Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-27

Thos. Heibel, 81, Dodgeville, died
Thursday from the effects of an
apoplectic stroke that came upon him
nine months ago.
NJ. and Mrs. Wallie Jones, Garri-
son Grove, Iowa county, mourn the
loss OF their youngest child, a daugh-
ter, aged 6, who died Tuesday after
an illness with scarlet fever.
Montfort high school pupils have
undertaken a course in craftsmanship.
BY selling subscriptions for a popular
magazine they will earn money for
gymnasium equipment.
Members of the state republican
committee for this district are: Harry
E. G. Kempf, Boscobel; William T
Evjue, Madison; Mrs. Granville Trace,
DOdgeyille; Miss Ada James, Rich
land Center.
Mrs. o. N. Dray, Richland Center
was internally injured in a runaway
last Friday The harness broke and
the horse got away from Mr. Dray
who was driving. Mrs. Dray was
thrown from the rig.
An Essex driven by Mrs. D. B. Ham
ilton and Ford driven by Chas
Wonn, collided at Dodgeville Sunday
damaging both cars seriously. Too
many parked cars in front of a hos
pital caused the accident.
Ethel Latham, the 14-year-o1d
daughter of Richard Latham of Fair
view died in a Milwaukee hospital
following an operation for the remov-
al of an abscess on the lung. The
mother and son died a few years ago
of flu and sister is in the Bradley
hospital at Madison for treatment OF
bone disease.
Mrs. Herman Fable, Pra. du Chen,
motoring home from La Crosse with
her husband, was taken i'll on the
Coon Valley hill near Westby. Before
the car could be stopped the woman
stepped to the running board and fell
off, striking her head on the ground.
She was taken to Westby where doc
tor refused medical attendance. Mrs.
Fable was taken home. She did not
regain consciousness for several days.
The pumps at the Meloy mine, Ben
ton, started work Tuesday and villag-
ers are happy over the prospect of
better times. The Hosl1ins and other
mines in the Vinegar Hill string, are
expected to open soon. When the
Green, Shullsburg, Cuba City, New
Diggings and other towns in the
mining district had prosperous times.
For the past two years the dearth OF
mining has caused a depression in the
area.
Mrs. Charles Beechan, colored, Ga
lena, is a prisoner in Jail on charge
of attempted murder of her husband.
oil hII
que, where an operation to remove a
bullet from his abdomen was success
fully performed Tuesday. Beechan
refused to talk, and his wife was
equally non-committal The couple
have been in trouble numerous times.
The shooting occurred in the l. G.
yards where .Beechan was picking up
coal.
The Dodgeville Chronicle states that
a bort car containing six passengers
went into the ditch on road 10 near
that city, Thursday night week ago.
The car was driven by Patch Grove
man. With his daughter and four
young girls he was returning from a
funeral at Mineral Point The car
was badly damaged but the passen-
gers escaped injury. They were
taken home next day. The Chronicle
states plainly that the driver of the
car was drunk.
Persons who CHANGED to be on st.
Feriole bridge, about 2:30 Sunday
afternoon, saw a rare sight when Joe
Billy pointed out to the passersby a
school of fish, carp, about 300 to 400
of them, in the deep hole below the
bridge. They were good-sized ones
too, probably averaged 16 to Is inches
in length. They could be seen only
when standing in a certain angle with
the sun and when the surface of the
water was smooth. They were prob
ably in fifteen feet of water, but it was
as clear as crystal.-Pra. du Chen
Courier