Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-24
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUents
of Week From Tri-
State Area.


Texas, for few weeks.
The General Cigar Co. has opened
its warehouse at Pra. du CHEN after
being closed three years.
William Blanchard, 81, son of the
founder of Blanchardville village, died
at his home there Jan. II.
The residence of Frank Tyler, Min
eral Point, burned to the ground from
unknown causes Saturday.
Dodgeville fans, undismayed by the
hard knocks of last season., are boost
ing for another ball club next summer.
A. w. Thode Of Galena, was elected
president of the Illinois Firemen's as
ISOLATION of the convention held at
Dixon, Illinois, last week.
Mrs. Mary Carr, Benton, celebrated
her SSth birthday last Monday.
number of friends made the occasion
one for rejoicing and festivity.
Gov Blaine has taken no action in
appointing a sheriff for Lafayette
county and Sheriff Webster, reelected
last fall and knocked out by failure OF
the constitutional amendment to pass,
holds over.
The Schweiger Fuel Co., Pra. du
CHEN, is storing IT'S carloads or 49,,
in 12-inch slabs p inches square in
the channel of the river near the old
Dousman property.
Mrs. John Sekatz, nee Hannah
Gaulke, was born in Hamburg, Gel
many in 1929 and died at Pra. du
CHEN, jan 9, aged nearly "a years.
She was the mother of IA children,
with II living.
Tnt
wax, Day Island farmer, below Lynx
vile, attempted to cross the river and
drowned in nid-channel. Cherwak
put the team out to Craze and they
wandered away in the night time.
John Kelly, SIS, a former resident
OF Ridgeway, died at Dodgeville We'd
nesday of lung trouble. Mr.. Kelly
left Wisconsin thirty years ago for
Wyoming and came back TO consult
Rochester doctors in regard to his
health While visiting at Ridgeway
he was taken fatally i'll.
The F. H. Brown house at Highland
was Quilted by fire Monday evening
while Mr. and Mrs. Brown were alb
sent They returned to find their
house full of smoke. The fire started
in the dining room, supposedly from
DdQ WUluS. Inc luISIlOI WdS OlIS0
| by water, smoke and steam.
A 50-pound rock, loosened by a
dynamite blast, blew from a Galena
street, into the air and down through
the roof of the kitchen in the home OF
Mrs. J. ]. Hollenberger, Wednesday.
The roof was wrecked and Mrs Hol-
lenberger barely missed being struck
by the rock. Workmen relocating a
road were responsible.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Van Brocklin,
who were murdered at Charles City,
Iowa, were married at Shullsburg,
Wis, in 1919. Before her marriage
she was Irene Rice, daughter of Mrs.
Rachel Rice. The mother on the wit
ness stand duplicates a brother Of the
dead man as the guilty party.
VIM. Hammond submitted to an
operation for removal of his left leg
at the knee at BroOkside hospital. The
trouble originated from an injured
toe. Mr.. Hammond had his right leg
taken off at about the same place a
few years ago and this misfortune
will make him doubly crippled.-Bos-
cobel Dial.
Construction of dozen dams this
winter and few more below Lynx
vile next summer, with the dredging
out of a half dozen sand bars at diff
ferent points in the district, will prac-
tically complete the six-foot channel
project in the upper Mississippi river
between Winona and the mouth of the
Wisconsin river below Prairie du
Chen, according to Capt. w. A.
Thompson, government engineer in
charge of this district.
Sam Boucher, town of Eastman
farmer, has moved to Eastman village
to reside after nearly three-fourths OF
a century residence on the place of
his birth. The farm was entered by
Gonzague Boucher in 1889. Sam was
one of seven children born there. He
has rented the farm to Wencil Lech-
mir, and may go back to the old place
if village life does not suit him. The
farm of 124 acres was carved out OF
virgin timber and is one of the best
places in Crawford county.
M. D. Ellsworth, formerly of Ia
vera, died at his home in Richland
Center January 3, at the age of near
ly rs years. He was one OF the
pioneer settlers of Richland county,
coming there in 1851 with his parents,
who took up their home near Gotham
at place called Independence. Later
they moved to Tavera, where Mr.. ELS
worth continued to live until about
three months ago, when to took up his
home in Richland Center For nearly
fifty years he was engaged in business
at Tavera and was we'll known in that
section of the county. He is survived
by his wife and five children.
John Crook, native of Iowa coun-
ty, is visiting at Dodgeville after an
absence of fifty years Mr.. Crook left
this region shortly after the Civil war,
locating in Nebraska. He is now 81
years of age but in good physical con-
dition and able to enjoy visit amid
scenes of his youth. Mr.. Crook is
perhaps the only one left of his COM
pany that fought before Atlanta in
1864 In this battle Mr. Crook picked
up the fallen colors and carried them
through. He was shot through one
hand and both hips and the flag had
80 holes in it. Of fifty men in the
company going into battle, ten were
killed and IL wounded.