Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-01
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREv|TIESAND
NEARBY NOTES
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Goth birthday Friday.
Mrs. Frank Keegan, 70, died at her
home near Mineral Point Tuesday Of
pneumonia.
Edwin Bald of Fennimore and Nelly
Nelson of N1ontfort were married in
Madison Friday.
Mrs. Annie Parkinson has returned
to Mineral Point from an months
trip through Europe.
Peter Schaefer, IA, Muscoda, uc
cumbed to pneumonia Sunday of last
week after an illness of only two
days.
The wedding of Miss Mary Runde
lof jamestown and August FLEECE of
Menominee, H., will take place this
week.
Bartholomew Gille, native Of the
town of Elk Grove, Lafayette county,
died recently at the age of Sc years.
He left wife and seven children.
Boscobel is after another factory.
The Success Milking Machine Co. of
Milwaukee, a concern employing 40
men, have been interested and may
move their plant to the river side
! city.
Mrs. Rose Walsh, aged co. years, of
Richland Center, has gone by train
alone to Ell PasO, Texas. The old
lady thinks she will never come back
/ to Wisconsin as the winters here are
| too severe for her.
Elmer Eveland, Barneveld, met
with a painful accident while blasting
logs on his farm. A can of powder
Iignited and exploded. Eveland was
badly burned about the face and
hands He was taken to a Mt. Horeb
hospital
George w. Read, merchant residing
at Woodbine, 10 Davies county, filed
petition in bankruptcy, listing liza
! bilities of $44,271S8, and assets of
35,S4331. Read conducts general
store, dealing in groceries, hardware
and implements.
George and Edward Mosley, young
farmers of Darlington, were married
to Helen Albertson and Edna Thomas,
daughters of town of Darlington far
mers. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. j. A. Vincent, Methodist min
lister at Darlington
| Mrs. Ed Meyers, Muscoda, was
severely shocked by bolt of light
ming Sunday morning of last week.
While she was lighting the kitchen
fire lightning descended the chimney
and charged the stove. Mrs. Meyer
was rendered speechless for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Ulve, residents of
Marion township, Grant county, cell
ebrated their 50th wedding anniver-
sary on Feb. 18th. The old couple
have lived on their Crooked Creek
farm since 1868. They have six liv-
ing children. The nefghbors gave
the old couple a rousing reception.
Mrs. Jack Schultz, formerly Vera
Jones, died at her home in LudlngtOn,
Mich, Monday of last week from the
effects of a fall she sustained ten
DAYS before. Burial was made at Lud-
ington. She leaves her father and
mother, two sisters, two brothers, her
husband and infant daughter. Before
her marriage Mrs. Schultz lived at
MontfOrt.
An extensive deposit Of limestone
has been located on the Albert Sue
farm north of Platteville. The depos-
it is unusually thick and of very fine
quality. The rock is said to be adap-
/ ted for water tight foundations and
has qualities that go to make line Ter
tilizer. AS zinc tailings are being
rapidly depleted the deposit has an
extra value.
Percy Sedgewick, New Diggings
farmer, who sued the Wisconsin Zinc
ICo. for $4,000, alleging damage to
his crops by smoke and sulphur
fumes. accepted $500 and the case
l. was dismissed The farmers suing
| the big concern have generally won
| their action although the damages al
lowed by jury has been considerably
ess than they asked for.
Miss Emma Harms, resident of the
city of PIatteville up to about ten
years ago when she moved to Califor-
mia, died at Santa Paula, that state,
Friday a week ago. James, Louis and
George Harms, Platteville, are
brothers; and Mrs. Mary Schroeder,
Platteville, and Mrs. L. W. Law, Mad
ison, are sisters The remains were
shipped to Platteville for burial.
Night Marshall John Lester of East
Dubuque is badly crippled man due
to accidentally shooting himself with
his own pistol. Going up steps to
building Lester struck one knee
against his pistol scabbard and the
weapon fell to the cement walk and
discharged The bullet entered the
narshall's left ankle and plowed its
way to flesh and bone to the knee
where it emerged and was found
edged in MS underwear.
After 43 years faithful work as sec
ton man on the Milwaukee road, Jos.
Davis of Boscobel has been forced to
relinquish his position due to adj
vancing age. Mr.. Davis began work
at Lone Rock in 1879, and for the
past 81 years has patrolled the track
between Boscobel and Blue River,
often making the journey at night,
on foot and alone. He will now be
given a place as flagman as the road
does not pension veteran employees.
The new 100000 1st National bank
building at Darlington is completed
and ready for occupancy The exter-
ior is of Oriental face brick with Bed
/ ford limestone trimmings The bank
] floors are of Tennessee marble. The
| base on which the fixtures rest is of
imported Swiss marble while the AZ
| inch treatment above the base is Of
/ imported Italian marble. The second
| floor of the building will be devoted
to Offices with a community hall avail
| able to the DIblic without charge