Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-06-07
COUNTY AND
NEARBY NOTES

Mrs. Sophia Pearce Of Hazel Green
celebrated her 80 the birthday Satur-
day.
| Alvin Winskell won first at the
Horse Shoe Tournament held at Ben
| ton.
The Catholic picnic of southwest
| Wisconsin will be held at Dodgeville
about June 81.
| Mrs. Laura Bakken Johnson, aged
p years died at her home at Castle
Rock Thursday.
Cora Lewis has been appointed
postmaster at Mt Ida to succeed B. E.
Nelson resigned.
Charles Harper of Madison, deliv
cred the commencement address at
Hazel Green Monday.
G. M. Hatfield traded in 100 acre
farm near Belmont to William Mar
shall for MarshalPs business building
| in Cuba.
A man and woman worked the short
change game at Darlington last week.
A number of places were tried but
they only succeeded in getting S.
from Mrs. Dancer. They were cap
tured at Lamont and were brought
hack and lodged in Jail. They re-
ceived fine of $40 and let go.
Albert Friesleben. Madison young
man, operating an underground route
Tor running mOOnshine from Madison
to RichIand Center, was arrested at
the ice house in the last city, dealing
out his product to thirsty hill Biliies.
Albert was arrested forthwith and
placed in jail.
F. w. Burnham, prominent attorney
and resident of RichlGnd county all
his life, died at Richland Center last
week aged So years. Mr.. Burnham
was a native of Bear valley and
self-made man in the legal profession.
He leaves a widow, son, Carl, and d
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Beck, of Mil
Waukee.
Commander Harry A. Clancy, of Du-
buque post American Legion, an
nounced Friday that National Com
mander Hanford Mac-Nider, of the
American Legion, will be the guest Of
Dubuque on Flag day, June IA, at
public mass meeting or banquet which
will be announced a at later date.
Mabel Hartman and Frank Dull and
| Lenice Hartman and Milton Kingeter
were married at the Methodist church
in GaIena, May %. The brides are
daughters of Peter Hartman of Platte
Vile. Mr.. and Mrs. Dull will reside
in Platteville and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kingeter on farm near the city.
Another attempt was made last
Tuesday morning to rob the Ellingen
& Davies clothing store at Dodgeville.
Two men drove up to the back of the
store about 2:30 a. m. in Ford. The
noise of their operations was heard
by the night shift in bakery nearby
and the robbers found themselves dis
covered. They drove rapidly away.
Fred Mussehl, Dubuque carpenter,
fell three stories on a new building he
was working on, landing in the base
ment. He suffered several broken
ribs and severe bruises but will live.
The scaffold broke, causing the acct
dent. Mussell dropped clear through
the areas in the building, his body
breaking past timbers and other OBJ
structions.
While Mrs. Joe Check was attend
ing the festivities incident to the we'd
ding of her sister. Nathalie to George
P. Bouseek, at the home of her par
ents in Prairie du Chen, on Monday,
her 11-day-old baby was smothered
to death on the second floor of the
home Mrs. Check laid the sleeping
child on a bed and went down stairs.
The guests at the wedding removed
their wraps and piled them on the bed
not seeing the child, who was wrapped
in a blanket. When Mrs. Check went
ND stairs few minutest later, the
baby was dead.
Sheriff Beatty of Richland county
called upon one Steve Bryant, Willow
township farmer, On quest for
moonshine. After some demur Mr..
Bryant produced bottle of pure
LIQUID, which he explained, was used
to rub lame shoulder with. The
sheriff looked further and in another
room found a bright, new still. This
surprised Mr.. Bryant exceedingly, as
he couldn't imagine how such a thing
cot into his house. Then he remem-
bered that his son, Clarence, had pur-
chased it. Both father and son were
held for trial.