Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-26

Clinton Jacobs of Bagley, and Grace
Weed were married at Prairie du Chen
last Wednesday.
Henry Clayton died at Mineral Point
after a siege of gangrene following
an attack OF appendicitis.
The village of LaFarge is again in
the flu grip with nearly every family
having one or more cases.
Henry Thrasher died at his home
in Mineral Point. For several years
he has been salesman for the Penn.
Oil Co.
Pine river overlooked at Richland
Center and flooded number of low
land homes. 1t rained continuously
for five hours and the little stream
became torrent.
Arthur Crimmins, employed at the
Graham mine near Galena, fell 80
feet while building a tramway He
fractured his collar bone and was
NOR OF less bruised.
The little, old Pecatonica, we'll
Known as a treacherous stream, went
on a rampage last week and flooded
cellars in Darlington The water
backed up the main street and the
ST. cam was raging torrent.
Dorothy, the 3-year-old daughter of
William Dieter of Montfort, died Mon
day of scarlet fever. The body of the
little one was taken to DOdgeville for
interment and laid to rest by the side
of her mother, who died three weeks
before.
Bert Ellingen of Dodgeville, had his
hand crushed to a pulp while working
at Hibbing, Mimi, in the iron mines
He was employed on the steam SHOW
ell when the accident happened. Ell
lingen came home to recuperate and
his hand may be saved.
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VIM. Hoke, worker in a portable
sawmill at Sandusky, Richland coun-
ty, attempted to remove lodged slab.
The saw started at once when the
slab came out and Hoke was struck
below the heart the blade passing
through the body. He died soon af-
ter but was conscious up to the end.
Bloomington congregation of st.
Mary's church will soon start to build
parochial school to cost $4,000. 1t
will have basement and two stories
1t will be of brick, heated by steam
1t will be equipped with kitchen and
large dormitOries so that children of
the parish who live out of town may
board there.
c. L. Richards, the scatter gun ex-
pert OF Livingston, had the distinc-
ton of breaking 5,365 targets out of
a possible $500. Smith broke more
targets than any other Wisconsin
shooter in registered tournaments
during the year of 1918. His only
rival was John jain of City Point
Wis, who broke 1875 targets out of
l,450. Three other Livingston shoot
eFs in the amateur class made good
records in 1918 and are listed as fol-
lows: L. S. Andrew shot at 100, broke
so; ]. S. Andrew shot at $50, broke
lO3; 3. ]. Viredaz shot at 65, broke
SO.
j. w. Anderson lost team of hors-
es Tuesday evening He put them in
the tie-yard at 1870 and at 80 when
he went to get them they were gone
and no trace could be found. The next
day a thorough search was made but
without results. Local officers in the
surrounding towns were notified and
Sheriff Smith got on the job. We'd
nesday evening a call came from Sa-
wanna stating that two men had Just
disposed of a team of black horses an
swering the description of the Alder
son team. The men will be held by
the police until Mr.. Anderson can go
to Savanna and identify the team
Benton Advocate.
Little Green, that historic stream in
the widest section of old Grant, went
on rampage Saturday of last week
and washed out lot of track near
Woodman. The Kickapoo kicked up"
on the same day and Lloyd Dewby,
farmer living near Steuben, was
drowned while attempting to cross
with team. He drove to a point
where the bridge was supposed to be
but the high water had carried it
away. Two men with him caught
wire fence and escaped death, The
team was drowned.
Livingston neighborhood is fairly
reputed to be the Invest in Grant coun-
ty on educational matters At the
annual meeting held March 18th, the
electors voted $4,000 for the school
expenses this year. Text books will
be rented to students at nominal
fee. The subscription list for the tidy
sum of $4,000 signed by farmers and
business men for a livestock pavilion
controlled by the joint district of Milf
lin, Clifton and Livingston, was hand
ed in and thankfully accepted. Then
the meeting voted to raise $4,000 by
taxation to add to the named sum for
pavilion purposes and this passed two
to one. This building will be a struc-
ture to use for athletics, high school
show room, community meetings and
livestock pavilion.