Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-11
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

eTd1 HOlnL u16Q May ZlSt.
Platteville will have chautaoua
this year, starting June 10.
Miss Mary Scott of Fennimore and
Ralph Stlpplch were married at Ga
lena.
Another Mineral Point death during
the week was that of Thomas E. Will
liams.
Mrs. Robert James, a resident of
Mineral Point for 80 years, died last
Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Ivey leave Belmont
in few days for their new home near
La Crosse.
Grant county has 154 students in
the university, including 81 men and
70 women.
Mrs. George Wedge, who lived
south of Belmont, died at the Dodge
vile hospital
Miss Winona Dave of Mineral Point
died at st. Joseph's hospital, Dodge
vile, Thursday
Miss Bernice Dunn of Mineral Point
and James Bryson of Darlington were
married Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Arthur of Min
eral Point mourn the death of their
daughter, Dorothy.
Charles Norris of E. Dubuque and
Miss Ruth Holmes of Dubuque were
married Saturday.
The body of Miss Helen Harris, who
died at Tucson, AriZ., was brought to
Mineral Point for interment.
The marriage of Bernard Vondra of
Cuba City and Miss Hilda Reuter- of
Paris will take place this week.
Miss Velma Stivarius of Lancaster
is recent graduate of the Milwaukee
hospital training school for nurses.
Sheriff Simmons of Lafayette coun-
ty confiscated a large still and $50
gallons of mash belonging to Oscar
Lesch. Lesch is out on $4,000 bail.
Fishermen who have been more or
less timorous can now begin fishing
as the season opened June 1 on all
classes of fish including gamy vari-
cites.
Henry Strong, aged 81 years, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Clark, at Bagley. He was one
of the first settlers in the town of
Wyalusing.
C. L. Wander Bic, son of the late
Len Wander Bic of Platteville, leaves
WatertoWn for California soon. He
will be connected with the faculty of
Leland Stanford for the summer.
Miss Cora Russell of Platteville
with a party left Saturday from Aus
tin, Mimi, Saturday, for an auto trip
to Gunnison, Colo, where she will
teach during the summer in a teach
ers' college.
Four men anrrowly escaped death
in a cave-in at the Monmouth mine at
Hazel Green Monday. George De
Mittroff was taken to Platteville for
an X-ray to determine the extent OF
his injuries
Drs. Pinkerton, Kennedy, Kane,
Shaw and Slater, Pra. du Chen ply
sicians, have purchased the Hagen
sick stock in the new sanitarium COM
pany and opened a clinic in the Cor
nelius building The five doctors will
each specialize in a different line.
The sale of tax deed certificates
which are advertised as delinquent
taxes" will This year all be purchas-
ed by Richland county and not sold
to private individuals as heretofore
The county board at its session last
fall voted to take this action.-RepuD-
lican Observer.
Ed Luver, 70, Stockton farmer, woke
up Thursday morning a week ago 10
find himself blind. He was as well as
usual otherwise, and had worked all
dav previously Doctors diagnose his
trouble as atrophy of the left optic
nerve and sympathetic affection OF
the right nerve Luver in spite OF the
diagnosis will take treatment Win
hope of restored sight.
1888 barrels of beer contscated at
Davenport was poured into the sew
ers Wednesday Hundreds OF people
witnessed the impressive ceremony
carried on by the police. Inc peer
was the property of Clarence OHeaIn
of Dubuque who was shipping II u
Davenport. Unfortunately for y HeaIn
prohibition squad seized the snip
ment before he could market 1t "
thirsty Davenporters.
DR.. J. w. Watson, Spring Green
veterinarian, died at Chicago nos
nitaI Wednesday of last week and his
BODY was brought to Spring Green
for burial Friday. DR.. watson was
the first superintendent of the Rlcn-
land County ASYLUM. After he left
that position he studied for the VET
erinarian profession and went 10
Spring Green to practice. He was III
the hospital two months before MS
death
Fred Thomas, Ridgeway farmer
saved his house from burning AFTER
stubborn fight. Thomas and SON. Gar
field. were at work in the field near ar
bv and saw smoke emerging from Tue
roof of the house They ran 10 the
building and while Garfield and MIS- 1Ts
Thomas brought buckets of water n M !,
Thomas poured them down through 9 nn a
hole he had chopped in the ROOF. Ine
total damage consisted of hole seven
feet square burned through the ROOT
and a burned attic floor. - +ha
Account records belonging to the
Hamilton & Roberts store at Areha
valued at $1,000 and stolen Tuesoay q
week 700 were picked up by school
children, playing near Richland Cen 17,1
ter. and returned to the owners. me T.
accounts We're intact in their osr G eaTe an m
was later learned that car WI, Win at at
illinois number had been lett az
Peadstown for repairs This was trac,
ed to Aurora, III. ownership I anu
found to have been stolen there. me