Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-10-25

Arthur Lefevre, 20, Kenosha, met
death Wednesday evening when the
automobile he was riding in crashed
into telephone pole. Lefevre was
hurled from the car and his skull
fractured.
Mrs. S. Williams, former resident of
Dodgeville, died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. G. r. Carroll, in New
York, Monday of last week. The re-
mains were brought to Dodgeville for
interment.
Work has been started on the new
tobacco warehouse that is being built
at Soldiers Grove to accommodate the
crop of pool members. 1t will be ready
by the first of the year to take care of
the sorting and packing of this years
crop.
Mrs. John Smelcer, Richland Cen
ter, lost one finger and badly lacerated
another while beheading a chicken.
The axe slipped, cutting the first
finger off and injuring the second.
What happened to the bird is not re-
lated by the reporter.
Herman Ripley, employed on the
Krouskop saw mill at Richland, al
lowed one hand to come into contact
chine. His left hand was badly dam
aged and three fingers had to be re-
moved at the first joint.
Mrs. A. L. Trachte, Dodgeville, en-
route with her brother and several
other people, home from Flint, Mich,
with new cars, seriously injured her
left eyeball while adjusting her hat.
The woman drove steel hairpin in
to her eye with such force that she
had to pull on it forcibly to remove it.
She will not lose the sight though the
eyeball will be permanently SCARED.
Two persons, man and woman,
had narrow escape from drowning
Wednesday at Green Bay. Their au-
tomobile plunged through an open
draw Of the Mason street bridge and
into the Fox river below. Air pressure
ripped the top clear of the car and
the two people were thrown away
from their seats landing separately in
the water. They were rescued by Cap
tain Martin Olson of the tug, Beaver,
who cut loose from a coal barge he
was towing.
Beatrice Toy, H., Mineral Point, was
injured while riding horseback by col
liding with a new fence that had been
put up. The girl drove her horse in
to the fence while going at a good
clip and was thrown over the animals
head. She lit on her hands and both
wrists were broken. The nervy girl
liberated the horse and turned it
liberated the horse which had become
entangled in the wire, and made her
way home. She attended Sunday
school three days after the accident.
Omer Benn, known all over south
west Wisconsin, as big Ben" the
pitcher for Viola, is in La Crosse
hospital in a serious condition as the
result Of an injury received while
pitching a game for La Crosse team.
From what appeared to be a minor
injury occasioned by twist deliver
ing the ball, a trouble developed that
for a time threatened to cost the big
twirler his life. He was lately report
ed to be resting easy with chance
for full recovery.
A 1920 Monarch tractor from the
factory at Watertown passed through
Platteville Wednesday on it's way to
New Orleans. The tractor, of the
caterpillar type, left the factory Oct.
s, with a schedule of arrival at New
Orleans Dec. II. 1t will then be
driven over another route to Chicago,
reaching that city in time to attend
the Good Roads show Jan. 1919 A
man named Arthur Sorenson is pilot
ing the machine and he carries a good
stock of gas, oil and tools in trailer
attached to the car.
Disregarding perfect alibis," made
by relatives and friends, Dane coun-
ty jury found Tony Corona, charged
with robbery of the Randall State
bank March 10, guilty in a Wednes-
day jury trial. Dominic Justo, held
with Corona, will be tried in January.
Edward L. Holt, 80, Middleton
farmer, was found dead in his barn
Wednesday night. He had hung him
self to rafter. Holt was married
but had no children. The same day
Madison authorities found the dead
body of Dominick Flannery, 95, in a
Madison rooming house. Death was
due to natural causes.