Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-25

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Mrs. James Kay of Platteville died
Thursday morning after an illness
from which there were no hopes OF
her recovery.
The Rev. Vincent of the Darlington
M. E. church plans to go to the Mad
ison hospital for treatment for lum-
bago and pleurisy
Rev. o. S. Paulson, for the past five
years pastor of the Lutheran churches
at Argyle and Adams, will leave on
Thursday of next week to assume
charge of his former pastorate at La
Crosse.
John Schwartz of New Diggings, a.
miner employed at the Booty mine,
had his left leg broken at the knee
and a bone broken in his foot Thurs
day night when boulder rolled down
a slope and pinned him beneath an
ore car.
Mt. Horeb barber shops made a
special offer for Friday, the 18th,
of a shave for thirteen cents. A check
up at the end of the day revealed that
practically every man in Mt. Horeb
had been shaved during business
hours that day.
Little Maxine Cooper, one year and
four months old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Cooper of Gotham, met death on
Nov. II by wandering to the child and
falling in a stock watering tank. The
child was found Is minutes later but
life was extinct.
The Central Steam Heat & Power
Co. of Madison has plan before the
business firms of Richland Center to
furnish steam to all the stores and
offices from a central plant, similar
to what is known as 1.-THE Yarwin
SYSTEM" in use in many cities.
Twenty members of the Pra. du
Chen fire department enjoyed haus-
enpfeffer feast recently. A committee
went hunting and bagged SIS rabbits
and squirrels. The luscious treat
along the approved old German recipe
followed as matter of course.
The remains of Frank Anderson, a
former resident of Woodman, were
brought back to that village Thurs
day and funeral services were held
Friday Mr.. Anderson passed away
at Twin Falls, Idaho. He is sur
vived by his wife and one daughter.
The Vinegar Hill Zinc Co. sold a
car of lead to the Ford Motor Co. last
week for $132.50 per ton. 1t is stated
that some zinc concentrates have sold
during the week at $61.50. The Nation
al Separating Co. have been shipping
large quantities of acid to the Ford
Motor Co. at Detroit.
Paul Ruff of Darlington was acct
dentally shot in the head Sunday a
week ago while he and brother were
n,
A bullet from % rifle struck rock
and glanced, hitting young Ruff in the
forehead, blowing deep flesh wound
through the scalp. The skull was not
injured.
Agitation for a community building
in Dodgeville is still going on. A pc
tition is being circulated this week
asking the council to take a vote OF
the citizens on the question. 1t is re-
ported that practically all the bust
ness firms in the city have signed the
petition and that large number Of
other signatures have been obtained
Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. P. Bartle Of
Dodgeville celebrated their golden
wedding day Friday, Nov. Is. Their
eight children were home together fol
the first time in % years and the old
people each received a gold watch as
souvenir of the occasion. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bartle are natives of Dodgeville
and have spent their lives there.
Lafayette county has a total OF
1858 farms, of which 1885 are oper-
ated by owners, by managers and
1923 by tenants. There has been a
decrease of more than hundred
owner operators since 1920, with a
corresponding increase in tenant OPP
orators. The total value of farm lands
and building is placed at $37, 902, 233
Dorrance Lyon, on trial at Dubuque
with Clarence Olson, Donald Keardell
and Leonard Truda in connection with
the recent Jail delivery in which a
man named Stearns killed a jailer
was given life at hard labor. Lyons
defense held that he was guilty OF
completely in Jail delivery but did
not actually participate in the MUIR
der
On Tuesday morning occurred the
marriage of Miss Vey Goldthorpe, the
daughter of the Cuba City News-Her-
aid editor and wife, to Lester S. Sim
mons, son of Mr. and Mrs Sylvester
Simmons of Hazel Green. The cere-
mony was performed at Dubuque by
the same minister who presided prev
iously at the weddings of two sisters
and brother of the groom.-News
Jerry Humbert who lives on a farm
south of Linden, was painfully bruised
and otherwise injured when caught in
the belt of shredder on Monday
while helping shred corn at the Will
Jewell farm. Mr.. Humbert will be laid
up for some time, but his injuries are
not considered dangerous. The men
who saw the accident said he was
lucky not to have suffered a fractured
skull
The Valley Grove Stock Farm at
Monticello, the home of the largest
herd of pure bred Brown Swiss cat
tie in the northwest, has been sold
by Jacob Voegeli to his sons, Jacob
Jr. and Walter. The farm has the
largest dairy barn in Green county
and at the present time houses 100
cattle. The place has been in the
possession of the family since 1854
when it was acquired by Jost Voegeli
the grandfather of the new owners.
J. j. Jansen, "barnyard" astrono-
mer, residing at Meservey, Iowa. pre-
diets a wonderful sky spectacle the
night of November Goth, when Jupiter
crosses the path of Venus. He says
the two are nearing each other and
may be seen to the south and south
west in the early evening. Jansen
says he learned the movement of the
stars while looking at the heavens as
he MIXED the cows on summer nights.
Robert Cullen, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene c. Cullen has been in a serious
condition since Friday from drinking
Lewis I've. Mrs. Cullen was about to
use the I've and had placed it in some