Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-27
NE|GHbORHOOD
BREvITIES and
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Prin. F. M Bray of Eau Claire, a
former resident of Cuba City, has
been retained at salary of $4,000
a year.
The old P. NJ church in Dodge
vile is being torn down by the White
brothers of Rewey, who have bought
it for the lumber.
l.. E. Gettle has been appointed as a
member of the Wisconsin rate COM
mission. He was formerly secretary
of the commission.
Mrs Charles Sherman of Dodge
vile has a Christmas cactus that
celebrated the arrival of the big
snow storm Saturday by coming out
in full bloom.-Sun.
George D. La Reau, found guilty at
Dubuque of the murder of Matt w.
Daley and sentenced to life imprison-
ment, was taken to the Iowa state
penitentiary last Wednesday.
Viola Mason, former clerk on the
Blanchardyille postoffice, was arrest
ed at Milwaukee Thursday on a
charge of converting postal funds to
her own uses. Miss Mason declared
at her hearing that she was innocent
and the victim of a ''frame-up." She
said that in February an inspector
found her funds short 500. When
questioned then she paid 500 to the
inspector and quit to avoid further
trouble. Miss Mason was indicted by
q federal grand jury at Lacrosse.
A large force Of mechanics are en-
gagged in the construction of the new
$65,000 Sisters home and parochial
school being built for the cOngrega
ton of ST. Anthony's church at High
land. The new structure will be on
the site of the frame building that
served for over fifty years as a Sis
ters' home and school. The building
will be 82.6x62.S in dimension of brick
with ornamental design in concrete
The building will be two stories and
basement with school advantages on
modern lines. Rev. Arentz is the
priest of st. Anthony's.
VIM. Garrow, who bought the City
Hotel and Annex property last fall
has torn down part of the Annex
and will remodel the balance into a
residence for his family. This is one
of the old landmarks of the city
The stone for its construction was
all quarried on the east side of the
city; the timbers were all hewed
from pine logs and floated down the
Wisconsin river, being cut at Eng
lish Prairie, now called Muscoda
the lath were split from native white
oak; the building was erected in
1886 so near as we have been able
to find out. In the earlier days it
had home made shingles on it about
eight to ten inches wide and about
three feet long. The two fire places
in this old building are probably the
oldest in the city-Prairie du Chen
Courier.
An exciting episode took place on
the narrow gauge line out of Fenni-
more a week ago Saturday during
the big storm. At the top of the
grade the train of car of lumber
next to the engine and two coaches
became stalld in the snow. Setting
the air brakes on the cars the train
crew pulled ahead with the engine
to break the way. The cars began to
move and in short time were NOV
ing rapidly down long and steep
grade. Men passengers realizing
that a catastrophe impended man.
aged to stop the train by use of the
hand brakes. The women passen-
gers were unaware of what had hap
pened until the men told them about
it when the excitement was over.
The passengers waded snow to a
farm house were taken in a rig to
Fennimore. On the train were a
number of rheumatic patients en-
route to their respective homes from
the Prairie du Chen sanitarium.
These persons seemed to feel no i'll
effects from the exposure although
the storm blew the glass out of the
car doors.