Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-14
Nearby Notes

John Anderson, Mineral Point, broke
his right arm cranking a Ford car
Mrs. Jane Sornberger died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Hughes
in Dodgeville on July 5th Mrs Sorn-
berger was born in Delaware county,
N. Y, March 6, 1925, and attained 95
years and four months.
Miss Caroline Lenhardt of Galena,
committed suicide Friday afternoon
using rope in a small shed near
her home. She had been in poor
health since the death Of her mother,
and was totally deaf and respondent.
Exhaust from a launch ignited oil
on the river at Savanna and shortly
the water front and docks were
mass of flames Bystanders saw the
burning oil spread over the water
and thought it was a novel sight. The
fire did no great damage.
Darlington honey bees seem to
have religious inclinations. This is
indicated by one swarm having lodged
in the Catholic church steeple and an
other in the Episcopal church. A
large amount of honey is being stored
in each hive.
Hal Murley of the Mound City bank,
Platteville, has the record for fish
stories so far this year. Mr.. Murley
says that while camping at Woodman,
July 4, he pulled a pickerel from the
river. The fish measured 3 feet and
A inches and Murley called for help
to land it.
Supervisor of Assessments, Arch
Frederick and family, were motoring
west Of Edmund on July when tire
blew out on the Ford car and the ma
4 ANlx Tl1S
car was rendered minus top and
windshield with an axle sprung but
the occupants escaped harm.
The case of Fred Fox VS. Charles
Boldt. tried in circuit court last win
ter and decided for the plaintiff was
reversed in supreme court last week
according to ]. ]. Ruble, Platteville
attorney The Fox concern sued Boldt
for payment on tractor for which
he refused to pay claiming defective
operation.
A freight car in the center of an
/. c. train running through Galena,
caught fire while in motion. By
ISLANDERS saw the flames shoot out and
notified the train crew who side
tracked the car but could not stop
the fire. The car containing large
army search-light automobile and
trailer was destroyed.
Sister Veronica Power, o. S. D.,
died at Saint Clara Convent, Sinsina-
wa, on Saturday, June 26, in the 60th
wear of her religious profession. She
was a sister of Mother Emily Power,
O S. d., Sister Gertrude Power, 0. S.
d., and Sister Adrian Power, 0. S. d.,
and was one of the pioneers OF the
congregation, having been received to
the habit by Rev. Samuel Mazzuchel-
Ii, 0. P.
The body of Walter Pivot, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Pivot, who was
drowned near Steuben on June 18th
last was discovered shortly after the
noon hour last Friday by Ed. Heiss,
farmer, who was driving along the
highway near the stream. 1t was
lodged in an overhanging tree top at
point in the river about one mile
below the spot where the drowning
occurred nearly three weeks before.
A horse driven by Myra Powers and
Ruth Hendrickson of Dodgeville, ran
away when frightened by a motor
car. The animal galioped mile
striking a fence where it tore off five
posts before stopping. Miss Hen
drickson's arm was painfully hurt but
moned help for Miss Powers whose
left wrist was broken so that the bone
protruded through the flesh.
The Georgetown postoffice near
Platteville, a relic of the period when
each crossroads store had it's post
master and rural free delivery was
unknown, has been abandoned. JAS
j. Jeffrey, the pioneer postmaster, and
his wife have gone to Waterloo, Iowa,
where they will reside with a son.
The patrons of Georgetown p. o. will
get their mail either from Cuba City
or Platteville.
Fred Sanders, a Steuben farmer
who was short of help, wired a Chi
cago employment agency. man
came and things went along smoothly
until one fine morning when the hand
turned up missing Sanders 'smelled
a mouse" and investigating found $40
in cash and valuables missing also.
He attempted to telephone but could
get no answer. Sanders started in
hot pursuit and located the man at
Woodman. The culprit had cut the
wires after taking what he wanted
from Sanders and thought an escape
easy. The man was taken to Prairie
du Chen for trial.
Geo. Longhenry, employed in the
Hoskins mine at Benton, was severe
ly injured while blasting rock. Mr.
Longhenry, a ground boss, had drilled
a hole and placed therein some dyna-
mite for the purpose of blasting out
< the rock The hole, being what the
nlivnfs term a "hot hole" exploded
and fearfully burned Mr.. Longhenry
His arm was also broken and his
thumb blown off, 1t is thought that
his eyesight will be saved. He was
taken at once to the hospital at
Shullsburg where he is reported to
be doing as well as could be expected.
Mr. Longhenry resides at Leadmine
and has wife and six children.
Drivers who could not see each
other came together with terrific i'm
pact about mile east of Ridgeway
on Sunday night of last week. Ira
Powell and family of Ridgeway in
Nash met j. n Nelson and wife, Mrs.
G.. T. Atwood and Mrs. j. w. McCul-
loch of Crawford county riding in an