Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-01
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

mouse their line.
Mrs. Harriet Shelton, aged SO, has
moved from Berlin, Wis, to make her
home with her daughter, Mrs. w. A.
Johnson of Pra. du Chen
Miss Agnes Grant, Sc, died Friday,
Sept. 10, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Sophia Scheberle of Benton.
Burial was made at Lowell Wis
Rev. P. w. Peterson, Viola minis
ter, is leaving his work there to take
up further studies in an eastern
school, expecting to spend two years
in study.
warehouse 70x100 feet at FRA. du
Chen for the storage of tobacco. 125
hands will be employed during The
busy winter season.
Mrs. Patrick Gum Of Galena, aged
past 80 and blind, fell down a step
after mistaking : door and broke her
hip. Breaks of this nature in the aged
are hard to heal.
Ed Weitzel is building a new mill
at Bear Valley and has it nearly COM
pleted. He opened the new building
recently and gave a. public dance
there which was much enjoyed.
Miss Esther Olson, daughter of VIM.
Olson, secretary of the Green county
farm bureau, died at Monroe Her
death occurred Just after she had re-
sumed teaching rural school.
Mrs. Andrew Banf1eld died at her
home south of Cuba City, Saturday,
Sept 20, at the age of 81 years. De-
ceased leaves a husband and ten
children-fye sons and five daughters.
T. E. Edwards and Alexander Cay
gill, who were Republican candidates
for sheriff of Iowa county at the re-
cent primary, have announced their
candidacy on the Independent ticket
at the November election.
The Elroy fair was a heartbreaker,
says the Elroy Tribune. Rain and
cold weather kept the crowds away,
yet it did not rain sufficiently to
draw the rain insurance which was
placed There are others, Elroy.
Frank Simpson took his own life,
using a shot gun at the home of his
sister at Spring Green on Wednes-
day of last week. He was unmarried,
thirty-seven years of age, and had
been in poor health for some time.
His body was taken to his old home
at Linden for interment.
A large barn on the ]. M. Thompson
IdEu1 near NEW DlSSl1SS was
stroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon.
The family heard an explosion while
eating dinner and looking out, saw the
barn in flames. Spontaneous COM
bustion is blamed. "a tons of hay and
800 bushels of oars were consumed.
Fire from causes unknown Quilted
large barn on the Harry Collicut farm
east of Mineral Point Friday week
ago. John E. Harris, renter, made an
effort to halt the flames but was I'M
successful The loss included so tons
of hay, 900 bushels of oats and fifty
chickens. $4,000 insurance was car
ried.
The herd sire of the Rundell & Son
herd has recently died. He was of
pure bred Holstein breeding and was
purchased last spring from the Car
nation Farms at OconomOwoc. He was
with the Richland county Holstein
herd and was making a good showing
at the fairs visited when he was taken
sick and brought home.
The Interstate Power Co. has ac-
uuired the holdings of the Prairie
City Electric Co. at a cost of 100000
for SOS shares. 1t is said tina the
price paid shows the stockholders of
the old company nice profit. The
company has not operated its plant
for several years. preferring to BUY
current from the Interstate Co.
Ellis Burns, of near Tavera, was IN
Justice Morris court last week and
received a fine of $25 and costs when
he plead guilty to rifiing his neigh
bor's chicken coop. The costs amount
ed to S40.35. AS he was unable to
meet the fine and costs he has been
nlaced at hard labor for thirty days
Inder the direction of sheriff Dletz-
man.-Richland Democrat
A new industry for Richland Cen
ter was begun last week by George
and Artur Barry, calling themselves
the Barry Manufacturing Co. They
beean grinding horseradish on COM
merciaI scale, and it will be put out
under 1.-THE Richland Brand. Ihey
report that large areas OF excellent
roots can be secured in the county,
and look for a ready market for their
nroduct.- Democrat.
lane Rosters and Allen Muilenberg
IF sioux City, are under arrest for
iniuring Delbert Dochnahl of Dodge
vile on s. t. L. 10 Monday of last
week Dochnahl was al1ghtlng 10 re-
nair tire trouble when SEDAN occu-
MED by the two Iowa men, slde-sWlped
hin, breaking his left ankle. Inc car
was then driven rapidly on. Inc men
We're war arrested at Mt Horeb and taken
hack hack to Dodgeville. They furnished
bond bond Of $1,000 each to stand trial at
later date. a search OF OF l fnenP car
revealed several bottles Oh liQuoI'
While the priest, Fir. Doyle. was ad-
,,,inistering service, st. Patricks par
i sonage at Benton was robbed Of SS7 40
in small change Sunday a week e'a ago ago
The thief left the parsonage ana
,assod the time of day with bystanders
P tSen going lin on his way. The man and I'd
shulisburg. where they spent ,t the day
They were picked up and d,,, tde9t theq
h tneIT made the theft and returned the
MONEY naa g4 to Fr Doyle The ro9be bier, said
he is Ernest Lindroth of St; Paul len, EN-
route to Milwaukee Rev ,,nI posi fb si an-
t 9.em ice find the men to be criminals
tt,oI, will be turned loose.