Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-06
NEARBY NOTES

| NEARBY NUlE
Chen last week, aged 81 years, was
| the father of nine living children, two
| daughters and seven sons.
Leo DOty, former Richland Center
| boy who was gassed in the World
war while in France, died last week
| in Chicago hospital Burial was made
at Beloit.
Miss Naomi Ziel, aged Is, Richland
Center girl driving car alone, ran
down and injured a 6-year-old child
who was standing on the street cor
ner. The child is recovering.
Frank Colvin, Postville, Iowa, far
mer, found the lifeless body of his
son, Leroy, "a, hanging from a raj
| ter of the barn last Tuesday after
noon. The son had been plowing dur
ing the day and was seemingly in good
spirits. No reason is known for the
act.
| Richland Center is again to have a
real Fourth of July celebration the
management having made arrange
ments with four real ball teams and
this celebration is being put on under
the combined management of these
teams and the Fair association. other
attractions plenty will be there Tor
both the old and young.
Richland county friends OF Miss
Mable McNurlin, former st. Paul de-
pot agent at Gotham, were surprised
to learn of her marriage and divorce,
not knowing that she was married.
Miss McNurlin, now Mrs. Frank Fin
ley, has applied for a divorce in the
courts of Sacramento, Calf, alleging
statutory causes. She plans to resume
her maiden name and return to Goth
am to live.
George Woodward, former parcel
post mail messenger at Dubuque. was
sentenced to serve year in LeaVen-
worth by Federal Judge Scott We'd
nesday afternoon Woodward was I'M
der suspicion for long time and
search of his home showed quantity
of various kinds of merchandise. Jas.
Hackett, with whom Woodward re-
sided and who was held as fence,
will fight his case.
Judge Smalley at Richland Center
sentenced Joe Matter, convicted on
of six months on each count. Matter is
out on bonds and will appeal to the
Supreme coure Bobby Burns, held for
violation of the liquor law also, re-
ceived his choice of $3.50 fine or six
mbonths in Jail. John LaSage drew
$500 or six months. Albert Alt drew
four months in Jail with no fine OPP
ton. All liquor cases.
Bill Lauper sawed down a tree the
past winter that was four feet
through. He cut out three logs six
teen feet long and one twelve feet
long. The remaining part made three
cords of wood. HwO is that for a
tree in this part of the country? This
tree is one planted by Philip DoWd for
shade tree in 1912 at the first cab
in he built when he owned the land
now known as the Lauper farm
Dodgeville Chronicle.
A but line operated between Rich
land Center and Madison will be eX-
tended to Pra. du Chen soon AS the
railroad lines gradually retire from
the passenger transportation business,
the bus lines are enlarg1ng their
routes of travel. The West End Bus
Line Co. of Madison has added two
new busses with a capacity of 80 pas
sengers each, to ply between Madison
and Dubuque, taking in Dodgeville,
Cobb, Montfort, Livingston, Platteville
and other intermediate points on the
way.
The Ezra Blumer farm near Mon
roe was sold at bankruptcy sale and
was knocked down to the highest bid
der at 500 an acre for the 2S0 acre
tract. The buyers were the Guardian
Insurance Co. of Madison. This land
that could have been sold few days
ago for $500 an acre, but owing to
the unusual number of bankruptcy
sales of real estate held in Green
county recently the prices have de-
fated in most instances, the personal
property on the farms bring half what
the land sold for according to auc-
tioneers.
During one of the thunder storms
of last week lightning struck the barn
of Albert Richards in the town of
Ithaca, Richland county, causing con-
siderable money loss to the owner.
The barn was structure 50X60 feet
and it was destroyed together with
head of sheep, two brood sows and
seven pigs, so tons of hay, 100 bush
els of oats, some harness and other
property. A horse and COW were
struck by the lightning and badly in
iured. The loss is placed at around
S250O and this is only partially COW
cred by insurance.