Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-16

Mrs. Matt Prideau, formerly Grace
Richards of Linden, died at iron
Mountain Mich.
Miss Vera Lindauer and William
frankie, both of Cobb, are soon TO DE
United in marriage.
Lucille Merriam and Nathan Bene-
dict. both of Darlington, were mar
Ited Dec. 81.
Lloyd Ward and Miss Mary Ward,
both Of Darlington, were married
Thursday last.
Miss Ella Johnson of Darlington,
and VIM. Duff of Fayette, were united
in marriage Dec. q.
Mrs Margaret Eulberg, born al
Mineral Point in 1862, died at hef
home in Dubuque Monday.
The marriage of Nicholas Ross ana
Miss Catherine Anding OF Hlghlaho'
will take place January 10.
Solomon Jaffee, Plattevllle, mas
written a new waltz and placed II
with a publisher in Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth McDermott OF OAR
lington. and Joseph Roberts OF hldge-
wav. were married Wednesday,
Harriet Bennett of Mineral Point
who has been a resident OF iowa
county for rs years died Dec. ~.
Leila Skate has resigned as teacher
at Menominee Falls to accept posi-
| ton in the Livingston high school.
J. E. Jones, aged "a, dled at ms
! home in Rewey Monday OF last Week'
FTe was an old resident OF that Vlcln-
! ity. NJ a
/ Mrs. J. w. Billingsley of Galena, was
married at Dubuque Saturday to John
! Kholer.
has accepted a position as governess
of an orphan school for girls at Rlch-
mond, Ind.
Harry Durley of Potosi had con-
cluded to be a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for snerlH at TIC
! September primaries.
Tim Holland died at St. Anthony $
| home in Dubuque, at the age OF W
wears. The remains were taken 10
! his old home at Calamine for purlal:
! Miss Hazel Pierce OF CassWlle, ana
William Donahue of Dubuque, were
married at Davenport, Iowa, Wednes-
day. They will reside at Davenport;
John Oeschlin of Darlington, ana
Miss Julia Christen of Cobb were
married Dec. &c. They will reside IN
Darlington, where the groom conducts
a meat market.
Among the postmasters names ior
Wisconsin offices sent by president
Coolidge to the senate were Clalr
Lynn for Mt. Hope and M. K. Munson
for Prairie du CHEN.
Ten head of pure bred Holstelns pc
longing to James Govier OF Bloom
ington, reacted to the tubercullne test
and were shipped to Milwaukee. lie
paid about $125 per head.
An election Will be held at Musco-
da, Jan 18th, to select candldate Iof
postmaster. The three people in the
field for the position are Edith BOOK
| Charles Lowell and Joseph Miller.
Daniel Webster, Prairie du Chlen'
Civil war veteran, and for II years
one of the principal law examiners IN
the general land office died at Wash
ington. D. c., last week at the age OF
so years.
Forest Livingston of Livingston,
has accepted the position OF assistant
principal of the Potosi school to take
fine place of Miss Elizabeth McDer-
mott, who resigned to be married to
be married to Joseph Roberts.
Florence Phillips of Cuba City, were
married in Dubuque Dec. 90. They
have gone to Montana, where Mr.. Aus
tin has a position with a mining COM
pany. He is a graduate OF the state
mining school.
John Fl. Avery, who graduated from
the Platteville normal in 1872, died
Dec. % at Burbank, Calf. Mr.. Avery
entered the ministry after leaving
college and preached in northern Wis
consin among the lumbermen. He
moved to California later and finish
ed his days there.
Thos Hartley, who was born IN
Mineral Point in 1888 died at the
home of his brother George at Cleve-
land, Ohio, where he was spending
the holidays. When in Mineral Point
he was chorister in the Episcopal
church. He was working as machin-
/ list for a large Pittsburg, Pa, firm.
Burned bearings in big steam tur-
bine caused a breakdown at the pow
err plant of the Dubuque Electric Co.
| last week. When the load was put on
other machines they developed trou-
BILE and the city was without current
until repairs could be made. This
| was the first complete shutdown in
! II years, company officials stated.
Joseph Roberts of Reedsburg and
Miss Elizabeth McDermott of Darling
| ton were married Jan. 2. Both are
normal school graduates. Mr.. Rob
! erts was a member of Co. l., the Grant
county volunteer company in the
/ World war He was aboard the Tus-
cania, sunk off the north coast of Ire
| lond in February 1918. Others on the
! ship were Russell Gibson of Cuba
City, E. K Livens, Thos. Weir, Virgil
| Critchlow and Ray Groenier of Lam
caster All were rescued.
! The board of supervisors of LaFay-
cite county made appropriations for
| the road program of 1924 amounting
| to $164,774. This is an increase of
$56,53S over the amount raised for
highway purposes in 1928. The board
also provided sum of money with
which to provide the county hospital
and poor farm with a herd OF high
grade Holsteins. A reduction was
made in the tax budget in spite of the
! increased provisions for road work.