Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-09
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Four car owners of Pra. du Chen
were fined $40 and costs apiece for
driving without license.
The Rev. James Alcock has been
summoned from Missouri to assume
charge of the Congregational church
at Darlington. He has wife and two
children.
julius Breitkitz was killed and his
brother, Frank, fatally hurt Thursday
when the police at CrandOn attempted
to arrest them for disturbing the
peace of the village.
A Dubuque motor bus company adj
vertises freight service between Du-
buque and the following cities:
Platteville Lancaster, Darlington,
Shullsburg, Benton, Cuba City and
bloomington.
The explosion of a kerosene stove
in the Earl Garvey fiat at Prairie du
CHEN, threw three families in the
building into panic The blazing oil
flew into rugs igniting them. The fire
department put the flames out.
Glen Davis, employed on the Albert
Dewey farm on Campbell ridge, Grant
county, was kicked in the head by
horse he was endeavoring to assist to
it's feet. He suffered a broken skull
and is in a Pra. du Chen hospital.
c. L. Kocher, Madison famrer, As
drowned himself in Lake Monona
Saturday night while respondent over
ill health. He left a wife and three
children. Kocher was prosperous
and had just bought farm. The body
was found an hour after death.
The body Of the we'll dressed woman
of gentle appearance found in Lake
Mendoza Wednesday was identified by
Prof. r. B. Pease Of Akron, o., to be
that of his wife who was supposed to
be visiting friends at Madison. Mr..
Pease could assign no reason for lis
Wifes act.
Albert Bergner, successful farmer
and the father Of ten children, resld
ing at Underhill, shot himself with a
shotgun, using stick to press the
trigger The children heard a shot
proceeding from the granary and
found the dead body. III health was
assigned as a reason for the suicide.
High water in the Volga river was
the cause of 100000 damage in the
village Of LittlepOrt, Iowa, early last
week. The flood was due to cloud
burst up the valley. Business houses,
homes and growing crops and gardens
were submerged, serious damage re-
sulting. Citizens OF LittlepOrt sought
refuge in two homes that were not
Hooded
Glen Mullen Of Viroqua was burned
on the right arm and face when he es-
sayed to throw a pan Of blazing
grease, gnited from an oil stove in
his home, to the street. The Mullen
family have been the victims of nu
merous fires. A few years ago they
were wiped out by fire and this sum-
mer their warehouse burned.
The state highway commission has
authorized the relocation of state
trunk line so between Highland and
Montfort instead of through Cobb as
at present. State engineer Donaghey
discovered an old road leading from
Highland to MOntfOrt and the reloca-
tion will lead via that routing. Work !
has been delayed by remonstrances |
and petitions and the new road will
not be put through this year.
The coal situation in Wisconsin is
bad and manufacturing centers are
particularly hard hit. 1t is feared
that the large creameries in the dairy
district will have to close through a
lack Of fuel The railroad commits
sion is preparing to act with the inter
state commerce commission in issu-
ing priority orders for coal movement. I
There is no fuel now on the Milwau
kee docks where ordinarily there are
thousands Of tons Of bituminOus and
anthracite.
John Allen, four months old son OF
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Allen Of Rock
ford, swallowed a small piece of cloth
which the mother was using to wipe
out the child's mouth Thursday after
noon and died from strangulation
while being rushed to the hospital,
Mrs Allen had wet the cloth with
boric acid and while wiping the babys
mouth out, he suddenly obtained hold
Of one end Of the cloth and before the
mother could catch it, he swallowed
it, Frantic efforts on the part Of the
mother and father to extract the cloth
proved fruitless.
Mildred de Vue, daughter Of a Wyo-
Cena doctor, was attacked by large
swapping turtle while she was swim
ming at the new beach near the viii
lage. The reptile seized the girls big
toe and started for deep water. Miss
de Nevue screamed and men bathers
came to her rescue. On shore the
turtle refused to let go of the morsel
and men cut its head off. Women
and girl bathers are not so venture
some around Wyocena now.
The directors of the Gays Mills fair
have erected a new art hall, 40X70 in
dimension The old hall will be used
to show poultry.
When James Davis. Interstate Oil
man, turned out to pass a car on the
high road between ReadstOwn and
Soldiers Grove. his truck wheels went
into soft dirt at the edge of the road
and the vehicle rolled to the river
below, turning over two times. Davis
escaped with a few bruises. While
the road patrolman was dragging the
Davis car back into the road two
more cars passed and both went over
the bank while watching the rescue.
Then an old man and his wife who
happened along in Chevrolet went
over the bank one hundred yards be-
vond the first accident. The old man
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