Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-12


rusty nail.
tate man of Dyersyille, Iowa, is laid
up with broken leg due to an auto
accident of recent date.
st. Thomas congregation at Mont
fort cleared $3.50 at the fair and din
ner held Saturday a week ago for
benefit of the new church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Bowen of Dodge
vile celebrated their golden wedding
day on Nov. 5. They have four daugh-
tiers, son and ten grandchildren.
Both old people were born in Wales.
David Clark, Bagley farmer, set a
trap for skunks and caught rattle
snake with IL rattles He put the
snake in box with a blue racer and
the two snakes got along together
amicably.
J. S. Winn, employed in a cheese
warehouse at Richland Center, mis-
judged a step and took two steps for
one when he ran to mail letter. He
suffered a broken leg at the hip and
will be laid up for long time.
A new steel bridge over the Little
Baraboo river at Germantown, near
fic. 1t is the largest bridge built in
the county this summer Some grad
ing is still to be done at the ap-
proaches to the bridge.
Ralph Walters, who disappeared
from his home near Postville, with
his fathers Ford, in January, 1920,
has been located at GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
where an old neighbor recognized
him at a filling station. When told
about the anxiety of his parents, he
Immediately wrote them and prom
Used to start back home at once.
Fire Sunday a week ago destroyed
the two-story residence owned by VIM.
Williams, Bert Thomas, tenant, at
Ridgeway. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas had
been away two weeks when the fire
occurred Thomas recently closed his
hardware store and had a quantity
of uninsured stock in the building.
Williams carried 81 900 insurance.
The Postville creamery made dur
ing the month of September, 1885
pounds of butter, which sold for $27,
904.59, and together with the butter
milk brought $28,O35.85. The in
crease over the same month last year
was 1902 pounds and the average
price paid for butterfat was 41c. One
hundred and five patrons drew checks
of 500 or more.
Judge jerks of Iowa county held
that two notes held by the defunct
LIST National bank of Highland were
forged and of no value. Suit was
brought by the bank against the es-
tates of Augusta Fleming and John
Hudek The Fleming note was for
$1,36117, and the Hudek note for
$780, The bank cashier, named ELAN,
has been missing for some time.
A gift of $4,000 has been offered
to the Waukesha Methodist church
by a member, provided the church
will forever forego the holding OF
suppers, bazaars, sociables and rum
mage sales. John Becker declares
the public is fed up on these things
and he believes the church should be
run on business principles and should
not solicit items for barter or sale.
Iowa county headquarters of the Ku
Klux Khan have been transferred
from Dodgeville to Mineral Point,
where they are occupying the old K.
of P. hall. A prominent member of
the order states that j. T. Gunnell,
and William Rocks, organizers, are
now in Jacksonville, Florida, and
that the Mineral Point office is in
charge of Walter stephens and Joe
Miller of Darlington.
Elmer Hurt is being held by the
authorities in Iowa, accused OF slash
ing four persons, one perhaps fatal
ly, in a brawl at barn dance near
Northwood Saturday night. He is
alleged to have been drunk and at
tackled Ed Gould, severing an arm
muscle and hurting the bone. He
also cut a cash across his stomach
Owen Nelson suffered a bad gash
above the eye and in one arm.
Mayor Art Kicks of Boscobel is get
ting a reputation as sleuth. Head
ing a party of city officials, the mayor
waylaid Clifford Nauert, alleged boot
logger on his way to a dance in
Crawford county, at the Wisconsin
river bridge Several gallons of alco-
hol were confscated, according TO
the Dial. Nauert made no resistance.
1t is reported also that party of Of
ficials tracked a man who was paying
Wick Levy of near Yuba, is suf-
fering from broken leg, sustained
when he was thrown from load of
chicken crates last Wednesday after
noon. He and his brother-in-law,
George Thorpe, had gone to the depot
for the crates, which they loaded onto
Thorpe's truck. Levy climbed on top
of the crates to ride up town, and
when the truck turned the corner he
was thrown off. His injury was taken
care of and he was moved to his
Sentry.
Since the engine and two bridges on
the Cazenovia & Southern railroad
were condemned, motor trucks have
been put in use to carry freight from
LaValle to Cazenovia. A Ford car.
rebuilt to be used on rails, is used to
carry the mail and express from
LaValle to Cazenovia. 1t is rumored
that even this may be taken off, I'M
less some means is discovered to re-
habilitate the railroad, for its oper-
alton will not cover the overhead OF
keeping up the railroad tracks.
Three unmasked men went to the
Lynn home north of Rising Sun, IN
Crawford county, at supper time. They
told the Lynn family they were fed