Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-29
NE|GKBORHOOD
BREv|TIES And
NEARBY NOTES
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Dubuque river men declare that
there will be no spring rise in the
Mississippi river this year. They
base this surmise on the observation
fthe big stream since last fall.
they state that practically all the
frost is out of the ground and that
the flood of several weeks ago took
the ice out of the creeks leading in
myriad numbers into the Father of
Waters. A heavy continued rainfaii
might cause rise in the creeks and
a consequent swelling in the main
stream, but this could not last long.
The old-timers have followed the va
carries Of the Mississippi for thirty
years and claim that a rise beyond
the 11-foot stage is improbable The
17-fOOt stage at Dubuque is necessary
before harm is done.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nuzum of vi
roqua, the parents of Rev. F.. l. NJ
yum of the Platteville conference,
Methodist church. celebrated their
6Oth wedding anniversary last week.
Although the venerable couple are
the parents Of ten children and have
% grandchildren and four great
grandchildren, they have never had
death in the family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nuzum were married at Pra. du Chen
in 1862 and went to Vernon county to
reside. The past thirty years have
been spent in V'roqUa. Bith enjoy ex-
cellent health.
Ehler Herold of Kewanee, Ill, son
Of John Herold Of FRA du Chien,
ls@ye in May for the Philippine Is
lands, where Mr.. Herold and wife will
,ec1 me part of the public scnCol
staff in the islands. Elmer H6rcld
viii teach physics and his wife Eng
fish. They will remain in the Islands
Tor two years. They sail from :5a3
Francisco May 18th, anu after d visit
in Hawaii, Japan and China, are due
to arrive in Manila June 13. They re-
ceive a tiattering salary.
At Dubuque on Sunday a week ago
two girls took the vows and became
members of the Visitation Order of
Nuns. The novitiates were the
Misses lone Seeley of Dubuque and
Celestine Byrne of Hazel Green.
Both are members of the Visitation
alumnae Miss Seeley received the
name of Sister Mary Gerard, and
Miss Byrne, Sister Mary Elizabeth.
On the day preceding Miss Agnes
Murphy of Farley, Iowa, was re-
ceived into the order.
Galena is making every prepare
ton for the celebration of General
u. S. Grants birthday on April 9th.
The day will combine a HOme-COm-
ing celebration with the festivities
over the natal day of the great SOL
der The last home coming event
was eighteen years ago, a sufficient
lapse to create considerable interest
in the celebration now coming.
Committees have been organized and
are at work
Richard Stovall, member of the
mining engineering staff of the Min
eral Point Zinc Co., who moved from
Highland two years ago to, take
charge of the company's camp in Ala
bamma, has been ordered to return
to Highland. This is taken TO mean
that the Mineral Point Zinc intends
to resume operations in the Wiscon-
sin field.
Mrs. Catherine Heslop Peacock,
former resident of Benton, died a
Detroit hospital, March 16, aged A
years. She was the wife OF Frank
Peacock. The family moved to De-
troit in 1917. A son and daughter,
with the father, survive. Mrs. Pea
cock was a native OF Yorkshire, Eng
land.
Helmer Helgesen, the Castle Rock
farmer against whom Miss Iona Mum
son Of Wingville secured a judgment
of $4,000 in a breach of promise ac-
tion has become a bankrupt, accord
ing TO the Boscobel Dial, and the
nlaintiff will thus be deprived of
Of W hD Inn Flowed for
her injured feelings.-BOscobel Dial.
The Milwaukee road has stored the
huge quantity OF 10000 tons OF coal
in rs yards at p d. du CHEN as M
surance against a coal strike. Ihe
wards cover tour blocks square ana
tha coal is piled twenty feet hlgA IN
places. 1t is Oltuminous OF good qu;ai-
ity.
Mrs. Fred Adams, De Sofa, assist
ing friend husband with some Ia
movements he was making III tue
basement of his home, got TOO close
to the hammer Fred was using ans
received an ugly cash IN her neaG.
Several stitches were taken 10 Close
the wound.
Miss Sarah Boone, 63, died at War
ron III Friday under circumstances
inouest The body was found dead IN
bed in the home of Miss Boone who
resided alone. A jury rendered YER
dict of natural death from unknown
Clarence Elliott, %, son of Mr. ana
Mrs Frank Elliott, Benton, died Sat
urday of last week at Dubuque; Inc
bodv was taken to Benton for burial;
The father, mother two brothers ana
five sisters survive. Death was due
to pneumonia.
Mrs. F. w. Lewis, former resident
81 Crawford county where Mr.. lewis
was county treasurer in 1900, died at
he, home in Boscobei Sunday, Mafch
10Th The husband and two dausntefs
Thirteen carloads of tobacco sent
from the little town OF LaFaTg ;eo4 on on
the Kickapoo, in one week, Indicates
hat the region is about the center
Of the tobacco raising industry IN
the state. ,,.ol poin+