Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From 7ri-
State Area.


ceremonies recently.
John Aide of Dodgeville was fined
$40 and costs for stealing an overcoat
from the opera house while a fire.
mans ball was in progress.
| The Odd Fellows lodge at Soldiers
Grove are building a new lodge hall.
Construction was begun in October.
1t will be ready for occupancy soon.
| Grover Bills was convicted in the
| Clayton county court last week of
maintaining a liquor nuisance. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
fined $500 and COSTS
VIM. Reese of Dodgeville has COM
pleted forty-two years of service as a
mail messenger on the Northwestern
road between Madison and Galena.
He has been retired on pension.
G. L. Atkinson of Wauzeka has
been given the government appoint
ment as farm census enumeration for
the townships of Wauzeka and Mari
eta and the villages of Wauzeka and
! Steuben.
| Lawrence A. Disch of East Du-
buque, retired alderman and business
| man aged 72, was found dead in his
/ home. He had been dead around 8
hours when found and the body was
| frozen stiff. He lived alone.
The case against B. I. Smith Of
! Darlington on the charge of adulter-
ating milk was decided in favor OF
Smith in the circuit court last week.
where it was proved that the tests did
not agree and were not reliable.
Chas. Mitchell, who was indicted
last May on serious charge. was ar
rested Saturday night at Marquette
| on a bench warrant and is now lodged
| in Jail at F1kader in default of $4,000
bonds which he has been unable to
| furnish
J. D. Murphy Co. at Waukon, which
was reported in dire financial straits
| few weeks ago, is now bucklng
number of suits, part of them lnst1-
tuted by farmers who supplied the
Murphy Condensed Milk Co. with the
products of their dairy herds.
| Sherm Turk has leased his gravel
pit at Wauzeka to Turner & Son who
are planning to equip it with $S,0OO
worth of machinery so as to be able
| to load cars at the rate of four day
The equipment will also grade the
gravel into four sizes for concrete
use.
| Charles Brown of Colesburg ran
| into the passenger train on a railway
crossing in Monona with Buick
roadster the other day when he tried
to beat the train to the crossing, and
the locomotive caught the back end
of his car. Luckily for Brown, he got
out alive.
John Duertshi of Monroe, native OF
Switzerland, cheesemaker and farmer,
died recently leaving an estate OF
SIC. 900 which is to be spent for the
benefit of the children of Germany
He has two sisters in this country and
a half-brother in Switzerland but left
them nothing.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stewart of
Ridgeway were busy at their church
decorating a Christmas tree, a fire
broke out in their home. A great deal
of damage was done to the home and
contents Stewart and wife have
moved into another house. They lost
everything they had.
John Schumacher and Clifford Mil
Ter, caught at Richland Center for the
robbery of hardware store, pleaded
guilty and were given sentences OF
two years each at Green Bay. Their
booty which had been hidden around
the Parfrey mill, was recovered and
returned to the owners.
Glen Mcdonnell, day operator at
Spring Green, had narrow escape
from asphyxiation last week while ex-
aiming a refrigerator car. A charcoal
burner was used to heat the car which
was unventilated A shortage of breath
warned him that something was amiss
and he escaped with difficulty.
Sheriff Davis of Allamakee county
arrested Cook Fisher 81. who worked
on a farm there during the past sum-
mer. at the request of the sheriff OF
Richland county who wanted the man
on a statutory charge. The prosecut-
ing witness is his niece. He waived
the extradition rights and was taken
to Richland Center jail last week.
Robert Wise. IA, son of w. H. Wise
of Waukon Jet, was walking on
railroad track near his home at the
exact time to be caught under de-
rallied passenger train which was be-
ing backed empty down a track. Mir.
aculously, the youth fell into de-
preston in the ground and was hard
Ily scratched. A wrecking crew re-
leased him. $500 damage was done to
the train.
A. H. Barker, former McGregor
man, was murdered recently by rum
runners in Buffalo, N. Y, wheer he
was manager of chain of restau-
rants for the Waldorf Co. When he
went to one of the restaurants on
business trip, he found thugs fight
ing with his manager and when ne
interfered. one of them struck him
on the head, fracturing his skull. He
died Immediately. The body was taken
to the old home and buried last Tues
day.
Clifford Gatewood, who with Sion
iker were charged with the murder
of Peter Campbell at Bridgeport about
a year ago, but who was released from
the charge in Judge Smalley's court,
will probably have to face that iurist
again. He was arrested by Sheriff