Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-29

| Many cars of Eastwood have been
| shipped recently from McGregor to
| the factory Of the Diamond Match Co
in the east. Only Eastwood is bought
and no trees of less than seven inches
diameter are cut. There is much ma
tive timber, much of which is bass
wood, in Clayton county. Logging
crews take the farmers output as fast
as acreage is secured and as only ma
| ture trees are cut, the industry prom
ises to be permanent
Daniel Buss, of Darlington, a Ifs
long resident of Lafayette county Is
dead at the age Of Is years after a
short illness. He was a resident of
the town Of Kend@ll in the northern
portion of Lafaye- Ce county since It's
formation, where he operated a large
farm and was an extensive stock
bre eder and raiser. He retired from
active farming about twenty years
ago and retired to q home near OAR
lingtOn.
Fabian Beckett, the brilliant young
Dubuque lawyer who is said to have
received his maiden court practice in
Grant county where ne recently de-
Tended and cleared Joe Ashley, from
scented John Bcetham, will run for
county attorney of Dubuque county on
the democratic ticket. He ran on
the same ticket for this office two
years ago.
The city of Fennimore paid honor
recently to two of its oldest citizens
who have attained the dignity and
fullness of more than ninety years.
Mrs. Malachi Simons was So years
old Saturday, March Is. M. P. Smith
was SO years old on Sunday, March
10. Mrs. Simons is the Oldest person
in the corporation and Mr.. Smith is
next. Both have good health.
Action has been brought in the
Iowa county courts against the Sem
rad Brig. Co., of Highland, Mrs. JOS.
Stake, plaintiff, for $4,000 Mrs. Stake
alleges that her husband was murder
ed by JnO. Shiefel while the men were
under the influence of intOXicants. A
keg of beer with the Highland COM
pany's stamp on it was found in the
Stake wagon.
Charles Robertson the last member
of the old Wisconsin Fiftieth Artillery
home in Monroe. When the Civil war
home in Monroe When the civil war
broke out he concealed his age in Or
der to get into the service. He serv-
ed all through the war in this battery.
John w. Blessing, Fennimore mu-
sic store man, has installed q Grebe
radio set and is taking messages up
to 5000 meter wave length. Mr..
Blessing can now receive messages
from the Atlantic coast, the gulf and
as far west as Denver.
Merrill Willard living on a farm
near Rewey is reported to have open
ed up mine on his farm. In the shaft
at II feet he opened up a lead pros
pect and at 20 feet resin jack.
Rural mail carriers of Wisconsin
will be required to ascertain the mum.
Der of pigs the farmers on each route
own. Farmers will be asked to fill
out a QUESTIONABLE.
MIR. and Mrs Theo. Busch have
moved from Belmont to Poynette,
where he will have the management
of large grain and stock farm.
Otto Miller of Lloyd, Richland
county, was thrown from a wagon
Wednesday and injured internally.
He is expected to recover.
Ann Metcalfe, aged 81 years who
las been deaf and dumb since early
childhood dieu at her home IN Benton
Sunday
Mrs Frank Onstine, nee HeligGs,
former resident of Boscobel died
March at Cherokee, Iowa.
Mrs. Will Calvert of Sitter had the
misfortune to run a knife through her
hand while cutting meat.
The Mississippi river is free of ice
and the ferry at Cassville will soon be
in operation.