Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-02
COUNTY AND NEARBY.

arm broken while at play at school.
The boy was pushed against a wood
pile and the wood fell on him.
Mrs Frank Lloyd, Richland Center,
took down a diphtheria warning sign
the health authorities had placed on
her house on account of her daughter
being afflicted with the disease. She
was arrested and fined.
Rev. E. H. Long, pastor of the Rich
land Center Christian church, has de-
cided not to accept a call to Min
neapois passionate and will remain in
the Richland Center capital. Rev.
Long is a very popular pastor.
The homes of FRANC Engle and Pat
rick Ryan, Galena, situated next door
to each other on the hills above Ga
lena, were burned to the ground in
fire early last Wednesday morning.
The blaze started in the Engel home
and spread to the Ryan place. Both
families were rendered homeless.
VIM. Salmon, Mineral Point farmer,
lost large barn and two silos by fire
Thursday a week ago. Fire was dis
covered about in the afternoon and
was presumably started by sparks
from the blower of ! shredder. Sal
mons loss in buildings, feed and ma
chinery was very heavy with $4,000
insurance.
The 15-year-old son of Henry John
son, Mill Creek Richland county, was
treated by a doctor recently for a gun
shot wound in his leg. The lad was
out hunting and while in pursuit of a
squirrel dragged his gun along the
ground, causing its discharge. The
% bullet went through the fieshy part
of the youths leg, causing a severe
wound but no arteries were severed.
Lawrence Myers, Hazel Green car
penter, was instantly killed Sunday
Afternoon of last week while working
at a mine near the village. Myers
was helping to move a frame building
when the structure collapsed, falling
upon him. His back was broken as
result of his being doubled UP and cut
across the abdomen. Myers leaves
wife and seven children.
Will burden, the southern planter
who shot and killed DR.. Grimes, the
former physician of Rewey, Wis, was
found guilty of murder with a recon-
mendation of mercy by jury at Nor
ristown Ca, Wednesday week ago.
The state introduced witnesses to evil
dence that burden had slapped the
northern doctor and then shot him.
burden, who claimed the medical man
had broken up his home, was given a
! life sentence.
| A case of magnitude was settled
ain the Crawford county justice court
of Judge TichenOr last week where
one Albert HOnzel asked for peace
bonds for a neighbor, Albert Valiant.
| Testimony indicated that Valiant had
! fI1sno cd To cN1i
open with club. Testimony also
/ indicated that Honzel had been spit
ting on Valiant and his family. The
court with the wisdom of Solomon
enjoined Honzel from splitting on Val
ant or anybody else. Mr.. Valiant was
enjoined from using club or in any
manner threatening the man who
showed his dislike in so vulgar a man
ner. Then all was serene again.
Albert Marshall, Richland Center,
knows more now of the infiammable
properties of gasoline than he did a
week ago. Marshall had oeen having
trouble with his gasoline tank on his
car and set about locating the trouble.
He dropped a stick to see if all the
gasoline was out and lost the stick in
the tank. To locate the stick Marshall
stuck a lit match over the gas tank
and-then things happened with
rapidity People who ignite gasoline
never know Just what takes place or
the consecutive order of events. Mar
shall has badly cut and burned face
and the gas tank was wrecked but he
got off lucky at that.
MoOnshine got Arthur Dater and a
couple of neighbors in severe trouble
over on Melancthon creek in Rich
| land county The boys went hunting
but changed the program to a drink
ing party. Then the boys drove rather
recklessly going over bridge and the
net result was considerably damaged
car About that time the sheriff came
along and all three were arrested.
Dettman was arraigned on two counts
transporting liquor and driving
car while drunk. He paid SIS and the
costs on the drunk charge and gave
! $500 bonds for appearance on the
other charge. His two companions,
named Armstrong, were fined $40 for
| drunkenness.
| The four room cottage of Luther
| Mckinley, four miles above Bridge
port, on the Grant county bluffs, was
destroyed by fire Thursday evening
week ago. Mckinley was out coon
/ hunting Wnen the DIaZe occurred ana
returned to find his humble home a
mass of smoking ashes. His wife and
little girl had vainly endeavored to
fight the flames but were forced to
| fee. The house and all contents were
destroyed completely and the loss in
cluded the small amount of cash the
family possessed. Mckinley intends
to rebuild a small cabin but he has no
| fur nd fhn mi hnrc dnUi Cinr
means to help him out Contributions
can be forwarded to any bank at
| Bloomington.