Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-10
Nearby Notes

Geo. Whitish of Preston, died at
the age of SO years. He was buried
in Ebenezer cemetery.
The Frontier mining company of
Benton, sold $500 tons of zinc ore to
the Mineral Point Zinc company.
The city of Platteville will install
electric lighted rebounding traffic in
dica tors at the principal crossings.
Mrs. Fred Farwell, Dodgeville. fell
on the steps of the Congregational
church and injured her ankles and
back
Frank Kelley and Geo. Lull of
Woodman went deer hunting each
bringing home a deer from the north
ern woods
B. w. Doran, Montfort, fur buyer,
cashed a check for $3,2S505 repre-
senting the sales of furs accumulated
in two weeks.
Thos. Enloe of Rewey had his hand
crushed and pierced by wire when
his fingers caught in the belt of of a
corn shredder
]. L. Hackett has been named fuel
administrator for Platteyille city. Mr.
Hackett will have absolute charge of
all fuel distribution
was to be married to G. Bertram of
Platteyillc, at Christmas time, died
suddenly last week.
John Mcdonald, 70, inmate of the
Lafayette county home, procured a IL
! cense and is now trapping skunks
having secured eight skins.
Jos. Arthur, rs, veteran of the
Civil war, died last week at Mineral
Point. Mr.. Arthur was found un-
conscious on the floor of his home.
i He expired soon after,
Lake Monona froze over complete
lY last Wednesday, Dec. 3. This is
the earliest the lake has closed since
1903 when it froze Nov. 81. The earl
lest on record was Nov. II in 1858.
G. H. Yeager of Mineral Point sent
65 dressed turkeys to the Chicago
market and received $36434 for them,
an average of nearly $3.50 for each
bird The fowls weighed 800 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nadab Eastman of
Platteville celebrated their Goth we'd
} Girg day on Monday of this week.
This old couple are in excellent
: health.
Meredith Schrumm, Galena, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Schrumm,
: had her hands badly frozen while on
, her way to school, The little girl put
wet mittens on and they froze to her
hands.
! An intelligent collie owned by Jack
Huntington of Platteville, sold at the
E. C. Huntington sale for $50. Chas
Kistler was the buyer The dog has an
uncanny faculty for sorting and bring
,, ing stock.
James Whites, a Spring Green car
penter fell from a defective barn stag
! ing to the ground below breaking his
right arm and sustaining body bruis-
es Chas. Dresser, anothed workman
was badly hurt.
Marvin Mayfeld, IL, Ash Greek
Richland county. was knocked uncon-
scious by his head striking fence
he was attempting to slide under. The
boy sustained a cut face, broken nose
and internal injuries.
Morris Proctor, Mineral Point, was
! run over by a freight while on his
. was home Two cars passed over
Proctor before the train stopped. The
man was cut about the head and face
y and several toes were crushed.
e Joe Topliss and wife and son OF
= Benton were injured in a collision
t between their rig and an auto driv-
e en- by Roscoe Shelter. The motoris
e assisted the injured family home
D Mr.. Topliss sustained back injuries
: his wife has a broken nose and the
boy was shaken up. The rig was up
= set and the horse ran away.
Unaware that her son was dead
Mrs. Louisa Brown, SO, of Brown
town, lifted the body of the man from
the floor to the bed and sat by it thru
out the night applying wet cloths tt
4 the head of the corpse in an effor
to revive consciousness. Mr.. Brown
who was SO years old, fell dead o
a stroke of apopleXy. He was unmar
ried and lived with his mother.
Workers on the big pontoon a
Prairie du Chen had difficult tim,
with huge ice foes when the Missis
sippi began freezing last week. One
chunk 400 feet long choked the spar
at the east channel and the ice be
gan freezing at once. The west draw
could not be closed and the train.
were tied up west bound mail beinf
taken via Dubuque. With the freez
ing of the entire river the draw cal
be closed.