Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-08-18
Notes

Shullsburg is the proud owner of
new steel water tower, capacity
$4,000 gallons.
The Rewey hotel will be sold at
sheriff sale to satisfy a judgment held
by A. p. Ketterer of the village.
The Platteville Equity society now
numbering 200, is planning to buy
site and erect a business building.
DR.. Sylvester, the we'll known Mont
fort practitioner has moved to Madi-
son where the doctor will practice in
the future.
Patrick Henry Byrnes, former
Hazel Green resident, died in Du-
buque last Monday afternoon. The
body was taken to Platteville for bur-
ial.
A receiver has been appointed for
Chas. Weighman, Chicago restaurant
eur and former owner Of the Cub
baseball team Mrs. Weighman who
was recently divorced, was Miss Webb
Of Platteville before her marriage.
Miss Agnes Parr, Spring Green,
stepped on a spinner hook and found
it necessary to summon a doctor to
extract the device the prongs of
which had entered the ball of the foot.
Miss PARIS foot will be tender for
some time.
Mayor j. H. Bi1lingsley of Galena,
who has been in poor health for some
time and recently underwent an OPP I
GRAFTON in a Connersville, Ind, hos
pital for bowel trouble, is back in the
same hospital again in a critical con-
ditiOn.
Mr.. Rule of Edmund, enroute to |
FennimOre in new Nash, attempted |
to pass another car and to avoid a
collision rammed his car against the
bank One front wheel was smashed I
and the lads mother thrown out and
her limbs injured.
Geo. F. Hildebrand, the well known I
Boscobel merchant aged 81, is in Ro- I
chester for treatment from the Mayos. I
Mr.. Hildebrand preferred to make the
trip by car and was taken over by DR.. I
Tuffley who made the trip in day I
giving his patient a three hour rest.
Jos. Rogers, a Clear Greek, Mariet
ia township farmer, essayed to draw
his hay shed together using a double
set of pulleys. The rope broke and I
the pulley flew down and struck Rog- |
ers with great force in the chest. Rog-
ers was badly hurt but will recover
Lars Dammen of Blanchardville I
proved that SO years is not impossible
by passing that many milestones in I
his life at his home there on Friday,
July 30 The family properly cele- |
brated and the old gentleman receiv-
ed a purse of gold in memory of the
day.
G. L. Lathrop, an old settler of Wau-
zeka, went to town to load tile for his
place At the depot the team took
fright and started to run while Lath-
r0p was away from the wagon. He
ran to catch the lines but stumbled |
and fell on a loose tile breaking two
ribs.
Mrs, John Gold and children of
Shanghai, China, are guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, James Brewer,
at Mineral Point Mrs, Gold recently |
arrived from China and was accom-
panied by Chinese Amah, who acted |
In the capacity of Platteville
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Fred Blum, employed in Galena
pop factory, was injured by the ex-
plosion of a pop bottle he was filling. I
The flying glass cut deeply into an
artery and muscle in his left arm
causing a great flow of blood. Medi- +
cal aid arrested further bleeding and /
Blum will recover.
Will Edwards, the st. Paul brake
man who sat on the cowcatcher of a
switch engine and became principal |
in collision between the engine and |
a motor truck a couple of weeks ago
at Mineral Point, now finds that he
sustained double fracture of the left |
hip Edwards is in a plaster cast.
F. G.. Burrichter, Dubuque, had a |
special make Roamer motor car stol-
en- at Chicago, Tuesday week ago. |
Mrs. Burrichter and daughter Dorothy |
iting. They parked their car in Grant |
Park after locking it securely. That
was the last seen of the car as when
they returned it was gone.
Jerome Adler and JOS Burns, two
Hollandale young men, enroute home
ward from Mineral Point got in the
ditch and turned squarely around fac
ing toward the city they came from
This happened after the Ford had lost
two wheels on one side and complete
~ demolished one wheel on the other
side leaving the vehicle with but one
wheel which is hardly enough to run
with.
The cars of Austin Gile and Al. Ben
son, Darlington, came into head-on
collision on the road near town last
Tuesday. The accident was due to
Benson driving with one light which
made Gille misjudge the distance in
passing. Both cars were damaged the
Gille car being turned completely
around 1t lost a Wheel fender, run
ming board and axle. Benson's car
looked like the last end of a mis-spent
life
Miss Sylvia Held. IS years, New
Glarus, was drowned in Sugar river
near Dayton on Sunday of last week.
The girl with her sister, Clara, went
picnicking with party of young peo-