Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-02
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREv|T|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From 7ri-
State Area.


ornamental lighting system on Main
and Second streets. Another ballot
covered a question as TO whether or
not the city should give $1,000 to the
legion band Three candidates were
for mayor, incumbent Miller Mrs. Jas.
Dolan and A. w. Hooser, former
mayor. Jacob Hartman Jr. contended
with Joseph Webster for the office of
treasurer and M. S. Block was opposed
to Jesse RubIe as city treasurer. j. L.
Kliebenstein and Alvin Hale sought
the office of assessor. Henry Klieben
stein, William Place, John H. Meyer
and Thos. Murray contended for the
office of street commissioner. There
were contests for alderman and sup
ervisor in several wards.
E. e. Dillon, a Madison contracting
engineer, proposes to install steam
electric generating plant at Boscobel,
supplanting the present method of
buying current by contract from the
Interstate Power Co. Mr.. Dillon also
proposes to use the exhaust steam and
heat the business district of the city
He claims to be able to put currnet
on the switchboard at &c a kiioWatt,
which is considerably less than the
price charged by the Interstate Co. Mr.
Dillon installed such plant at Water
loo, Wis, not long ago. He is also in
charge of a dam being constructed on
the Kickapoo for the Petersen estate.
A passenger train struck an motor
car occupied by Kenneth Stewart of
Viroqua, and John Hogan, travelling
man, near La Crosse. AS Stewart and
4 a
train coming at SO miles an hour. 1t
was apparent that collision was I'M
avoidable. Stewart seized the steer
ing WHEEL in an effortr to divert the
car away from the train. The machine
swung on the tracks and was hit in
the rear by the Oncoming train. The
men were carried on the cOwcatcher
for 200 feet and taken off unconscious
but neither was seriously hurt. Their
car was demolished.
The Rev John Hardcastle, for "A
years in the ministry, and for the past
five years at Kewanee, Ill, plans to
leave there in May and return to
Platteville where he will engage in
special work Rev. Hardcastle, known
in many households as Brother
John" was ordained at Ridgeway. He
bears the reputation of being a two
listed clergyman, ready to chastise an
insulting lOafer or to lift a fallen
brother or sister from the gutter. He
will be given a royal welcome upon
his return to Grant county.
Scott Barriers of RiChland Center
has been having a series of unfOrtu-
nate experiences. He recently stepped
upon a sharp piece Of steel and an X
ray showed that a part of the steel
had broken off and was embedded in
his foot. After much suffering on the
part of Barnes the foreign material
was removed. The next day Barnes
was taken with an attack of ptomaine
poisoning and laid up for a week.
Farmers and dairymen who think of
alfalfa as a new thing will be sur
prised to know that more than 1000
years ago a Roman author named Luc-
Jus Junius Moderatus Comenella des-
cribed alfalfe as being a superior for
age plant owing to the fact that it
could be cut from four to six times a
year and because it fortified the soil
upon which it grew.-Richland Rustic.
Two large barns on the Chas Wa
chuta farm 6 miles northeast of Pra.
. Qu OIllGu DuIu6u W IllG SlOulu L uSo-
day night, March 10. Four horses,
four calves, two sheep, 80 tons of hay
and some small tools were lost along
with the buildings The blaze broke
out near midnight and incendiary ORR
gin is suspected.
Theodore Kermit, prominent bust
ness man of Lansing, Iowa, committed
suicide Wednesday morning by shoot
ing himself in the chest with revol-
yer. Death was instantaneous. Mr..
Kerndt was 81 years old and president
Of Nielander & Co, Lansing. He left
a wife and two sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. B, Parizek of Blue
River will leave soon for their former
home near Prague, Bohemia. They
have secured passports from Clerk of
Court F. c. Burr They will visit the
comirs summer with relatives. Bo-
hemia is one of the few prosperous
countries in Europe.
Several boys arrested at Richland
Center for a series of petty robberies,
were placed on probation for six
months upon their plea of guilty. The
boys parents will be responsible for
their good behavior.
Jas Findley was arrested at Chicago
and taken back to Richland Center to
stand trial on charge of having il
legally sold potatoes he had stored in
a warehouse.
Mrs. C. P. Brechler, aged 60, of Fen
nimore, died after weeks illness
with paralysis. A husband and eight
children survive.
Prof. e. J. Shelliam of Fennimore,
has been appointed second lieutenant
in the Officers Reserve Corps. Prof.
Shelliam was in the World war.
H. c. Kast, venerable citizen of
Pra. du Chen, celebrated his S3rd
birthday on Friday, March Fl. The
old gentleman enjoys excellent health.
The Ludwig shoe shop and the Hon
eel saloon at Pra du Chen were en-
tered the came night, a small amount
of cash being taken in each case.
E. A. Marston, Boscobel man, has
RECALLED himself with rhubarb pie all
winter Last fall Marsten placed sew
eral rhubarb roots in his cellar.
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