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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

I popular man and served as governor
/ OF the state of Kansas.
/ George r. Walker, bright young
man, succeeded VIM. Hunt in the gen
eral merchandise business in British
in the fall Of "a. He graduated from
Cambridge Mass. college and was a
natural born leader of men and after
! entering into business for himself,
+ became prominent III everything per-
tanning to the welfare of the COM
/ munity, such as the church, school,
mines and other matters He sue
+ ceeded Joel Pedlar as postmaster in
i British Hollow in 1865 After being
j in British Hollow for a number Of
! wears he disposed Of his store to
/ Alex Ivey and ". E. Webb and moved
to Lancaster and the little mining
/ village lost a useful citizen. Having
/ a business turn of mind and after
leaving Lancaster, he engaged in
many enterprises in different parts
Of the country. He died at Water
/ town. NJ II, two years ago.
/ VIM. r Ennor was another prom
Iinent British Hollow man who came
4 to the Snake Hollow mines in 1885,
f He removed to British Hollow in
1882 and with Joseph Petty en-
gagged in the smelling business. En-
nor and Petty built the stone blast
] furnace that yet stands though I'M
used, down the hollow below the
village The firm continued in bus
mess until about 1860 when they
I ceased. Ennor returned to Potosi in
1862 and took charge Of the City
hotel which he wa conducting at the
| time OF his death in 1869. His widow
whose maiden name was Fanny u
! Rem, with her four children, Lizzie,
Mary, William and Thomas b., con-
tinued to live i'll the hotel or until
, the widow became the wife of Henry
L. Massey. The two sons, William
and DR.. Thomas B. Ennor. have
passed away. Lizzie, Mrs. George
T. Foster, a widow, and Miss Mary,
are the only surviving ones of the
family William T. Ennor was one
Of the first members of the board of
supervisors Of the town of Potosi in
1S49. He was town treasurer in 80
and 81 and chairman Of the town
board in 1855 He was county treas
urer in '55 and '56
Joseph Petty, after retiring from
the smelling business, engaged in var
iOus other pursuits, principally min
ing. He was a member Of the town
board Of supervisors in "a and supt.
Of the county farm in the earIy'80s.
He died there Among the other
early arrivals to the British Hollow
mines were Joseph, Ambrose and
Smith Jarrett, the Thwaite and
Craize families, Major George w,
Paugh. Isaac GLADDEN., John Wilson,
Adam Knapp and John Kruger.
In my Dec. IA chapter / quoted
that Dr. Birdsell committed suicide III
British Hollow in 1868 or &c. Tin this
[ was wrong as to the year when he
ended his life. 1t was in 1873.
10 be continuedl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11
1l1tth tlrr pntnHt ptn1tfrrH
Thy Judge Wilmottl

followed mining and gained a hand
some competency and knew how to
take care of it. He was married to
Miss Elizabeth Lyons, daughter OF
John Lyons in 1852 who came to the
Snake Hollow mines in IS. She was
a woman Of culture and a fine music
ian and a remarkable woman III all
respects. Though having none OF her
own, she was a great lover Of child
rem She took great delight in the
cultivation OF young peoples voices
and at one time had a vocal class
that was unsurpassed. The writer
VOL remembers that Mrs. Davies was
solicited to bring this class to the
/ village OF Potosi and give a concert
and it was her great delight to bring
this class forward One winter even
ing in 1868 they made their appear
ance and gave a patriotic concert in
the Catholic church to an audience
that filled the church to capacity
The church was the largest and the
only building in POtosi that would
1 accommodate the large crowd that
was expected. Mrs Davies had made
beautiful and appropriate selection
Of patriotic songs and the program
so well rendered drew the applause
of the large and enthusiastic audience
The members of the class were Liz
zie and Mary Pedlar, Julia Gregay,
Henry Hunt, Billie Eustice and others
whose names have escaped my mem
Dry The class afterWard gave q
concert in Beetown for the benefit Of
the village chu CHI Mr. Davies was
a man Of great strength and could
icgl1f In ho
times he worked in the fields of
Boice Prairie 1t was said that Tom
Davies could cut and did cut more
grain with a grain cradle than any
two men in those parts. He was a
great Bible student and it was said
that he and his devoted wife had read
the good book through no fewer than
three times. He was, at the time of his
death a few years ago, the Oldest Sun
day school superintendent in point
of service in the United States, hav-
ing served in that capacity sixty
years. He was a Christian man in all
that the word implies and many hum
dreds Of dollars he contributed to the
cause of Christianity and with his eff
forts and contributions the handsome
Congregational church in POtosi was
built. He was a man without the
sense Of smell as was proven upon a
certain occasion Some men from
British Hollow were mining on the
De Tantabarz range in Potosi and
one night skunk fell into the shaft
in which they were working. The
following morning when the men re
turned to work they discovered by the
smell coming from the shaft that q
skunk had jumped the claim and was
in full possession. How to remove it
they were at q loss to know as none
could bear the skunk OdOr. They
then thought OF Tom Davies and APP
piled to him to remove the skunk ana
Tom readily consented to do so. He
went to the mine and donning some
old clothes was lowered down the
shaft He dispatched his skunkship
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

