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

cent years came when Leland G..
White, prominent business man of
that city and secretary of the Green
county fair, stated that his business
block on the court house square, now
being extensively remodeled and en-
larged into a three-Story building,
will be converted into 48room
modern hotel, to be known as The
Eugene, II memory of his parents,
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene A.
White. The new hotel is not expected
to include dining room, but will re-
serve space for a commercial coffee
room. The hotel will be opened to
guests July LIST, 1925. The investment
in the enterprise will very likely
reach the 100000 mark.
The two men who were confined in
the Elkader Jail for chicken stealing
down on the Yellow river, are be-
coming notorious in more ways than
one While in jail last week, wait
ing to be taken to Fl. Madison to
serve. ten year sentences, two Du-
buque women asked to be allowed to
visit with the men, claiming to be
their wives. While in the cell during
a two hour period, they gave the men
several hack saws which they had
bought at Monona, and three bars
had been sawed in two when a prls-
liner in an adjoining cell notified the
sheriff Since then the authorities
have been confronted with two other
women who claim to be tn ereal
wives of the men.
DR.. Glenn, osteopath of Waukon,
was crushed to death between his car
and tree while outing with his wife
and relatives. The party were gath
ering nuts on a hillside when the
doctor went to take his car further
on. He was standing on the running
board trying to guide the machine,
when he lost control and it ran down
hill, crushing his hip and inficting
severe internal injuries. He died at a
hospital next day. He was twenty
three years old.
The Fennimore Times settles the
question as to whether the old state
capitol is at Platteville or at Belmont
by stating that it is neither-it is at
Leslie, little station on the c. & N.
w. R. R., and at the foot of Belmont
Mound 1t also claims that the re-
stored building is in many ways
ahead of the original. For one thing,
it rests on a concrete foundation so
that hogs can no longer get under
the floor and break up meetings as
they are reported to have done when
the first legislature was in session in
the old building.
1t is reported that government Off
Gals are hot on the trails of persons
who attempt to defraud the govern
ment of petty sums by slipping writ
ing inside of parcels and sending all
by parcel post. One case occurred at
Platteville last week where an indi-
vidual was found by postal authorities
to have done just that thing. The
sender was required to pay first class
postage on the whole parcel which
amounted to $500.
Donald Snyder, six year old Mon
ticello child, received serious injury
on Saturday when he was playing in
a Monticello hotel where the election
booths were left standing. A number
of children were playing around one
booth when it fell, striking the Sny-
der child in such manner that the
entire right side of his face was
crushed. An operation was performed
at Madison early in the week.
A reward of $50 is offered for the
apprehension of George Henry Ray
mond of Darlington, who has run
away from his home. The boy is the
fifteen year old son of John Ray
mond. He had on his person about
$125 when he left home. Young Ray
mond has light complexion, gray eyes
and brown hair, weighs 140 pounds,
and is five feet ten inches tall.
Ole NJ. Peterson, a former resident
of the Kickapoo valley, died at his
home in Corsicana, Texas, last Tues
day. Mr.. Peterson was a Civil war
Himley of Soldiers Grove. He was
80 years and % days old. A wife
and two daughters survive, together
with his brother, Knute Peterson, of
Fargo, N. D., and the sister, Mrs.
Himley.
Henry Embertson of St. Olaf was
killed Monday afternoon while rid
ing from a field with load of corn.
The horses became frightened and
ran away and the family first sensed
a tragedy when the team crashed in
to a fence near the house. They
found the husband and father lying
unconscious twenty rods away. He
died a few hours later.
John M. Bennett, pioneer of vi
roqua and we'll known business
man for many years, died suddenly
Wednesday morning. He had been out
to work the day before and had eaten
a hearty supper and slept well during
the night, but at 700 o'clock next
morning he was dead.
Vernon county has had an epidemic
of fires and the insurance agents in
that county are advertising heavily
since fire fiend has been running
loose in that section. One day last
week four fires were reported, prac-
ticallv all at the same time.
The funeral of Mrs. Joe Huntington
who was killed when an auto struck
her, was held Saturday at the family
home four miles west of Darlington.
Seventy-five men are employed at
the Coker mines at Livingston. During
the past week seven cars of ore were
shipped from mines No. and 8.
The LAFAYETTE county board retired