Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
COUNTY AND NEARBY

/ A. H. Splinter has sold an interest
in the Cuba City feed mill and bought
] the feed mill at Hazel Green.
Frank Miller, Stockton farmer, com
mitted suicide Wednesday morning
by shooting himself Miller was under
| indictment for car robbery, it is said.
George Bussan and Delbert Mcbride
young men held at Galena for burglary
| and larceny, were given four months
in the county jail. They will be on pa
role for eight mOtnhs after the jail
sentence expires.
Benedict e Trenary, Platteville
cream buyers, plan to build a cold
storage plant, 70X80, for housing food
products pending a good market The
scheme, il it goes through, will be a
fine thing for Platteville.
Mrs. Maria Ryan, Dubuque, was
awarded 300 damages against Henry
frankie for injuries received by her
son, Harold, struck by a motor car
driven by frankie. The defendant is
protected UP to $4,000 by a liability
policy he carried on his car.
M. P Rindlaub, dean of the Grant
county newspaper fraternity and for
mer editor of the Platteville Witness,
recently celebrated his S5th birthday.
Mr.. Rindlauib founded the Witness
and previous to that was associate
editor of the. Herald. He still enjoys
good health and is very keen mental
ly. Mr.. Rindlaub is a man of fine
personality and highly regarded by
the younger set now pushing quilts in
Grant county editorial sanctums.
The Galena office Of the Interstate
Light & Power Co. is quite encouraged
over the prospect of better times in the
mining industry in this region. Ac-
cording to the manager, F. H. Ricka-
mann, numerous inquiries concerning
power are being received from many
new mines are well as older ones
which are planning to reopen. By
spring it is hoped that the backbone
of the slump will be broken and the
way to mining prosperity cleared for
smooth travelling.
Randall Gilbertson, Darlington man,
used long pole to pull Edward F'itz-
patrick, GAINESVILLE, from the Rock
river. The boy was playing near a
power dam and ventured too close to
the sluiceway. Ice gave away and he
fell into the water. Power employees
saw the boys plight and shut off the
water to prevent him from being
drawn against. the gratings of the
race. Gilbertson seized a pole and
dragged the youth to safety. 1t took
80 minutes to revive young Fitzpatrick
Not far from Galena there is an I'M
usual natural curiosity, an under
ground lake about 500 feet long. 1t
is located in the old California dig
gings," on the Weis slough south OF
the city. John Hill has leased the
ground and is mining thereon. The
miners enter the shaft by way of a
drift After walking into the drift
for some fifty feet they take a row.
boat and row across a miniature lake
for 500 feet, then tie up the boat and
proceed to walk 400 feet further back
where they have a fine prospect and
are getting out quantities Of high
grade lead ore. This lake or under
ground river is about two to two and
one-half feet deep.-Gazette.
The army air service is still making
a search for the bodies OF Col. F. G.
Marshall and Lieut.. G. L. Weber, avia
tors who were lost between San Diego,
Calf, and Tucson, Ari., Dec. %, while
making a cross-country air fight.
Reports that an Indian had found the
bodies and burned plane are erron-
eous. It may be that Marshall and
Weber were captured by bandits who
are holding them for ransom, or they
may have fallen and died on the desert
their bodies being covered by the shift
ing sands. On the other hand they
may have shared the fate Of Lieuts.
F. B. Waterhouse and c. H. Connolly
who landed in southern California and
were robbed and killed in sight of aid.
Col. Marshall was horned and reared
at Darlington.