Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-07
Nearby Notes

William Henry Perkins, native of
Cornwall, "a years old, died in Dodge
vile last week. Mr.. Perkins had lived
IN Iowa county since 1916.
Charles McReynolds, "a, a Fenni-
more young man who spent II months
in continuous overseas fighting, died
Monday of last week of illness due to
injuries.
Chas. Clark, Rewey, with two pas
sengers, was unhurt when the Clark
car tipped over near Rewey. The
car was thrown on one side and the
top smashed.
The Newman cheese factory near
Darlington, burned to the ground in
the nighttime and the maker and his
helper who slept had a narrow es-
cape. $4,000 worth of cheese was
destroyed.
Mrs. Mary Pamela Wright who was
born in New York in 1888, died at
Cobb, June %, aged SO. Four of nine
children survive. Mrs. Wright moved
to New Diggings from New York in
1856 moving to Montfort in 1881.
! Dewitt c. Culver, an old resident of
Iowa county, died there recently. Mr..
Culver was born in Green Bay in
1888 and came to lowe county when
the region was populated by Indians.
When baby Culver was stolen by
an Indian squaw who lurked around
the cabin being recaptured by his
mother following a chase.
Ben Gulson, a Dodgeville farmer.
| lost ten sheep in two nights and a
nelghbor, Anton Peterson, lost two
sheep. Dogs are blamed but the men
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Cured two days before the new law
went into effect. Under the present
law the owners of DESTROYED sheep
can receive money out OF the dog Ii
cense funds-80 per cent being set
aside for that purpose.
Leslie Moody, 10, Belmont youth,
shot himself in the left lung using
20 revolver as the method of self-ex-
termination. The shooting took place
on the R. ]. Williams farm near Bel
mont where Moody worked. Moody
attended the chautauqua at Rewey in
company with Miss Mona Williams, a
girl friend. The attempted suicide
took place upon his return. Miss
Williams gave no reason for the act
Moody will recover.
Charles Roseleip and wife and
daughter of Platteville were pinned
beneath their overturned car near
Fulton, Ill, a week ago Sunday night
RoSeleip turned out in a narrow place
to pass another car and went over an
embankment the car turning turtle
The daughter who was hardly hurt
crawled out and summoned aid. Rose
leip sustained several broken ribs
and many bruises. His wife had the
full weight of the car on her chest
and was badly bruised also.
H. H. Wade, Great Western fire.
man, was killed in his cab while eros
sing the Sinsinawa river bridge west
of Galena. The engineer, c. H. Rep
ogle, missed his fireman and stopped
the train. The crew found marks on
the bridge Orders which indicated
that Wade had leaned out and been
struck and thrown from the cab. A
section crew dragged the river and
after several hours found Wade's
body below the bridge. The coron-
er's jury found that Wades skull had
been crushed and his left shoulder
was badly fractured The point
where the tragedy occurred has been
the scene of numerous deaths among
railroad men who were killed by
either sticking their heads out or be-
ing knocked from the cars. Wade
was making his first run on hits line
when killed. He lived in Minneapolis
and is survived by a wife and child