In the early fifties an )ther store
was opened up in British Hollow by
Jacob Leppla and Peter Kaltenbach,
the latter being financed by MS
brother, Celcstin Kaltenbach. The
firm continued in business for several
years. The venture did not prove to
be a profitable one and the firm OF
Kaltenbach and Leppla ceased to
exist. Peter Kaltenbach then became
clerk in the store Of brother Celes-
tin in the village Of Potosi. He was
drowned on Main street in the village
on the night OF June 2, 1862 The
streets were oyerfoWed by water due
to the big food Of that date.
John U'ren is supposed to have
been the first blacksmith in British
Hollow. He went to California IN
about the year 1851, and died there,
leaving descendants Of whom some
are still living in that state.
Joel Pedlar, the first postmaster in
British Hollow, was an early black
smith in this village and worked at
his trade for many years. He re-
tired from the shop and entered into
the general store business with his
son. John Pedlar Another son, Ejt-
blacksmith business. Mr. Pedlar had
a very interesting family OF three
sons, John, Elijah and one son, Alb
SALON., commonly called, Happy" and
three daughters, Emily, Elizabeth and
Mary, the latter being twins. They
survived the awful smallpox scOurge
scourge OF 1850, though more or less
married for life.
These twin sisters were possessed
Of beautiful voices and under in
struction Of Mrs. Thomas Dawes,
they became noted singers. Emily
the eldest sister, married Henry
Penberthy, an early arrival to the
mines, and was known as captain
Harry" a title given to mine bosses
in England Both passed to the bet
ter land many years ago. Elizabeth
became the wife Of Samuel stephens,
once the owner of the British brew
cry, and in later years followed farm
ing as a pursuit Mrs. Stephens died
in Lancaster short time ago, Mr..
Stephens preceded her in death a few
years previously. Mary married JAS
Paugh, a young British Hollow man
OF ability, and only son ct Major Geo
W. Paugh, an early pioneer. James
IduSl went 70 OOIOIduO III IuG 6GN6ll~
ties and in later years Mrs, Paugh,
with her two daughters, Anna and
Rosa, Joined the husband and father
in that country Both Mr.. and Mrs
Paugh have passed to their eternal
rest. There are none now living i'm
British Hollow brearing the name OF
the well known Pedlar family.
Another prominently known early
arrival to the mines was Welsh
man named Thomas Davies. He
came to Dubuque from Ohio and was
well educated as he had worked his
way through Oberlin college He fol-
lowed mining in Dubuque and being
fairly successful, he invested his
earnings in Dubuque and in the
course of time became very valuable.
Coming to British Hollow, he gain
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

