Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-24
Boscobel has no ice the local dealer

BOSc0DGl mas no Ice the local G6dIef
having sold his last cake last week.
Mrs. John H Evans Of Dodgeville
was 81 years old on August Is. The
old lady has been i'll for several weeks
but is now conyalescent.
Anthony Larson, Y, native of Nor
way, died at his farm home in Iowa
county Tuesday of ap0plexy. He had
lived in Iowa county for so years.
A coroners inquest at Galena held
that Walter j.. Houy met his death
from acute alcoholism. No evidence
was given to show where the young
man got the liquor that killed him.
t04 members of the Holmes clan
gathered at the old homestead near
Montfort on Sunday, August 7th, and
spent the day pleasantly together. 1t
is planned to make the gatherings
an annual affair and officers have
been elected.
Two high school students reached
Dubuque Tuesday from Minneapolis,
having made the trip in a canoe. The
boys liked from their home in Daven-
port to the Twin Cities, beating their
way. They then secured an old 18-foot
canoe and came down the river, sleep
at nights on sand bars. They were
taken to the Dubuque Y. NJ. G. A. on
Tuesday night, the first time they had
slept in a bed for two weeks.
Peter Louis Jr of Richland Center
has a broken shoulder blade due to
his frantic efforts to get away from a
swarm Of angry bees. With COM
paniOn the young man was housing a
J, two re l. =,
bushes. The insects became unruly,
and settled upon the bows. They ran
vigorously and Louis stumbled Now
he has fractured shoulder and a
knowledge of bee peculiarities.
Prairie du CHEN has been afflicted
with carnival and circus this year
and now the city fathers propose to
allow another carnival company to
enter the city. Carnivals are an un>
mitigated nuisance and like those who
respond to the lures of the patent
medicine vendors on the streets the
people who patronize a carnival are
often the ones who can't or wont pay
their grocery and meat bills.
A pot Of roofing paint being warmed
on the stove at the John Keller home
at Prairie du Chen, caught fire and
for tine the whole place was Fame
and smoke. Don, the oldest boy, ran
from the yard, and threw the stove
and pot of paint bodily into the back
yard. In so doing he fell and was
badly burned about the arms and
hands. The youth then turned the
hose on the house and had the fire
almost put out when the fire depart
ment arrived.
Charles c. Clark, Castle Rock, Grant
county farmer died at his home Sun
day morning of last week after an
illness of but a few hours. Mr.. Clark
helped thresh Saturday and assisted
with the chores in the evening, re-
firing early. During the night he
complained of pain in his side but
did not think it serious and declined
his Wife's offers Of help. About five
O'Clock in the morning he got up to
get a drink and fell to the floor, dead
A Nash car driven by E. J. Beranek
Of BaraboO, occupied by his wife and
son and Mrs. Henderson and two
children of Arena, colIided With a
Ford driven by Nelson Gleason of
CaZenOvia, north of Delton Mrs Be
ranek was thrown from The car and
pinned beneath the running board
when their car was crowded against
when their car was crowded against
stone embankment. The little son
of Gleason had his face cut from the
forehead to the chin by the broken
windshield. Is stitches were taken to
close his cuts. None of the others
were hurt
Henry Thompson, the aged veteran
who was found in a deplorable con-
dition in his Boscobel home a couple
of weeks ago, died at the hospital in
that city on August 9th. Burial was
made at Boscobel. The aged recluse
was very reticent about his past life
and little is known concerning him
He was born in New York in 1871
and had resided in Wisconsin about
20 years. He was a veteran of the
Civil war. He left a half-brother in
Montana and a sister in Cincinnati
About $1,10C in gold and currency
was dicovered in a systematic search
| OF the old mans modest home.
The family of Henry Brady, Free.
| port farmer, narrowly escaped death
when their car was struck by an I. G.
| passenger train on crossing near the
city. Brady was driving and did moi
hear a bell or whistle when he ap-
preached the crossing. He drove VI
cautiously and was Mortified to see q
train bearing down on him as he
reached the center of the tracks. He
| then attempted to back the car but as
/ is usual in such cases the engine dice
and the occupants jumped from the
| car and ran to safety. The family
saw the monster engine strike theil
car and crush it to bits.
A gentleman from La Crosse who
| has been about the city and country
for some time soliciting for some firm
was found in very sleepy condition
| lying in a car in which he had beer
driving out in the country. This was
not so bad, but incidentally he haC
stopped the car right across the side
tracks near the @. depot. Fearing the
obstruction might delay the trains
! (Which are usually in a hurry wheT
inside the limits of our city,, the mar
shall took him in tow, and next morn
| ing the dreamer" was taken before
Tichenor on a charge of drunkenness
Justice Tichenor found him guilty O.
being drunk, upon his own confession
that he got the moonshine of farmer