Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-10-25
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIESAND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUents
of WeekF From 7ri-
State Area.

The Yewdell mine at Livingston has
been reopened.
Archie Craig, Darlington, and Marie
Mussehl, Dubuque, were married last
week.
Roy Roberts, Leslie, and Miss Anna
Jones, Platteville, were married We'd
nesday.
Orville Richards, Belmont, and Miss
Ruby Lyons, Benton, were married
last week.
The corner stone of the new l. O..
o. F. building was laid at Galena last
Wednesday.
DR.. G. c. Gratiot, for over so years
an active physician at Shullsburg, is
seriously i'll.
Arnold Beck and Aline Bartholo-
new, both of Fennimore, were mar
ried at Dubuque.
The Darlington high school has in
stalled radio outfit. Concerts and
lectures are received nightly.
The First National bank of Shulls-
burg has the largest bank deposits of
any bank in Lafayette county.
Work has been resumed in a num-
Der of southwest Wisconsin mines. A
scarcity of shovelers has already been
| reported.
Mrs. JOS. Grebner, Barneveld, in
! jured while on motor trip on the Ed
mund road, died at st. Joseph's hos
pital, Dodgeville.
Mrs. James McAuley died at her
home in So. Wayne last week. The
body was taken to Platteville for in
terment Thursday.
The scarcity of houses at Platte
vile is so great that local citizens are
considering the organization of
building and loan association.
! JOS Temperly, Shullsburg, lost his
| large barn and several small build
! ings by fire Wednesday. The high
wind prevented control of the fire.
Grant w. Benedict, a we'll known
| farmer and stock raiser of Elk Grove,
| died Oct. IA, after a lingering illness
at the age of SO years. He leaves
widow and four grown children.
| Mrs. Susan Stevens, Shullsburg,
was 80 years old Saturday, October
IA. The old lady has lived in Shulls-
burg for rs years. Her husband died
| in 1907 and the old lady now makes
her home with her daughter
| he CudpJSI vi CllC L. ~
! R. and the town of Wiota have united
in erecting marker on the site OF the
battle of the Pecatonica in 1892. The
marker will be unveiled Wednesday,
Oct. %, with appropriate ceremonies.
The Michael Mulcahey home near
| Shullsburg was destroyed by fire last
Thursday morning. The house was
total loss but the furniture was saved.
! 81 TO roci-
dence in house at the Mulcahey
mine.
Platteville Masonic orders are con-
sidering the erection Of new temple
| to cost 100000. The old building
was sold to the Mound City bank for
| $4,000, the lodge retaining quarters.
! Work will be started on new build
ing III 1928.
Fred Colbeck, residing five miles
southwest of Darlington, killed a blue
racer 43 inches long. He ran over
the snake with a tractor and then got
out and killed it with monkey
wrench 1t was the first snake of the
kind seen near Darlington for years.
Mrs. Rachel DAVIS, native of Cwmor-
gan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, died at
| the home of her daughter in Barne-
weld, Oct. IA, at the age of 80 years.
Mrs Davis enjoyed good health until
few months ago when she fractured
one hip Later she had a paralytic
stroke. Six children survive.
Charles H. Nye writes the Herald
saying that he and wife intend to
! spend the next six months at Viroqua
with their son, Evans, assistant post
master there. Their home is in Viola.
Mr.. Nye sends kind regards to all in
curing friends. His health is fairly
/ good but he is bothered with poor
eyesight.
One car trying to pass by another
and meeting head-on with third car
coming from the opposite direction
was the cause of three cars coming
together on S. T. L. 10, near Ridge
way, Sunday a week ago. Some of
the passengers were cut by flying
glass but the cars were not seriously
damaged.
Bernice Witt, 6, Fulton, ILL.,, was
run over by Chicago and Northwes-
tern passenger train early Wednesday
morning but attended school as usual.
The little girl was on her way to her
school when she fell in front of her
train. The engine and five cars went
out from under the trucks of the last
car and found she was unhurt. Ber-
nice didn't cry but hurried away to
school.
Fred Straub, Lone Rock lineman,
has submitted to a fourth operation
to save his life While at work last
May Straub pricked one hand with a
barb on a wire fence. Blood poison
ing set in the infection spread all
through his system. Four times he
has gone on the operating table and
for weeks he had to lay on cot with
his arm in an extended or upright
position for an abscess to get proper
Of puC ro0nuaru will