Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26

paralysis. after a short illness.
Mrs. James Kelly, wife of the post
master at Ridgeway, died at the home
Of a sister in Chicago after short
illness.
Farmers near New Diggings were
pleased to see doe deer in the vicin-
ity recently. 1t is assumed that the
doe wandered down from its northern
haunts.
Walter Schmid, Gutenberg youth,
was painfully injured last Wednes-
day when he was struck by large
rock which rolled down hill near
town He and several other boys were
playing at the foothills.
FIR. Mcclure, Catholic priest at Cuba
City for fifteen years, has been trans
ferred to Shullsburg. FIR. Cunningham,
in charge at Shullsburg since the de-
mise of FIR. Croke, has been trans
ferred to Loretta, Sank county.
H. C. Harrison, Spring Green, has
entered four Belgian horses in the
classic contests of the international
Livestock Exposition in Chicago, Nov.
20 to Dec. 6. Mercer Bros, of the
same place, will also have three can
didates in the Belgian classes.
Venerable James Brady, Richland
county's centenarian and pioneer resi-
dent, passed peacefully in to the I'M
known shadows Monday. Mr.. Brady
was 101 years old in August last and
remarkably preserved for such an adj
vanced age. Funeral services were
held at St. Philips church Thursday
morning.
Jos. P. Noone, As, Dubuque laDorer
and the father of three small children,
shot and killed himself late Wednes-
day, using a shotgun. Noone's wife
fled with another man according to
reports and the husband and father
was so respondent that he took his
own life. The family is in poor cir
cumstances.
Orvis Johnson, 70, of Excelsior, is
in a Baraboo hospital suffering from
injuries received when he was dragged
about his farm by runaway team.
His collar bone and one arm were
broken, one ear torn off and his body
terribly lacerated. His team became
frightened and he fell from the wagon
between the animals.
Next years lineup of the teams IN
the Kickapoo Valley Baseball League
will be changed from it's present mem
bership, Budd and Gays Mills having
withdrawn, leaving Viola, LaFarge,
Cashton and Westby. Two new towns
will be added for the 1925 schedule.
Hillsboro, Viroqua, Sparta and Ban
gor are the prospects.
1t is expected that the new Masonic
temple at Platteville will be completed
and ready for use by December 18th.
1t will much resembel the one In
Richland Center, the plans having
been drawn by the same architect,
Mr.. Tough A new home for the
First National bank of that city is be-
ing completed at cost of 100000.
Lead ore advanced $500 per ton
during the week, bringing the offers
to SLY per ton The cause is found
in the advanced price of pig lead.
Leading authorities in the industry
predict $125 per ton for lead ore in
the near future The bulk of sales on
zinc ore are about $44 per ton and
high grade separator jack SAT per
ton.
According to the income tax asses
sor there are owned in Richland coun-
ty 8498 head of horses; Sits cattle;
10.837 sheep; 1901 hogs. There are
.3O39 autos owned in the county. I'm
der the homestead exemption law
there is $1,334,705 exempt from tax
alton in that county. That just means
that the tax will have to be raised on
real estate or personal property
Judge jerks, county judge of Iowa
county, will receive a salary of $4,000
for probate and other work and $35
month as juvenile judge of the
county. The Iowa county court has
jurisdiction in all civil matters up to
$4,000 and on all criminal matters
but murder. The county superinten-
dent will receive 81 500, highway COM
missioner $4,000, supervising teachers,
S125.
John NJ. Kelley. Holstein breeder of
Baraboo, is to dispense his fine herd
of cattle He is attorney and adver-
Using manager for the Ringing Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey's circus and his
work will compel him to be in the
east so much that he is closing out
his interests in Wisconsin. His fine
herd was at the Richland county fair
this fall
At a meeting last Thursday even
ing of farmers in the vicinity of Mt.
Horeb, preliminary plans were dis
cussed for building canning fac
tory in that village, to pack corn and
peas. Details as to acreage, etc, were
not gone into but committee was
appointed to go thoroughly into that
phase, also the sale of stock. The cost
of the proposition is estimated at
$4,000.
Ray burlington of Monroe was con-
victed for driving an automobile with
out proper license. 1t was found that
burlington had taken 1928 license
and colored and decorated it until it
was nearly impossible to detect from
the genuine 1924 tag. The wrong in
itial for the car weight gave the man
away. He was already under sentence
for three months for a liquor law vi
olation but had been released under
the Huber law.
Among the measures that will come
before the Wisconsin legislature this
winter is one to provide building at
Madison to house state departments
crowded out of the state capitol.
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