Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-07-26
COUNTY AND
NEARBY NOTES

The T. J. Hughes family of Living
ston soon leave for Oklahoma.
Last year Grant county sent 100
students to the State University.
Catherine Swift and Morgan Doyle
of Darlington, were married Tuesday.
Mrs. Mathew Beaton for years
resident Of Galena died at Evanston,
Ill.
George Douglas, former resident
of Shullsburg died at NorWalk, Wis
cOnsin.
Earl Flanagan, husband of Emma
Mccarthy of Benton, was killed in a
runaway at Dixon, Ill
Mrs. Leonora Fine. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Wearne of the town
of Linden died July End.
John Beck of Aspen, Colo, is MAX
ing his friends in Benton visit, the
first time in thirty-two years.
Henry Sikir and Bobby Schmidt,
Avoca fisherman, landed 37-popnd
catfish from the Wisconsin river.
Mrs. Anna Weidenfeller Miller died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Nicholas Linden at Mineral point.
Stanley Manko, the Livingston shoe
maker, has purchased a farm near
Chippewa Falls and will soon move
his family there.
William Sherman, an Avoca poultry
man, has five-weeks-old Ancona cock
erels that celebrated their birthday by
growing Justify.
Mrs. Albert Gosdeck, Avoca, died
ing from cancer. Burial was made at
loft
a husband and eight sons, the young
est one and one-half years old.
The E. B. Prouty garage at Rich
land has been sold to the Chris. Diels
Co., Oshkosh. Possession was given
at once Prouty will celebrate his
retirement from business with fare
we'll party to the general public.
Miss Alma Heldstab who was APP
pointed County superintendent of
Schools of Iowa county, has taken
charge of the office. She was appoint
ed by the state superintendent to fill
the unexpired term made vacant by
the resignation of r. E. Hoskins.
Mrs. Thomas Clarke, living two
and a half miles east of Mifflin, who
was injured in an automobile acct
dent June 18th, passed away at her
home Sunday morning at 1880 o'clock
as a result of the injuries she received
in the accident.
Willetta Higgins, Janesville's mar
vel blind girl, who hears with her
fingers and sees with her nose, may
appear at the pageant of progress in
Chicago. J. T. Hooper, superinten-
dent of the Wisconsin School for the
Blind here, where Willetta is stu
dent, said he is negotiating with the
pageant officials.
Peter Fritz, Richland Center, while
called at the home Of Mrs.
Edith Fitzgerald. The lady did not
welcome the unlimited guest and call
ed the sheriff and night Waterman.
Fritz ran but was cowed by the use
of bullets aimed high. He refuses to
plead guilty, saying he was drunk and
irresponsible, and remains in jail.
Martin Fagon, II, driving a buggy,
was struck by car driven by Curtis
Schermerhorn, brakeman on the Ora
tiot-Shullsburg line, near Gratiot The
buggy was demolished and Fagon, a
venerable horse dealer, thrown to the
road, with a dislocated hip. Scher-
merhorn took the old man to his own
home during illness, promising him
the best Of care.
Night Waterman Dray of Richland
Center headed off bad fire in the
business district when he found smoke
in the Venard clothing store. Dray
was unable to operate the electric
alarm and had to use the old firebell.
The fire was located in the basement.
A hole was eaten through the floor
but no other damage done beyond
smoke and water in the Hanson gro
Gerry and Venard store.
r. L. Johnson, Boaz farmer, was
fatally hurt in haying accident on
Tuesday. Johnson's son, driving
team, was unable to control the
horses. The animals sped toward the
field and the carriage and empty fork
swung back toward the trip with tre-
mendous effect. When the carriage
struck the trip the track spread and
the carriage and fork fell on john
son, fracturing his skull.