy and young
companion left the car for fifteen min
utes returning to find it missing. They
reported to the police and then walk
ed six miles home.
The city of Boscobel, through a
committee, have petitioned the state
tC make the bridge across the Wiscon
sin river a free bridge. 1t has been
owned by the city for many years and
has been a source of good revenue
during the time they have had it in
their possession.
William Wunnicke of Redwood,
Richland county, recently accused of
putting fine piano polish on the head
of M. j. Ryan at the Taver, cheese
factory, settled the matter by paying
$3.50 in fine and costs and went from
court free man. Ryan refused to
take orders from Wunnicke, farmer,
and fight resulted.
Charles Reese, years, son of DR..
Elmo Reese of DOdgeville, fell from
the second floor of the New Woerpel
building eight feet down. The child
landed on his head and side sustain
ing bad contusions. A heavy over
coat and cap and the slightly sanded
floor undoubtedly prevented a fatality
Fruit growers in Northern Illinois
report more or less damage to buds
and partially developed fruit during
the freeze of week before last. Fur
Their south trees in bloom were badly
smitten and will not bear. In south
ern Wisconsin the freeze did little
damage as the trees and plants had
emerged from winter stage in this
latitude.
Arthur Dittmar, Pleasant Valley,
10 Davies county, met with a severe
and unusual accident while saving
wood. He was feeding the saw with
a crooked stick and while handling
the stick to reach the right position
he showed one leg into the saw. The
result was part of one kneecap sawed
off and some of the tendons severed.
Dittmar was taken to a hospital for
g months stay.
John Whit, sc years DID, veteran
hunter and trapper, who for many
years made his home in log cabin
in Watterstown township, two miles
south of Blue River, died in Dubu-
que hospital March s, as the result
of paralytic stroke which came while
he was seated by the fireplace in his
lonely home in the regions of Saw
yer county. Friends from a neigh
boring lumber camp who occasionally
stopped to pass the time of day with
Old John, found him helpless the af-
ternoon of March s.
The will of Mrs. Clara NJ. Ocker of
Winslow township, 10 Davies county,
has as a condition the loss of their
legacies if her three nephews named
in the will smoke tobacco before at
tanning majority. Mrs. Ocker be-
queathed $3.50 to each of the three
boys but specified that if any one
violated the smoking provision of the
will the money should be divided be-
tween the remaining two. Should