Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15

BENZ. WEBSTER, mayor OF Platteville
and well known mine mill builder, is
Ill with pernicious anemia.
Geo. Shepherd Patch Grove farmer,
lost barn and contents, including
machinery, hay and grain. His loss
is about $4,000.
N. ]. Saddler, foreman at the Pra
du Chen Press office, lost the end of
one finger in job press Tuesday. 1t
will happen at times.
Mrs. Bert Powell, Ridgeway, in fall
ling down stairs in her home, broke
both bones of her left leg between the
knee and ankle and dislocated several
fingers.
Dr. Elizabeth Rindlaub of Fargo, a
native of Platteville, was honored at
Boston, Mass, by having the degree of
Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons conferred upon her.
A. w. Appleby was confined to his
home with another sick spell last
week. His brother, j. M. Appleby, and
wife, OF Sand Prairie, were here to as
Sist in his care.-BoScobel Dial.
To quiet down a run on the Sea-
ward bank at Bellevue, Iowa, truck
load of cash was shipped in from
Cedar Rapids. The bank is in the
hands Of a receiver and may pay out.
Ray Smith, Stockton, visiting at
Savanna, went over a steep hill when
his car failed to keep a slippery road
in rain. The car turned over and
Smith was pinned underneath. He
was taken out unhurt.
Both day and night shifts are work
ing on highway No. AZ laying cement
small portion remains to be finished.
The work will be speeded to compile
ton before bad weather sets in.
Hubert Larson, 2, son of Nels Lar
son, Wauzeka, had his throat badly
cut when his father lost control of a
Ford car and ran into a tree. The
child was thrown into the windshield,
the breaking glass cutting wound
that required 16 stitches to close.
Alva Adams, three times governor
of Colorado and a native of Dane
county, Wis, died at Battle Creek,
Colo, recently Mr.. Adams was prom
inent politically in Democratic circles
and among other offices was U. S.
Commissioner to various places in
Australasia.
The surface equipment of the old M.
& A mine at Livingston, was sold at
auction to various buyers. Adelbert
UT, recent buyer of the property, has
decided not to open the mine which in
former years was heavy producer
of low grade ore. The heavier ma
chinery has been shipped to Platte
vile.
George Bran of Chicago, the genial
host at the Villa Louis, Pra. du Chen,
paid fine of $40 and costs in court
last week for selling intoxicants on
the Fourth of July. Arthur Leary,
lessee of the place, was in court with
Mr.. Bran but paid no fine. A bunch
of Dubuque men now have control Of
the old Dousman estate, using it for
country club.
Mrs. Eliza Hamilton died Friday a
week ago at Arena, aged "a years.
Mrs. Hamiltons maiden name was
Elizabeth McCutcheon. She was born
in county Tyrone, Ireland, August
1928, and came to Wisconsin with her
husband in 1S48. They located on a
farm in Arena township, Iowa county
She was the mother of II children of
whom six are living.
Mrs. Brice Murphy of Richland Cen
ter has a record of Americanism that
few families can boast of. Her great
grandfather was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution, and her grandfather
and father served in the war of 1872
One nephew served in the Civil war
and four grand-nephews participated
in the World war, one losing his life
in the submarine service.
The famous old river packet, Morn
ing Star, which piled for years be-
tween Davenport and st. Paul, burned
to the water line along with the
Island Queen and Tacoma, two other
packets, at Cincinnati, last week. The
total loss was $250000. The Morning
Star was owned by the Streckfus Co.
of Davenport. 1t is melancholy fact
that nearly all steamboats, burn soon
er or later.
Dave Ballantine of the Ballantine
garage was born over at Bloomington
and his father came to Wisconsin and
settled over in that section seventy
five years ago, when game was plen-
tiful, roads were few and land was
cheap. James Ballantine once bought
a forty-acre lot of ground for cheap
gold watch. Now that same piece of
land is worth not less than $3.50 an
acre-Pra. du Chen Courier.
Abbie Rice had a very exciting ex-
perience while he was fishing near
the sixteenth bridge on Big Platte
last Sunday. He pulled out his line
thinking he had large fish, but it
happened to be a freak. The body
was about a foot long and was cream
colored with black specks. The head
was like that of a snake excepting
that it had three ears which were
about a foot long. The tail was like
that of an alligator and it had four
paws which were the shape of hui
man hand. They placed it in alcohol
and put it in the museum at the Nor
Journal.
j. H. Lewis says, the best news for
the zinc mining industry in Wiscon-
sin is the bona-fide sale of 300 tons
of high grade zinc ore in the Platte
Vile district on a base Offering of $40
per ton. Pig-head has continued in a
firm position and is regarded as fun
damentally the strongest of the
metals No new ore bodies are being
developed, while consumption has
been on the increase. The new tariff
eliminates Mexican lead excepting in
extrmely unusual conditions. The