Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-20

1900 people were stranded on
sandbar above Clayton, Iowa, all of
Monday night of last week and part
of he day following. The vessel
ran a moonlight excursion out of
Prairie du Chen, the two Nc
Gregors, Clayton, Gutenberg, Ell
kador and other towns, nearly two
thousand patrons going on the boat.
The vessel struck a bar above Clay
ton and grounded, attempts to free
it being futile. During the night
many persons were taken from the
steamer by the Arbutus and the
Alert of McGregor. Others left the
steamer in rowboats although the
captain forbade them taking the
chance. Drinking water ran out
and the boat restaurant charged Is
cents for sandwiches and 10 cents
for coffee while the stock lasted.
Many people were without comfort
and had no money to buy food or
pay their fares home The steamer
remained on the bar twcnty-four
hours and the moonlight excursion
ended in sorry affair.
Herman Hillesheim, Bloom town
ship, Richland county farmer, re-
ceived fatal injuries in runaway
accident Saturday of last week, dy-
ing the next day. Mr. Hillesheim
was raking hay with a mule team
when the tongue broke In en-
deavoring to guide the fractions
critters into the fence he was
thrown to the ground sustaining
broken shoulder, several crushed
ribs and a punctured lung. The de-
known and prosperous.
F. B. Storm, travelling salesman
for the SPEECH Stove e Repair Co.
of Milwaukee, was found dead in
his bed in the Hotel Royal at Min
eral Point, Friday morning. Mr..
Storm had been making the town
for years and arrived at Mineral
Point the night before, going to bed
at once. Indications were that he
had died several hours before being
found. He was K. P. and the To-
cal lodge took care of the body, es-
corting it to Milwaukee.
Thos. Mccarthy, home at Galena
from Alaska, rescued a little child
from fountain in Grant park,
where she fell in and was drowning.
Morris Guggenheim, Galena,
driving the family car to Hazel
Green. turned out on the concrete
when he saw car approaching APP
plying the brakes made the car skid
and strike the front of the other car
smashing bumpers and tenders on
both.
Emery Click, Sylvan township,
Richland county, was unloading hay
in his barn when the hay fork came
loose and dropped on Clicks Shout
der The flesh was badly torn and
paralysis ensued making the in
juries quite serious. Click was i'm
proving at last report.
The one-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Cooper, Bloom City, a
Richland village, was drowned in
small pool of water near the house
while the parents were in the barn.
They were attracted by the dogs
bark and found the child lying in
the water, quite dead.
The mining district is quiet but
the mines are running light and
waiting for better prices which they
feel are bound to come in the fall.
The district is full of ore and with
fair prices will furnish abundantly
for years.
Raymond c. Friday, 80, Mineral
Point. died at Chicago hospital
July of pneumonia. The body was
taken to Linden for burial. The
young man was a victim of heat
prostration and subsequent pneumo-
MIA
John Kelly, school treasurer at
Woodman for 81 consecutive years.
has been drafted for another years
service. Mr.. Kelly is one of the best
known men in Grant county.