Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-08


Melvin Champion of Patch Grove
9oO pounds. oisiieu
Mrs. J. W. Baker. who was Marie
- atotllng OF LINEN, died at her nome
at Clark, S. D.
M. Mary Doxey Thompson, widow
~ A. arthur thompson of Hazel Green.
years. aeeu o.
Henry Heslop, former resident Of
VIEW Dlgglngs and husband of Anna
Iowa. NooA Ivy
Thos. VAIL, II, Blanchardville, died
Ocl; 70 OF paralysis. He was a native
~ norway A widow and nine chill
dren survive.
Wisconsin has 10000 Guernseys,
"llcn is more than any other state.
over thousand hunting licenses
nave Deen issued in La Fayette coun-
ty. 49, i
Alonzo Hahn, while coon hunting
near Fennlmore encountered a wire
renee IN the dark The top wire
1dught him IN the face cutting his
nose severely.
MISS Wayne Duffy, who conducts
the Apex Holstein farm near High
land, bought two 2-year-old Holstein
nelIers 1ot 5000 at the Iowa County
HOlstein sale.
me Methodist congregation at Ga
Iena IS making plans to change the
l. y. y. f. hail on Bench street which
the Methodist recently porchased in
10 an athletic and social building.
Donald Maidn, born at Beetown, "a
years ago, died at Dubuque after
lingering illness The body was taken
TO Cassyllle to the home of Mrs. Ella
Hendricks.
Mrs. Jos. Zimmerman, Pra. du
Chlen, picked lilacs in the rustic gar
Gen on the Dousman grounds last
week. Apple blossoms and pansies
were picked in the river city last
week.
Garth G. Jensen, young business
man of Stevens Point, expired after
l2-day illness caused by accidentally
swallowing two bichloride of mercury
tablets after mistaking them for cough
tablets.
The Ford of Francis O'Brien, Wer-
ley, burned up at Mt. Ida when the
owner, having the tank filled with
gasoline, put lantern near the tank
to see how full it was. An explosion
resulted
Misses Nellie Smith and Iva Gust,
Belle Center, Crawford county girls,
suffered broken arms and noses when
their car tipped over They were
takn to Boscobel for treatment. The
car was wrecked.
Some one whether Intentionally or
accidentally set fire to John Holzer's
woods Sunday. About eight acres of
timber were burned. By considerable
effort barns and houses adjoining
were saved.-Platteyille Witness.
The city of Pra. du Chen lost out in
its suit requiring vendors of non-in-
toxicants to pay $25 license fee. Judge
Speck of that city held against the
municipality in suit brought against
six concerns that refused to come
across"
Henry Wachuta, Pra. du Chen
farmer, found a small stray deer from
Glenn Park calmly munching corn in
his field. Wachuta put the little buck
in his barn and called the game war
dens. The Glenn Park herd seems to
consider themselves privileged guests
and their adventures get into the
papers nearly every week.
The Gays Mills orchard, mistaken
ly called "the state orchard" although
It is owned privately, produced 20
carloads of Dudleys, McManns, Mack
intoshes, Wealhies, Shows, Greening,
Orange Winters, Delicious, JOnathans
and Grimes Golden this year. The Or
chard comprises $40 acres and has
5000 trees now coming to full bear
ing. There are forty acres of cher
ries, eight acres of grapes, two acres
of plums and other fine fruit in the
orchard The orchard is on the high
hills above the Kickapoo river that
wears ago was famous for hardwood
timber. Now it is becoming fruit
producing center.
On Wednesday large truck driven
by E. w Kuhl, plunged into the ditch
at the bottom of Galena Hill, says the
East Dubuque Register. On the truck
seat with Mr.. Kuhl were two other
men. The truck itself was not loaded.
Heading towards the city they met
another car going in the opposite di-
rection and in trying to avoid hitting
the same, Mr.. Kuhl drove too close to
the embankment and his car tipped
over. On the truck was a large steel
upright frame supporting the dump
ing apparatus This is what I'M
doubtedly. saved the lives of the three
men. The other car did not stop to
note what damage was done to the
truck or its occupants. The truck
was pulled out of the ditch without
any trouble or damage to it.