Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-30
NEARBY NOTES

DIR. VIM. Beaumont, famous army
physician who attained undying fame
on account of his experiments on the
stomach of Alexis St. Martin, was the
subject of an interesting sketch pre-
pared By DR.. P l.. Scanlon in the last
issue of the Pra du CHEN Press. Or.
Scanlon formerly lived here. Dr..
Beaumont was in the army service III
the early part OF the 18th century AMI
at one time was stationed at Pra. du
CHEN. Later he went to old Fort
Northumberland and there was CALI
ed to operate on Alexis st. Martin,
who had been shot in the body. d..
Beaumont observed the operations OF
digestion through an orifice leading
to ST. Martins stomach after the
wound had healed. His written con-
illusions have been Of inestimable
value to medical science ever sinceI
road crusher owned by Iowa
county was completely wrecked near
Spring Green, when huge rock,
blasted away from hillside, skidded
down a runway and landed squarely
against the machine. WOrkmen had
set the blast at six o'clock, going
home at once. The blast came few
minutes later with the result describ-
ed. While on the job the men had
been in the habit OF crawling under
the crusher to escape falling stones
during a blast. Had they followed
this practice in the last blast all
would have been crushed. The rock
is eight feet square and weighs
thousands OF pounds.
(tbioY dic,l
at a Dubuque hospital from injuries
received when he leaped from a NOV
ing train. The body was taken to Pra.
du Chen for burial. Mr.. Evans had
been in the jewelry business in his
home city and later travelled for Ar
mour & Co. He was so years old and
unmarried.
A contractor is at work moving a
large mill, formerly located on the
Smith Rule farm, north of Linden, to
Linden village The mill is 16x36
feet in length and breadth and Sc feet
high, weighing rs tons. An addition
al section of the mill 26x66 feet and
not so high will be moved later.
G. A. PAUL, Linden druggist, who
lost part of stock and building by fire
last winter, had one eye nearly
knocked out by baseball. PAUL.,
playing, was hit in the eye when
ball glanced from bat. He was I'M
conscious for time, but recovered
and will not lose his sight
Weavers in the Hanover WOODEN
mill are on strike. The company of
fered 1919 percent increase which the
men refused. The officials declare the
mill will stay idle until the men ac-
cept. The village is feeling the eff
feet OF the strike.
Platteville Elks initiated a class Of
26 Monday night, bringing the total
membership up to 81. David Gardner
Jr., Exalted Ruler of the Platteville
lodge, has been chosen as delegate TO
attend the Grand lodge at Atlanta in
July.
A plate glass 76 inches by II feet.
in the Higbee hotel, Dodgeville, was
broken when pebble thrown into the
air by the passing wheels of motor
car, struck the glass, making hole
one-half inch in diameter.
The Odd Fellows of this district will
hold a picnic at Montfort June 21st.
Preparations are under way for an
interesting program. McDonald's
Park has been secured for the event.
A new shaft is being sunk on the
old Tormey ground near Highland.
The prospectors bank on the ground
being valuable workings in the old
days.
An unusual class will graduate
from the Richland Center high school
next week. The class numbers 5S. OF
this number 20 are boys and 20 are
girls.
The 10 Daviess county Red Cross
has discontinued its county school
nurse on account of insufficient funds
The nurse called on 119 schools in the
county
Grace Stephens, Is months, Dodge
vile, caught her left thumb in
washing machine her mother was OPP
Grating and the member was nearly
severed
Miss Enola Emo of Lucknow, India,
has been visiting friends at Galena.
She recently gave an interesting lee
ture on the work done by foreign mis-
sions.
The A. & P. Tea Store Co. has leas-
ed quarters for a new store at Dodge
Vile.