Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-16
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

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years resident of Darlington where
he now lives in retirement, has made
the community a gift of $4,000 in
terdenom1nat1Onal funeral chapel to
be erected at the Union cemetery
near the city. The donor told how he
had often attended funerals of aged
friends and noted with regret that
many old people suffered while at
tending such funerals. He therefore
hoped to remedy the exposure to
mourners. The chapel is built SO that
the coffin slowly drops into a re-
ceiving vault capable of caring for
fourteen bodies. When spring arrives
the bodies so disposed of will be re-
moved to the cemetery for burial.
The chapel will be heated and lighted.
Mr. Klein is a bachelor and retired
farmer. He is the second man to
make Darlington a munificent gift.
Matt Murphy, pioneer of Benton,
gave the people a court house valued
at $110,00O
At the adjourned session of the
March term of the circuit court held
in DOdgeville, Judge Smalley grant
ed seven of the eight petitions for
naturalization. The new full-fedged
citizens are August Ruesch Chris
Week, Daniel Roberts, Andrew Rude,
all of Barneveld; Louis Knellwolf
of DOdgeville; Geo. Edward Walther
of Mineral Point; Thos. Myrhagen of
Edmund. All are intelligent, indus
triOus men and a credit to our coun-
try. Judge Smalley commended them
for the step taken.-ChrOnicle.
To the Condry school, near Platte
vile, goes the honor of having the
highest per capita Christmas Seal
sale of any of the rural or state
gradede schools in Grant county. This
announcement is made by the Wis
consin Anti-TuberculOsis Association
which in cooperation with the pub
fishers of "Hygenia" is presenting to
the teacher Miss Leona Davis, year
subscription to "Hygeia, health
magazine This school had a per cap
tia sale of sc cents.
While switching in the yards at
Cobb Friday morning, the engine of
the west bound freight train was
rendered hOrs de combat. The con-
Meeting rods which propeI the huge
drivers snapped on both sides. 1t
was fortunate the break did not oc-
cur while travelling at high speed as
a wreck would no doubt have result
ed An engine was dispatched from
Montfort and the disabled engine
towed to the Madison shops for re
pairs.
Mineral Point boasts what is be-
lieved to be the Oldest barber shop
in the United States. Established in
1848 by George Apple, the shop was
later turned over to his son. Alder,
who has been the proprietor since
that time Although the shop has
been in operation for the past sew
enty-six years, the growth of the
city has failed to rob it of its quaint
simplicity.
A car of Holstein COWS, Is in num-
Der, brought from Minnesota, were
delivered to west Grant county dairy
farmers whose herds were depleted
recently following tuberculin tests.
John Curtis purchased five, Del Hor-
ton ten, and Jas. GOvier three. They
were a fine lot of animals and were
selected after careful examination as
to physical condition and production
quality.
Jos. Kuhl of Hazel Green died Fri
day in a Dubuque hospital after an
illness of three days, of an abscess
on the brain. He was SO years old
and is survived by his wife and five
children. He was elected assessor of
Hazel Green at the spring election
and was a member of the firm OF
Swift & Kuhl, and represented the
Travellers Ins Co. as agent.
Returning to his auto after park
inc it in an alley, Jur1al BALDWIN,
Dubuque business man, discovered
Is cents and a note on the running
board. The note said, use this mon
ey to repair the puncture. Exam
ination revealed a thief had removed
a new tire from Baldwin's auto ana
replaced it with a we'll worn pune
tured one.
e. e. Dillon, Madison engineer, IS
askink a franchise at Boscobel to IN
stall a steam electric generating
nlant and a central heating plant to
use the exhaust steam from the cleo
trio plant Dillon last summer sought
a franchise in Richland Center for
central heating plant to utilize the
exhaust steam from the local power
plant. -
Lawrence A. Disch of East Du-
buuue. one of the oldest ra1lroaders
in this section, has been placed on
the pension list by the Illinois Cen
trail Co. Mr.. Disch entered the ser
vice as a freight handler III East
DUBUQUE in 1887. Mr.. Disch was al
so elected justice of the peace IN
East Dubuque recently.
The S. j. Collins Great Dane Dog
Farm between Reedsburg and Bara-
boo has gone into bankruptcy, and 10
satisfy creditors, the only asset the
company has is about 100 dogs that
will be sold at auction. The liabilities
are over $4,000 and the creditors
include Reedsburg bank to sum
Dr.. Alexander, 20 years old. pro-
minent practicing physician IN Bel
mont. died suddenly at his home on
tuesday evening at $50. DR.. Alex
ander had been IN rather poor health
for some time nut had been attend
inc to his practice daily He is sur
yiyed by his widow. The body was
taken to East Troy for burial :.
Earl E. Hoffer, who has been edit,
ing and managing the newspap pei emo tbe
of the LaFarge enterprises loL t the
mast year, has quit the job and the
owner. ]. E. Rockhil1, will again take