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

/ Cuba City farmers are organizing q
warehouse and shipping association.
! L. C. Degenhardt Cuba City, dieo
/ at his home there Friday, Dec. So.
/ A wife and six children survive.
Joseph Tangye, Shullsburg, has
spent Sc of the 81 years of his life in
the house where he now resides.
Friends call Tangye, "0ld Timer
| William Strickland, Galena farrier,
had one foot badly smashed due to a
horse stepping on the member. All
examination disclosed fractured
bone.
Horn Bros, the large ice operators
| of Platteville and Cuba City are now
engaged in harvesting their winter
crop. The ice is of excellent quality
and a foot in thickness.
Elmer Altenberg, Cuba City, loss
two fingers on Is right hand We'd
nesday when he came i'll contact with
a whirling circular saw. The fingers
were taken off at the second joint
Ed. FARMLAND recently cut down
the big cottonwood tree, an old land
mark, that stood in his yard on Min
eral street, formerly the Joe Lincoln
place The tree made 312 cords of
wood-Montfort Mail
What appears to be a rich body Of
ore was discovered near the old Ely
mill at Elizabeth by Alfred Davey and
Gilbert Hutchinson, miners. The men
are certain they have made a good
find.
Paul Birkett. Minneapolis, visit
ing at Hazel Green took down with
a throat complaint that was at first
thought to be diphtheria. The com,
plant was later diagnosed as ton
silitis and early recovery is lookec
for
Sheriff Shipton, Hanover, 10 Da-
vies county, has announced his can
didacy for the office of county treas.
Timothy Grady, IS, Galena black
smith and former alderman, died in
that city Monday. Five grown child
rem survive.
Thos. Sincock, former resident OF
Galena, was badly hurt last week at
Abba, Iowa, where he was employed
in a coal mine He was the victim of
a mine cave-in and his right leg was
crushed so badly that amputation
above the ankle was necessary.
Capt. Samuel Edwards, native OF
! Liverpool. England, where he was
born in 1855, died at Dubuque Tues
day Capt Edwards spent the past
80 years in the government employ
along the upper river, improving nav
igation He left a wife and one son.
Frank J. Mcconnell, Darlington
real estate operator. is dead at the
age OF 81, after a weeks illness. His
son. Ansley, student at the state uni
versity, died ten days ago OF pneu-
monia. Mr. Mcconnell was mem
Der OF the board OF education and
served several terms on the city
council.
Harry Bailey, Richland Center, has
worked out a registration plan for
grade cattle A regular herd book
show that purebred sire has been
used for each individual although the
dams are not purebred. Mr.. Bailey
has filed incorporation papers for
the incorporation Of the Standard
Bred Cattle Club of America.
The lots OH which the which the
Park Hotel, Platteville, stands have
been leased for mining purposes to
H. E. Stephens, president of the
Blockhouse Mining Co. Men will be
put to work at once to sink shaft.
It is believed that a strong ore vein
makes across the city under the hotter
and the pOstotfice.
The Mississippi has entirely closed
and teams have blaZed an ice road
between various important river
points to be used as long as the ice
is safe. Last winter due to the open
weather there was not a single day
crossing The winter before was Sc
yerely cold, having 10 days of solid
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ice would bear the weight Of team
and load.
A Christmas present in the form
of 15-minute bath in the Mississippi
river was what c. r. Peterson. chi
ropractic student gave himself, a
crowd of several hundred people
shivered on the bank while Peterson
gleefully splashed among the ice foes
nue. snow filled the air. Peterson
secured the permission of the chief of
lpoiice Of Davenport, Iowa, before he
took the dive off the levee. He suffer
ed 70 III effects.
E. r. Haincs, cashier Of the Decor
ali State bank, has two old coins that
are valuded by philatelists. One Is
a silver half dollar that was coined
in 1925, SO years ago 1t has plain
edges without milling. the Goddess
of Liberty on one side and a rampant
eagle on the other The words in
God We Trust" are missing from the
coin The other coin IS q gold dollar
coined in 1854 How these coins
came into the bank is not known
except that they were deposited in
the natural course of business.
One Of the largest and best stills
eyer seen in 10 Davies county was
found at the Menominee home Of Mrs.
Annie Steffens. When the officers ar
rived at the house and informed the
woman that they had a search war
rant she politely asked them in and
then led the way to the second floor
where the still of copper and shining
like looking glass was in operation.
There was an abundance of mash and
some liquor that tested about $50
proof Mrs, Steffen pleaded guilty
and was released upon her payment
iof a fine of $128.55 The beautiful
still was thrown into the river. The
woman has several small children
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