Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES And
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

port III
Miss Della Wiseley and E. F. Lund,
caShler OF the Lafayette County State
Bank at Darlington were married Fri
day.
Mrs. Joseph Cannon, aged 26 years
died at her home in Darlington Tues
day. Death was caused by heart
trouble
The boy scouts of Dubuque are on
a crusade against rats to the present
time have killed 300. One lad has $50
to his credit.
Miss Leone Richards, niece of Mrs.
Kate Lanyon Of Mineral Point and
Gerald Weisen of Linden were mar
ried at Galena.
Mrs. Geo. Devoe, Dodgeville, broke
an egg that contained three yolks.
1t measured 61a by 81a inches. Mr.
Devoe had pretty large omeIet from
one egg that morning.
Mrs. Halvor Lee, Linden, died Fri
day after an illness of four months
with complications causing jaundice.
She was a native of Norway. A hus-
band, five daughters and three sons
survive.
The Darlington school board met
and elected Prof. Arthur E. Cross Of
St Ignace, Michigan, as principal for
the next school year, at salary of
$4,000. There were number of can
didates for the position.
A decision was handed down by
Judge Aldro jerks in Iowa County
Court Saturday in the case of Marie
ROether VS.. Nicholas ]. Roether and
A. F. Bishop, Jr., as guardian declar-
ing the marriage of Marie and Nicho-
las Roether to be null and void.
While southern Wisconsin people
were shivering last week and decry-
ing the cold northern Wisconsin
towns, Amigo, Neenah, Stevens Point,
Wausau and Merrill, were visited by
quite heavy snowfall and lowering
temperatures. Ice formed here on
both Thursday and Friday nights.
General r. b. Mccoy of Sparta is
at Rochester, Mimi, for medical
treatment. He had had two trans
fusions of blood. General Mccoy has
been failing in health since he was
gassed while serving in the World
War. He is a man honored and
adored by the men Of the 32nd Divis-
ion in which he served.
Irwin, the three-year-Old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Kunnert Of Dubuque, was
instantly killed in the city Saturday
afternoon near the intersection Of
Central Avenue and Twenty
streets, when he was struck and run
over by a south bound Dodge-LinwoOd
car The little fellow ran across the
street failing to see the approaching
car.
The Wholesale Baking Establish
ment, a new enterprise for Mineral
Point, started out in full blast the
first of this week. 1t is located in
the Henry Kieffer building, High
street, three doors below the U. S.
hotel. 1t is of large capacity and
equipped to nicely for all kinds of
baking-bread by wholesale is to be
the speciality.
Plans are being made by the Eagle
Point Bridge Company to start work
on the new fill and steel structure
work to replace the wooded irestles
in the near future. Contractors have
practically completed with fabrica-
ton of the new steel. Upon compile
ton the bridge will be modern and
up-to-date 1t will be entirely of
steel from the Iowa to the Wisconsin
side.
Richland Democrat: The third be-
reayement in ten days in the George
Saturday last, when Mrs. Austin's
mother, Mrs. Thomas Griffin, Joined
husband and son-in-law in deaths
fold. Her death followed two weeks
illness of f1u-pneumonia. She was
the widow of the late Thomas Griffin,
of West Lima and was nearly SO
years of age Funeral services were
held Monday at Fancy creek.
A large barn at the Monastery in
Table Mound township II miles
southeast of Dubuque was destroyed
bv fire Sunday night of last week
along with the contents, is thorough
bred draft horses, grain, tools, etc.
The barn was an extremely large
modern building. The damage is es-
timated at $4,000. The reflection of
the big blaze could be plainly seen in
Grant county. The fire which is OF
unknown origin sarted at 1880 and
burned until 1880 o'clock. The valu-
able horses had just been brought in
from the pastures and were to be put
to work blowing Monday morning.
queer action for damages was
taken from trial and settled in con-
ference at Richland Center last week.
The estate of Jay Turner brought suit
for damages against A. II. krouskop,
the we'll known merchant. MI. hrOuS-
kop had donated a vacant lot in the
rear of his store as hitching place
for farmers teams. Mr.. Turner put
his team up there one night last year
and in the darkness fell into an open
ING near the store, sustaining hurts
that caused his death. The estate
sought TO hold Krouskop responsible.
Mr.. Krouskop explained that he had
donated the hitching place as a con-
venience, and while he regretted Mr..
Turner's demise he did not feel NOR
ally or legally responsible. During the
trial the Turner boy, a lad Of ten
years. tainted on the stand while be-
inc closely questioned and was car
ried out. When the boys mother
saw him collapse she too tainted from
fright and anxiety. The case was
taken from the jury and settled.