Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-29

Villain i. WeDD QleG at 0HullS-
,urg Sunday
The budget passed by the Crawford
county board is $4,000 less than last
rear.
John Rowe and Miss Ada Evans,
>otn of Shullsburg, were married a.
Galena Wednesday,
Charles Dearth of Belmont, has
corner on coons. He has captured II
coons this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Ludlum of Bel
mont have moved to Muscoda, where
n purchased 200 acre farm.
VIM. Ross has taken five leases at
he head of Morrison Creek, north
vest of Linden for mining purposes.
Mrs. Arch Rundell of Livingston,
was called to Hurley, S. D., to the
1edside of her mother, who is serious
" ILL.,
The marriage bans of Mike Fitz
gerald of Lancaster and Miss Cath
crime KrOnenberg of Highland have
been published.
Mrs. f. A. Thompson former resi-
lent of Shullsburg, died at the home
CT her daughter, Mrs. Harry Oats at
Storm Lake, Iowa.
Miss Ellen Lehr of Shullsburg and
William Baxter of Anaconda, Mont,
were married at the O'Neill residence
n Dubuque Wednesday,
Alvin Schutt, IL, Monroe, lost the
little finger of his left hand when a
flrearm he and two companions were
examining, went off accidentally
Mrs. VIM. Dreesens died at her home
n Louisburg, Sunday, Nov. 10. De-
ceased had been sick for a number Of
months. Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Keller.
The law firm of McDaniels az Bur
M ister, lawyers of Darlington els
solved partnership. Burmeister goes
20 Monroe to assume the practice Of
the late John Stewart.
The Sank county board voted to de-
post the county funds equally in
the II banks of the county. Some
work for the county reasurer-keep-
.ng track of the various funds.
Griswold Bros. will exhibit their
senior ShOrthorn steer calf, Clifton
Model at the International Live Stock
exposition at Chicago. It was the
grand champion steer at the Wiscon-
sin State Fair.
Miss Margaret Whaley of Benton,
and Mr. Thomas Meyer of Galena,
were married at the Catholic Church
at Benton Wednesday morning. The
groom is an electrician at the Inter
state Light and Power Co., of Galena.
Mrs. George Wedge, II, died Sun
day morning of last week at Cuba
City. Deceased leaves a husband,
four sons and a daughter, 25 grand
children and one -grandchild.
2urial services were held Wednes-
day.
At the meeting of the Board of La
tayette County, George Priestly was
reelected superintendent of highways
and Charles Bottomley reelected as
superintendent of the county home,
which position he has held for five
years.
Lafayette county taxes dropped
from $428,, 145.13, in 1922 to 1892, 905.-
81, the saving being about $4,000.
The reduction in taxes is due to there
being no state highway tax and the
county board cut it's appropriations
srom $214.871.O2 to $179,15836
Charles Lancaster, a farmer living
near Darlington, committed suicide
by shooting himself. He had hand
injured in corn shredder last week,
and it is thought that he worried over
NE matter since the death of two
men had recently occurred in the vi
entity from injuries received in corn
:hredders.
A rooster on exhibition in a store
window at Soldiers Grove ate 1877 ker-
nels OF corn in one day between a.
n. and D. M The idea was a guess
ng contest on how much corn the
bird would stow away in twelve
hours. A fitting question to go with
this is: Would the rooster be worth
the corn if it devoured it at that rate
for three Platteville News
Harry Brechler, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brechler of Marion, and Miss
Elsie Brand-Jean of Luxembourg,
Europe, were married Nov. 4th in
New York city. Mr.. Brechler and his
bride became acquainted when the
young man was serving with the A.
y. 4. They kept their romance aglow
and the marriage early this month
was the elimination of vows made
four years ago at the close of hostili-
ties. Mr.. and Mrs. Brechler are re-
siding on the Fred Brechler farm
The bride is said to be winsome
young lady who speaks both French
and German f1uently.
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