Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-02-23

Mrs Annie Stephens died at Linden
Feb. 9Th.
John August Sphinx, an old resident
! oil Smelser, died at his home there on
Feb. It'll. aged "a years.
! The baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Poulda of Bridgeport died of
4 pneumonia on Feb. Sth
| The Galena fair dates this year will
be Sept 6, Z. Sand 8. The dates was
made further into the season to strike
cooler and, perhaps, less rainy weather.
Andrew Meiss, Dodgeyille farmer,
was seriously hurt by being struck
on the head by the limb of tree he
was telling. Mr.. Meiss was taken to
the hospital with a fractured skull.
Harry Lathrop. Bridgeport, crossing
the Wisconsin river with a truck load
OF ice, had a narrow escape when the
truck went through into II feet of
icy water. Lathrop managed to get
to shore and the truck was taken out
later.
Edward McGraw, night agent at the
l. G.. depot in Galena was badly burned
about the face due to fire putting out
when he attempted to coal the stove
and striking him sQuarely in the face.
Mr.. McGraw's face was badly burned
but he will recover without perman-
cnt scars.
Richard Yahnke, the Richland farm
hand whose facility Tor lack of it,
with a pen led him into trouble, was
fined $500 and costs and given year
i'll jail at hard labor The county
Jail being no place to fulfill the SEN
tence Mr.. Yahnke was put to work by
the sheriff and the money he earns
will be used to reimburse the parties
who lost through his populations.
According to records in the office
of Assessor of Incomes Gander, Rich
land Center has the distinction, rather
unpopular as it is, of paying next to
the highest per capita tax Of any city
in Wisconsin. The local county and
state taxes paid this year place us in
this position, the tax credited to each
man, woman and child in the city be-
ing $54.98.-Richland Democrat.
Mrs. Hattie Delmo1e of Lloyd, Rich
land county, was fined $25 and costs
for taking" articles of wearing APP
parel from a neighbOr woman. Mrs.
Delmore at first bridled asserting that
the goods in her possession were
bought from mail order house. The
officers then showed the mark of a
local man in pair of shoes and the
womans defense "caved." She was
let out of the affair easy
A new hold-up game was tried in
Dubuque the other night. A travel
ing man was accompanying a lady
home when he observed that they were
being followed. When the couple
reached a secluded spot robber
pulled a gun on the victim while the
lady friend went through his pockets
getting $40. The drummer was then
ordered to make tracks which he did
without delay. The travelling man is
lot likely to return the smile of
strange woman he meets on the street
fer some time to come.
After many years of service Dwight
1. Parker, President Of the Fennimore
State bank resigned his position Oh
Feb. Sth. He was chosen as the chair
man of the board of directors. Roy
Villemonte succeeds Mr.. Parker as the
banks chief The other officers are:
c. j Niehaus, vice-pres.; A E. Keller,
Cashier: Wilma Budack, assistant
cashier; Pearl Poland, bookkeeper.
Harris Thompson, 8 years, Galena,
was hurt when a rock wall he was
waning OIl, gave away dllu IlC was
thrown to the ground. A rock weigh
ing 200 pounds fell on one of the boys
| legs but aside from being temporarily
stunned and bruised up he was unhurt
Eggs had a great fall on the Galena
Wholesale market last week when the
price of henfruit dropped to 20 cents
dozen on Wednesday. The price
was the lowest in several years.
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