and brought it to the surface to the
qualification of the miners who de-
sired to pay Tom for regaining pos
session of their mine. He scorned
pay and said the act was done for
friendship and dollars didn't count.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Davies are gone
from this world to that heavenly land
they so cherished. They had no
children. Aunt Lizzie was the au-
thor of two books, one being Mothers
Life Story and the other the title o.
which ! do not know.
1t is related that in the early min
ing days, a miner, whose name mas
been forgotten. was living alone in
a cabin over in Yankee Hollow. 4
short distance from the business cen
ter Of British Hollow He came up
to the village one evening and bought
Ia gallon jug of. whiskey. On his re-
turn to his cabin he stumbled ano
cracked the jug and rather than see
that good whiskey slowly O0zing from
the jug. he sat down and drank the
contents His body was found the
next morning along the side OF the
beaten path.
About the year 1851, a public school
A log building was established near
where the present stone school house
stands The entrance was about is
inches above the ground and was
made with hewn log as a doorstep.
The first teacher of the school was a
man named John ID. Mulliken, who
afterward became saloonkeeper in
the village and justice Of the peace.
A man named Hudson became the
next teacher OF the school and taught
i'll and 1866. As / am informed he
was an average teacher in those days.
He afterwards taught school in Po-
tosi Daniel Banfield taught TINS
school for several terms and until
1860 He was a good Christian man
though quite eccentric, He taught
a good school and the pupils all
liked him. In the early days tins
limited term of school was three
months in the year William Hodges
next came in line as teacher of the
British school, taking charge in 1860.
He was well educated, probably bet
ter than his predecessors. Few
teachers were more strict than Bill
Hodges, order and discipline he
would have if he had to fight for it.
The pupils had to obey no matter
how old or how young. The follow
ing episode was many times related
to me by boys who then attended the
school A girl about fourteen or
fifteen years DID, one day became de-
faint and refused to obey the teacher
Hodges, nothing daunted, took the
young lady across his lap and gave
her a spanking. This may seem in
credible but was nevertheless a fact
The pupils had to toe the mark under
him hut all or nearly all made good
Roadway with their studies. Johnny
Powell once threw an ink bottle at
the teacher. What became Of Jack
at that time I am unable to say, but
he is still living. Hodges left Brit
ish Hollow in 1865 and went to BOs-
cobeI In 1868 he returned this way
and took charge of the City hotel in
Potosi He became infatuated with
handsome lady boarder named Mrs.
Watts aud this caused family trouble
In 1870 he moved to Kansas where he
died many years ago. A son, whom the
writer knew very we'll, became very
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11
pECEMBER WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE rirst half OF
the month was unusually warm, the
first Is days having an average daily
excess of degrees. The last half
was almost continuously below nor
NAL The mean for the entire month
was about two and half degrees
above normal The highest temper
ature, SO degrees. occurred on the lst
and the lowest. degrees below zero
on the 25th There were three days
with temperatures below zero, and
z days with minima above freezing.
PRECIPITATION 80 Precipitation
was OIL inch above the December
average, and the heaviest since 1888.
The greater part Of it fell as rain on
the 1st and 10Th The total snowfall
was only 3.8 inches, the highest De-
cember snowfall for six years.
RIVER Mississippi river stages
were the lowest for December since
1910, and reached the very low stage
of 04 foot on the 25th. This was
probably due to ice gorges above Du-
buque. The river froze over on the
25th and remained closed for the re-
mainder Of the month. There were
about 7 inches of ice in the river at
the end Of the month.
HALO-An unusual form of halo
was observed on Dec 3 at 1905 p. m.
This was a circumzenithl arc. About
40 degrees Of circumference were
visible with the zenith as the center.
The colors of the spectrum were very
pure and brilliant, the red on the con-
vex Of the arc and towards the sun.
Altitude OF the sun, about % degrees.
Altitude of the halo, about II degrees,
or 10 degrees from zenith.
Thomas A. Blair, Meteorologist,
Weather Bureau Office, Dubuque, la.
December 81, 1921.
Mrs. Phil Ryan of Humboldt, Ia,
was in Lancaster last week visiting
old friends.
Mrs. Walter j. Brennan was Mad
ison passenger Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Steele were pas
sengers to Bascobel Friday afternoon
The heavy traffic on the North
western out Of Lancaster lately may
indicate return of prosperity. The
incoming traffic has also been very
heavy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

Jacob Venner, Hazel Green, died
at his home there last Thursday He
was an old resident of the village.
Just half of the Winnebago county
citizens drawn on the January cir
cult court jury are women. Twelve
are from Oshkosh, two from Neenan,
one from Rushford and one from On
rO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

The only insurance that will benefit your family is the insure
not what YOU hope to take later on
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
DICK ALIEN DOG, NOT
OUT OF DANGER YET

LANSDALE, Pa, July Sit was
believed that when the dog Dick"
was saved from death last weekatthe
request of President Harding, that
the most colorful case ever heard In
the North Penn was concluded. How
ever, such is not the case. for Coun-
ty Game Protector jeremiah Reinert
declares he is not satisfied and viii
file an official protest.
Reinert says Magistrate Boorse
was without his rights when he re
mitted a fine OF S25 imposed on Sii.
verman and the magistrate has re-
ceived this telegram from Seth T..
Gordon. secretary of the game COM
mission at Harrisburg: THE law o.
Pennsylvania requires that the dog
be killed. Since you have disposed
of the case contrary thereto. We
have nothing further to do with the
matter"
II may be that the dog In whose
behalf thousands entered pleas. in
cluding President and Mrs. Harding.
still is in danger.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08


