Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-15
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIESAN
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

ed seriously i'll.
Twins were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
L. A. Wefel of Fennimore Sunday.
Mrs. Mary McComish and William
Wiegel of Darlington, were married
Monday.
Mrs. R. Streeter was found dead in
bed at her home in Belmont Friday
morning
Mrs. James Longhorn died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Booty at
New Diggings.
Charles Richards and Villa Truesh-
er of Mineral Point, were married at
Galena Tuesday.
Russell Hinkins of Belmont has ac-
cepted the principalship of the South
Wayne high school.
Martin Sullivan, brother of Michael
Sullivan of Platteville, died Saturday
at his home near Highland.
The body of James Wright, who was
slain by Turkish bandits in Syria, will
be sent to his home at Waukesha for
interment.
Little Edward Nickleson of British
Hollow, after rubbing his hands with
gasoline lit match. His hands were
terribly burned.
Joseph Patzner of Potosi, harvested
between two and three thousand
bushels of apples this fall He found
ready sale for the fruit.
Mrs. Ida Goelz of Mineral Point,
was called to Sac City, Iowa, by the
death of her brother, Charles T. Phil
lips, former Mineral Point man.
Bert King, Platteville, held number
IL in the drawing of 1925 talking
machine given away by the machine
gun company in a recent fair, and
won the prize.
Ernest Coleman who lives at Glen
Park, was knocked down and tram
pied upon by one of the deer in the
Park. Assistance saved him from be-
ing seriously hurt.
Mrs. Minnie Drinkwater, formerly
of Bridgeport, convicted to 20 years
in prison in 1918, for the murder of
her husband, a saloon keeper, has APP
piled for pardon.
A Spring Green jeweler says that
the new tariff law increases the cost
of wrist watches fully 20 per cent. He
will not advance the prices until his
present stock is exhausted.
Sunday train service on the North
western between MOntfort Jet. and
Galena, has been resumed. Coal
shortage last summer caused the road
to take the Sunday train off the run.
AS she was about to cover her rose
bushes for the winter, Mrs. Ellen NJ
Hodges, Monroe, discovered that large
red roses were in bloom on the bushes.
She picked pretty boquet of roses
and also of snap dragons.
The first shipments of hard coal
have been received at Richland Cen
ter. The price to consumers is $40 a
ton, which is convincing proof that
the cost of the strike is not being paid
for by either miners or operators.
The Prairie du Chen Fire Depart
ment has a set of leather fire buckets
made in 1858 by John Ringing, father
of the Ringing Bros. of circus fame.
The buckets are heavy cowhide cop
per riveted, the edges turned and fin
ished with strong leather bail.
A. A. Ward, Cazenovia butcher, was
accidentally shot. He had bologna
hung on long stick near the gun. In
an effort to dislodge the bologna he
dislodged the gun. In its fall the ham
mer struck projection and the arm
discharged, the ball passing through
Wards arm.
Col. F. G. Marshall recently visited
his old home at Darlington. For the
past two years he has been stationed
at Calvary Headsuarters, at Washing
ton, d. c. He is on a tour of inspec-
ton of Cavalry garrisons of the coun-
try that will require several months.
Archie Davis, teacher OF agriculture
in the Highland school, has engaged
in outside activities and has organized
the Boy Scouts. Mr.. Davis is scout
master. The boys with the assistance
of the scoutmaster and troop COM
mittee have promised to show High
land what that organization can DO
Delbert Chitwood employe of the
R:chIand Center electric department,
is in Madison for treatment for an in
jury to one hip received in fall three
weeks ago. An examination disclosed
that the ball and socket joint OF the
injured hip was crushed. 1t is now
thought that surgical operation Will
correct the trouble.
Anton Huebsch, Ricnland Center on
whose farm revenue men found
still, won his case against the state.
Huebsch stuck to his story that the
still and ingredients for making moon
shine uprooted by the officers must
have been placed there without his
knowledge The jury deemed the evil
dence insufficient to convict.
Construction work on the new
$4,000 building that will house the
Peoples State bank at Pra. du CHEN,
is we'll under way. The building VIII
be 24x70 feet, two stories and base
ment, of Bedford stone with Gothic
half columns reaching from street
line to roof. The interior will be fur
nished in marble and black walnut.
Fox hunting on the streets of Rich
land Center is pastime seldom en-
gagged in, yet Jim Sharp and some
companions made a successful hunt
early Tuesday. A wolf and fox had
escaped from Jim's corral during the
past few weeks, and someone reported
having seen the wolf about the bust
ness streets about 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Sharp secured a hound
and together with some companions
started upon a hunt, which IN about
half an hour led them under the porch
of the L. E. Brewer home, where In
place of the wanted wolf they found
and captured the fox which had been
at liberty for six weeks but had hung
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