Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03
Nearby Notes

The funeral of John Donahue who
Wis. Tuesday
and Carl Holman of Wesley were
married Saturday.
Miss Irma Huppenbecker and j
George Schoetig of Boscobel were
married Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles B. Champion nee Ellen
Townsend died at New Diggings Sun
day at the age of n years.
| Otis Schmidt, the contractor who
built the Galena high school, was kid.
mapped and robbed of $4,000 pay
roll in Chicago Saturday.
| NJ S. Nelson and Henry Richter
have bought Mills Cafe at Montfort
Mrs. James Vipond of New Diggings
who is over 92 years of age, cast hel
first vote Nov. 4.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell left leg
acy of $500 to the Baptist church al
Dodgeville and Miss Kate Powell $500
to the Congregational church of thai
place.
Rev Evans of Cuba who has beer
in the Methodist hospital at Madison
has returned to Cuba and has suffi-
GENTLY recovered so that he conducted
church services Sunday.
The Platteville-Potosi road is now
in excellent condition. The new road
near the Steinhoff farm has been fin
ished and the bridge under construc-
ton to the west has been completed
The Galesville Republican tells OF
the capture of wolf dog by Sacia
Bros. at Galesville. Hunters say that
the wolf dog produces a more blood
thirsty and destructive breed than
full blooded wolf
The new $4,000 Catholic church at
Warren, ILL.,, was dedicated Sunday.
The sum of $50 was voted by the
Vernon county board for the state con-
vention of Registers of Deeds to be
held in Viroqua next June.
Mrs. Charles Carey of, Darlington
died at the home of her son, DR.. Will
Carey, at Rankin, Okla, where she
with her daughter were visiting en-
route to California where they planned
! to spend the winter. Funeral services
were held at Darlington Monday.
In the case of Joseph, Charles and
Theodore Wiederholt of East Du-
buque on the charge of stealing $40C
worth of sugar from the Illinois Cen
trail Ry., was heard in Galena Mon
! day. Cap or Theodore, confessed and
took the entire blame for the their
The court sentenced him to state pen
itentiary at Joliet, ILL.,, for a term OF
| from one to ten years. The case
against the father and brother was
dismissed
| Mrs. Margaret Sweeney Hanson
reached Galena on walking tour
| from Miles, Montana to Washington
D. C. She is an aged woman and is
going to Washington to present he1
claim for compensation. She gave two
sons in the World war and is now
without support. One was shell
shocked and the other badly wounded
She left Galena for Mt. Carroll, Ill.
where she will rest for time. The
American Legion posts have giver
her aid all along her tour.
Frank Dolan who departed last
week with Jack Pink for Anheim
Calf, with the intention of remain
! ing for the winter, returned home
Monday. The trip was being made by
car and when the boys reached To
peka, Kan, they were advised by
guards that at this time of the veal
Lit would be dangerous for them tC
proceed by car, owing to severe snow
storms in the passes. Mr.. Pink con
tinued the journey by train.-High
land Press.
The Lafayette county tax levy was
lowered about $4,000 below that o.
last year, while the levy in Grant
county has been increased by about
! S87. 900.