STORY differences between the two.
countries their ideals and interests
are the same.
Mrs. Leroy Cooper and son, Of
Memphis, Tenn, are at the Burltng.
ton Hotel. while they are In Wash.
ing.
Mrs. w. d. Morgan and Mrs. W. Y.
McComas, Of Baltimore. have come
to Washington for the weekend and
are stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Garrick Players
Guests Of Arts Club.
The Garrick Players will be the
guests of honor at a tea to be given
at the Arts Club tomorrow after
noon from 4 to $50 o'clock. James
Otis Porter will be the host.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthus Keith left
| Washington last week for New Eng
land and are now established at Far
| View, their summer home on Mt.
| Crotched, New Hampshire, until fall.
| -
| Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert 8. Davis,
U. g. A., Paris Island, IS. c., are in
Washington for q few weeks. and
have engaged apartments at the
Burlington Hotel.
| -
Downeys Return Soon
From Their Honeymoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Faber
Downey. jr.. who have been spending
their honeymoon abroad. will arrive
In New York Wednesday aboard the
| Olympic and win go Immediately to
Southampton, where they will be the
guests Of Mrs. Downey's mother,
Mrs. Van Ingen, in her summer
home. Mrs. Van Ingen will enter.
tain at dinner in compliment to tn sm
on July Is.
Mrs. Fairfax Stuart Lands.reet
and daughter. Miss Mary Davis
Landstreet. formerly of Washing
ton, will leave on the President Taft
to pass the rest Of the summer in
Europe,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fitz Simmons,
who recently returned to their sum-
mer home. Harborview, Newport,
from a visit to the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Roderick Terry, have gone to New
York and will sail today for Eucador.
They will return to their Newport
home In the fall and will sail for
Europe soon after Christmas.
-
CONGRESSMAN and Mrs. Thomas
d. Schall are entertaining q large
house party at Wyncrest. After the
departure of these guests about July
l16. Mr.. and Mrs SchaIi will motor to
Minnesota for the remainder Of the
recess.
The Princess Ghika has returned
to New York from Southampton TO
meet her sister, Mrs. Rafael Zaldi-
var, wife of the former minister
from Salvador to the United States.
who has arrived from Central
America.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet, who attended the ma
neuvers at Gettysburg, have re.
turned to wardman Park Hotel and
will remain there until the Tacna-
AFRICA conference is over. when they
plan to 60 to Hot Springs for several
weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Washington
Pezet, their son and daughter-in-law,
who are their guests, will remain q
while longer.
i Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Shaw, Of 720
Park road, have as their guests Mr..
and Mrs. John Bolander and their
son. Louis Bolander. Of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Il Paul Lanjn, the noted 'cellist, pu-
Dill of Pappir, who owns some won
derful yiolins and cellos from the
collection of the prince Of Monte.
negro, will play on his most noted
instrument tomorrow evening at the
International Association Of Art and
Letters, 1715 I street. Mary Helen
Howe will be the soprano and Marie
Howe Spur the pianist. The nu-
sicale will follow the regular Sun
day supper.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Jean ELiOt'S Mems
Of CAPITAL Society
(Continued from Page 6.)

Continued from Page g.
the month";. Miss Agnes stitt left
Monday Tor Kennebunk Beach.
Maine. She will join her parents in
the White mountains for the re-
mainder Of the summer.
-
William F. r. Hit has Joined
his mother. Mrs. r. r. Hit. at
Barton Lodge. the, cottage which
she has leased at Hot Springs. The
Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr.. Mel
Ion. occupied the cottage last sum-
mer.
-
Mrs. Kenna Elkins. who has been
the guest of Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry at her home in the Catskills.
returned to Washington yesterday.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel p. Ficklin,
Miss Daviette Ficklin and Holmes
Ficklin have gone to Belgrave Lakes.
Me-, for the summer.
-
Congressman and Mrs. John Philip
Hill have returned from the Cats
kills. where they were members Of
a house party entertained over the
Fourth by Senator and Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
will leave the latter part Of next
week on a motor trip.
Miss Elizabeth Mcleod, who has
been visiting Miss Gertrude Yung
Kwai, daughter Of the Charge DAT
faires Of the Chinese Legation and
Nine. Yung Kwai. has returned to
her home in Alabama.
Miss Yung Kwai has gone to Co
lonial Beach. where her family has
a cottage for the summer:
-
Mrs. Joseph Letter and her chill
dren, who are at their summer home,
Beverly Farms, have as their guests
Mrs. Letters mother, Mrs. John r.
Williams, and her sister. Mrs. Pit
ney.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran. who
Is at the Shoreham. will leave In a
few days with her daughter. Mrs.
Malcolm McConihe. for Newport. TO
spend the summer.
-
Among those who entertained
guests at the Shubert Ggarrick
Theater to see The Hottentot," d"
were the Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet. Mr.. Lefevre, charge
d'affaires Of Panama, and Mrs. F.
b. Moran.
The President Of the Philippine
Senate, Manuel l.. Quezon, and the
other members OF the Philippine
mission who spent several weeks at
Wardman Park Hotel. have left
there for New FORK.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Best Petworth
LOcation-SS.SOO.

