Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-12
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREVITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Z ri
State Area.

Ed. Roethe was elected Mayor oil
Fennimore.
Charles Helms, an aged citizen
OF Darlington died Friday.
carload of machinery has been
received at Lancaster for road work.
Mrs. Ellen O'Brien daughter of the
late Michael Mcclure died at Darling
ton Friday.
Mrs. Catharine Brown, 80, Avoca,
died recently. She was the mother OF
ten children.
Mrs. James Rowe died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Pea
cock at Benton.
The wood saw outfit of Herbert
Kinch was burned while he was work
ing on the Charles Arthur place at
Leslie.
As usual the month of March was
a busy one for the Register of Deeds.
$40 instruments were filed during
that time.
J. V. Rogers, Dodgeville, has the
honor of having voted sixty-One times
at the spring election in the town OF
DOdgeVille.
Mrs. Hugh r. Hughes, 81, Dodge
vile, died March 81, of pneumonia,
after a short illness. She leaves d
husband and two children.
John Williams, Pecatonfca, near
Mineral Point, had a portion of his
elbow Joint sawed off while operating
o circular saw Saturday. Williams
foot slipped, causing him to fall on
the saw.
Dodgeville is to have a factory, to
De known as the Wisconsin Toy and
Novelty Co, to make teeter-totters,
invented by f. M. Funk of Dodgeville
Material has been ordered for 1000
OF these teetertotters.
The lead mine owned by G.. A. Love-
land, Chas Snow and Bert Plum at
New Diggings is developing into a
good small mine The sheet at pres
ent is better than three inches thick
mostly lead When equipped for
separating the mine gives promise of
becoming paying property.
The Yewdell mine, MOntfort, has
sold 5000 tons of mine tailings or
chats" The bulk of the failing have
been shipped to Minnesota for road
work.
The death Of Mrs. George Williams
Of Mineral Point, a young matrOn,
was soon followed by that of her in
FAINT son, James Toay, who died at the
age OF three weeks. Mr. Williams lost
his wife and son in the space of a
short time.
Herman Timme, of the firm Of
Iimme Bros, prOprietOrs of the Mir
rOr Lake mills at DeltOn, was acquit-
ted on six counts before a Baraboo
jury. He was charged with selling
bags of buckwheat and corn meal of
a short weight. A state food inspec-
tor made the complaint.
The Linden Zinc company's separa-
ting plant, sold at Cuba City recently
under sheriff's sale to Sadie Dent, the
plaintiff in an action for damages
and bid in by her for 81, 100, has been
sold to junk dealers 1t is said that
the original owners are nOy endeav-
Oring to buy the plant back.
Mrs. Jefferson Bondurant. Platte
vile, passed away Tuesday at the age
of 81 years Mr.. and Mrs. BOndurant
recently celebrated their golden we'd
ding Deceased is survived by her
husband and three sons, Ed. Platte
Vile; Jasper, Dodgeville, and Will
liam, Thief River Falls, Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Eberle, former
residents Of Richland Center, were re-
married at Madison last week. The
coHple were first married in 1878 and
lived together until 1909 when they
were divorced. Since then Eberle has
lived at Highland and his wife at Mad
is0n. Eberle is 81 and his wife CO.
W. K. GilIisp1e. the prominent Mt.
Ida breeder of DurOc Jersey swine,
has a record of eight sOws narrowing
80 pigs, which he claims is a record
hard to beat. The top SOW farrowed
20, another Is, another IA and none
less than S. Mr.. Gillispie has paid
considerable attention to developing
prolific mothers and is getting fine re-
suits
c. X. Stephens Of Montfort has been
appointed referee in bankruptcy for
8eimer Helgeson, Castle Rock young
farmer HelgesOn was recently 4
defendant in a suit for breech OF
promise brought by Miss Iona Nun
son Of Montfort The jury gave the
young lady Il $4,000 verdict and Hell
geson's declaration of bankruptcy
soon followed.
Clayton Young, a Lone Rock youth,
was arrested last week on a charge OF:
forgery Young was confronted with
several specimens Of his penmau-
ship and doggedly denied that he had
written the checks even though the
signatures compared with other spec.
mems OF his handwriting Then he
was found to possess a nearly new
Ford. The engine numbers were
compared with car missing at Barn
eve}d. Young admitted that he stole
the car and had been driving it since
last November. He was held on the
forgery charge.
Clarence Williams, formerly Of
Montfort, died suddenly at his HON,
IN Minneapolis. Saturday morning a
week ago Mr. Williams and wife had
entertained friends the evening be-
tore and the morning of his death
Mr.. Williams arose in good health as
usual. He was the first up and per.
formed few household tasks pre-
paratory to leaving for his office. jok-
ing his wife about beating her to
It, he went to the bathroom to
shave and dress and his wife getting
no response to her calls for breakfast.
found him lying on his bed. dead