Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-09


being operated.
VIM. C. Snow of Montfort is recov-
ering from slight stroke of paraly-
sis.
Dave Baker has sold his cheese
factory at Ellenboro to w. D. King
OF Freeport, Ill
A body of jack bearing ground II
to Is feet wide and s feet high has
been opened up and will run 30 per
cent concentrates.
Arne Stensrud, Black Earth, died at
his home as the result OF injuries re-
ceived when he was run over by
roadster at Arena.
Charles Loveland and Charles Snow
have opened up what appears TO De
one of the biggest small mines IN the
district in the New Diggins field.
Mary B. Wyss came all the way
from Switzerland to wed her sweet
heart, Tony de Beoseo at Monroe.
Their romance began in Switzerland.
A lame excuse" brought freedom
for Henry Vol, Beloit, arrested Tor
possessing a pint OF alcohol. VOL
said he used the liquid to rub his back
with
Herman Venske, Edgerton truck
driver, was thrown sixty feet when
his machine was struck by MllWau-
kee train. He suffered broken arm
and skull but will live.
Chas Irmischer, %, Lake Geneva
lineman, came into contact with
high voltage wire while making a
splice at Zenda. His body was cut
down by fellow workmen.
William Schwartz, Mayville mer-
chant. who after divorce went to his
ex-wife and beat her up, was given
wear in Jail Moonshine drinking was
at the bottom of Schwartz's trouble.
Belmont has a parson by the name
of Ivey who has gone into polltlcs
with a vim. Rev. Ivey is opposing
James Goodman for the office OF as
semblyman from Lafayette. The min
lister is anti-LaFOllette.
A uuarter-pound chunk of liver was
the lure with which Mrs. William
Beckman of Monroe, hooked the big
gest fish taken this year from the
Pecatonica river. The fish taken by
Mrs. Beckman weighed close to 25
pounds.
John Vankessel, Green Bay, fishing
on Armstrong creek, saw bear in
the forest and killed it. The bear had
not bothered the man and its meat
was no good. Hence the shooting was
wanton. The bear weighed 25O
pounds.
A car driven by Oscar Anberg, Mis-
hicott, travelling at high speed, struck
bridge, cracked a 12-lnch angie
iron, and dropped Is feet to the creek
bed. The four men and child occu-
pants were found unconscious but all
recovered.
Phillip Krey, 4, son of Oscar Krey,
Reedsburg, was badly scalded when
in trying to reach an ear OF sweet
corn cooking on the stove, he pulled
kettle of hot water and potatoes on
himself His body and limbs were
badly burned.
Emmett Crippen, veteran horse
man of southwestern Wisconsin, is on
the fair circuit again this year making
his 40th consecutive season at the
racing game. He is driving Rowdy,
the James Baker horse and Bonda-
lene, owned by Crippen & Springer.
Edward Target, escaped convict
from Waupun, confined in the Juneau
iail was caught in second attempt
to break prison and resentenced.
Target had a wooden key he had
whitfield from the leg of a chair. The
KEY worked but the officers saw him.
Miss Urcella Jones, daughter of
Henry Jones of Montfort, and Harold
Stacy of Palmyra, Wis, were married
Monday. They are enjoying motor
trip to California. The bride IS
graduate of the Milwaukee Normal
and student at Music Conservatory Oh
Chicago. The groom is engaged IN
the merchantile business at Palmyra.
Matt Bruner, farmer at Woodville,
who formerly lived near Platteville,
lost a new barn, 81 loads of hay, ma
chinery, feed, harness, ETC., with
granary and silo from fire following a
bolt of lighting a week ago. Bruner
moved to Woodville a couple OF years
ago and had recently put up new
buildings. He has a loss OF $4,oOO
with insurance of $4,000.
The railroad crossing one mile
west of the village of Warren, Ill,
has been condemned by the Illinois
Commerce Commission at Springfield,
Ill. and the Illinois Central railroad
company has been ordered to Dullo
and complete an underground cross
December LIST. This is the crossing
where a serious accident occurred a
few weeks ago.
The Catholic Daughters of America,
from Monroe, Cuba City, Platteville,
Darlington and other cities Of south
western Wisconsin held a district
picnic at Darlington to welcome
new court formed in Monroe. Four
hundred persons were present. A
baseball team of women from Monroe
and Darlington defeated a nine from
Cuba City and Platteville, IL to 2
The mine has a small plant and is
ready to be put into operation.
Miss Grigsby, the property of Ed.
Johnson of Platteville, took first
money in the trotting races last week
at Ottowa and Aurora, Illinois. She
made a new mark of 2:121a. This
four year old filly was sired by U.