Excellently built and distinctive
brick house, near Soldiers Home Park,
Hreet cars schools and stores; on high
elevation. Six rooms, reception hall,
bath, sleeping and breakfast porches,
front and rear porehss, open fireplace.
hot-water heat, electric Hight, hardwood
floors. pantry. large closets; complete
in every detail. 1900 cash and easy
terms.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
29O9 Porter st. N. w.
$4,000.

Most attractive two-story bungalow
type, stucco over hollow tile house,
with eight rooms and two baths.
Strictly modern; lot 100 by 12b feet,
. with shade, shrubbery and garage.
Close to Connecticut ave. in . high
class Cleveland Park section.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Lanier Pl.
$4,000.

Substantial tapestry brick house, in
high class location. Eight rooms
three baths, two sleeping porches. front
and rear porches. modern In all ap-
pointments. Best condition. Built in
garage. Lot 20 feet wide by 1i3 feet
deep to an alley.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
DEATHS
MRS. H. r. TINDALL.

Mrs. Helen Rand Tindall. wife Of
DIR. William Tindall, and a pioneer
In the woman suffrage movement.
died yesterday at Boone, Nd, in
the home Of her daughter. Mrs.
Kate T. Samuels. Besides her hus-
band, DR.. Tindall. superintendent Of
the bureau OF information at the
District building. the deceased
leaves n daughter. Mrs. Samuels,
and three sons. Funeral services
will be held Monday at 4 p. m. In
the Lee Chapel, at 332 Pennsyl.
vania avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
NORMAN w. WATERS.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, July s.-The
funeral, Of Norman w. Waters, one
Of the county's best-known bust.
ness men. who died In q Washing
ton hospital on Wednesday, follow.
ing an illness of only a few days,
took place from the Presbyterian
Church at Darnestown, many per.
sons from various parts Of the
country attending. The services at
the grave were In charge Of the
Masons. Burial was in the cemetery
near the church.
Mr.. Waters was the only son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Haitian A. Waters,
Of Travilah. He conducted a large
mercantile establishment at Ger
mAntown.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Chevy Chase, Md.
S17,S0O.

Excellent detached home. containing g
nine rooms and two baths on threc
floors. Every modern appointment.
excellent condition. Lot s0x11o feet.
Best section, close to Connecticut ave.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Illinois Ave.
SlO.SCDO.

siI-room ynd III. bath frame bunsa.
low; front and rear porches. hot-water
heat. electric light. hardwood floors
and trim. open fireplace. cellar. iaun-
dry. toilet and all modern features. Lot
SO by ITO. with garage.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Henry White Draper
Sails on Manchuria.

Henry White Draper sailed with
a party Wednesday July 5, on the
Manchuria bound for England. Mr..
Draper plans to visit England, Bel.
GUM, France. Switzerland, Italy
and Bavaria where the party will
attend the Passion Play. They plan
to return to Washington about
September /. The following Wash.
ington people are included in this
group: DR.. and Mrs. w. II. Atkin.
son. Mr.. w. II. Atkinson, jr., Miss
M. E. Bond. Mrs. H. M. Burke,
Miss E. L. Fox. Miss M. H. Hardy,
Miss c. l.. Henrietta, Miss e. NJ.
Hessey, Mrs. 8. X. Hollingsworth
Mrs. X. v. Kern. Miss A. L. Kern,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. s Little, Miss
Florence Mattice, Miss Margaret
Noud. Miss Emma Mould, Miss E.
e. Phillips. Mrs. M. 8. Pierce, Miss
Marion Rebuschatis, and John c.
Copenhaver.
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry are at the Ritz-Carlton, New
York, where Mr.. and Mrs. Amory
s. Carhart, Of Tuxedo Park, also are.
-
James M. Beck, Solicitor General
Of the United States who spent the
past week in Paris, has left for
Switzerland.
During his stay in Paris Mr.. Beck
was the recipient Of many signal
honors from the French legal world,
and was received by President MIL
lerand. with whom he had a long
conversation. The minister Of jus
tice, Louis Barthou, gave n luncheon
for Mr.. Beck, and he was also enter.
tained by the Society les Amis de la
France.
The warmness OF his reception,
Mr.. Beck says, has convinced him
more than ever Of the deep attach.
ment of the French people and their
leaders for America and their con.
sciousness that behind all the tran.