Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-18
NEARBY NOTES

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The field forces of the A Olson Con-
struction Company of Waterloo, Iowa,
who have the contract for the erection
of the large bridge over Apple River
three miles west of Elizabeth, ILL.,, in
connection with the building of the
state hard road Route No. through
the county, will suspend further opera
lions until next spring it was stated
this week. The crew arrived at Eliza
beth late in September and since that
time have been working almost con-
tinually on the large project. The
bridge is one of the largest on Route
5 west of Chicago and consists of
three spans. The pier and abutments
on each side of the river were laid
of cement before freezing weather last
fall and the cement floor between the
pier and abutment on each side of the
river was laid during the cold wealth
er by use of fires. The steel span ex-
tending across the river was laid while
the weather was cold and during the
past few weeks the riveting of the
steel has occupied much Of the time.
The riveting will be completed by the
last of this week and then the balance
of the work will be suspended until
favorable weather in the spring. The
principal work yet undone is the lay
ing of the cement floor in the middle
section consisting entirely of steel.
The official in charge stated that if
the present weather continued it
would be possible to lay this part of
the floor and complete the contract
but should cold weather set in be-
fore the cement dried they would not
be prepared to cope with it. However,
it is planned to complete the bridge
early in the spring.
Miss Mary Byrne, proprietor of the
Byrne Hat Shop, and resident of
DodgeYille for about 26 years, died
at her home last Thursday evening
at about nine o'clock, from heart
trouble. She suffered a very severe ill
ness over year ago, from which she
never fully recovered. About month
ago she caught severe cold and had
been confined to her bed part of the
time, but her condition did not seem
to be worse than usual, and her
death was unexpected. She was sit
ting up visiting with two friends,
who had called, when a heart attack
came on. Her physician was summoned
and arrived within a few minutes, but
too alte
A rich vein of lead has been struck
on the w. F. Stratman property in
Dodgeville located just east Of Crys-
tai lake. Hans Gardner, drilling for
the Lucky Five Mining Co., struck
lead at a depth of thirty-three feet
Monday afternoon. This is the first
test hole sunk on this property and
it is said a bucket of lead was taken
out Another hole is being drilled
about thirty feet distant. The Lucky
Five better known as McKinlay Bros,
have been the most active in mining
of any of the local concerns. If the
ground proves out shaft will soon
be sunk and actual operation COM
menced.-Chronicle.
The three weeks old baby of Mr..
and Mrs. James Tranel of East Du-
buque, was badly burned Monday af
ternoon when its clothes caught fire.
Mrs Tranel was seated by the stove
holding the baby when its clothes sud
denly burst into flames. She extin-
guished the flames by dashing water
over the child. Mrs. Tranel did not
know whether the clothing of the baby
was ignited by spark or the flame
caused by the heat of the stove. The
entire body of the child was burned.
The Atlas editor took a jaywalk
Sunday night and crossed the street
in the middle of the block. A light
snow had fallen, covering a spot of
ice on the pavement, and as he stepped
on this his feet seemed to be lighter
than his head and he fell heavily,
breaking two ribs He's congratulate
ing himself on the fact that he has
lots of ribs and only two broken.-Ar
gyle Atlas.
The New DiggingS correspondent of
the Shullsburg Pick & Cad says
"A young woman bOotlegger living
just across the line says she made
nearly $4,000 in one year She was
caught, fined 5000 and sent to Jail for
one month. She says when she gets
out she is going to marry (and we
hope she comes this way) and settle
down and be good the rest of her
life
The Stoddard Cooperative Cream,
0u6GS0 anu buIISI ". I6CClN6u OlO,-
81 pounds of cream last season which
made 190,423 pounds of butter. There
were 1898 pounds of butterfat and
the over-run was 1850 pounds. The
average test was 1858 and the av-
erage price of the butter in Chicago
was 1920. The. average cost of man
ufacture was $2.51 per hundred.
Ratification by the state of Wis
consin through its legislature of an
act of congress directing the secre-
tary of agriculture to acquire the bot
tom lands of the Mississippi between
Rock Island and ST. Paul, a distance
of three hundred miles along the up
per Mississippi for fish and game
refuge is asked in bill introduced in
the state assembly.
Rev. Thomas NJ. Conway, who was
one of the first students of st. Johns
college, now Campion, died in st.
Mary's hospital at Grand Junction, !
Colo, and was buried in Cheyenne,
Wyo He was born November %, 1852, |
in New York and came to Wisconsin
in 1857. His first college study was
in the old Lawler hall.
The Dane county board of super /