Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-06
COUNTY AND NEARBY.
SextOnYiIIe Barn Burns,


Clyde Welton, Sextonville farmer,
lost his barn and contents by fire and
was himself injured by the flames
Three good horses burned.
$500 An Acre.
Lou Richards has sold his farm to
Will Rousch for $500 per acre. He
then bought farm from Carl Bar
ries near Platteville Cuba City
News-Herald.
Galena Judge Dies.
Judge James Simpson Baume, well
known Galena jurist, died at the home
OF his aunt in Rockford, Sunday a
week ago. Death was due to paraly-
sis. Judge Baune was 81 years old.
He was a popular and able citizen of
Galena.
Steps Down Cellar Door.
Robt. Harrison, Hazel Green, clos
ed the store for the day and stepped
out OF the window to better hook the
blind. Harrison thought the cellar
door was closed but the reverse was
true and he went down and down to
the cement below. His bruises were
severe. Thinks West Is Best.
Rev. H. ]. Stolee, pastor of the OF
ter Creek Lutheran parish, Iowa
county, has resigned giving as a reas-
on the better opportunities in the
west. The place Mr. Stolee has chos-
en- is Standpoint, Idaho, city Of
1000 population with many Luther
ans but no pastor
Tractor Runs Over Farmer.
Bert Mcdonald, 10, a South Wayne
farmer, lost his balance trying to hold
water jug in one hand and a kero-
sene can in the other while riding
fro mthe field to the barn on a thresh-
Ing engine. Mcdonald fell in front
of the engine and the wheels passed
over his legs breaking them.
Girl Motorists Hit CuIvert.
The Misses Lund, Seffrood, John
son and Robinson, LAFAYETTE county
girls, became confused by cloud Of
dust while motoring near South
Wayne last week Another car pass
ed and the girls not being able to see
struck a cement culvert. The car,
closed affair, rolled over and down a
steep incline. The occupants were
but slightly hurt
Old Mineral Point Resident Dead.
George w. Thrasher, one of the old
est residents of Iowa county and it is
understood the oldest native born res
ident of Southwestern Wisconsin,
passed away at the home of his son,
Chas. Thrasher, Thursday, July II.
The deceased was born May q, 1881,
and reared about three miles west of
Mineral Point on the old Thrasher
homestead.
A Guernsey Record.
A. O. Roberts & Sons, farmers Of
Arena, made a 80 day test of five
Guernsey cows on their place. They
found that the cows produced 5061
pounds of milk with test of AZ and
2O3h pounds of butterfat which sold
for $152.5S. The average was 1912
pounds of milk and Al pounds of but
terfat per COW and the average earn
ing was 81 per day per COW. The
cows were on dry feed the first ten
days of the test and one COW had
been milking five months when she
entered the test.
Find Spring Green Drowned.
The bodies of the four men drown
ed at Spring Green two weeks ago
Sunday have been recovered One was
located soon after the tragedy and
the others the next Wednesday The
last bodies f1oated The Milwaukee
diver brought to make the rescue said
it was the toughest job he ever UNI
dertook, because of the swift cur
rent. His diving suit weighed more
than 800 pounds, but that would not
hold him steady, and he carried a
heavy iron wheel for additional ball
last. The water was not so very deep
but the current was fast and strong.
DeSerter Escapes Sheriff.
Roland Burgess of Patch Grove, de-
serter from the army, court martialed
and escaped from FIT. Leavenworth
Military prison May IA, was seen at
Bridgeport driving a, car with an IL
linois license. Sheriff Dilley was in
formed and a search made The car
was found just across the river from
Bridgeport several miles off a desert
ed by-road stripped of license and 9TH
er identification marks but no clue
was found as to where Burgess had
gone. Sheriff Dilley has the car and
is making efforts to locate the owner.
p. D. c. Courier.
Open New BOscObel Hospital.
The residence of Mrs. A. J. Pipkin
of Boscobel, consisting of IS large
rooms will be converted into hospi-
tai by Dr. F. S. Tuffley, Boscobel
physician. One room in the building
will be endowed by the former owner
and known as the Pipkin room. The
grounds and exterior of the Pipkin
home are well adapted for the pur-
pose intended as the plot is large and
contains shade trees and terraced
lawn. The hospital will be called
THE Parker Hospital after the de-
ceased father of Mrs. Pipkin, Dwight
Parker. After the changes are made
the hospital will open Sept. 1st.
Gas Fumes Ignited By Lantern.
Gasoline ignited from lighted Ian
tern nearly caused tragedy at Mont
fort a week ago Saturday night. Thos.
Winters, a farmer, was filling his car
when the fluid caught fire from the
lantern which stood inside the car.
Seeing the blaze Winters pulled the
hose from the tank and thus sprinkled
his clothing which caught instantly.
The man ran away from the car and
toward the house where a woman
threw blanket around him smother
ing the flames. In the meantime the
garage man used Pyrene extinguish-
er to put out the blaze which lasted
but minute or So Winters was
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