Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-13

Leroy Maynard Pascoe, aged 16, of
Dodgeville, died of diabetes after an
extended illness.
Albert Dunn, a well known farmer
of Dodgeville, died suddenly at his
home near the city Tuesday night.
Chas. B. Case, rs, pioneer mer-
chant of Pra du Chen, dropped dead
in his home Monday of last week.
Harry and Otto Reynolds of Pra. du
CHEN, on a trip down river, caught
black sturgeon that weighed 10Y
pounds and was five and half feet
long
The Dan Dunbar house near Clyde
was struck by lightning and burned
in storm Sunday night week ago.
A number of barns and SlloS IN the
vicinity were damaged by the storm.
The new movie theatre at Mt. Hor-
eb is completed and was opened for
the first time Thursday when a wrest-
ling match was held there. Movies Will
begin in about three or four weeks.
The Wisconsin Horticultural soci-
ety annual meeting will be held at
GAYS Mills Aug. 20-21. Large orchards
in the vicinity will be Inspected. An
excellent program has been arranged
lOr DOLu udyS.
There were over 1000 paid admis-
sions to the new amusement park at
Kickapoo Center the other evening.
1t is beautiful spot midway between
Viola and LaFarge and the strictest
kind of order is maintained.
Ridgeway people recently dedicated
a new Methodist church which was
erected of stone, tile and pebbledash
at a cost of $4,000. The structure is
said to be one of the handsomest of
it's kind in southern Wisconsin.
Chas. Gremore, Burlington watch
man at Pra. du Chen, suffered a Sc
we're shock during the storm Monday
! of last week when a bolt of electricity
struck a pole near where he was
standing. Gremore was found uncon-
scious and taken home. He will re-
cover.
Mrs. H. Spencer of Pra. du Chen
was one of two victims of train
wreck between Cashton and Westby
recently. The cars jumped the track
and the trucks were torn from the
coach in which Mrs. Spencer and an
other woman were riding. They Suf-
fered minor injuries.
Henry Davis, prominent citizen
of Viroqua dropped dead at a filling
station owned by his son, just after
| he had filled customers car tank
He had been in his usual health up
| to a few seconds before the end
came with heart failure. The body
was taken to ReadstOwn, his old
home, for burial.
Thomas Forbes, highway patrolman
on S. T. L. 33 north of Dodgeville
suffered broken right arm while at
work with a slush scraper. The ma
chine struck a rock and Forbes was
thrown headlong, breaking his arm
He unhitched his team with his I'M
| injured hand and went after medical
| treatment.
The Darlington Silver Black Fox
| farm received a consignment of foxes
from the Chippewa Falls farm We'd
nesday which brings the number OF
animals now kept at the ranch well
over the half hundred mark. They
were delivered by truck the journey
being made mostly at night and in
the early hours of the morning.
Alley Ewing, of Sylvan, drew fine
of $3.50 and costs and three months
in the county Jail on charge of
transporting liquor and being drunk.
In May Ewing was in court and given
a fine of 5000 and placed under bonds.
Last week he was picked up again.
1t is also possible that his $500 bond
will be Observation-Disclosures Center
Republican.
Chas. Wachuta, Pra. du Chen, is a
court fan. He went to Chicago to take
in the Loeb-Leopold trail and after
seeing the chief of police, clerk of
court, bailiff and Judge Caverly OBJ
tanned a seat Wachuta says the de-
mand for seats has been great and
perfect order is maintained. One wo-
man who brought fancy work WIS re-
proved and told to go home.
2,100 sacks of sugar, part OF 4,7OO
pounds stolen from an l. c. car at
E. Dubuque, were recovered from
Pearl Island, near the city, WedneS-
day. The sugar was stacked under will
lows ard. covered with canvas but
most of it was worthless on account
of exposure to rains. Two men are be-
ing held for the theft while another
is being searched for.
Mrs. Frederick Nehls, a native of
Germany, died at her home in Platte
Vile last week. She was the widow
of Frederick Nehls. Nine children were
born to their union with but three,
Miss Emma and Mrs. Nellie Osterdorf
of Platteville, and George of Tracy,
Mimi, surviving. Mrs. Nehls was mar
ried in January 1859 and resided her
entire subsequent married life in the
house she was married in.
An unwelcome visitor caused some
excitement in the Fred Carswell home
a few days since. Early in the morn
ing, Mrs Eaton discovered a good
sized bull snake lying on the floor near
the piano AS she stopped to pick up
some toys, the reptile crawled away
under the piano. The young men of
the family got rid of the intruder.
The house is being painted, and the
snake crawle5 in through an open
door. Two more have been killed
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