Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

Mrs. Elizabeth Rule died at her
home in Linden Feb. 1.
Fifty-six thousand Wisconsin dairy
cattle were sold in 1928.
The Cazenovia Farmers Creamery
Co. at its annual meeting, increased
its capital $4,000.
JOS. Braun, living south of Gaze
noyia, is getting out logs and will
have them sawed into lumber to erect
a new home on his farm the coming
summer
Gays Mills occupied its new school
building last week, and boasts one of
the finest structures for a town of its
size in the state. The high school
there has an enrolment of 103.
Crawford county has band deposits
of five and half million dollars.
This is in excess of Richland county
banks by a million dollars, yet Rich
land county has a much higher as
sessed valuation.
Philip L. Hudson. cashier Of the
Avoca State Bank, has resigned to
accept a banking position at Column
BUS. Fred w Ellsworth of Mazo-
mamie, has been elected to the cash
iership of the Avoca bank.
Ambrose Whaley of Seattle, Wash,
is a guest of his parents at Benton.
The Vinegar Hill Zinc Co., has
rented the Anderson farm at Benton.
Mrs. Mary Fogt aged 81 years died
at Galena at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. Bertsch Monday.
Logging SENS to have gotten an
impetus for some reason or other.
Three trucks in Muscoda are kept
busy from early morning till late in
the day hauling logs to the Muscoda
Manufacturing Co.'S. plant. The logs
are being hauled from Richland
county.-Muscoda Progressive.
DR.. George Parke, Viola physician,
has purchased a Ford car adapted to
travel in snow, and known as a
"Snowmobile." 1t has pair of skill
like runners in front, and the front
wheels have been set back in the CEN
ter of the car and are connected with
the rear wheels with a belt, giving it
traction like caterpillar tractor.
M. e. Walther of the Elroy schools,
has offered his resignation there to
accept the superiatendency OF the
Pra. du Chen schools, and will prob
ably he released to accept the posi-
ton The position was offered TO II.
&c. Graewin, of the Boscobel schools,
but the board at BoscObel raised his
salary from $4,000 to $4,000 to induce
him to remain in Boscobel.
Sheriff Dietzman of Richland coun-
ty, reports that UP to last Monday he
had only served one garnishee paper
in 1924, while a year ago he was
serving on an average Of a dozen a
of
means one of two things, either peo-
pie are so hard up that there is no
use of using legal proceedings to
make collections, or that they are
this year able to meet their obliga-
tons. We believe people are better
fixed this year than a year ago, and
tax bill in the county 100000 less
than a year ago will also make money
easier.-Democrat
Angered over a shattered love af-
fair and blinded by jealous rage,
Jacob A. Maher, rs years old, Chica-
go war veteran, shot and killed Miss
Mary Ostrowski, 16-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ostrowski
of Rockford, ILL.,, at $50 o'clock Mon
day night, a half block from her
home, and then turning the gun on
himself sent one bullet crashing
through his brain and another
through his heart. Both were dead
when found by neighbors a minute
later. Maher fell in love with Miss
Ostrowski two years ago when he
met the girl and wanted her to marry
him. She loved him at first but love
cooled about a year ago and the girl
Tilted Maher, telling him that her
parents objected to him and that she
could never be his wife. She CORES
bonded with him since then but Ma
her was never allowed to come to the
Ostrowski home.