Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-10

James B. Prideaux, Civil war veter-
an, died at Mineral Point Monday.
Miss Ruth Hagerty and Albert Bot
ten of Boscobel were married last
week.
Mrs. Taylor of Madison has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. S, S. Nc
Nelly.
The interior of Nauman's variety
store at Mineral Point was burned
Tuesday.
Miss Rachel Schreiner returns to
Wellesley college to take advanced
degree work.
Miss Kathryn Steil of Highland and
Stephen DeMuth of Mineral Point,
were married Sept. 2.
Mrs. Anna Olson and John Chris
topher of the town of Highland were
married Wednesday.
Miss Florence White of Shullsburg
and Willard Richardson of Galena
were married Saturday.
Over 200 guests attended the we'd
ding of Miss Anna Hoffland and Mar
vim Hinrich at Montfort Saturday.
Livingston people plan TO have a
hauling bee once every week to haul
tailings to cover the streets from curb
to curb.
Miss Roxie Biddick has returned to
Livingston from Baldwin, Mich, fol-
lowing a period as councillor of a
girls camp.
Miss Gladys Scharfenstein, former
resident of aCssville but now of Rock
ford, was married recently to Clar-
ence Hendirckson of Madison.
Rev. E. N. Hawley was elected dis
trict elder of the Free Methodist as
association. He refused to serve but
will return to the pastorate at Living
ston for another year.
Louise Tornowski of Patch Grove
and Walter Kopplin of Fall Creek,
were married the past week. The
bridegroom was principal of the Patch
Grove schools the past year.
The road from Benton to Shullsburg
one of the scenic areas of southwes-
tern Wisconsin, will be recovered
with mine tailings from the Burr,
Drum and Nightingale mines.
James N Gylis died at his home in
Mineral Point Sunday of Bright's dis
ease at the age of so years. He sec
ton foreman on the Milwaukee road
for number of years.
Boscobel voted by a large majority
to bond the city for $4,000 for the
construction of a municipal building
in connection with the public library
gift of the late Geo. F. Hildebrand.
Miss Marion PenhallegOn, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Penhallegon OF
Mineral Point, and Carl Peterson, in
structor of chemistry in the un1ver-
sity of Wisconsin, will be married on
Sept. 16.
At the closing of the Chicago North
w.t. n of Ia Crosse
appointments were made for the var
ious churches. Rev. G. F. Henke was
given charge of the churches at Liv-
ingston and Sitter.
Miss Martha Turnbull and Frank
Wilkinson of Benton were married on
| Thursday a week ago by the Rev.
Chubb. They will reside at Hamp-
shire. Ill, where Mr.. Wilkinson will
teach the coming year.
| Mrs. David erase of Camp Crook,
S. D., is in a platteville hospital fol-
| lowing an operation for the removal
of a tumor from under one arm. Her
little daughter is staying with an aunt,
Mrs. A. w. DiVall, of Montfort.
DR.. Wilson Cunningham of Platte
vile was elected president of the Wis
consin Medical association at Green.
Bay last week. The organization in
cludes a membership of 1000. ~
years ago it had less than 100.
J. d. Raisbeck of Mineral Point was
nominated sheriff of Iowa county by
large plurality. There were nine
candidates for the office. Raisbeck
lead all by SIS votes. Miss Ina Pot
| terton defeated two men opponents In
| the race for register of deeds by
big lead.
| The large concrete turning posts
| on Richland Center's main streets
have been replaced with small ones,
! only a few inches in diameter Many
auto mishaps have taken place on &C
count of the large posts and R1chland
Center people in general are glad the
| big posts were taken out.
| Walter and Lester Kurtz OF ST. PAU
spent the first part of the week at
| their parental home in Muscoda.
Walter has completely recovered from
the high-tension wire burns he re-
ceived about year ago, and now he
has an office job instead OF llneman.
l-Muscoda Progressive.
C. H. Bender, better known as Hen
ry," has rounded out his goth year as
| ianitor of the Boscobel schools. MT.
Bender came here from Germany in
1896 and located at Boscobel. He
went to work at once and has labored
continuously since. In addition to his
school duties Mr.. Bender has been
city fire chief and constable.
Passenger train No. 4S on the Bur
lington had mishap at the coal chute
above E. Dubuque Saturday night
says the Register. The fireman re-
leased the chute to fill the tender but
it caught and failed to close, 80 tons
of coal descending on the engine. The
train was delayed an hour and ten
minutes while the crew cleaned the
coal away. -,
The Hickok plumbing business Will
be continued by the boys, Donald and
Stanley, as the L. G. Hickok estate.
Donald learned his trade under his
father and is capable plumber: