Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-12

H. E. Pluemer of Potosi, has opened
an undertaking parlor at Montfort.
Joseph Cerny, a we'll known tailor
and clothing merchant of East Du-
buque, died at his home in that city
| Wednesday evening at $50. He had
| been i'll for the past year.
A site, for the erection of a new
hospital, has been purchased by the
! trustees of the Dodgeville Lutheran
hospital. The splendidly located plot
of land in the first ward, known as
the powder house lot, has been Sc
cured from j. j. Hoskins.
Mrs. Thos. w Patterson of Dodge
vile, was greatly relieved when word
| came from her husband in Japan that
he was safe and would start for home
Sept. g. Hundreds of thousands lost
their lives in the recent earthquakes,
which were followed by tidal wave
| and fires.
Nicholas Ketterer, Platteville farm
er, was injured on the Kies farm,
where he was quarrying rock for road
purposes. A huge rock, dislodged by
a previous blast, fell towards Ketter-
er who ran but stumbled. He suffer
ed a broken thumb and numerous
| deep gashes.
A GAINESVILLE police officer had two
teeth knocked so loose by a drunken
woman he arrested a week ago Sui
da, that he will have to have them out.
Besides this he neglected to obey the
| injunction that he remain with his
| prisoner after taking her to Jail and
suffered q ten day suspension from
| duty.
! Fire following the explosion of Il
giant still in the Tri-States Products
building at Dubuque, caused loss Of
! $4,000. The still was located on the
! top floor in quarters leased to one
VIM. Clark A large quantity Of
moonshine was found by police. Tie
! still and all products were cOnfscat-
/ ed. Owners of the building and Oc-
cupants claimed to have no knowledge
Of the still.
John Trentzsch of Dodgeville, age
| 65, suffered a severe stroke Friday at
! ternoon and passed away a few hours
later. He was on -.dty at the Bilkey
& Sims market, where he was employ
ed as meat cutter, suddenly felt dizzy
and leaned against the wall for sup
port. Mr.. Bilkey approached him
asking what the trouble was, just as
Mr.. Trentzsch swayed and fell into
his arms unconscious.
Thursday evening, about $50 Two
| box cars of an extra" freight were
derailed, due to an open switch, near
the 'Y' in the LowertOWn wards. At
ter three hours delay the cars were
set back on the track and ready to
continue their run. Two other
freights and the evening passenger
No 5, suffered loss of time from the
regular scheduled run, due to the ac-
cident.-CraWfrod County Press.
McGregOr business men to the num-
Der of twenty are up against suit by
the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua Co.
They seem to have signed a contract
for a chautauqua that was to have
taken place week ago, but when the
talent arrived they discovered that it
hadn't been advertised and the sign
ers didn't want it. A guarantee Of
$500 will probably be fought out in
the courts unless some sort of settle
ment is made.
Four men luckily escaped death
when the Ford car in which they were
riding struck the big buss, which
travels from Dodgeville to Dubuque,
completely demolishing the Ford. The
four in the smaller car, Dominic Mar
di, Frank Rizza, Charley CALI and
Joe Garcea, were taken to st. Joseph s
hospital, Dodgeville, where their in
juries were attended. Dominic NarGi
suffered broken bone in the left arm
and remained until Porning before
! being taken home.
William Kramer, marshal of the
village of Linden, met a sudden and
terrible death at the village pumping
station, Aug. %. No one saw the ac-
cident, but about o'clock he went to
the station to stop the electric pump,
and about an hour later John Fault
found him in a sitting position in the
pump house, dead, the left arm torn
and crushed, the back of the right
hand skinned and the face torn and
mangled beyond recognition. Injur-
les showed he had been caught in the
belt He was about 68 years old.
The seven-year-old daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Walter Groth, of Mineral
Point, was killed while celebrating
her seventh birthday anniversary
with several other children. During
their play they ran across the street
and a passing car struck the Groth
girl, knocked her down and the car
ran over her chest, crushing it.