Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-05
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Mrs. Cholvin of Highland goes to
Dallas, Texas, where she will reside
with her son Frank, who is engaged
IN the hardware business.
The city council of Darlington vot-
ed SO per day to inspectors and clerks
Of election. Ten officials were APP
pointed, four of whom are women.
Mrs. Eva Burke, daughter of Pat
rick Glennore, formerly Of Potosi,
died recently at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota. She leaves a husband and
three children.
Mrs. Mary Jane Teasdale died at
the home of her son at New Diggings,
Monday night, following long i'll
ness. The funeral was held Thurs
day afternoon.
Sarah Larson aged SO years died
at the Iowa County Asylum, of which
she has been an inmate for thirteen
years. Her mother died in the insti-
tuition a few months ago.
James Clark, SIS, Bloom City, died
in a Richland Center hospital Tues
day following an operation for re-
moval Of tonsils. Clark was feeling
well and expected to go home the
next day. AS he rose from a chair
to go to his bed, he fell over dead
from heart failure.
Willard Pratt, Richland undertake
er, developed a case of blood poison
ing in the hand from a cut in his
finger that became infected while at
work. While dangerously i'll Pratt
showed symptoms of scarlet fever
and with the double misfortune be-
gan to mend.
Human Nelson, Iowa county farmer,
lost four calves in an unusual man
ner Nelson put pail of water in
the barn for the animals to drink. A
little later he went out and found the
calves dead. On investigation ne
found that chickens had knocked a
bottle of disinfectant from a sill into
the water, poisoning the calves.
The trust busting action brought
by Attorney General Morgan at
Dodgeville against the TOmah Cash
Mercantile Co., of Tomah, resulted in
a verdict for the defense. The state
alleged that the company had enter
ed into an agreement to control
prices. Judge Smalley directed the
jury to bring verdict for the de-
tense on the grounds that the state
had failed to produce evidence to con-
vict.
Eugene Cushman of Linden was
found guilty by a jury in circuit court
on Tuesday of violation of the pro-
hibition law. Judge S. E. Smalley
sentenced him to three months IN the
county jail A stay of execution was
granted for 60 days, during which he
is placed under bond of $1,000. The
stay was granted in case the defen-
dant wishes to appeal to a higher
court.
Partridge hunting is likely to prove
a poor sport next autumn, according
to the reports of woodsmen and log
gers. They say that vast numbers
of the birds were destroyed by being
imprisoned under the thick snow
crust which formed after the recent
heavy storm. The birds had burrow-
ed into the snow to escape the force
OF the gale and were unable to force
their way out through the crust
which subsequently formed.
Rev. d. r. Richardson of Madison,
assistant to Rev. L. G. Catchpole, who
died a week ago Sunday in Califor-
MIA. has been appointed district sup
erintendent of the Children's Home
Finding Society of Wisconsin. DR..
Richardson has been at work for
three months and recently found
homes for two infants near Platte
willie. He desires places for several
little boys from three to nine years
of age.
Referendum straw votes were taken
in a number of iowa county town
ships yesterday to indicate whether
or not the farmers want a county
agent The county board at Its dast
session voted the agent out of office
and since then friends of the office
have been making considerable howl
The idea in a straw vote is to find
whether or not the farmers favor the
office and the result will be watched
with interest. The question has been
discussed so much in Iowa county
that it has become a question for de-
hate in school orator1cai meetings.