Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-02-08

IN that city, Wednesday morning.
At combination sale on the Mes
tor farm, north Of Belmont, Hereford
grade cows averaged $50 and calves,
S33. In all los animals were sold
Hay brought $50 a ton and corn Gle
a bushel.
Philip La Toilette. youngest son Of
the senator, has graduated from the
university law school and will be as
sociated in the same firm with his
father The firm is La Toilette and
Rogers.
Jack Tesar, the Muscoda southpaw
pitches for the Chicago White SoX
tice work in February Tesar and
wife recently visited relatives at
Wauzeka.
VIM. Bingham, young man en-
ployed in repairing a pump at the
Dempsey mine near Galena, had a
toe on his left foot broken and the
foot badly crushed when a piece OF
machinery fell on the member He
was taken to hospital.
William Henry Rogers, Y, born
at Dodgeville in 1850 and a lifelong
resident of that city, died Friday,
Jan. 9th, of gangrene induced by
diabetes. Mr.. Rogers was the oldest
active business man of the Iowa
county capital Five married daugh-
tiers survive.
Mrs. Kline returned to Madison re-
Gently after an extended visit at the
MOntfOrt home of her daughter, Mrs.
A. P. James. While riding to town to
take the train, the sleigh overturned
and Mrs Kline was somewhat in
jured, but she made the trip to Madi
son, and has now fully recovered
Montfort writer
Charles McDermott, the young man
so badly burned by falling across live
wires at Savannah last summer, has
had four skin grating operations to
replace burned patches that would not
heal and must undergo further opera
tions. Live skin is taken from heal
thy people who volunteer to aid the
unfortunate.
A disastrous fire occurred at the
Sidney Shepherd farm near Mineral
Point Saturday night a week ago
when a big barn burned to the
foundations. The loss included three
horses and SO cattle, with AZ COWS
and II calves, all Guernseys. Some
of the COWS cost Shepherd $500. His
loss was $4,000.
Haney PEBBLES, young son of Clay
ton PEBBLES, Richland Center, was the
victim of his childish curiosity. The
boy had a dynamite cartridge he had
found in the city stone quarry and to
see what would happen, picked the
center with a pin. Doctors found it
necessar! to amputate most of the
fingers ON one hand
The estimated value of an acre of
average land in Grant county in 1911
was $56.25 lin 1916, $74.50, and in 1921,
$116.50. In Crawford land advanced
from $2825 in 1911 to $46.75 in 1916,
and $40 in 1921. A corresponding adj
vance is noted in Richland where in
1911 the acre price was $45.75; in
1916, SIG and in 1921, $105.75.
The home of Ross Swinehart in the
village of AvOca was destroyed by
fire Monday of last week. The fire
started in the attic from a defective
chimney and made a good Roadway
before the fire department arrived.
The house was such a distance from
the water main that the hose would
not reach and the place with its con-
tents was burned.
Jimmy Mullen Dubuque pugillSt
and performer of daredevil stunts,
arrested for being drunk. The COM
plant was made by two women who
said that Mullen had insulted them as
they passed his home on Julien ave
nue. Mullen in rebuttal, said that he
was full of ho0tch he had obtained in
Galena and not responsible for his
actions. He drew a tenday Jail sen
ltence Mullen is a daredevil and
has a record of hanging from plane
in mid-air.
The home of George Goldsworthy,
Mineral Point, was destroyed by fire
and the family barely had time to
escape with their lives. John, son
aged 16, i'll with scarlet fever, was
carried from the building. The loss
was partly covered by insurance. On
the same day the home of Henry W.
Bray, Mineral Point, was partially de-
stroyed by a blaze that originated in
the attic. The roof was destroyed
and considerable damage was done
by water.
Mildred Fishel, 16, Elmer Sammon,
20, and Elmer Kuehl. 20. all of Little
Port, Iowa, were picked up at Warren
and placed under arrest by Sheriff w,
J. Shipton of 10 Davies county The
three arrived at the Warren hotel and
registered as three men. The hotel
proprietor suspected that the younger
Of the trio was a girl masquerading
in mans clothes and questioned
the guests. The girl readily admitted
her identity but said that she and
Kuehl were to be married They were
turned over to the sheriff who noti-
fed their parents. The parents OBJ
iected to the marriage and the young
adventures we're returned home.
Down in Peoria there has been a
great demand for cocoanuts, and the
merchants could not supply the de-
mand and were at loss to know why
there was such a demand for this
fruit Saturday a man was arrested
for being drunk and when taken be-
fore the court was asked where he
bought his liquor, he said, 1T is the
cocoanut You buy one, bore a hole
in it. pour out the milk, fill it with
molasses, plug it up and let 1T stand
for ten days, and-oh, Boy!" The
Judge asked that an experiment be
made 10 see if the fellow told the