Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-15
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUentS
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

UGuluu anu I'LL uGI DuSSS- OhC
fered broken rib and other injuries
John Dixon, Jr., employed in the
Meloy mine near Benton, was injur-
ed Saturday VIXEN he drilled into
missed shot" With bad flesh
wounds Dixon was taken to Platte
vile lOspital
Sever A. IIoffland of FennimOre has
patented chimney protector which
he claims will protect a chimney from
decay and prevent destruction by
chimney fires Hollands invention
will be manufactured at Hammond,
Ind.
Cottingham Bros. have decided to
move tIeir clothing stock from New
Diggings to Livingston, the change to
take place about Sept. /. j. A. Cot
tingham will have charge at Living
stOn and be located there. The New
Diggings store will be closed.
Tom Richards of Dodgeville was
quite badly hurt when a car he was
cranking up was hit in the rear by
another car Richards suffered q
broken nose, broken cheek bone and
bad cuts on the face. The car that hit
the Richards car was being driven
without lights.
John A. Cooper, a Civil war veteran
and former resident of PlatteVille,
died at Colfax, Wis., Friday week
ago Death was due to stroke. Mr.
Wilson was one of Abe Lincoln's ia
nous hoy army" as he entered the
service at the age of 16. A wife and
two daughters survive.
Judge Charles f. Osborn, well
known Darlington attorney, died in
Los Angeles, Friday, August 3, at the
age of 76 years. He was a native of
Darlington and for fifty years 4
prominent member of the Lafayette
county bar The remains were
slipped home for burial, arriving last
Friday.
e. e. Gorten, Eau Claire, employ
ed on construction work at Gays
Mills, has six sons and a grandson
on the job with him. The sons are
labeled 0. E., l.. E., r. A, A. L., E. L.,
and II. ID. One has to be careful in
using the proper cOgnomen in adj
dressing the group. The Gortens are
dcwn-east Yankees and said to be fine
workmen
Chris. KIiebenstein, aged resident
of PIatteNille, suffered two broken
ribs and was badly shaken up wneE
hit by a motor car Mr.. Kliebenstein
was on his way to church when the
accident happened A car driven by
Andrew Rairie slowed to the curb to
avoid hitting another car and the old
gentleman received glancing blow
He will recover
Federal Wardens visited Pra. du
Chen last week questioning certain
boys whose actions with small rifles
had aroused local residents. The re-
cred by naturalists to be a habitat Of
many beautiful and interesting spec
les Of birds MurderOus boys who
kill birds for Wanton sport will be
the object OF scrutiay by the federal
conservation officials from now on.
Eldan Ames and Earl Krieser, said
to hail from Grant county, were ar
rested Wednesday evening about $50
at the Iowa end OF the Eagle Point
bridge by Officers Sullivan and StolCz
OF the Dubuque police force. Thir-
teen gallons Of transparent liquor,
said to be hoGtch, was confsCated.
Tie men were on their way into this
county when arrested. Both were
fined 500 and costs and their car
cOnhscatcd.
An unknown party visiting Glen
l1Ih lIluj SQtl u W GGh dSO SlIOI anu
killed a big buck deer, one of the
park attractions. The park herd is
tame and has always been we'll treat
cd by visitors. Keeper Lawrence
heard shot and found the buck
dead. The wanton killer mOtoreG
away. Animals in the park can only
be killed under orders of the conser-
walton commission and then only in
case Of being unruly, diseased or
crippled Shooting one is a criminal
Offense
The city of Platteville proudly and
Justly boasts THAI it had but one
death the past year among the 1243
children of school age. The child to
die was Loris Genthe son Of Mr., and
Mrs William Genthe. The low rec
ord is due to a consistent effort to
keep down contagious disease and
improve general health conditions.
Even one child life is too precious to
lose. Platteville has another singu-
larity-it has 5000 population and all
are white. Colored people are treat
ed we'll there but none happen to re-
side in the city.
The dead body of young man found
in a box car at New Hampton, oWa,
Tuesday, was identified Wednesday ac
Roy c. Pasold son of Albert Pasold,
Watterstown farmer. The young man
left home two weeks ago with the in
tention Of securing employment in the
west. Nothine had been heard from
him since he eft When the remains
we're discovered the only means of
Identification was a cap with the init
ials, ROY c. p" inscribed on the
band, of the cap worn by the victim.
The clothing bore the firm mark Of
the Napp store at Fennimore. Shar-
lift Edge of Lancaster was notified a.
once Mr., Edge communicated with
the store, finding that Roy Pasold had
bought a suit there recently. He then
called the boys parents and the sad
truth became apparent Relatives
went to New Hampton at once, ident-
flying the body and conveying it home