Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-19
POTOSI Events
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.
Yves Hymer VIII Run for Sheriff

ives HymCr VIII Run for Sheriff
The many friends throughout the
county of w. G. Hymer will be pleased
to hear that next week or the week
following he will publicly announce
himself as candidate for sheriff at
the September primaries. Mr. Hymer
has heretofore served in that capacity
and a more capable official it is safe
to say would be hard to find Yves is
well known in every section Of the
county and that he will have a splen-
did following goes without saying.
Burial of Rockville Native Son
Charles Schramm, for almost forty
years resident of the town of Potosi,
died at his home in Rockville Friday,
April 10, at 10 o'clock a. m. He had
been ailing with complications for
some time but the immediate cause OF
his death was due to thrombosis. He
was son of the late George and Mrs
Schramm, early settlers in Rockville
where Charles was born Oct. IL, 1862,
and at the time of his death he was
50 years, months and two days old
With the exception Of some years of
farming on the border in the town OF
Harrison, he made Rockville his con-
tinuOus home. He leaves to mourn
his wife and several grown sons and
daughters. Funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. D. B. Welles,
at the home Sunday at one p. M
Burial was made in British Hollow
cemetery.
Mississippi on Annual Rampage
The Mississippi river is on a ram
page, and tie water covers the entire
island and is running under the rail-
road bridge at the depot 1t is still
rising and will continue to do so until
Saturday next, SO says the weather
man. Water is backing over the farm
lands along Grant and Platte rivers
Travel over the Grant river bridge at
MasseyVille on the Potosi-CassviIle
road, is abandoned owing to water
being over the road at the west end
Travel on the Potosi-Dickeyville road
is threatened in the same manner
Alphonse Schreirer's house and Jake
UdelhOfen's summer cottage on the is
land are surrounded by water and the
only access to the houses is by boat.
c.. NJ. Larson and family of La
Crosse are guests at the home of Mrs
Larson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
IRISH on BOice Greek. Mr. Larson is
an engineer on the Burlington.
Henry Stuer and wife of Clinton, Ia
visited relatives in Tennyson a few
days the past week.
the last illness and death Of his father
Chris Keehner, who was called to
attend the last illness and death of
father, returned home to Denver, on
Thursday.
Richard r. Swale, a pioneer resi-
dent, after a couple of months con
1inemeht to his home with illness, is
able to be around greeting friends.
Miss Cecilia Sweeney instructor Of
music in St. Andrews parochial
school went to Holy Cross Iowa, on
Friday to spend the Easter vacation.
viii her parents. She will return to
resume teaching Wednesday,
The Royal Neighbors held their
semi-monthly meeting at the Wood
man hall Thursday evening, April Is,
and We're entertained by the Mes
danes John Stockert, Sam Wilmott
Arthur Bunker and Ida Walters.
delicious luncheon :of ice cream and
cake was served and pleasant even
ing passed
The Pioneer notes, mailed for this