Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-25
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Torch proof steel doors weighing 12,-
600 pounds apiece and Is inches in.
thick, each door is protected by two
independent combination locks and
one triple movement lock. 1t required
IL solid hours of expert work to end
one door up. When the vault ISIS COM
pleted the officials estimate it will
take "a hours of uninterrupted work
to force an entrance.
A young couple of Argyle were ar
rested at Dodgeville where they had
stopped over night on their way to
Galena to be married. The man was
% and the girl IS. The Iowa county
sheriff held the young people until
the sheriff of Lafayette county and
the girls father arrived the day
following.
The Dodgeville electric fire alarm
failed to operate when the telephone
girl pushed the button to announce
blaze at the w. J. Grifiths home.
Fortunately the blaze came i'll the day
time and other means were used to
call the firemen. The blaze was due
10 burning chimney and easily sub
dued
1t cost SO to slap a girls face in
Portage county, John Kilewski dis
covered when he paid fine and costs
after pleading guilty at Dewey to
charge of assault and battery Mike
Hoppa complained that Mr.. Kilesew
ski slapped the face of his 15-year-old
daughter, Rosa, Jan. 1.
Cecil Seely, Waupaca county youth,
paroled following a plea of guilty to
the charge of passing worthless
check, enjoyed the freedom of parole
Tor fifteen minutes, when he was ar
rested the second time by the Wau
paca county sheriff on a similar
charge.
Peter Bausch Jr., the Cassville
farmer who died Saturday week ago
of pneumonia, had helped nurse his
children through siege of pneu
monia. The strain weakened his
condition so that he was not strong
enough 10 stand the attack of pneu
rnonia.
Henry Krumrey, La Toilette leader
and president of the Wisconsin
Cheese federation, hanged himself in
his cottage at Crystal Lake. siXImiles
west of Plymouth The body was
found Friday night and taken to Ply
mouth.
Carl Stevenson, World war veter-
an, formerly of Galena, was killed
in train wreck at Ration, N. M, on
Friday. Jan. 49, His father and two
brothers reside at Elizabeth and the
body was shipped to Galena for bur-
ial.
Mrs. Chas. Bunt and daughter, Dor
Othy, returned home to Montfort Sat
urday after an extended visit at the
DR.. Gault home. Mrs. Gault has
shown a decided Improvement in
health recently after a long illness.
Winslow Quick, one of the oldest
Nv nd nKxT n CT
week in Wyalusing township. The
funeral was held Sunday at Patch
Grove. Mr.. Quick was about "a years
old and had numerous descendants.
A total of 5000 carloads of crushed
stone were taken from the quarries at
Lannon. four miles west OF Menom-
inee Falls. Hundreds of men are en-
ployed in the quarries in the summer
The Leadmine Mining Co., Meek
er's Grove, has incorporated and is
selling stock DR. Blackstone Of
Shullsburg is president and James
X. Winn is vice president.
Jack rabbits may De scarce IN Wis
consin but Raymond Spellum and
Stanley Jackson. Viroqua hunters,
shot one near the city that weighed
1919 pounds.
The Jackson schoolhouse in the
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was destroyed by fire about five
o'clock, Thursday evening a week
ago. The cause is unknown.
F. J. Moore, Platteville dry goods
merchant. was elected vice president
of the Wisconsin Retail Dry Goods
association at the convention in Mil
waukee last week.
Archbishop j. ]. Keane, Dubuque,
has sailed for Rome. He expects to
nav his respects at the Vatican and
remain in Europe for about two
months.
Frank Whalen, II. died at Darl-
ington hospital following an opera
ton for appendicitis. Burial was
made at Gratiot.
Mrs. John Conway of Argyle, was
found dead in her bed by her husband.
Heart trouble was the cause OF death.
Mrs. Frank Smith and daughter,
IyanelIe, spent Sunday at the Bert
and Rollo Smith homes in Fennimore.
500 cheesemakers were at Monroe
last week for the annual convention
of cheesemakers of southwest Wis.
Floyd Dolphin, Livingston, ana
Helen Coombs. Arthur, were married
at Dubuque, Friday week ago.
Verna Tremaine. Cobb, and Aldro
Pengelly, Dodgeville, were married at
the brides home last week
Mrs. Amelia Harms died at her
home nearly Highland Monday. Death
was due to hemorrhage.
F. Schultz, Highland, has bought
an interest in the Tomas & lockwood
store at Fennimore.
FIovd Rech of Cassville and Agnes
Hillary of Glen Haven, were recently
married at Dubuque.
Mrs. D. H. Cross died at the home
nj her son. Bernard, at Highland,
wednesday.
The Big Dick and No. One mines
at Meekers Grove are hauling ore
Leona Harms ana Ineo Busca' Ootn
Belmont, were married Jan. IL.