Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

MIS-. Louis walters, WauZeka, died
in Madison hospital following an
operation for gallstones.
Iowa county had 248 cows under test
the past month 80 of the number
made 40 pounds of butterfat.
Michael Menges, Pra. ca CHEN,
celebrated his Goth birthday last We'd
nesday. He is still hale and hearty.
The Rev Francis Jones, recently in
China doing Missionary work, is now at
his old home in Dodgeville on a visit.
Miss IONA Gale, famous authoress,
has been named as a member of the
state university regents, by Governor
Blaine.
Lone Rock has a roller skating
craze and Edwin Dewey, local youth,
skated so hard that has both bones
broken in his right forearm.
Among Darlington deaths the past
week were Miss Mary Murray, Il years
Mrs. John Deery, and Miss Freda Lau,
aged 10, who died after a few days
illness with measles.
Mrs. John Weigel, Platteville, died
Monday of last week after a three
days illness. She was AZ years old
and the mother of eleven children of
whom ten, with the father, survive.
Jack Tesar, Muscoda baseball player
will hurl for the Tacoma, Wash, team
in the Pacific coast league the coming
summer He will train with the rest
of the squad in southern California.
Elizabeth Teresa Dobson, maiden
woman of Platteville, died February
II, just one week before she would
have been u years old. Several
brothers and sisters survive. Burial
was made at Arthur.
Grant county with $4,000 popula-
ton has 1870 cars. Crawford coun-
ty with 1890 has 1889, a larger per-
centage than Grant. Richland with
$4,000 has 2,602 a still larger percent
age according to population.
Jack Lawrence, Hoover Hollow,
Crawford county, undergoes an OPP
GRAFTON to have tubercular foot re-
moved.
Ulysses Pease, 81, Ferryville, was
killed Friday when struck by pass
enger train. Mr.. Pease stepped from
one track to avoid freight train and
failed to note a passenger train bear
ing down upon him. The remains
were picked up and taken to Lynx
Vile Tor burial,
Mrs. John Tressider, Platteville,
died Monday of last week aged 81
years. The aged husband, formerly
pastor in the PIatteville and Eau
Claire districts of the Methodist
church, and two daughters survive.
Rev. and Mrs. Tressider celebrated
their 5Oth wedding day three years
ago.
Mrs. Dolly Ann Smith, aged 81
years, 5 months and three days, died
at West Point, Iowa county, Saturday
Feb. 10. Mrs Smith was one OF
twelve children born to John and De-
borah Moore, residents OF Pine Plains,
n. Y, who came west with the food
of New York settlers in the forties.
MavfeId & Moore, Shullsburg, have
completed a hauling contract OF SO
carloads of zinc concentrates, 40 tons
to the car, from various mines around
the village to railroad for delivery in
Mineral Point and Illinois smelters
The cutting down of the zinc reserve
will probably cause renewed activity
in mining circles.
Mrs. Anna Lloyd Wright, sister OF
the late Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and
mother of Frank Lloyd Wright, the
architect, died at OcOnomoWoc fol-
lowing a long illness Mrs. Wright
was a native Of Iowa county and one
of the children of an early Welsh
family of settlers there The Wright
family is noted for it's able men ana
women.
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Hazard, Platte
Vile. celebrated her 93rd birthday
Feb. 16. Mrs. Hazard was born IN
Dover, Delaware, and came west 10
Galena when 10 years old. After
marrying VIM Hazard she reslueu
on farm at Elk Grove. Since the
death of her husband in 1894 MRS.
Hazard and daughter, Carrie, mas
lived in Platteville.
prank A Smith, 50, La Crosse,
brakeman on the Burlington road,
was run over and killed two miles
north of Pra. du CHEN Wednesday
NIGHT Mr.. Smith stepped from the
front platform of the caboose ana
landed under the wheels. The con-
ductor. A. L. Ryser, heard something
Grind beneath the wheels and stopped
tha train. The remains were taken 10
La Crosse for burial.
Val Roth, z. Dubuque, had Mario"
escape Tuesday evening near olhs 1h-
ava mound when his automoblle Went
over an embankment. The slippery
condition of the road caused the accl-
dent. Roth was taken to pupuque
bosnitaI An examination dlscloseu
that he had broken leg, broken ankle
snrained hip, dislocated collar bone
and shoulder and cuts about the face
and body The machine was wrecked:
Tosenh Tieck, Bohemian farmer OF
watterstown township, died IN a Bos.
cobel hospital Wednesday night OF
burns received the morning previous.
Mr.. Thieck accidentally used g3so-
line instead Of kerosene TO o., ou nio+h d
kitchen fire with. Mr.. Tieck's cloth
ing ignited from the explosion and ne ne
ing ned through a window to roll in
the snow. His body was fearfully
burned Mrs. Tieck was painfully painfully
fnIlv saving the home from destruc-
t tnlrs Their infant child was also
badly blistered. The death leaves
nine children fatherless.
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