Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-12
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUents
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Sn1pped from Monroe this year until
Oct. LIST.
The fur eral of Miss Mary Simms,
who died in Galena, was held at Ben
ton Saturday.
George Hansen of Cuba and Miss
Helen Brannon of Gratiot were mar
ried Oct %.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gunderson are
making plans to move from Boscobel
to Fennimore.
William Peart and Dorothy Dewey
of Hazel Green were married at Du-
buque Oct. %.
Gaelna has let the contract for a
$4,000 gymnasium for the school. w.
L. Yokum Co. of Dubuque has the
contract.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lightcap of
Hazel Green are the parents of a
daughter, born Oct. 81.
Miss Lillian Terrill and George
Bainbraugh both of Mineral Point
were married Wednesday.
Clarence Fredenberg of Cottage
Grove and Miss Cathel Fritz of Slit
ger were married at Galena Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Raisbeck of
California have located in Blooming
ton He will be connected with the
Woodhouse and BARLEY bank.
Miss Mae Uren, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Robert Uren of Mineral PIT.
and William Blasdel of Van Vert, o.,
were married Wednesday last.
A COW belonging to Lou behring's
field & Son produced over 100 pounds
fat in one month. Last year she pro-
duced COL pounds fat in one year.
John Hammill, nominee for COVER
nor on the Republican ticket in Iowa,
is a native of Iowa county, having
been born at Linden in October of
1875.
Mrs. Chas. Vickers of New Diggings
died Oct 25 of brain hemorrhage af-
ter a days illness. She was AZ years
of age. A husband and two children
survive
The Christopher e Morris, JOS. w.
DOYLE and John Natl stores at Shulls-
burg were burgIarized Saturday night
a week ago Merchandise and money
were taken.
Mrs. Peter Collins ST.. Mineral
Point woman, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. E. L. Wright at River
Forest, ILL., Interment was made at
Mineral Point.
Miss nellie Livingston invited about
forty friends to celebrate her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Livingston's
42nd wedding anniversary at their
home in Livingston.
a visit to another mans wife. The
intruder sensed the visit and went
out through a rear window, taking
sash and all. Several shots were
fired but no one was hurt.
Gust Born, plasterer living at
Ableman, was instantly killed in his
home village last week when hit by a
switch train. He is survived by a
wife and family of small children.
A public meeting of the Ku Klux
Khan was held on the streets of Sol
diers Grove one evening last week,
when national speaker addressed
a good sized crowd. Some of the
Klansmen were in white robes.
At the consignment sale of pure
bred Holsteins held at Mineral Point
the top price for pure breds was $11O
with an average of $95. The top price
for grades was $105 with average of
SIS. The total money Tor the sale was
$4,000.
Miss Estella Murray, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Murray of st.
Rose and Wesley Clewell of Dubuque
were married Thursday. The groom
is president of the United Electric
Co. of Dubuque. They will reside in
Dubuque.
In circuit court at Madison last
Friday, Mrs Wilson T. Hurd of Bar
neveld was granted divorce from her
husband, a dentist in that village.
Plaintiff was given $125 per month
as alimony while her two sons are IN
high school. this amount to be IN
creased to $3.50 when the young men
enter college.
Roy Glider, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Guerdon Burris, arrived
home at Lancaster late SATURDAY
night. They started week ago for
California, and got as far as Ration
New Mexico, where the snow was so
deep they decided to return nome.
Row VIII possibly go by train soon He
intends taking up police work Wnle
there and has a position awaiting
him.
Damages of $4,000 were accepted
nv Mrs Grace Riemer, widow of Ben
iamin Riemer of Monroe, in the settle
Tnent of a $4,000 suit Mrs. Riemer
brought against the United Utilities
the company's negligence had caused
the death of her husband by electro
cution in 1922 Riemer had grasped
q guy wire attached to pole owned
by the company while he was movlng
a corn crib down a highway. me guy
wire touched a live wire, and Rlemer
was instantly killed.
An Iowa state law, prohibiting the
erection of bill boards on public high
WAYS and in dangerous proximity TO
railway intersections became effective
October l. The law was passed at
special session of ethe fortletn as
sernbIv and is designed to prevent the
location Of sign boards either on pub
lie or private property where they
will obstruct the view of travellers on
the highways. The new law will do
away with lot of the Disagreement
of highways and farm properly "nels
a trashy assortment OF tin ana
$500 IL vaIueless so far as adver-