Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-11
From Grant and Its
Border Lines

livery of mail after July LIST.
Claude & Stark of Madison, are the
architects of the new Sitter bank.
C. P. Brainerd of Boscobel, an old
Civil war veteran, is dead after
long illness.
Mention Rich of Bloomington, made
a sale of his farm for $3.50 an acre
to Joe Sebers.
The Mineral Point & Northern rail-
road will susped passenger service
until further notice.
William Linscheid an old Muscoda
resident, died at Madison hospital
where he was taken for an operation.
Ed. Tresner, a Darlington sheep
shearer, forgot and put his hand in
the clippers. He received severe
cuts.
John H. Hartsook's farm of 213 &C
res near Livingston, was purchased
by John r. Biddick for a consideration
of $192.50 per acre.
Raymond Webster and Orville Cur
keet of Platteville, members of the
aero service, have arrived in New
York from overseas.
Mrs. Geo. Huntington died at the
family home south of Belmont Sat-
urday last at the age of GA years. She
had been in i'll health for come time,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Tandy of Platte
Vile, have been in the hospital, the
wife with appendicitis and the hus-
band due to after effects of the infiu-
enza.
Mrs. j. ]. Andrew, Livingston
woman, left, basket of groceries in
the1owrofig Ford and Some unknown
drove away with the comestibles.
This is new one on Ford.
The price of both lead and zinc has
advanced several dollars ton. For
several weeks the low price of ore
made marked depression on mining
in the lead and zinc fields
William Jeffrey, farmer living
north Of Shullsburg, took his life by
hanging. The body was found in the
barn. Jeffrey was well-to-do and had
nice family. He had been melan-
choly.
The Country Gentleman sent staff
editor across the country to write up
unique country stores. OF the ten Sc
lected from the nation wide list one
was the j. B. Ludden store at Bloom
ington.
Miss Elizabeth Jeffry, a former
school teacher at Mineral Point, was
killed at Denver, Col, when On auto
struck her. She died while being TAX
en- to the hospital. She was also a tel
egram operator.
Sheriff Miller of Richland county,
is back from Faith, S. D., where Yves
Flamme had fled from Justice Flam-
me is accused of adultery. He is out
on bonds OF $4,000 signed by his ia
Their and brother.
%c ~fT 81
ed to see an aviator wing down in a
field near that village. The bird-man
was an army officer enroute from Chi
cago to Iowa and Minnesota points. A
storm near Gotham forced him down
at Lone Rock
The city of Viroqua recently voted
bonds for a hospital and bought a
site for $4,000 The council at the
same meeting voted to employ an en-
gineer to lay out paving for the main
business streets and look over the
water and sewage systems. Property
owners will be compelled to install
cement curb and four foot cutters on
all streets slated for permanent i'm
provements.
A 2S0 gallon gasoline tank brought
to the Reichling garage at Darling
ton for welding exploded while hree
mechanics were testing it using water
to find leaks. The men were thrown
number of feet and burned but will
recover. Residual gasoline in the
tank set fire to an automobile but was
eXtinguished. The windows in the
building were broken.
James A. Fry, resident of Rich
land Center, aged II years, was
knocked down and seriously injured
by car driven by Chris Hagenstone.
Mr.. Fry took drink at a public foun-
tain and then walked in front of the
car He sustained a double fracture
OF the left leg and a fractured skull,
dying a few days later. Hagenstone
was not blamed for the affair as he
drove very slowly and endeavored TO
prevent an accident
Vlroqua wildcats in human form
have been stealing motor cars and
taking them on Joy rides. One bunch
ran car until the gas tank was dry
and then abandoned it. Another group
took Senator Bennett s car and ran it
TO Cashton where they go; drunk
They ran it home and abandoned il
but We're caught and fined. Not to be
outdone another lot of boys took a
car and started for Cashton but went
to grief on a hill wrecking the ma
chine. They are out on bonds.
Perry Brown of Richland Center,
died last week aged "a years and ten
months. Mr.. Brown was born in Os-
wego, n Y, July 81, 1924, and came
to Wisconsin when Is years old, set
Ting first in Walworth county. In
1852 he moved to Waushara county
a region peopled by redskins. In
1854 he moved to Richland county re-
naming there for the balance Of his
life. Mr.. Brown was known as a
wealthy man who 'oaned UP to $780,
600 but never foreclosed mortgage.
He is survived by one son, nine
grandchildren and eight great-grand-
children