Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-02-16

lunch by an unknown who looted the
safe of s3S.
The city authorities at Boscobel are
enforcing the curfew ordinance to
keep children Of both sexes under Is
years OFF the streets.
It is stated that a bill is being pre-
pared to come before the Wisconsin
senate requiring every owner of an
automobile to have his car registered
with the register of deeds of his coun-
ty, paying a recording fee OF fifty
cents. Each man selling a car must
by the same token pay fifty cents.
The two large apartment buildings
in Dubuque at the corner Of Alpine
street and Julian avenue were des-
troyed by fire which started on Sun
day morning OF last week. Eight
families were rendered homeless. The
buildings were known as the Effer-
ding apartments No reason is given
for the cause of the blaze.
VIM. Infield of Boscobel, cranked
his car to drive to BoydtOwn. The en-
CINE back-fred and Infield's arm was
severely jerked He made the drive
OF is miles his arm paining him ali
member was badly swollen. A doctor
found a fracture between the wrist
and the elbow.
The Blue River Informer, published
by j. E. Rockhill has suspended pub
LEGATION after plucky fight to main
tain a paper in town too small to
properly support such complicated
and expensive business. Mr.. Rock
hill will move his plant, which In
cludes a linotype, to LaFarge, where
he will publish the Enterprise,
Ben Benson, RaseAhel, a Spanish
war veteran who lost an arm in q
corn shredder accident few years ago,
has been allowed pension OF $40
month by the government. The new
pension bill PASSED last July allows
a reasonable monthly allowance for
unfortunate soldiers and sailors who
are incapacitated from employment
whether the defect was incurred in
the service or not,
One of the actions to be heard at
the coming term of circuit court is
that of the Platteville high school dis
trict vs the Bailey-Marsh Co., con-
tractors, and the New Amsterdam
Casualty Co., bondsmen for the con-
tractors, to recover costs to the dis
trict of the sums needed to complete
the high school amounting to SlO,OOO.
The contractors were affected by war
conditions that followed the placing
OF the contract, and virtually aban-
doned the job leaving it for the dis
trict to complete.
Mrs. Albert Anderson 40, Madison,
mother OF II children, was burned to
death when a can of kerosene she
was using to start a fire in the kitchen
stove exploded. Mrs. Anderson was
alone in the kitchen when the explos-
ion took place. The fire had gone
down during the night and the woman
poured the oil on fresh fuel to start
another fire. In an instant the entire
room was a mass of flames. The WO-
mans clothing caught and she rushed
from the room to the yard blazing
torch. Neighbors hurried to the res
cue and put out the fire. Mrs. Ander-
son was taken to the home of a neigh
Dor where she died few hours later.
The husband and children were in
other parts Of the house when the ex
DIOS1On JOOh place. l. lie lotHIIly lINC III
Rockdale Madison suburb.
DR.. Horace Grenfell's dramatic cpl
sode, "Adrift on an Ice Floe," was
repeated in the minds of the prin-
cipals at Eagle Point near Dubuque on
Saturday morning of last week when
a huge cake of ice tore loose from the
main body and started down the river
carrying several workmen with it. The
piece weighing about twenty tons, was
noticed by the employees Of the Fisher
company who used long poles to pre-
vent collision with the field they
were working on The heavy mass
moved on toward the Mulgrew field
where it tore away body of ice that
several men were working on. The
big cake with it's human freight then
started on down the river. The men
were rescued with boats and the cpl
SOde was over.
Frank p Carlyle, the young man
with the fine old name he had dishOn
ored, picked up at Dodgeville couple
of weeks ago in connection with the
theft of an automobile in Milwaukee,
was arraigped in the latter city for
stealing three motor cars and after
Bay for five years. The young man.
aged 10, has been wanted for some
time on several counts. He is said to
be a deserter from the navy When
! searched, Carlyle, who claimed to be
destitute, was found TO have a con-
siderable sum of money sewed in his
coat.
Carol E. Meyers, a world war vet
eran residing in Mt. Carroll, III, died
Friday of last week following a long
illness from injuries he sustained in
the world war. While in the service
the young man was gassed three times
and visits to many specialists in this
country convinced him that he could
not be cured. Following. final visit
to Rochester young Myers came home
to die. He was 80 years old and an
only SON. Another pitiful chapter of
| Americas part in the great war is