Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-22


Editor Snyder of the Belmont Sue
cess is recovering from severe ill
ness.
Miss Helen Porter, IS, Arena, died
Saturday week ago. She was ma
tive of England.
H. I. Shockley of Lamont was re-
elected chairman of the Lafayette !.
county board last week.
H.. E. Scott bought the interests of !
the other heirs in Thos. Scott farm of
$50 acres located near Cuba.
r. NJ. spenseley, former clerk of
court in 10 Davicss county, died on
Tuesday after long illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stephens, who
have been visiting her sister at Mount
Morris, Ill, have returned to their
home at Montfort.
Dave Neeley and MAJ tin Bros. of
Animation shipped barrel of live mud
turtles to Philadelphia for which they
received 80 cents a pound.
Eighteen feet of paving through the
main business street of Gays Mills
was voted 100 to 120 at the election
two weeks ago. The improvement
will rost $4,000.
Benn Queen, English Ridge, Rich
land county, had one arm broken in
four places when the member became
caught in belt. He was taken to
La Crosse hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs Reuben Valley of Pra.
du Chen celebrated their golden
wedding day Oct %. They have six
children, 81 grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfonso Holly, Helena,
Iowa county, celebrated their golden
wedding Nov r. All of their children
are alive and were present at their
parents anniversary.
Thomas Condor, Dane county man,
visiting Iowa county relatives, went
suddenly and violently insane He
was taken to Mendoza. Condon's at
tack is supposedly due to illness with
'flu las winter.
The 18-months-old child of Bennett
Erickson, Brigham, Iowa county,
| playing near an abandoned cistern,
broke through the old covering and
was drowned. The parents missed the
child and searching, found the body.
John Moser, Galena, was shot in the
feet when his gun evplided while
duck hunting Mud in the gun bar
instead of towards the ducks. Moser's
feet were badly shot up.
James Laughton, news editor of
| the Dodgeville Chronicle, fell on a
bundle of news print in the office and
broke both bones of his left forearm
He went to the doctor unassisted and
! had the bones set. This is the third
| time Mr.. Laughton has broken the
same wrist.
A ten-tOn rock crusher being towed
to Dodgeville, went into ditch near
the city and efforts of a gang of men
with jacks and small tractor con-
sumed two days without being able to
dislodge it. Finally a large county
tractor rescued the mammoth crusher
E. G. DOudna, former head Of the
Richland Center schools and we'll
known throughout Wisconsin as an
educator, has been elected secretary
of the State Teachers association.
The post carries a salary of $4,000 a
year DOudna's headquarters will be
at Madison.
The wolf which escaped from the J.
Sharp corrall some weeks since and
for which Jim offered a reward Of
$50 if returned uninjured, was shot
at the Gay Chandler place north of
town last Wednesday morning, where
it was found making one of a number
of raids upon the chicken yard
Richland Democrat.
ProspectOrs have gone back nosing
around on old Buck Hill, near Galena,
a range supposed to contain fabulous
bodies of lead ore. In early days
miners had to quit on account of
water but modern mining methods
make light of dampness in mines. The
Blewett owners are behind the new
project
Five cases of violation of the state
prohibition laws are on the docket for
trial at this term of Crawford coun-
ty circuit court called Tuesday, Nov.
81. Eight other cases are up for trial
on the criminal calendar. Four di-
vorce actions are to be heard also.
Five applications for naturalization
will come before Judge Smalley
Dodgeville firemen made a run of
ten minutes to the farm of Franklin /
Phillips, farmer living four miles from |
town, and connecting the pump with
a cistern put out a fire that threaten i
ed to destroy $4,000 worth of build |
ings and stored grain A straw stack |
had taken fire from the exhaust of a
tractor used in grinding wheat.
Geo. Kreul was down from Fenni- |
more Friday greeting friends and at
tending the mass meeting held in the /
evening called in the interest of the |
Boscobel fair Mr. Kreul is one of |
the three surviving incorporators of
the fair and has missed but three fairs I
of the 40 held since the organization T
was perfected in 1878. And if he lives T
until August next you can count on !
seeing him in attendance at the 50th /
The other two living original incor-
porators are Geo. F. Hildebrandt of |
this city, and Ed. Meyer of Madison