Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-10-29
COUNTY AND NEARBY.
Buys $1,000 Hog.


chased $1,000 hog for Ore Hill Farm,
at Livingston.
Mineral Point Man Dies.
Homer HaZlett, for years employed
on the Milwaukee road, died at Mil
waukee suddenly of heart trouble.
The remains were brought to Mineral
Point for burial.
New Sire at LinwOOd.
Homer Rundell has purchased
$500 Poland China hog for his valua-
BILE stock on Linwood Farm at Liv-
ingston, that he bought at the National
Swine show at Des Moines.
Heap Deer in Richland County.
Charles Pequignot of Richland
county relates that he was forced to
stop his car near Sextonville because
three deer had possession of the high
way and refu ed to give it up.
An Old Race Man.
Emmett Crippen, known in racing
circles of southern Wisconsin has
just completed his 40th year on the
race track as driver, and is just as
ready to start on next seasons work
as he was 40 years ago.
Dies in California.
Miss Lavinia Brown, a well known
Mineral Point girl, was run down by
an automobile at Long Beach, Calf,
and died shortly after being taken to
the hospital. The body was brought
to Mineral Point for burial.
Overseas Boy SchOOlmaSter.
Earl Blackburn who recently ar
rived from overseas at his home in
Cassville, has accepted a position as
in LOT
He enlisted in the navy in 1918 and
has made several trips across the
ocean.
Child Fire Victim Dead.
The 6-year-old son of VIM. Schief-
elbein, Reedsburg, who was thought
to be on the gain after severe burns
he received Oct. Is, died Wednesday
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. AL. Ost.
His mother died few days after fire
destroyed their home.
Theft of Tires.
Ford Williams, Wauzeka, is held for
Of 81 900 in connection with the theft
of Goodrich tire which was part of
a shipment that laid over "a hours
in the Kickapoo village. When the
tires were delivered bundle of three
had one short.
Red POlled Cattle Center.
The main office of the Red Polled
cattle clubs of America has been NOV
ed to Richland Center with H. A. Mar
tin, secretary, in charge. The thir-
teenth edition of Facts and Figures,
giving general information about this
noted breed of cattle, has been printed
for distribution.
Killed NV Gunman.
George Burns, a special detective
in Chicago, and brother of Robert
Burns, a son-in-law of Mrs Thomas
King of Darlington, was killed last
week by a shot fired by a highway
man, who was in the act of robbing
soft drink parlor, which heretofore
had been run as a saloon
An Echo of Old Days.
William Green and sons of 10 Da-
vies county floated a raft of driftwood
containing logs, poles, cordwood, fence
posts. etc, that had been deposited in
the sloughs along the Galena river
by floods up stream. The raft was
towed into Galena by a launch pre-
senting a novel sight says the Gazette
OF that city.
Spirited Race; Pays Fine.
Bufort Warren of Marshall town
ship, Richland county, ran spiritedly
when he saw a game warden coming.
The reason Warren ran was because
he had just shot two rabbits and had
not previously taken out a license.
The game warden was the fieeter of
the two and as a result Warren paid
a fine of $50 and costs for his forget
fulness.
Child Crushed BY Car.
Francis Hartman of Richland Cen
ter, 5 years, was run down and ter
ribly crushed by rapidly driven car
with Bufort Kilby as driver. The
child ran away from his sister and
stood in the path of the machine. His
skull was fractured and body severe
ly bruised where the car passed over
his chest The child's chances of re-
covery are slight
Hog Cholera in Evidence.
Outbreaks of hog cholera have been
reported from Grant and Lafayette as
we'll as Waupaca, Dunn, Pierce, Col
umbia, Fond du Lac, Dane, Green,
Langlade, Rock, and Winnebago coun-
ties. Loss has been slight so far.
Some cases have been traced to feed
ing hogs infected garbage. State reg
ulations require that none but i'm
garbage.
Pinned Under Car.
Erwin and Niles Pittsley, Crawford
county young men enroute home from
Boscobel, went down bank with their
car which turned over and pinned the
occupants beneath it, AS soon as the
young men had collected their senses
and began to yell so that the night
air resounded with their cries help
came and the unfortunates were ex-
tricated. But minor injuries resulted
from the experience.
Child Kicked by Horse.
The 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Nelson, farmers of Woodstock.
Richland county was kicked in the
head by a vicious horse. The little
fellow went to the pasture and was
found there sitting up but uncon-
scious by his parents. He was re-
moved to hospital where an opera
tion was performed and eleven pieces
of skull bone taken off above the eyes
where the child received the horses