Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-17

visited Rlchland Center as an agent
sp' Yeoman order. He solicited mem.
| pers ana made himself socially popu-
lar and indispensable. After trading
GU ola car ne brought with him for a
oeller one and making numerous pur-
Cnases and living on the fat of the
lahd the young man departed without
paying any bills. A day or so later
ms former employer, E. Lindstrand of
the Mutual Trust Life Insurance co
anu ). Long, the man who sold Cros-
ny the car he came to town with, ar
rived from Kenosha. Lindstrorn
sought Crosby's arrest on a charge of
emDezzlement and Longs grievance
was that the young man had sold the
car upon which he held a chattel
mortgage. In the meantime Crosby,
with rare Intuition, had flown and the
henosha men were forced to return
empty handed
Henry Thompson, a Civil war vet
eran of past so years, was found
alone and helpless in his humble cot
tage in Boscobel. Arrangements will
De made to care for the old man until
II can be determined whether or not
ne has any relatives who will look
after him. The old gentleman was
considered to be more penurious
than destitute and this belief was sub
Stimulated when a search disclosed a
purse containing several hundred dol
lars in gold in bedroom. AS gold is
rarity nowadays it is presumed that
the old man had been boarding the
money for years against the day of
need. He has a sister in Spokane and
she was notified OF the old mans plight
M. w Finch of Boscobel was in
Jured in rather peculiar automobile
accident. Finch had been in Craw-
ford county on business and his car
stalled. He phoned for a tow car.
The Finch car being pulled back to
town with Finch at the wheel went
into the ditch when the driver Of the
tow car turned out to permit another
car to pass. The lead car kept the
track but the rear wheel of the dis
abled machine ran too close to the
edge and went over the bank, turning
the auto over with Finch in it. The
lone passenger was soon eXtricated
from his perilous position and he was
elated to escape with but slight hurts.
Ernest Willtrout, son of Jacob
the boy so seriously injured in the cy-
clone of May wien he with several
companions took refuge in a barn that
blew down on them pinning the Will
trout boy under the timbers, is at the
Parker hospital in Boscobel again for
treatment. The lad sustained spinal
injuries in the accident and was at
first taken to Madison for treatment
q h11f FOL
care being more satisfactory than
home, he was taken to the Boscobel
institution. The case is pitiable as
the boys back was broken and he may
never recover.
Raymond Warren, Bloom City, had
q narrow escape from death while en-
route home from a camp meeting. He
was driving a car when he met a run
away team, the property of one of the
evangelists at the camp meeting.
The inevitable collision occurred. tne
buggy pole smashing through the car
windshield and into yonng Warren's
face. However, luck favored the man
AS after passing through the wind
shield the pole hit the steering gear
and glanced, Warren e3,fping with
iacerated hand. One Of the horses
was so badly hurt that it had tc be
killed.
The 13-year-old son of Otto Lett
ner, Lynxville, shot and instantly
killed his six-year-old sister last
Tuesday morning. The boy was
taking a % rifle down from it's rest
ing place behind picture and in so
doing the weapon accidentally dis
charged The bullet entered the girls
forehead causing instant death.
Rashe Ship1ey, Boscobel star first
sacker, has a wounded knee that will
keep him off the diamond for some
time to come. Shipley was enrOute
home from Pra. du Chen on motor
cycle. He struck a rut filled with dust
and the cycle after rearing like
broncho, threw Shipley some distance.
Ten stitches were taken to close the
wound in Shipley's knee.
The body of Fred A. Miller, Bosco-
bel boy who gave his life in the World
war. was buried in the military GEM
etery at Arlington, near Washington,
D. G. Herman Miller of Boscobel, a
brother of the dead man, received as
surance from the government that the
BODY was buried with full military
honors and the grave heaped with
flowers.
Mrs. Harry Burton of Hazelton,
Iowa, who was seriously injured at the
time Mr.. Burton was killed when
their car went over an embankment
near Bridgeport about a month ago,
is still confined to her bed with but
little hope of early Improvement.
Since the report of seeing doe and
two fawns in the wild country around
"Rolling Ground north OF Montfcrt,
was made by farmer in the vicinity,
another farmer in the rugged and
woody Blockhouse branch region south
of Platteville reports seeing a doe and
two fawns there. Students of the wild
think the animals may be the same.
Darlington is have free mail deliv-
ery and the houses are now being
numbered. New concrete paving on
Galena street in Darlington was open
cd for use last week, big crowd OF
people gathering in honor OF the event.
Darlington fair Aug. % to 70.
Richland Center nigh; owls found
. x,o,rg oirl aSIeeD on the steps of