Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-02
From Grant and It's
Border Lines

Henry Clayton died at Mineral
Point, Saturday.
Sam Smith of Iowa county, was bad
ly hurt by Circular saw catching
his clothing. His clothes were torn
off and bad gashes cut in his body.
John Temby of Dodgeville, endeav-
ored to hurry the furnace fire with
kerosene and now has a badly singed
face. The coal oil was converted into
gas by the hot coal.
Arch Smoker of Dodgeville, has
been commissioned major in the ov-
erseas service. DR.. Smoker serves at
Savenoy, France, where our govern
ment has a great hospital.
Ruka Bros. of Boscobel, sold a car
load of milk wagons to Krouskop of
Richland Center. The Rukas have
been in the wagon business for years
and still "bat one thousand"
VIM. Eiler, superintendent of
Hazel Green mine, while helping to
load machinery, had the forefinger
of his right hand crushed when 600
pounds of iron dropped on it.
Mrs. Jacob Beimborn and son. Fred,
of Boscobel have sold their interest
in the Beimborn- Miller store to Geo.
w. and Will Miller. The firm is an
old one in river commercial history.
John Schultz arrived at the home
of his parents, Henry Schultz and
wife of Belmont, recently He was
gassed Oct. 10Th and was blind for a
week after one of the big battles.
The Interstate rover company of
Galena, claim that their recent in
stallation of a 5000 kilowatt gener-
ator and revolving screens Tor the
condenser intakes entail an expend-
iturc of 100000
Mrs. J. M. Thompson of New Dig
gings, died Monday last after an i'll
ness of two weeks. She was strick-
en- with influenza which developed in
to pneumonia. She is survived by
her husband and ten children.
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Farmers in the vicinity of the Is
Section Bridge on Platte, report that
during the high water, hundreds of
wild ducks came there to feed. When
the water began to lower the ducks
disappeared as suddenly as they came.
-Platteville News.
Lieut.. Harry Curwin of Shullsburg,
has taken a beautiful French bride,
Renee Dupuis. The bride is highly
cultivated and a graduate of 6orbon-
ne, the Paris university Shullsburg
folks are planning big ovation for
them upon their arrival home.
Mrs. VIM Maloney, former Fen
nimore resident, died at Chicago, Mar.
7th. Her maiden Lame was Viola
McReyrolds. The relatives are her
husband, three sisterc, Mrs. James
Bramber of Chicago. Mrs. Jack Dobbs
and Miss Blanche McReynclds of AL
lance, Neb., and three brothers, Ev-
erett, Charles and Frank McReynolds
OF Fennimore
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Morse of Fen
nimore, celebrated their sixtietn we'd
ding day on Sunday a week ago. A
number of relatives and friends were
present. This old couple were mar
ried in Lancaster by Squire Luce
and have lived in the county all their
life. The six children are: Albert Of
Readstown. Mrs. w. F. Smith of Los
Angeles. Jay F. of Mt. Hope, Cash of
Sitter, Mrs. Lettie Budd of No. Lam
caster, Mrs. Mabel Prindel of Athol,
S. n. Mr.. Morse was born in Ohio in
1887 and came to Grant county in
1856. Mrs. Morse was horn in New
York in 1870 Her maiden name was
Emma Rogers. Mr. Morse has three
brothers living: A. c. OF Lancaster,
A. e. of Minneapolis and c. M. of
Nevada, Ill. and a sister, Mrs. w. M.
Bracket of kellogg, Idaho. Mrs.
Morse has one sister, Mrs. S. W. Rog-
ers of Eennimnre