Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-26

Darlington will celebrate the 4th of
July.
The Platteville Elks are installing a
radio outfit in their club rooms.
Mrs. Geo. R. Chinn, mother of an
8-day-old daughter, died at Viroqu3
leaving husband and two small chill
dren bereft.
Alfred Gald, Is, Gays Mills, fell
from his fathers haymow and landed
on a concealed hay knife. He suffer-
ed several ugly cuts on the legs and
the knife pierced his body. Young
Gald will recover.
| The Anthony mine at Cuba City has
been leased by the owner, H. E. Scott
| of Madison, to Singer and Stops of
Linden, who are checking the mine
up. A shaft goes into ore brearing
strata. Two years ago the surface
| equipment burned. The mine has
been idle since.
| Oliver Leib, on trial at Dubuque for
the murder of John Kirkpatrick in
Woodchopper's cabin near Cascade,
was found guilty and sentenced to life
| Imprisonment. Testimony showed the
men had been drinking and that Leib
had smashed the other man over the
uGdU Will d UdII0l.
Lester Appleby of Beetown went to-
Boscobel Saturday morning to spend
| Sunday with his mother who has
been in poor health of late. Lester
rode horse to Lancaster and found
it to be the best method of travel at
this time of year just as it was in the
days of George Washington.
Charles Schaefer, so, Bellevue, met
death by his own hand by hanging
himself with a belt from his trousers.
| Schaefer had been arrested for run
ming liquor into the town but was re-
leased on bonds. He then fourished
gun and threatened to kill an officer
who subdued him and locked him up.
The suicide followed.
Joe Greer of Bloomington has gone
to New York with his five high jump
ing horses. He will take part in the
Ringing Bros. show at the New York
hippodrome. The Greer troupe COM
prises Mr.. and Mrs. Greer, son, Harry,
and two cowboy riders who have been
with Mr.. Greer for several years. The
act includes high jumping and wild
west.
The Connecting Link mine near the
village of Cuba City 10 now in opera
ton. The mine buildings were des-
troyed in ere months ago. Another
mine item of interest is the installa-
ton Of BHtchart tables at the James
mine near Shullsburg. These tables
enable the recovery Of finer ores US
uaIly lost The new equipment is the
only one of it's kind in the field. The
Vinegar Hill Zinc Co. owns the mine.
There is a big demand for sulphuric
acid manufactured by the Vinegar
Hill Co. at Cuba City and the Mineral
Point Zinc Co. at Mineral Point The
strong demand for sulphuric acid is
making a larger market and better
price for the low grade ores.
Mrs E. o. Patterson, who passed
away at Newton recently, was probab-
ly the Oldest citizen of Vernon county.
Had she lived until next June she
would have been 95 years CID. Her
living descendants consist OF five or
nine children, 81 grandchildren, 81
great grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. This totals 179 blood
descendants to say nothing OF others
who married into the family and
claim the old lady as kin. Mrs. Pat
terson was born in New York on June
81, 1929 She was married in 1S47
and came west in 1852. Mr.. and Mrs.
Patterson located in the Bad Axe reg
ion north Of Pra. du CHEN, at that
time a bowling wilderness. Indians
roamed the country and between rails
ing children the wives helped their
men to fell trees, grub stumps and es-
tablish the home and farm. Mrs Pat
terson destroyed the modern idea that
it injuries women to bear children by
raising nine Of them. Her health was
excellent up to the time of her death.