Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-30
NEARBY NOTES

his 74th birthday Sunday.
Charles Stude, a well known resi-
dent of Mineral Point, died Sept. 18th.
Mrs. Elvin Egan of Highland is
critically ill suffering from hemorr-
hayes of the stomach.
Alphonse Mcclure of Highland and
Miss Lola Schoepp of Lodi were
united in marriage last week.
Miss Mabel Maston, former Mineral
Point girl, was graduated from the
Rush Medical College of Chicago on
Sept 4th. She was the youngest
member of her class.
| Frank Carver of Port Andrew, held
for bootlegging, demanded a jury trial.
He got it and the jury found him
guilty of violation of the prohibition
laws. Judge Smalley assessed the GUS
| tomary thousand.
| A large cement stave silo at the
| Fred Babler farm near Orangeville
burst open one evening last week af-
| ter it had been filled TO the top with
| silage. The pressure of the silage was
| too great for the walls.
The Kistler-Stevens mill, three
miles south of Platteville, is nearing
completion and soon will be in opera
| ton. From tests made by drilling it is
thought that this will be one of the
most profitable zinc strikes in the his
| tory of the district.
Mrs. Anna Reige Harms, native OF
Big Patch, died at her home in Platte
vile last Thursday. She was preceded
in death very shortly by her husband
and son, Ben. Burial was made Sun
day at Hillside in the family lot
Neil LIE Clair, mining school stu
dent, was injured while working at
mine in upper Michigan the night
before he was to leave for Plattevllle
to resume his studies at the Mining
school. A timber fell upon him frac-
turing his hip and both ankles.
Miss Helen Pearson, daughter of the
late S. E. Pearson of Bloomington, has
accepted position with the agricult~
ural college at Bookings, S. d. She
will have charge of the home econom-
les work, demonstrating in four coun-
ties with headquarters at Mitchell.
The Onalaska Pickle & Canning Co.
are loading the first tank OF pickles
they put up at Bagley. They quit tax
ing pickles Saturday. They had II
tanks and quite a number OF large
barrels, besides over 300 barrels OF dill
pickles. That means a good sum OF
money paid out in Bagley and V1clnlLy
The cornerstone of the new ST.
Williams church at Paoli was laid
Sunday, Sept. 18th, by the Very Rev.
Nonsignor B. G. Traudt. FIR. Lederer
of Ashton gave the principal address,
The new church is to replace the one
destroyed by fire on its silver jubilee
in June. -.
T.. L. Rudersdorf reports the big
gest year in the history OF the Lone
Pine cheese factory near PlatteVllle.
During the month of August he MADE
o29 mn noI1nds of milk into IL IL tons
If cheese. This was the largest
amount of milk during the entire sew
on wears he has been in charge OF the
factory.
has studied at Harvard, Missouri
School of Mines and Wisconsin Uni
vorsitv is one of the recent neWcom-
ers at the Platteville School or Mines.
Mr. Chen's family own large iron
mines in China and he is mere 10 SeC
acnuainted with the best American
methods. cold
A solid nugget of lead ore was solo
To the Reck Lumber Co. of Benton LOT
S54 The boulder intact as taken from
+be mine weighed about 600 POUNDS.
If was too large for the holstlng APP
naratus used at the Rodhams mine,
where it was found, so it was wrapped
in chains and hoisted to the surface
in this manner. =
DR.. G.. w. Minshall of Viroqua is
mourning the loss of his l3-year-oiu
nacer. Oneida, who won three heats
ont ont Of five at Weyawega and died OF
heart failure the same day. ONEIDA
had record of never having broken
| in four consecutive years OF racing.
Tn his last four races he was III lne
money each time and was first IN Two.
Sneak thieves, no doubt local talent
of tender years, broke into the Chas.
oliver shoe store at Cuba City sun
dav night. Entrance was gained
through the rear door. Their doodle
amounted to only few pennies leIc
in the cash register. There is talk OIL
getting the bloodhounds over from Du-
buoue the next time any thievery oc-
curs.-NewS.
The excavator that has been USED
to build the new roadway across the
Kickapoo river bottom east OF the VII
| lage was mired down last Saturday
and Sunday. The crew was moving II
out to take it to Boydtown, when 1t
sank about six feet in muck near the
high ground. With the help OF Turn
er's tractor, a horse power and Its own
mower it was pulled out and proceeded
on it's way. Many spectators watched
the work Sunday-Wauzeka Chief.
| Albert Ryner, living between New
| Glarus and Verona, narrowly escaped
losing his barn and possibly all ms
farm buildings by fire that started IN
the hay. For several days the family
had smelled smoke and wondered II
there was forest fire. Just before
they were about to ga away on Sun
day Mr.. Ryner went into the barn and
saw the flames. He sumomned help
and cut away nearby hay with hay
knife and in this way prevented a gen
era1 outbreak.
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