Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-23
MONSTER SNAKE HAS
10 NOISY RATILES
BAGLEY MAN USES FENCE
POST TO DISPATCH IT.
OTHER RIVER NOTES.

When Charley Hayille and son were
/ driving down town Wednesday morn
! ing to take the train they saw a large
/ rattlesnake by the side of the road
Charley got out and could not find
anything but a good sized fence post
/ to kill it with but he threw it onto it
and pinned it into the mud and held
| it until he could cut good sized
/ bush with his jack knife and finally
dispatched it. 1t had Is rattles on it.
! 1t sure was big one. There has been
number more than common killed
around here this summer.
Mrs. Albert Beemer of Glen Haven
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Jno
Bean, Saturday.
David Clark and Julian Oswald went
to P. D. c. Saturday to take examina
ton for rural carriers.
Hazel Rewey of Waukon, Ia, came
down Saturday to visit the home folks
! while.
Mrs. Frank Cook and sister came
down from Wyalusing Saturday.
Clarence Ripper was home from his
school work at Freeport, ILL.,, from
Friday until Sunday.
L. P. Beardsley and family drove to
Faribault, Mimi, last week to be at
the graduation of their daughter,
Ada. They returned Monday Ada and
her girl friend, Miss Gertrude Pierce,
accompanied them home.
Marion Rewey stopped off on his
way home from Green Bay to Moline,
H.. and visited his brother, Will
Rewey, from Friday until Monday.
ARGUS Calkins of Darlington is at
home and little under the weather.
Peter Rethwisch and wife and two
sons Of POtosi were up last week to
visit in Bagley They also attended
the chautauqua at Bloomington.
Geo. Ready Jr and family of near
Wauzeka spent the weekend with
his parents, Geo. Ready Sr., and fam
ily
Mrs. Lloyd Harville anG baby were
in Dubuque last week visiting her
mother, Mrs. Charley Grimessey, and
family.
Ed. Thiessa and family of Alma,
who is station agent there, arrived
Sunday for a two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Phillips of Ra-
cine are visiting Mrs Phillips moth
er, Mrs. Fred Millen Sr.
Geo. Ruckdaschel and wife and Al
bert Ready and Otis Culver were in
P D. c. Monday
Miss Turner Of Mccartney came up
Monday and went out to the John
Irons Jr home at Brodtville for a Wis
it of a few days.
Mrs. Jess Winter of La Crosse was
down Monday and returned Tuesday.
She came to see her mother, Mrs
Lewis Glass Sr.
Fred Wilson of Little Grant drove
over to Bagley Thursday and brought
his father and mother, John Wilson
and wife, to visit Mrs. Wilson'S broth
er, Enos Clifton
Clarence Fralick and wife came
down from Hazelton Sunday and took
Mrs. Fralick's father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Shrake, out to the
farm for ride and visit
A little girl came to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Keocke Thursday,
June TO-
Jess White and family of near
Bloomington visited Alfred Arris and
Len Stagman Saturday and Sunday
Geo. Harris loaded and shipped
car of corn to Chicago Monday.
Edgar Marshall and wife drove out
to their daughters, Mrs. Henry
Schmitz on Blakes Prairie, Sunday.
Adam Schmitz and wife and daugh-
ter accompanied them.
The Coop. Co. shipped car of
hogs out Tuesday.
Laura Dancliff came down from
Wyalusing Tuesday.
Lou Beer took his wife to La Crosse
Tuesday where she underwent an OPP
Grafton and is doing as well as could
be expected.
Mrs. Geo. Hodge is very i'll with
little hopes of her recovery.
Mrs. Jacob Shrake had bad spell
Thursday morning but is little bet
ter now
Frank Kipper's father of Gutten-
burg came up Tuesday evening.
Charley Havill and son Erwin and
Mrs. Eli Millen and Miss Hazel Rev
ey were in P. d. C. Wednesday.
Virgil Taylor of Wheaton. ILL.,, is
visiting his old Bagley friends.
Dr. Venning was in P. d. G.. Thurs
day
Mrs. Melvin Cook and children were
in P. D. G.. Thursday. Her son DON
aid went on up to Eastman to spend
the week
Tom Gulick Of Cassville came up
Wednesday to see his sister, Mrs.
Geo. Hodge.
Henry Keocke and sons Roy and
Ray and Lee were in P. D. c. Thurs
day.
Mrs. Roy Keocke and son of P. D.
c.. came down Wednesday, called by
the illness of her mother, Mrs. Geo.
Hodge.
John Thiessa of Glen Haven was
up Wednesday calling on his brother
Will.
Mrs. VIM. Way and granddaughter,
Lillian Way, went to Glen Haven to
attend a strawberry social for the
benefit of the cemetery near the old
Way farm. They went Friday and
returned Saturday. Mrs. James Way
returned home from Taylor county
Saturday morning