Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-08
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.


both of Shullsburg were married Sept.
23rd
Pierce Shea of Cobb lost his Gray
car which he bought six months ago
when it was consumed by fire. The
fire was started by back firing.
The Decentralization motor bus
was destroyed ina $4,000 truck barn
fire at Madison Thursday night. Sew
eral other vehicles went up in smoke
Frank Jennette of Mineral Point
was fined SIPS and costs on each of
four counts charging him with max
ing monshine, selling it, having a
still, and having moonshine and mash
in his possession. Jennette pleaded
guilty.
Mrs. Benjamin Buckmaster a for
mer Darlington woman died at Bar
The M. S. Nelson market and gro
Gerry store at Montfort was damaged
to total of $4,000 by fire last Tues
day night. The building, frail affair,
was badly damaged and the stock was
rendered nearly worthless by fire,
smoke and water.
Fire at Highland Thursday night a
week ago caused losses of $4,000 to
the Highland Gate Co., $4,000 to Hen
nessey Bros. Machine Warehouse, and
$4,000 to the Highland Lumber Co.
sheds. The blaze originated in a scale
shed owned by lennessey Bros.
ron at the home of her daughter Mrs.
L. S. Cheney, at the advanced age of
81 years Three sons and three sons
in law acted as pallbearers as they
did for her husband nine years ago,
who died at the age of 80. Mr.. and Mrs.
Buckmaster resided on one farm at
Fayette for sixty years.
Mrs Ben Filing and daughter and
Mrs Albert Holman of Mineral Point
met with a motor accident at Milwau-
kee Thursday when their Chevrolet
collided with a sedan Mrs Filing
suffered a broken collar bone and
Mrs. Holman was bruised about the
body. They were able to return home.
Ernest Bergman of TripOli, Iowa,
was shot from ambush while milking
in a dairy barn. When he was taken
to a hospital, an operation revealed
that some of the shot had penetrated
the heart, and the sack in the lower
part of the lungs. He was 40 years
old and no cause for the attempted
murder is known.
Mine operators in and about Platte
vile are uneasy becaues zinc ore has
dropped one dollar per ton in price
during the last few days, and is quot
ed at the smelters at $10750 per ton,
and lead ore at SIP per ton There
is a spread of from two to three dol
lars per ton in the Joplin market IN
favor of the Wisconsin product.
GAYLORD Hamilton of Arena, while
passing thru Madison on return
trip from the Fat Stock Show at Mil
waukee, had his new Essex coach
n a
the result of being run into by ano-
tber car driven by a drunken man
Mr.. Hamilton had several of the agr1-
cuIture bows with him but fortunately
no one was hurt.
Renewed search goes on for Grover
g. ELAN. Highland banker who dis
appeared under a cloud a few monthS
400 The bank was closed year ago
nv federal examiners and shortages or
around $4,000 have been unearthed
since then ELAN was badly burned IN
a fishing accident about the time OF the
hank failure and the authorities allow
ed him to stay home to recuperate
while the investigation was going on
Suddenly he dug out"
mere youth, out hunting found the
body of Helmuth Klinge, the mis-
sing Monona, Oowa) farmer, ana
claimed reward of $1,000. hllnge
disappeared from his home, aug. ~
after telling his wife he was gong TO
a church sociable. The oody' paoiy
decomposed, was found IN raVlne,
ono leg was broken and it is assumed
ttat The man fell and injured himself
Raing unable to summon help, ne
oerisbed miserably Klinge was the
son IF a wealthy farmer and recently
married. :,
Tohn Rolling, Platteville mover,
100 inst completed moving mann
10Th steel vault from the Potosl de-
not IN the Potosi bank distance OF
70 miles. saws the News The vault
,,,oiehs 25 400 pounds Rollins USED
steam tractor for motive power ana
,,,11ed the vault to its destination IN
80 hours His actual time unload
ing and placing was two days "A
.--eolv or so ago Rollins moved two lU
49,, boilers from the Lancaster de-
not RI the new high school and low
ared them into a 12-foot basement.
Iobn Warrick, aged 81 years ana
g months died at his home IN Cupa
civ last week. He was native OF
paris township. A widow and four
children survive. o.ix,o
The Ackley, Iowa, newspapers give
notice of the uedIh III 'ih" -
Gently of John H. Scales VINO ecu sgu
been a lawyer there Ior owe! Ia 4I.:s
t,eors Mr. Scales studied law in this
sitr- and was admitted to the bar be-
go Tudqe Cothern in this county in
D Io, 1869. He went to Ackley
and practiced law there until 1920
Zen he retired He married Eliza
T,ray of this city in 1870, who died
~ 1 1,oars ago. and he leaves
four children surviving. Mr. Scales
was was one of the most prominent and
and died possessed of large interests;
He was a profound student and 5000
business man. For many years ne
had been a member of the Methodist
church. and had held various offices
in whichc he proved worthy puollc
~ He was son of Joseph
Soo1as of New Diggings. and was born
1y TIL in 1S43-ShullSburg