Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-08-14
Roundabout Notes..


Mrs. John Smalley, of Muscoda, died
on last Saturday, aged 81 years.
Livingston will build a new school
house and wishes to let the contract for
all the work above the foundation.
Plans and specification can be seen with
Joseph Allen, clerk.
A grand temperance picnic and jolli-
fication will be held at Arena, Iowa Co.,
Wis, on Sept. IL. Speakers of distinc-
ton are to be engaged and a general
grand rally is anticipated.
The Montfort Monitor says that the
veteran soldiers of Wingville and vicin-
ity will organize Il Grand Army of the
Republic Post at that place within the
next two or three weeks.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES; A boy named
Marion Young, aged IA, had his right
arm and hand badly mangled by being
caught in circular saw at Keever' 5
mill on Horse Greek, Tuesday after
noon. DR.. Casey was called and
dressed the wounds.
A farmer named Bethke, living east
of Baraboo had some trouble with his
son about division of their stock, and
while the son went to town to consult an
attorney about the difficulty, the father
settled 1t so far as he was concerned, by
hanging himself.
During the past year the valuation of
real estate in Dubuque, has increased
100000. The largest individual tax
payer is VIM. Ryan. He paws taxes
on S10l, 900 real estate and S84. 900 per-
sonally. The bridge company pays
more taxes than any individual or 9th
er corporation. being assessed for $780,
900, half the value of the entire bridge
Monroe Sentinel: On Monday last,
Henry Foster, the undertaken, was
quite badly injured by being thrown
from the seat of his hearse and run
over by the same. In going down a
hill, one of the horses began to kick.
and shivered the foot dash, leaving Mr..
Foster nothing to brace against, and in
attempting to hold his team was pulled
off in front of the hearse.
Prairie du Chen Union: Last Satur-
day evening DR.. Conant cut ball from
the left side of Richard Nightingale,
which he claims to have received in
1862 from Wurtz, the noted commander
of Andersonville prison, in an attempt
to make his escape. The ball entered
his back and passing around lodged be-
tween two ribs.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: 1t is well
known that snakes swallow their young
in order to protect them. joe Metcalf
residing a few miles west of this vii
lage, killed a snake last Monday which
measured four feet in length. He hung
it on the fence that it might be better
seen by those passing by. No less than
tifty-three young snakes were counted
as they one by one emerged from their
hiding place afforded by the now dead
mother
Dodgeville Sun: During the terrific
storm of last Saturday evening, light
ming struck the residence of Joseph
Perkins and badly injured Mrs, Perkins.
The charge of electricity struck the
house just over door tearing a hole in
the side of the house, on the outside,
and thence through the plastering tax
ing off strips of paper, it then leaped
toward the stove but struck piece of
oil Cloth on the floor and burned large
holes in it, from there it leaped toward
a window, Mrs. Perkins was Just in the
act of closing, when it struck her shoe
and burned large hole through the
shoe and stocking, and burned her foot
quite badly; from there it escaped out
the window. Mrs. Perkins was Knocked
senseless, but soon recovered, and at
present is suffering no inconvenience
from the stroke except the main neces-
sarily accompanying severe burn.
We can remember of few such mirac-
ulous escapes from death, and must con-
clude the lady is one of the few lucky
ones.