Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

MISS anna Meloy died at the Home
VI tne Aged in Dubuque on Saturday
last She was rs years old and was
porn in Benton.
gutenberg has a 30-piece ladies'
Ddhu which is under the direction of
rro1essor De leila of Dubuque. They
are expecting to make their first pub
nc appearance soon.
mos. Myrhagen, Edmund apiarist
marketed 5000 pounds of honey this
year Some of the leading Grant coun-
y DeeKeepers have had yields up
wards OF ten tons of the succulent
commodity.
VIM. Rodda, Waldwick. was badly
bruised when car he was riding in
with his son, John, went through a
guard rail near Mineral Point, for no
apparent reason. The machine was
badly damaged.
iandale public school Monday of last
week, defective fiue being the cause.
School was stopped for couple of
Gays until repairs could be made. The
village is without fire protection
while farming took a decided slump
IN the last four years, two sales made
recently indicate confidence in farm
values. The Richards farm of Sc acres,
just south of Dodgeville, was sold re-
Gently for $4,000; and the 190-acre
Williams farm, seven miles northeast,
for $4,000.
In Sank county, which is noted for
It's excellent road system, a total of
Sl17,O00 was appropriated for roads
which is $4,000 more than a year
ago. Iowa county, which is tagging
behind on its road program, reduced
It's road budget over last year for the
coming year. Dane county is to start
on a system of cement roads, build
ing eight or ten miles a year and
paying for them as built.
The will of the late FIR. John P.
Croke of Shullsburg leaves $10,500 to
various Catholic charities of which a
foundation for educating young men
of Irish descent to the priesthood
gets $4,000. $4,000 was left for the
parish parochial school and $1,000 to
st. Michael's Orphan Asylum of La
Crosse. Five institutions receive $500
each. The balance of the $4,000 es-
tate goes to sister, Mrs. P. ]. Cav
eny, of Milwaukee.
Will Murray and Ben Sedgwick had
head-on collision on the Platteville
road Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Murray was driving his Buick tour
ing car and Sedgwick a team of hors-
es. The tongue struck the middle of
the windshield with a horse on each
fender. One horse was killed instant
ly and the other died shortly after.
Both tenders were doubled back and
the hood and radiator were complete
ly demolished. Neither driver was
seriously NATURALIZATION Advocate.
Norwin Mainwaring, Wyoming VAL
ley, in Iowa county, farmer, plead
guilty to the charge of manufacturing
intoxicating liquors. Deputy Sheriff
J. D. Raisbeck and two assistants
raided the farm Tuesday and found a
still, barrel of mash and quantity
of beer. Defendant appeared before
Police Justice Harris at Mineral H.,
waived preliminary examination and
threw himself on the mercy of the
court. He is in Jail for six months.
X. l.. Olson of Clermont ruined a
new Buick Friday morning on his
wav home from West Union, and him
self and six members of the family
ESCAPED with slight injury, in an au-
tomobile accident The car struck
the end of a culvert while trying to
go around another car which had per-
sistently tried to hold them back, and
when the driver saw an open stretch
he ran into the culvert. one OF the
ladies in the car was saved from
probable injury when the rim OF her
glasses warded off piece of broken
glass.
CAPTAIN Patrick Gilmartin, an old
river pilot and steamboat master, dleo
at his home in Pra. du Chlen a SNORT
time ago. Capt. Gilmartin was born IN
Tipperary, Ireland, in l849, ana 10
Gated in Burlington, VT, when cn!io'
He moved to Pra. du CHEN Win MS
narents when small boy and after
holding various positions, became cap
tain of the Allamakee, car ferry
Later he operated the City OF NC
Gregor on ferry work. Of late years
the old fresh water sailor operated
the Geo. L. Bass on ferry and excur-
sion business out of Pra. du Ch1en.
John Moore and family were forced
RI fee from their home near Lansing
which was discovered on fire Satur-
dav night. The family, consisting OF
tbe narents and six children, had all
rotired and were all asleep except
Mrs Moore. who was aroused by the
enell of smoke. Upon going to the
second floor where four girls were
s1aening. she found the room IN
flames and had barely time to pun
them out of bed and escape IN thelr
niohtclothes. Practically none OF the
contents of the log building were
saved and the loss is severe to them'
With practically no insurance and the
Less of all their clothes and house
hold goods. bo1,ond
Turning out to meet car oey onp
the Bashford hill on Rout Al, lluIA
belonging to the German Wnolesaie
Grocery company went lnCo ui ~
on Wednesday of last week. o1 tne
truck were George Aber as ofl'eI
and John Butler, and as the TRUCK
turned over they were pinned unueI
II and remained there for more Cnaii
q half hour before being dlscovereu'
hhar was quite badly injured and was
hroneht to the city and taken TO the
piobIand hospital, where he remained
Ill this week. Butler was not ser
inns1V injured. The truck was some
-,bot damaged and the merchandise on
~ cor was broken open ana scat
tnrod IN some extent. The German
oo,onanv carried insurance on the
truck and its contents'-hicillaii'i
Democrat. =, ,ovo ladv
oonnty treasurer after January ISL.
other counties are using the IauIes
even better than Richland count y
T E We women were elected TO
oonntv offices over the state this ian
and figures state that we have TWEEN
anu 10 oo,r+v school superinten-