Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-06
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

George Edwards, StOckton's oldest
man, died Sunday at the age OF SO.
He left no immediate family.
Editor and Mrs. c. NJ Vail of Ben
ton, welcomed a little daughter to
their home the first of this week
Frank Hall and Joe Cullen are re-
ported tC ave struck big lead mine
near the old rock church at New Dig
gings.
An eleven foot cut was made
through solid rock near Elizabeth for
the purpose of reducing the grade on
Illinois S. T. L. 5.
Nelson Bowers aged So years, died
at his home Ill Darlington Saturday.
He has held many offices of trust, in
La Fayette county.
Fourteen families at Avoca banded
together to put up ice for next sum-
mer's use. They employed an ice
crew and filled storage house,
Mary Catherine Bolander, aged 5,
daughter of Oscar Bolander of Blan-
charGville, died at ST. Joseph's hos
pital Dodgeville. Thursday after a
short illness with appendicitis.
Mrs. Fred Helm of Galena, was
thrown from cutter and her left arm
fractured Thursday afternoon. The
harness broke on hill and the horse
started violently, throwing the woman
out of the rig.
Seth Hathaway Benjamin oldest
man in the town Of Dane, near Lodi,
died Jan. 20 at the age of 80 years and
27 days. A wife and two children had
preceded Mr.. Benjamin in death. he
leaves daughter.
Boscobel has raised the salary OF r..
G. Graewin, it's school superintendent,
to $4,000 a year from $4,000. Grae-
win was considering an offer at FRA.
due Chen when the board acted 10
retain his services.
Jos. McKillip, Bellevue postmaster,
has been appointed receiver OF the
defunct Kelso bank, succeeding Dr.
w. B. Guthrie, Columbia college ex-
pert. DR.. Guthrie came to Bellevue
on 18-months leave but had to return
to his class room
David Coward, At, a well known
miner, died at Shullsburg Thursday
night. He was a native or England
and came to this country as mine
superintendent several years ago. he
was formerly superintendent at the
Dale mine at Livingston.
Mrs. Lawrence Disch, e. Dubuque
who was seriously burned recently
when her clothing caught hre IN
mysterious manner, died at MERCY
hospital. Mrs. Disch, aged 81, hurried
herself in a snow bank when ner
clothes caught fire, in an effort TO eA-
tinguish the flames.
Sunday night about twelve O'Clock
five families were made homeless,
when the Lawrence restaurant and
barber shop at Ferryville burned to
the ground. 1t is reported that the
insurance on the buildings had eX-
pired a few days before the ire
GAYS Mills Independent.
car occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. n.
N Wells of Pra. du CHEN broke
through the ice in the Mississippi
near Pictured Rocks, while crossing
IN McGregor. Mr. Wells was preced-
e5 Inv truck that broke through out
nrtIed out Several hours elapsed pc
fore the Wells car could he extrlcated
from the hole in the ice
Sherman Crubaugh, age 40, residing
naar Werley, attempted slclde by
hanging Monday. The havy rope ne
used was slow in becoming taut and
tho victim was discovered 10y mem
hers of his brothe Reuben's family
with whom he lives. A physician was
hastily summoned and the man was
soon revived BoscObel Dial.
A good hearted engineer on the Free
nort-Dodgeville branch of the l.. =.
road refused to run down horse and
the train went at slow speed INTO
Tonnsdale. Iowa county, THURSDAY
noon The horse got on the track
near HolIandale and proceeded TO run
ahead of the train for miles Near
Tonnsdale the animal whised its tan
and left the track. Bell and Whlste
had no effect on it.
sheriff Stevenson of Crawford
county. has begun enforcing the
dance hall ordinance passed 10y re-
cent session of the county board. II
Friday night raid five intoxicated
dancers were taken from one dance
and locked up to sober on. Later
fines were assessed. Wesley Larapee
of Wauzeka, accused of selling M
toxicants. was held Tor trlaI uhueI
$500 bonds. His wife was arrested
the same day for using abusive Tau
guage toward JOS. Doll OF Wauzekd'
A rift was thrown into the analrs
of the Puritan Bakery at Rlchlanu
Center, at the close OF last "eeh'
whom George Spencer, the baker, was
mo the corlpany's property and sell
Ing the same-such sales being cash
register and bread wrapping ma
chine. When he was brought TO
court Monday, Mr.. Spencer admle5eo
oniIt and received fine of $40 and
iaiI sentence of 80 days during wNh
period he will be put to work.-Rus-
tic. 1,. who
lot a lob of building a city reservoir
,,-i+boi,t advertising for bids, were
sred for return of the money used to
pay for the job. While they violated violated
he law. in generating them Justice
Crownhart of the Supreme court
made it plain that they were Justlhed
~ 40 fact that a contractor with APP
paratus was on the ground ready to
do DO tbe work, and that they evidently
acted as they did in good faith faithful think *
ing it to be in the best interests nj. nasde o5
the city. Viroqua certainly needeu
~ ~ asarvoir and further delay would