Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-08

! Dr. Geo. Richards, practicing ply
stefan in Platteville during the latter
| seventies, died in Chicago Monday
| and was buried in that city Wednes-
day.
The 66th annual Lafayette county
fair will be held at Darlington August
20 to 81 inclusive Good races are on
the schedule and big card of base
| ball is assured.
The Civic club Of Shullsburg is put
ting minstrel show on under the di-
rection Of Mrs Ann Hooking Smith.
The Klindt-Geiger canning factory
of Cassville, canned the largest pea
pack this year Of any in the history OF
the company.
! Dubuque police consigned some 200
! gallons of confscated booze TO the
fishes in a housekeeping last week.
/ The officers then broke the stills up
with axes. However, if reports be
| true, there are plenty Of stills and
plenty of hOOtch left in and around
| Dubuque.
Mrs. Henry Mcdowell, residing IN
| the town Of Haney, Crawford county,
committed suicide Sunday evening Of
last week by slashing her throat with
i a razor She had been i'll for some
time The act Of self destruction was
enacted in front of her husband, two
sons and a daughter.
Ed. Larsen, Pra. du Chen fisher
man, was badly burned by molten tar
! while filing the barrels with the hot
/ product. Water had been left in one
of the barrels and an explosion re-
suited when the hot tar hit the mois-
| ture. Larsen suffered a badly burned
face but viii recover.
The prevailing rate paid clam fish
ermen is now $50 ton for sandshells.
$50 a ton for negroheads and $40
ton for muckeBhells. The fishermen
working for the factories along the
river, consider this a good price. Oc-
casionally a pearl is found but this is
kept q secret for fear Of the tax.
Prof. Michael Estes, Campion col
lege, died at Pra. du Chen Tuesday,
/ July q Prof. Estes was born in
BerTien county, Mich, IN 1857, and
entered the Catholic faith at the age
| OF 20 years He was known as an
excellent teacher and disciplinarian.
| The remains were taken to Michigan
1 for burial.
Rev A. n Conklin and wife, OF
Benton, were guests at the parsonage
last Friday evening They were on
their way from Brodhead where they
expect to live after Sept. l. 1t is to
be regretted that the condition of his
! health compels Mr.. Conklin to take
the retired relation at this session of
the annual Observation-Disclosures
/ Pick and Cad
The opening of the $4,000 sales
I pavilion and live stock barn at Mon
roe win be made at the big cheese
| celebration at Monroe Oct 2 and B.
| One-third of all the Swiss cheese pro-
duced in America is made in the
Green county There is not a single
! American cheese factory in the coun-
] ty. More than 1000 pounds will be
/ given away in sandwiches these two
days.
A story is going around to the effect
that thirsty bunch not far from the
county seat got some guns and badges
and went out in the country to
place that had the reputation of be-
ing moist" posed as being enforce
ment officers, confscated the stock
and collected a roll of hush money
supposed to be fine. Neither party
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Argyle Atlas.
Bob McCue, Darlington, had close
call on Tuesday He was driving
down Wells street and as he was
about to cross the railroad crossing
at that point, the up-boUnd passen-
ger train was just crossing. He tried
to stop his auto but before he could
do so he hit the engine. The front Of
o,1tO IoVoOlichod +roi
was going slow having slowed up for
the crossings in the city. Luckily, no
one was injured.-Republican Jour |
nal.
An attempt was made Friday night |
to burn the village hall at Rewey |
where the high school had been hold |
ing forth since the school building |
burned. An effort is being made at |
Rewey to enlarge the school district
and build new high school building !
in place of the one that burned some |
months ago, and a fierce fight has de- |
veIoped against the proposition. So |
intense is the feeling thot it is openly |
charged that this recent fire was re-
suit of the controversy.
Stewart Gallagher of Cleveland, O.,
visiting his brother, James, a student |
a. OoA1pAS4A NOA1SSSs was A4OW ACN III |
the Mississippi opposite Pictured |
Rocks about 430 last Monday after
noon. Young Gallagher, aged %, |
went in the water from a boat He
found himself in distress at once and |
called to his brother. Before the
latter could reach him the young man
went down. Men worekd all night to
find the body. 1t was recovered next
morning. The body was shipped 10
Cleveland for burial.
John Schwartz, 20, Wauzeka, was
badly hurt Saturday a week ago when
he attempted to flip a moving train
with the intention Of riding to the box
factory where he worked. The young
man lost his hold and fell under the
wheels with awful effect. His right
arm was severed and his left foot split
through the center causing the loss Of
two toes. The arm was removed en-
tirely at the hospital and skin graft
ing will follow to save the injured
foot. In addition to body injuries the
young man suffered deep scalp
wounds and the loss of sight in one