Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26
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JOS. W. Schaumberg, Mineral Point
dropped dead of apoplexy in the Iowa
county national bank where he was
employed.
Darlington will vote Dec. End 70
decide whether the city will mr.
chase the property of the Darlington
Electric Co.
Richard Talbert, prominent busi-
ness man of Apple River, died at his
home Sunday after a few weeks i'll
ness at the age of 6S.
The Dodgeville General hosnital
has reopened with DIR. VIM Reese
the highest bidder at the recent bank
ruptcy sale, in charge.
jacob Scheiss, cheesemaker near
Platteville, is arranging for his pass
port so that he may return to Switz-
erland to visit his parents.
Frederick Shaffer aged 80 years, a
resident OF Iowa county for more
than go years, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Will Smith.
Henry Bahr who drove stage he
tween Benton and New Diggings and
Shullsburg for several years. died at
the county home at Darlington.
Nick Caspers. former Cassville
resident but now located at Quinn, S.
D., had a crop of alfalfa that netted
him 500 an acle. He had $4,000 lbs.
of seed that he sold for AZ cents a
pound.
VIM. Swing, travelling man for the
Millhouse Bros, Galena, hardware
Dealers died Nov IA of pneumonia.
Swing went hunting the Sunday prev
iOus and contracted a cold. He was
40 years old.
Charles Smith of Mineral Point, 35
years old, was seriously burned when
he poured kerosene on a lighted fire
in stove. The can exploded, and coal
oil was thrown all over his body. His
clothes were burned off of his body
and the skin fell off his head and
fingers in chunks. Smith, recently
started an auto garage at that place
He is a married man.
Chick Zeman. Prairie du Chen. an
expert cyclist, caught his glove in a
chain on his machine while adjusting
the spark and lost two fingers. Ze-
man has advised hundreds on motor
cycle accidents.
Geo. Hunt, Boscobel, has secured a
patent device known as Hunts Jiffy
Brake Band Mandrel" The object of
the continuance is to refine automo-
bile wheel brake bands with but lit
tie trouble and expense.
Iowa county board raised it's own
salary dollar per day per man and
gave each county official with the ex-
ception of the Judge a substantial in
crease. The 1919 levy is $372,S67 .16
compared to $174,S71.99 last year.
Fay Martin of Martinville, Lafav-
cite county could not wait for the
fur season to open Nov. Is. Game
wardens found 81 musrat, skunk
and one mink pelt in the Martin gran
airy. The furs were confiscated and
Martin paid fine of $68.
VIM. J. Horal, an Eastman garage
man was instantly killed when he fol-
lowed a dangerous practice once too
many times. Horal pressed his foot
on a tractor belt to stop the machine
and was thrown against post. His
skull was fractured and legs broken.
Matt. Schneider, Pulaski. and Roy
Stewart Arena, were fined S25 each
in Dodgeville for making cheese with
too much moisture content. The men
in their plea contended that the viola
ton was not intentional and that they
had asked the buyers to report any
cheese containing more water than
the law allowed to them. The whole
saler took his complaint to the state
food commission direct.