Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-30
COUNTY AND NEARBY.
Infant browns In Bucket.

AS SuAlu ul6u OI SJfduSuldLlOQ caused
by falling into a bucket containing
some water.
Taft at PlatteyiIIe.
Ex-president VIM. Howard Taft, the
real big BILL will be at Platteville,
Friday, Aug. 9Th. Mr.. Taft will speak
in the normal auditorium with the
proposed league Of nations as a topic.
Dies in West.
Ed. Grindell of Platteville AZ years,
died at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Keppner, Osceola, Nebr., after long
illness. The body was brought home
for burial.
MuscOda A Busy Trade Center.
Muscoda, "The Biggest Little Town
in Grant County" broke all records
with AIT automobiles parked in the
city on Saturday evening two weeks
ago. This was after the town went
dry, too.
High Priced Lands.
DR.. Frank Knapp of Platteville,
sold his farm to a Glen Haven man for
$685. per acre. Last fall he was Of
fered $1,000 less for the place and
would have taken it but the deal fell
through.
Skull Fractured; HayfOrk Cause.
Henry Martins of Belmont, was the
victim of a serious accident while hay
ing. In some manner the fork swung
and struck his skull fracturing it. He
was taken to Cunningham hospital
for treatment
Lineman Breaks Jaw.
Jack Mccoy, a Viroqua lineman
working on high tension, came into
contact with a live wire while work
ing and fell twenty feet. McCoy's
body was bruised and his jaw brok-
en-. He was taken to a hospital.
st. Clara Has Scholar.
That a scholarship should be es-
tablished at the University of Wis
consin for graduates of st. Clara
college of Sinsinawa, similar to schol-
arships maintained for other colleg-
es in the state, was recently voted by
the board of regents.
Thieves Steal Fancy Cheese.
The cheese factory at North Andov-
er was broken into Wednesday night
a couple of weeks ago and the loot
ers took 20 fancy daisies. The sher-
ifs office has been at work on the
case but nothing has developed as
yet.
Youth browns at Gotham.
Charles Jones, Gotham, % years,
was drowned while swimming in the
treacherous Wisconsin. Jones had a
bad heart and was rejected for army
service. Small boys saw his plight
but could not help him. The body was
recovered
Former Bloomington Citizen Dead.
Thos. H. Hogan, a native of Bloom
ington where he was born Jan. %,
1857, died at Madison on July 18th.
NJ
vile as lumber salesman For two
years past he made Madison his tenn
porary home to give his son a uni
versity schooling. Death was due to
stomach cancer. A wife and seven
children survive.
Open New FeEnimOre Addition.
$50 new lots were opened in Fen
nimore Saturday a week ago when IL
acres of newly plotted land in the
southwest part of the city went under
the hammer. Free drawings at in
tervals served to hold the large
crowd. Fennimore will incorporate
as a city next month and expects a
deserved growth.
81 Years, Broke a Leg.
Paul Novinska, "a years, Fenni-
more, sustained a broken leg while
driving to church with his son Frank
hired man. The driver attempted to
pass a car at narrow place and was
thrown to the ditch. The old man was
thrown from his seat an done leg
broken at the thigh. He was taken to
st. Mary's hospital, Madison, for treat
ment but the Times says he cannot
recover.
A Narrow Escape.
moment of agonizing suspense
occurred at Livingston a week or so
ago when a car containing a man
driver and woman and four chill
dren as passengers drove directly in
front of the Northwestern train
which was fast approaching. En-
gineer Williams, 40 years in the
game, closed his eyes TO avoid the
horror of the impending catastrophe.
BY some miracle the automobile made
the crossing although the locomotive
grazed the rear wheels of the car.
Let Sitter Bank Contract.
Directors of the new Sitter bank
held meeting Monday of last week
and let the contract for the new bank
building to be located west of the
Bergheger store on the main street Of
the village. The building will be of
brick, 26x40, with cut stone trim
lungs. inside VIII be a 12-fOOt cell
ing with basement The interior will
be finished in modern manner. The
safe will be of the latest type insur-
ing protection of the customers
money. The bank will be ready for
occupancy Nov. LIST, next.
County HauIS Plenty Coal.
700 tons of Illinois coal were hauled
to the asylum in the past week. Here
tofore the practice has been to haul
the coal with the county teams but
this year demurrage charges of $40
per day if the coal was not unloaded
IN three days, made quicker action
necessary The problem was solved
by letting contract to Robt. Conlon
of Cuba City for 81 ton. Conlon
hauled the coal having assistance
from the asylum help. The coal cost
Grant county $3.50 per ton +. o. b
Lancaster.
Slav Miners Rob Doctor.
Joseph Shmelevski, a Pole and To-
seph Babenko, a Russian. both min
ers, the former living on the Kennedy
lease, the latter idle, were arrested
thursday by Ivan Kantcheff snaciaI