Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUentS
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Miss Margaret Baxter died March
9TH at her home in Benton.
Mineral Point is organizing an
Isaac Walton League chapter.
Mrs. Belle Quinlan is writing a his
tory of Benton that will be pnbIisbed
soon.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs, Raymond
Gently.
Mrs. William Holman. resident Of
Mineral Point for more than rs years.
died March 3.
E. e. Gilbertson, prominent farmer
OF Fennimore, died Tuesday. He was a
cousin of Gov. Blaine.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ashmore of Fen
nlmore celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary March >.
George Hornbeck of Cuba has been
granted patent on newly designed
self locking stovepipe Joint.
James Buxton of Benton and Miss
Maybelle Chandler of Potosi were
married at Galena Saturday.
Judge Jeff Simpson will have no OPP
position for county judge of Lafayette
county at the spring election.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Baker of Rewey
entertained friends Wednesday even
ing on their 40th wedding anniver-
sary.
The village of Belleville will be
without a dentist soon. DR.. Niles who
has been there several years will close
his office and move to Madison.
The Pick & Cad of Shullsburg is
authority for the statement that for
the past four months an average of
nine cars of ore have been shipped
from Shullsburg every week
Clarence Richter, aged 90 son of
Mrs. John Richter of Highland, died
at Madison Wednesday. He was en-
ployed at Burgess laboratories at Mad
ison. The body was shipped to High
land for burial.
Alex Cayhill, candidate for sheriff
at last election, has been appointed
chief of police of Dodgeville, by May
or Jno. E. Wedlake, to fill a vacancy.
Melchoir Aebly, aged Monticello
man, died in his chair Sunday after
noon, few hours after an apoplectic
stroke. He is survived by his wife and
seven children.
John Wiley, one of Shulisburg's
wealthiest citizens, died at the City
hotel March 2. He was a graduate of
Jefferson Medical college and was in
the u. S. service during the Civil war;
Robt. Bray, we'll known in mining
circles, died at Shullsburg Tuesday.
He had been with the Vinegar Hill
Zinc Co. since 1907 and had spent
considerable time at different parts
of the local field. The family has been
operating the boarding house at the
Rodham mine at Shullsburg.
Everything is ready for the open
ing of the Swiss Embroidery Factory
at New Glarus, said to be the only
one in the state of Wisconsin. Elk
pert workers are moving into that
village and it is expected to mean
a big boom for New Glarus. Their
product will be trademarked "Recco-
Maid"
Private lessees of the movie theater
at Cuba gave up some time ago claim
ing the radtophones had killed their
business. The business men have
banded themselves together and leased
the house and gill give movie pro-
grams every Saturday night, charging
but 10 and Is cents Whatever denclt
may be incurred will be met by them
Prof Frank F. Churchill, for the
past 25 years head of the music de-
partment of Platteville Normal, Will
retire next fall. During his term OF
service at Platteville, Prof. Churchlli
has taken an active part in muslcal
affairs in his own community ana
throughout the state at large. An ell
fort will be made to bring together as
many as possible of Prof. ChurchliIs
former pupils at the 1925 normal COM
mencement