Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-14
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
state Area.

John Shimpa of Boscobel is display
ing a squash that weighs 102 pounds
Dick Engelke of Belmont sold Is
head of 3-year-old steers for $3.50
head.
John H. Parmley and Miss Wilma
Jenkins, both of Mifflin, were married
at Galena Saturday.
Robert Collins, owner of Pinehurst
trout hatchery near Gays Mills, died
suddenly of heart failure.
Miss Mary Gundry has returned to
Mineral Point from a II weeks tour
in England, France and Belgium.
The Sank county fair at Baraboo
was attended by over 10000 and the
fair is said to have been the best in
the history of the county.
The state highway commission is
considering the erection of a new
bridge over the Wisconsin at Bridge
port in 1927 At present there are no
| funds available for the work.
Peter Jensen of BOaZ vicinity left
Saturday morning for New York and
sailed from there Tuesday for Odense,
Denmark. where he plans to spend
| the winter with the home folks.
Goldman Bros, operating a beef
ranch south of Cobb, sold car OF
| choice grass fed steers on the Chicago
market Oct 1, for $14.25 per hundred
pounds. The steers averaged 1870
pounds apiece.
Peter Shorts, Is, the oldest living
male born in Richland county, died
lat his home in Redwood township
Sept. 20. He spent his life in Richland
{county A second wife and three chill
| dren survive.
Our exchanges are reporting apple
trees in blossom, scantily attired ears
of corn, muskrat houses built on the
California bungalow plan, and other
| evidences of a mild winter. We hope
they're right-Pick & Cad.
| F. H. Carter, Richland Center, fell
from an auto while delivering milk.
| He was standing in the machine and
| lost his balance at a turn. Carter was
unconscious for a time but will re-
cover
Patrick F. McKernan of Seymour
died Thursday at the age of 70 years.
He was born at New Diggings and
was one of a family of eleven chill
dren all of whom preceded him in
death with the exception of two sis
ters.
Hugh Moore, superintendent of the
Lafayette poor farm, was thrown from
! a horse last Thursday, striking his
head and rendering him unconscious
for several hours. Mr.. Moore had gone
to the Wiley farm near Wiota to bring
the horses to the county farm.
| Word has been received of the death
| of Mrs. p H. Conley, of San Diego,
Calf Mr.. and Mrs. Conley had been
residents of Darlington until two years
ago when they moved to California.
Burial was made in California where
her father and mother are buried.
| The Rev. Stanley Joslin has been
reassigned to Muscoda as pastor of
| the Methodist church there. Rev.
Joslin is one of the most popular min
listers of this section. On Tuesday of
| last week the members of his con-
gregation gave a reception in honor
of Rev Joslin and wife.
The Island Wooden Mills at Bara-
boo has laid off their night shift and
cut the day shift to three days week
claiming lack of business as cause.
The lease on the James building at
Muscoda for Uncle Sans postoffice
has been renewed and new equipment
has been added to the office, includ-
ing IUU new BOXES.
Harold Ehrler, 5-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Ehrler, Galena, had
one eve injured and part of two fin
gers blown off his right hand when,
while playing with a dynamite cap he
exploded it by striking it with a ham
mer The force of the explosion blew
hole in the basement floor. The boy
was rushed to a hospital.
Dot
Ryan of Blanchardville, returning
from the northern part of the state,
collided head-on near Argyle with a
car driven by III. E. Dahlby of Daley
Vile Both cars were wrecked. Ryan
was unhurt but both the Gavigans
were bruised and cut. Dahlby was cut
about the face and one tooth was
broken off.
Wisconsin prohibition agents, CO.
operating with Iowa officials, made
rich haul on islands in the river OPP
posite Waukon Jet. Ten large stills,
some of the best made, 1000 gallons
of mash, SO gallons of moonshine, gas
tanks, barrels, shacl1s, containers,
ETC., were confiscated. It is said that
one of the customers boosted of the
superiority of the m0onshine to
pFOulDlIIOU agent, lnuS giving Cl6
clue which led to the raid.
Charley and Harry 8utson, Lima
township brothers, hold the Grant
county medal for "barnyard golf" or
horseshoe pitching. The two have
been victorious in every contest en-
tered and have each won prizes e.
gregating over 800, not to mention
innumerable bronze and steel mount
ed horseshoes. Their last strenuous
encounter was at the Bloomington
fair where sixteen of the best pitchers
in the county were engaged in a bat
tie to the death. The Butsons won the
title and cash in straight games
Witness.
Rob Collins, we'll known proprietor
of the Collins Trout Hatchery near
Gays Mills, died suddenly of heart
failure on Sunday week ago follow
ing a brief illness. He was q native
of Crawford county and an unusual
character One of the sights of this
region is the trout hatchery so care
fully looked after in his lifetime by
Mr. Collins. He had trout in all stages
of development and sold the prime
ones to caterers and Pullman cars at
fancy prices Bob would catch your
trout with a net while you waited-at
81 a pound.
Elmer Erickson of Argyle created