Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-14
COUNTY AND NEARBY
Matters of Current Interest By
Telegraph and Mail.
Crimes, Casualties and Remarkable
Incidents that have Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

Rlchlan0 center man Wnen they
tied stray dog to his Ford car,
while the owner was in a store. The
dog finally became Disguised and ran
away, dragging the car down the
road about two miles and finally
breaking loose. Aside from a sore
spot on the dogs tail no harm was
done.
NJ. Vondra, a highly respected
and well-to do farmer, living at
Morgan Valley, hung himself, short
ly after noon, Wednesday. His
youngest son found him hanging from
the highest part of the barn just
few minutes after the deed was COM
mitted. He was we'll thought of by
his neighbors and no reason can be
found for the rash act.
A Ridgeway man named McSherry
repaired to the woods with a friend
named Cunningham, who was one
legged man, and proceeded to have
festival. Upon awakening from
deep slumber, McSherry found his
friend had departed and that his roll
amounting to $4,000 was missing
also. He notified the sheriff who
found Cunningham in Madison with
$259.21 tucked away in the stump of
his wooden leg. He was given 90
days in Jail.
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Mazomanie boy, rescued two little
girls who fell into the mill pond at
Mazomanie. Ivan saw them as they
were about to go down for the third
time, plunged into the water and
landed the girls on shore. He re-
stored normal respiration and then ran
for a doctor. The doctor said that
the girls were so exhausted that they
probably would have died but for the
rapid and efficient work done by the
boy. Young Hazeltine is boy scou:
and learned how to rescue and save
drowning persons through that
organization. -Boscobel Dial Enter
prise.
Mayor Hooser received a permit
last week to- seine the Platte for
fish for the tank in the city park.
Several were caught and placed there.
He has asked for another permit to
seine in the sloughs of the Missis-
sippi for the same purpose and hopes
to get some bigger and better speci-
mems. The children are particularly
interested in that tank now.-Platte-
vile Witness.
Some months ago at Lacrosse a
cooperative packing plant was
organized, the buyers for the concern
were to visit surrounding towns and
purchase stock for the plant, but
evidently forgot to make several of
their dates as the Hillsboro Sentry
says: "A buyer for the Lacrosse
Cooperative Packing Company again
failed to show up at Hillsboro last
Friday to take in live stock. Two
loads of hogs were brought in, but
as there was no buyer here, F. A.
Wopat & Son took them off the
farmers hands. Although the COM
pany advertise to have a buyer here
on certain dates, with the exception
of the first date after the adv. ap-
peared he has failed to put in an
appearance. Many are now of the
opinion that the Lacrosse plant does
not care for the stock from this
locality
A cheese weighing $500 pounds
has been manufactured at the Basler-
Loehr cheese factory at Dotyville.
The cheese is thought to be the
largest ever made in the county.
William Anderson, Milwaukee
workman engaged in wrecking old
houses, struck his pick into wall
crevice containing gold. He and the
other workmen proceeded to divide
the treasure. Anderson resigned"
his job so quickly that he never
stopped to say goodby. After cele
brating his first vacation in many
years he has learned that even a
pocketful of gold does ont last for
ever. He has taken another job (not
with wrecklng company and re-
turned to the land of toll.
Iowa county men are agitating a
movement to make their county roads
the leading road system of the state.
The money has been raised to COM
plete the state road between Mineral
Point and Miff1in. William Jenkins
a Miff1in farmer Is at the head of the
movement and has secured liberal
contributions from the various
towns, which with the state aid, will
make the total amount $4,000. 90 to be
applied or this road.
Charles Gillett, Appleton city sur
vevor tied a niece of iron to his neck