Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-18
COUNTY AND
NEARBY NOTES


John O'Dowd died at his Mineral
Point home Friday.
John Bray, one of Darlington's old
est and most respected citizens, cele-
brated his 92d birthday last week.
| William Stacey, Galena, died at a
hospital in Evanston. H., where he
had been receiving medical treat
Ement.
George Biesman, proprietor of the
Lead Mine cigar factory, Galena, died
Sunday week ago He founded the
factory i'll 1869.
Mrs. Sullivan died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Kinney, Hazel
Green last week at the age of "a
The funeral was held at Shullsburg.
The annual report of the Annaton-
Preston Telephone Co. shows total
receipts of $4,51906 which includes
$52S.90 carried over from 1920. The
disbursements in 1921 were $5,02106,
leaving deficit of $500.
The Cassville Record suggests that
the famous Grant county gorilla, if
captured, be put in Glenn Park Not
a bad idea except that the beast might
stumble over Point Lookout and go
hurting to his death 600 feet below.
The GaIena Elks go to Platteville
on January in a large number to
initiate class of 50 into the myster-
les OF Elkdom. "a Of the class are
PlatteVille men. Dubuque and Galena
Elks will go to Platteville in spec
ial train,
Tafh 1C fA ~,
one Of the departments in Marquette
college, Milwaukee, has been selected
as new head of Campion college, Pra.
du Chen, succeeding FIR. Fox who is
promoted to rector and business
manager of Marquette.
! 1t is estimates that the crop of furs
gathered within radius of 100 miles
| of Lancaster this year will approx
/ innate one million dollars to the
i trappers and hunters Most of this
| is taken along the shores of the Wis
consin and Mississippi rivers, great
natural harbors of wild life.
! The Parfrey Excelsior Co, Rich
| land Center, has a logging crew at
work in their Petersburg timber and
}are cutting and skidding 10000 feet
per day. The logs are hauled TO the
Petersburg station and put aboard the
cars for the Parfrey factory at Rich
| land Center.
/ The stockholders of the Prairie du
] Chen Wooden Mills at their annual
meeting voted to put up an addition
al building, ARTIST feet and two stor-
/ les high at cost Of $4,000. The con-
Germ employs $50 people at good wage
and devotes its output to mackinaws
and ladies suitings
The Richland Center Masonic order
made a drive FOR funds to complete
payments for their $4,000 temple
and sold bonds to the amount OF
$17,100. 120 members of the local
lodge own from 500 to $500 bonds
each The temple is said to be the
finest west of Milwaukee.
Mrs Henry Chamberlain, Ralph w
Groom, Howard Ferris and Orlo n
Chamberlain, residents of the Kick
apoO valley, organized wolf hunt to
destroy a marauder of their barn
yards. The success of the expedition
has not been related but the report
of woman hunting wolves takes one
back to the days of life on the from
tier
Mr.. and Mrs E. j. Kirkpatrick OF
Florence, Ala, arrived Friday at the
/ Dodgeville home of Mr.. Kirkpatrick 6
sister, Mrs. H. G. Strong. Florence
/ IS Just across from Muscle Shoals
and Mr.. Kirkpatrick reports that the
/ citizens there are anxious to see the
Henry Ford project of buying Muscle
Shoals dam succeeds as they think it
will mean great prosperity for all
that section Of the country.-Sun.
Walter Cook, 76, Riverview, Rich
land county, died suddenly WedneS-
day when we'll on the way to recov-
cry from an attack of pneumonia
While the nurse was absent he had
arisen from bed and entered an ad-
Joining room He was about to sit
down when he toppled over from 6
sudden attack of heart trouble. He
was a veteran Of the Civil war, a re-
tired farmer of prominence and a
pioneer of the ctunty.
Charles Shulka, Prairie du CHEN
trapper, captured pine marten III
Campbell coulee, a mile north OF the
city The animal is considerably
larger than a weasel and has abor-
cal habits 1t is slender bodied and
carnivOrous mammal, much larger
and darker colored than the stone
or beach marten. me tail Is rather
long and the under fur very fine
The commercial name for the fur is
sable Mr. Shulka's catch this winter
includes II mink, 118 muskrats, two
gray foxes and % skunks.
Mr. and Mrs Moore NJ. Rice Of Bos-
cobel celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their wedding on Jan. 8 al
/ their home in the Wisconsin river city
The comfortable home of the worthy
old couple was decorated in yellow
and white in honor of the event and
an abundance of flowers were in evil
dence. The day was spent in visit
ing, feasting and coming of font
recollections. Mr.. and Mrs. Rics
were married at Boscobel on Jan 8
1872. They have six living children
Miss Agnes Smith and Miss Amelia
Schwartz, health nurses for Grant
and Green counties, respectively, are
two of half a dozen young lady wei