Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-31
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUenfS
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

William Eanson, 81, well known
commission man of Dubuque, died sud
denly Wednesday.
Thos. Clark of MiffIin died recently.
The Mineral Point Zinc Co. is oper-
ating the Copeland mine at Shulls-
burg.
Mrs. Jesse Taylor has recently re-
turned to her home in Cuba from Ro-
chester, Mimi, where she underwent
an operation.
Viroqua tops the state in it's tax
rate-$44.30 per thousand valuation.
Numerous civic improvements account
for the heavy lax.
Mrs. Ann Pollard of Highland died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Dunbar, of Lone Rock. Mrs. Pollard
was 80 years OF age.
Nearby tax rates coming in show
Richland Center at 1888 per hundred
valuation; Blue River 1888; Spring
Green, 1913; Boscobel, So; Viola,
$780,
The purebred Guernsey sale of Run
dell & Nicholson, at Livingston sales
pavilion Friday week ago, brought
good prices. Cows sold around $3.50
and young stuff at $50 to $100. Col.
P. A. Bishop sold the consignment.
President Coolidge has confirmed
the appointment of Eugene d. Recob
as postmaster at Richland Center.
Other local appointments of interest
are: Lone Rock, Albert H. Fries;
Reedsburg, James R. Stone; Mauston,
John H. McNown; Muscoda, Joseph G.
Miller.
Dubuque police are investigating
the shooting of David Kirkpatrick, %,
son of John Kirkpatrick, aged wood
chopper, who was shot and killed in
cabin at Cascade two years ago.
Young Kirkpatrick's wound is not
serious. He received the charge in
his right leg and bled considerably
Jos. Murphy, 8, of Wakefield, Iowa
county, froze his hands quite badly
while enroute home from school Fri
day. The child dropped some articles
in the snow and took his mittens off
to find them. BY the time he reached
home one hand was frozen deep while
the other was badly nipped.
Geanyce Thomas, 2, daughter of
Frank Thomas of Wakefield, wandered
too close to a cookstove and her dress
caught fire. Her mother heard the
child'e screams and rushed to the
kitchen, tearing the burning clothing
away. The babe is in a doctors hands
with a fair show of recovery.
A fawn from the state preserve at
Glenn park mas been making herself
at home in the Pra du Chen streets.
This is a common and pleasing oc-
currence at Pra du Chen, the worthy
burghers there being kind to their
wild guests. The deer cross the Wis
consin river ice and roam the sur
rounding country without being mo-
Tested.
Federal men arrested George Wodo-
ward, mail truck driver at Dubuque
Wednesday on a charge of having
rifed the mails in his charge. A
search of the Woodward home dis
closed nearly $4,000 worth of stolen
merchandise including new radio
all set up for holiday entertainment.
Where the owners can be located the
goods will be returned
Soldiers Memorial Park in Mineral
Point is the scene of great winter
activity, as all the youngsters are en-
, loving ice skating following the cold
snap. Children under high school
age are admitted free, others are
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building is provided to store clothing,
skates, etc.
The Muscoda Progressive announced
last week that the village board of
Muscada handed the citizens fine
Christmas gift in the material reduc-
ton of taxes. The rate in Muscoda
this year will be $1.88 per hundred,
as compared with $2.04 last year. The
, | oh Af nra1x 000
which is payable over long period of
years. They have money in the bank.
DR.. J. w. Pearce, Dodgeville, was
!, badly burned while thawing out water
pipes in his basement. The doctor set
the torch going and stepped away for
moment. When he came back the
torch was in flames The medical man
) picked up the torch to throw it out
when the device exploded, throwing
blazing gasoline over his face. DR..
Pearce held his breath manfully al
though the skin pealed from his face.
He was able to extinguish fire on the
woodwork and then summoned medi-
cal attention.
At a mass meeting held at Pra. du
Chen Friday week ago it was de-
cided to agitate for portion Of the
state funds to build road from State
trunk 10 to Glenn or Nelson Dewey
state park The new route, if it goes
through, will probably branch off at
point near Bridgeport and down
the Wisconsin river to the park The
maximum grade would be z percent.
The cost of three miles of surfaced
road Is feet wide would be around
$4,000. Del Morrissey of Bagley and
Mr.. Hamilton of Hazleton are on
the committee TO get the matter before
the state legislature.
Wilton e. Crazy Of Lone Rock has
brought action for divorce in the Rich
land county courts, Mrs. Eliza Crary
being defendant The couple were mar
ried in 1866 and lived together for
three weeks when the bride deserted
Crary. He remained single until 1871
when he married again and has since
resided with the last wife. Last Mo-
vember Crary received letter from
his first wife, now residing in Idaho.
She asked if he had ever secured
divorce and stated that she had drlfted
westward, marrying a man named
Reaves and bearing him several chill
dren. Reaves, q Civil war veteran
died and his WIDOW applied for pen
sion. To secure same she had to show
legal marriage. hence the request
which is likely to be fruitless as far
as pension is concerned. Crarv lost no
| time in making application for a di-
} vorce from the woman who left him
So years ago.