Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-14

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Charles Kohn Of Hazel Green and
ried at Dubuque last week.
Lightning struck a transformer at
Montfort burning it out and throw
ing the community in darkness for a
week.
The n. M. Marcus barn and ware
house burned to the ground early
Wednesday morning from q fire that
started from spontaneous combustion
in rags.
Mrs. ]. H. Day of Boscobel, for
merly Rosa Doll Gulick of Wyalus-
ing, died Friday week ago. The
husband and six children survive.
She was so years old.
Harry NJ Rice, Boscobel, won $113
in cash from the state and a gold
watch from the Wisconsin Agricul-
turist with his litter of five Chester
Whites shown at the state fair:
A travel check kept on Highway %
near Dodgeville showed 1,465 cars
passing in one week day This did
not include night travel. A good
ar gument for hard roads.
The barn on the VIM. Lindloff farm,
five miles west of Rcedsburg was hit
by lightning while the family were at
church. Lindloff lost the building, all
the horses, grain end machinery.
The Taylor Malin store in Wyalus-
ing was broken into one night re-
Gently by thief who broke a window
glass and slipped the bar on the door.
A box of valuable papers was stolen.
Mrs. Stephen Tonkin of Mineral
Point died Sunday night a week ago
following a long illness. A husband,
five daughters and two sons survive.
husband and two sons, Emery and
Ray.
Mrs R. G. White of Waldwick, Iowa
county, was badly hurt when the Ford
car she was riding in with her hus-
band and son tipped over. The
others were not hurt and the car was
not damaged.
The Mt. Hope team won the state
fair contest last week in the demon
stration of improved orcharding me-
thods. The team consisted of E. M.
Cox, leader, Fenton Abrams, Arno
and Ralph Cairns.
DR.. J. P. Trentzsch, former Dodge
vile resident, has left Lis position as
senior physician of the Marion, Ind.
sanitarium, to head a large sanitari-
UNI for the treatment of nervous
troubles in the east.
DR.. F. E. fTurphy, son of Michael
Murphy, former Darlington residents,
died at Kenosha recently. Dr.. Murphy
was in the U. S. navy from 1896 to
1904, and during that time sailed four
times around the world.
Geo. Mathiasen roadmaster at Mont
fort, has been transferred. to the
Elroy and Harvard division of the
road. His place has been filled by
Frank Maso of Fennimore, an eX-
perienced railroad man.
Carl Olson of Viroqua turned out of
the road near Springville to pass q
car and his wheel struck culvert, the
car turning a complete sOmersault.
Olson escaped without a scratch but
his Chevrolet was badly damaged.
Mr.. Perkins of Livingston carried
off the first prize in the horse shoe
pitching contest held at the fair. He
will go to Minneapolis to contest for
state. honors. Mr.. Evans of Rewey
won second place. Over so contest
ants were entered.
Four freight cars and combina-
ton express and baggage coach were
derailed near New Glcrus due to the
track being soft from recent rains.
Tie train was heavily loaded with
sand and gravel and the track sunk
for $50 feet.
The Platteville city council has con-
demned several frame buildings i'll the
main part of the city on the grounds
that the old shacks are fire hazards.
Razing will begin at once, the cost of
SO doing being charged to the respect
i've property owners.
August Tricks of Boscobel, died
Friday week. He was born in Ger
many in 1886 and emigrated to Am
erica in 1856. EARNED in Hickory
Grove most of his life. Was married
twice and is survived by his second
wife and seven children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Gray, Richland
Center, alighted from car to attend
tent show and were knocked down
and run over by car driven by
Steve Strasburg. Neither was sew
ereIy hurt Strasburg said he was
blinded by lights from a third car.
The 7-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James KnuGson of Spring Green
was shot and fatally wounded Sunday
of last week with a bullet accidental
ly fired by her 11-year-old brother.
Inc outlet passed. through Tue girl
arm and into her lungs, death en-
suing.
Jack Tesar, Muscoda "Iron Man."
pitched two games at Sioux City for
the Packers of the Western League
against the Joplin Miners. Tesar
won both games and went stronger in
the second than he did in the first.
He leads the western league in in
nings pitched and strikc-outs.
Sardeson Bros, enterprising millers
OF Blanchardyille, have installed a
new -four mill of the latest type with
a capacity of so barrels a day. The
machine is almost noigeless and re-
quires only half the power of the old
type machines. Freedom from dust
and dirt is assured at ell times. An
automatic feed control is another ex-
cellent feature of the machine.
Anton Johnson of Argyle had his
clothing catch in the chain belt of
threshing rig and every stitch was
torn from his body. Johnson's neck
was gashed near the jugular vein and
one finger taken off. He was also a
mass of bruises but escaped with his
life. All this happened in less time