Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-23
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREv|TIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
Of Week From Tri-
State Area.

A herd of II Holsteins, II cows and
bull owned by Henry O'Connor of
Excelsior, were shipped to Madison
for slaughter because they reacted to
the tubercular test.
David Culver, 80, one of the oldest
settlers of Wyoming valley, Iowa
county, died Saturday week ago at
the home of grandson, Earl Culver
Six children survive.
Co. Supt Hoskins of Iowa county
has resigned his position, giving as a
reason that he has other important
duties. He will stay until & new
man can get hold Of the office.
John Kries, sc, resident of Iowa
county for 70 years, died Thursday a
week ago at the home of his nephew
]. H. Weiskircher. The old man was
a native of Luxembourg.
Maurice Cherrier, old resident OF
Pra. du Chen where he had operated
a smithy for many years, died there
Wednesday a week ago He was a
son of Flavian Cherrier, on the pio-
neer Canadian farmers of the Prairie
du Chen neighborhood.
JOS j. Fielder of Dodgeville has
been selected chairman of the Iowa
county board. The First National
bank of Dodgeville has been made the
county depositary of funds, paying
5.57 interest on daily balances with
an offer to lend the county money at
5 per cent when needed.
John w. Lenstra of Jamestown, this
county, died Tuesday, Nov. Is, follow
ing a few hours illness. Burial was
held at Keller. Mr.. Lenstra, a car
penter by occupation, was born in the
town Of jamestown in 1860. He is
survived by ten children, eleven grand
children, three sisters and three
brothers.
Alva G. Elliott Of Muscoda, gener-
ally known as 'Rowdy," won a pair
Of Nunn-Bush shoes and $40 in sport
ing goods for making the first touch
down in the Wis Minnesota game at
lott captained the Lancaster base
ball team last summer and his ath-
letic ability is admitted.
Eleanor Armstrong, little daughter
Of j. B. Armstrong, died of burns al
Tampa, Fla, Sunday evening a week
ago. Mrs. Armstrong and the child
rem were spending the winter al
Tampa. The tragedy was due to the
child's dress igniting from a sparkler.
The body was brought to Platteville
for burial by the parents last week.
Says the Boscobel Dial: when
Cond. Morris Carroll was taking ur
tickets on his train the other day he
ran across woman and her son. The
woman rendered one ticket. Mad
am" said Morris, that child looks
older than three years" Eyes, indeed
he does, conductor" replied the lady
THAT child has had lots of trouble
The kid rode free.
The body of Mrs Anna Erickson
62, GAINESVILLE, was found by her hus-
band in the rear of their home near
the GAINESVILLE Country Club. A purse
containing 500 was also missing in
dicating that the old lady had been
shot down in cold blood by an I'M
known murderer who fed across the
fields The couple had just com
pleted payments on home.
Mrs. w. d. James of Dodgeville, the
widow of w D. James, died Nov. II
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Miriam Granville in Lake Linden
Mich. Burial was made in Dodgeville
beside the husband and children. Mrs
james was born Mary Ann Dunstone
in Cornwall, England, in 1880, anG
had resided in Iowa county for GiXty
years. She was past 81 years old.
Mrs. Ed. Morris of Warren, 10 Dav-
les county awoke one morning not
long ago to find that her hearing haC
disappeared. She was unable to dis
tinguish a sound. Freeport spec
ialists were unable to help the woman
and her only hope is that the hearing
faculty will return as mysteriously as
it went away. Mrs. Morris takes hel
affliction philosophically, saying thai
others are much worse off than she is
The enormous quantity of $50 gal
Ions of moOnshine was taken in &
raid Thursday of last week in the
town of Freeman, Crawford county
across the river from Lansing, Iowa
The raid was made by officer Kant
chef and Sheriff John Herold and &
deputy. One Ernie Gunther >of Ian.
sing was in charge of two stills which
were running full blast. Eight bar
rels of mash and six barrels of sup
plies were destroyed, the stills being
held as evidence Gunther pleaded
guilty before Judge Smalley and was
given three months in Jail. He faces
a federal prosecution and possible
term in FIT. Leavenworth later.