Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
NE|GHB0RHOOD
BREv|T|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of WeekFron1 Tri-
State Area.

Miss Agnes GRADER of Mineral Point
and t. L. LaMonty were married in
| Chicago Friday.
Mrs. NJ. L. Sengpill of Highland
died June 28th at the age of 70 years
after an illness of two years.
The Cobb Canning factory has a
/ force of 81 people at work. On Sat
urday $4,000 cans were put up.
At the preliminary hearing of Pete
Mundon at Darlington no evidence
was presented and he was discharged.
The Observation-Disclosures Bus Co. has
added a new bus with a seating capa-
city of twenty-five. 1t is valued at
$4,000.
| George Rand, a resident of Bosco-
bel for many years, died at the nome
! of his daughter, Mrs. Gordon Krohn,
Of Marquette, Iowa.
Shullsburg city council passed an
ordinance requiring soft drink par
| Tors, soda fountains and the like, to
pay fee of $40 per annum.
/ T. DiTella, director of the Benton
Concert band, is making a motor trip
i to New York. During his absence the
band will be under local leadership.
H. D. Book of Richland Center has
purchased the Paynter drug store in
| Shullsburg Mr. Book, graduate
pharmacist, has taken possession of
his new purchase.
The New Glarus Mercantile Co. was
robbed of S27 in cash and three gold
watches valued at $100, Tuesday night.
The work is thought to be local tai
ent. The loss is covered by insurance.
! Miss Dolores Law of Shullsburg and
Harry Evert of GAINESVILLE were mar
ried in Shullsburg July 9TH by Hen
ry Evert, father of the sroom, who
was pastor of the Shullsburg COngre-
gational church for years.
! Livingston has a woman as justice
of the peace, Mrs. Mary Livingston,
who believes in law. She fined an in
! toxicated auto driver $40 and costs
as we'll as ascertaining the fact that
| the car was stolen and belonged to
Mr. Weiss of Milwaukee.
Rear Admiral N. G. Twining, a ma
/ tive of Boscobel, and resident of Mon
roe during boyhood, passed away July
4th at Nantucket, R. l., and was bur-
led in Arlington cemetery, Sunday,
July 9Th. When Admiral Twining re-
tired from the naval service in 1923
lie udu S0IN0Q ySdl0.
At the Wisconsin Fireman's tourn-
ament at Reedsburg, Cuba City won
| the water fight, Downs and Rasque
The same men won 4th prize, 80, in
the parade, and 4th prize, $40, in the
| hose coupling contest, and expect
second place in the long distance con-
test.
Fred P Treat, who cOntended he
was entitled to more than 5000 dam
ages resulting to his farm by re-
location and offered him by the COun-
ty Highway Committee, has been fav-
ored by Judge Simpson, who rendered
decision Thursday, allowing Mr.. Treat
$3.50 in damages. Either side, not sat-
isfied, is privileged to appeal from the
decision.-Monroe Journal.
The dedication of st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie church was held in Gratiot Sun
day. A little over a year ago the
church which had been built about
ten years, was struck by lightning
and burned. The new structure is
built of brick and is larger than the
other church. Everything inside is
new, and the church is one of the
finest in southern Wisconsin.
Paul Conley, who has completed a
course in the University of iWscon-
sin and also the law department of
that institution, and who has been
taking post graduate work for the past
few months, has returned to Darling
ton and will be associated in the prac-
tice of law with his father, E. F. Con-
ley, who has been in the law business
there for many years, and who has a
large practice.
The Boscobel Dial tells of family
reunion of the Brindley family held
in that city recently. The Brindley
family is one of the oldest in that sec
ton of the county and figured con-
spicuously in the early development
of this part of Wisconsin. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brindley settled in the Bos-
cobel vicinity in 1850. John, with a
brother, Joshua, owned all the terri
tory which now comprises the city of
Boscobel
Frank E. Rogers of Viola, veteran
sawmill operator, met with a painful
accident while working near Reads
town last week. He had stopped the
engine and was sitting astride the
saw filing it, when boy playing near
the engine accidentally put it into
motion Rogers was drawn into the
saw and one leg badly cut, and the
other cut less severely He was then
thrown free of the saw and badly
bruised from the impact
James Swenson, the faithful and eff
ficient mail carrier on route one out
of Hollandale, was in town Monday.
1t was just % years ago on that day
that he started on the job for Uncle
Sam and has a remarkable record for
attending to work. He has made very
good use of his extra time and money
earned as he owns a very nice farm
home adjoining the village of Hollan-
le-Blanchardville Blade.
Michael Nolan, East Galena, lost a
valuable mare as a result of runa-
way on his farm Monday afternoon.
Mr. Nolan had been moving and
stopped the team to oil the machine.
The mare became frightened and be-
gan to run, forcing her team mate to
run with her. When the horses fin
ally stopped by running into fence,
the mare was badly cut and bruised,