Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-24

John w. Thrasher, a Mineral Point
man, died at Beloit last week.
Miss Laura Harris of Cuba has gone
to Fresno, Calf, where she will teach
the coming year.
A new oil filing station which will
handle Standard Oil products is be-
ing built in Dodgeville.
E. j. Osborne of Shullsburg died at
hospital in Freeport, Ill, where he
had been taking treatment for some
| time
The Congregational church of Be-
| lott, has voted to engage full time
eligiouseinstructor for the coming
year.
The w. C. Livingston family of Liv-
| ingston is on an auto trip to C1nc1n-
natti, Ohio, to see the Ben Rahbeck
family.
Melvin Temple of Benton and Miss
Ida Moldenbaner were married in Chi
cago Sept 9Th. They will reside in De-
troit, Mich.
The estate of the late Geo. H. Rum
rill of Evansville, has been admitted
to probate, disposing of an estate val
ued at $375,0O0.
The Frank Muehe photograph stu
dio at Dyersville, Iowa, was Quilted
by fire at 1870 Wednesday morning
and the family, asleep in the building,
narrowly escaped with their lives. The
loss was $1,000.
/ Jacob Elmer, residing near Month
cello, lost valuable work horse a
few days ago, when it's tail caught
| in the belt of a threshing outfit and
literally pulled it out, necessltatlng
! the killing of the animal
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Oren's two year
old daughter Dorothy, of the town OF
Dunkirk, Dane county, was killed
last week Tuesday afternoon, when
she was caught in the wheel OF a
wagon while watching tobacco har-
vesters at work.
Henry Marty of Arena, aged %,
pleaded guilty to statutory charge
Tuesday and was sentenced by Judge
Aldro jerks to ten year in states
prison. The penalty for this offence
is fixed by law at 5000 fine or one to
35 years Imprisonment.
John S. Davies of Wakefield, after
returning home from DOdgeville, was
injured while unhitching his horses
to water them. The team started for
the water tank with one trace hitched
to the wagon Davies was run over
and bruised but not badly hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Thompson of East
man recently celebrated their 5Oth
wedding day with appropriate ceremo-
MES. They received many gifts includ-
ing many pieces of gold. The old
couple have nine children, "a grand
children and one great-grandchild.
Citizens of New Glarus are taking
stock in a proposed branch of Chi
cago Swiss Embroidery factory which
wishes to locate in that village. The
officials of the company expect to
make their final decision as to locat-
ing in New Glarus early in October.
Samuel Harris, aged Dodgeville far
mer, was painfully bruised while drlv-
ing his team home from town when
run into by car driven by Delbert
Griffiths of Mifflin who turned out to
pass another machine and failed TO
see the rig. Harris was thrown to the
ground.
Plans for the government fish hatch
cry and retaining station to be erect
ed at La Crosse, have been received
from Washington by the board OF park
commissioners. A feature of the hatch
cry will be an aquarium, in which all
kinds Of fish will be shown. The
building will cost $4,000.
Fred Farwell of Dodgeville, stepped
from the Madison bus and into the
path of a machine driven by j. W.
Collins of Mineral Point. He was pick
ed up unconscious and taken to hos
pital. His injuries while painful are
not serious. Collins claimed it was
too rainy and dark for him to see Far
we'll.
The parents of children in the 18th
and 9Th grades of the schools of Be-
lott will have the opportunity of send
ing their children to a church school
for one hour a week, all parents be-
ing given a chance to sign such re-
quest The instruction they receive
will apply as a credit to their regu-
lar school work.
Curtis Burton, oldest son of John
Burton died Friday morning and was
buried Sunday. Rev. Bird of Arena Of
fciated. He leaves to mourn his de-
parture, his father, John Burton, two
brothers and one sister. His mother
preceded him in death IA years ago
At the time of his death he was "a
years Charlottesville Sun.
William Roddewig, fourteen year
old student and former Galena boy
who suffered a compound fracture OF
the skull at Dubuque Friday noon
when a bicycle he was riding crashed
into an auto, is still unconscious in
Mercy hospital in that city. According
to hospital attendants there has been
little change in his condition since
the accident.
The body of stranger was dlscoV-
cred in an empty box car at Bellevue
Saturday. The body was that of man
about 46 years old, five feet six. and
weighing about 1875 pounds. He and
his companions had been drinking
canned heat the previous day, and, 1t
developed afterward, he had a weak
heart. passing away in the night. His
cnmnaninns had decamped after COW