Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Roundabout Notes.

the Driving Park grounds were dis
| charged lost Saturday, the grading and
| leveling of the track being completed.
The carpenters are still engaged upon
the fencing and buildings. The man.
agement are indulging in no half way
| work and both track and stables will
meet with the appreciation of turf men
The association and its friends are look
ing forward to a successful meeting in
July.-Prdtrte DIT Chen Union.
DIR. Armstrong performed a surgical
operation on the foot of VIM. Funk, of
Bell Center, at the Grant house, this
I City, Friday last. The bone of Mr.. rs.
large toe had been diseased, from the
effects of q stone bruise or some other
unknown injury, necessitating amputa-
/ ton of the toe to save the foot Dir.
Armstrong done neat job of amputa-
ting the deceased member and the suf-
ferer will soon be able to be around
without the assistance of crutches. -
BoScobel Dial
Thursday evening last at a late hour
Mr.. Isaac Winn departed this life, at
the age of about 20 years. 1t is in the
neighborhood of 40 years since the de-
, ceased settled in Mineral Point. He
was much respected for his social and
quiet manners which ever predomin-
ated. For several months past he has
been rapidly failing, so that death came
not without warning. The bereaved
wife and family have the consideration
of sympathetic public. = Mineral
Point Tribune.
! The more the Henry bank business is
stirred the worse it appears. The COM
mittee appointed by the creditors have
been investigating matters and report
that upon the 9th, 10th and 18th of
April (the failure being on the 11th)
the bank authorities paid out in cash,
bonds and notes, over eighteen thousand
dollars to the Strachan estate, the Pha-
len estate, and to John j. Ross. A
movement will be made to have Judge
Clementson appoint Phil. Allen, Jr.,
assignee in place of Joseph Gundry. =
DodgeUiUe Sun.
Their annual May party was held by
the school children last Thursday. the
LIST. Everything was favorable except
rain and cold weather which means
that nearly everything was an favorable.
1t strikes many persons that the 1st of
May is about four weeks too early for q
school picnic, for at that time white
dresses, slippers, etc, are as inappro-
pirate for wear as is a parasol in De-
ember. The frequency of rains is in
this latitude another objection to picnics
at so early a date. The brass band
headed the procession, which marched
to the town hall, where collation. was
served. The usual merry making then
followed, after which the scholars dis
persed. Bloomington Record.
The eastern part of the county was
visited by severe storm. on Monday,
consisting of rain and wind accompa-
MED by hail. In Fayette the hail stones
fell as large as hens eggs. In the vicin-
ity of the Centennial church, every win
dow exposed to the direction of the
storm was broken. At Mr.. Howery's,
the hail stones piled up to the depth of
two feet. At G. r. Bridgeman's, a
piece where the oats were Just begin
ming to show green above the ground.
not spear was left standing, and the
ground was pounded so hard that it re-
sembled having been heavily rolled.
The storm did not last over ten minutes,
which is fortunate, as had it continued
any length of time. or had it been later
in the season, the damage to stock and
crops would have been heavy. - Oar
Hngtoa Republican, Nay 9.
Mr. Thomas Chapman, died at his
residence on Thursday last. He was
one OF the prominent citizens of this
township. He had been gradually
falling the past year or more, spending
much of the winter in bed He was a
native of Hubby. East Kidney, Yorkshire.
England, and was 90 years of age. He
came to Platteville in 1880 Besides
engaging extensively in farming be.
for many years followed the butchering
business IN company with the late j.
+. kirkpatrick. His funeral took place
on Sunday, from the Primitive Meth
odist church of which he was member.
Melody Lodge F. A. NJ. attended the
funeral in body performing the funer-
al rites of the order at the grave Mr..
Chapman lived an honorable upright
life, and was highly esteemed by all
who knew him. -PldtteuiHe Witness.
A singular accident occurred to E.
Darlington on his premises near Mont
fort. Mr.. G. recently purchased what
is known as the Heath farm, which has
changed hands three times in the last
ten or fifteen years. On returning
home one day last week he unhitched
his horses and led them to the barn
when all at once they sunk into the
earth. into what afterward proved to be
a mineral hole which had been covered
over with timbers. One horse remained
in sight about twenty feet below the sur
face, could not be raised until life was
extinct. On further examination the
other horse which had gone to the bot
tom. distance of forty feet, was found
TO be still alive; when those present
proceeded to construct derricks and
after breaking no less than three cables
succeeded in raising him TO the surface,
without being seriously injured. The
oldest inhabitant has no recollection of
the sinking Of the shaft. Mineral Point
Democrat