Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

| ter, Ruth, finished in home economics.
Viola is to stage a big carnival on
| Thursday, July 10th. 1t is to be a
night affair from shutdown to sunup.
Numerous ways of entertainment and
amusement are promised.
Joe coleman, fisherman on Yellow
river, near Johnsonport, on the Mis-
sissippi, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with revolver. A jury
brought in verdict of suicide.
T. M. Hounsell of the town OF
Clayton is a candidate for treasurer
of Crowford county. L. H. Hounsell
of Lancaster is treasurer of Grant
county and candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Mrs. Lucy Stone Keller, formerly of
Platteville and a well known writer
and Normal graduate, was married to
Col. Clyde Sinclair Ford at Stamford,
Conn, last week. They will reside at
Sarasota, Fla.
DR.. H. H. Clark of McGregor has
sold his hospital to Dr. Edw. G. Meg
gers of Elkader. DR.. Clark is 81 years
old and has spent "a years in the
practice of medicine. He stands high
| in the Iowa fraternity of physicians.
Frank Griffith and Sadie Dietzman
were married at the P. E. Dletzman
home in Platteville, last Friday, the
Rev. John Hardcastle performing the
! ceremony. They will reside at Ever
eft. Wash, where Mr.. Griffith is EN-
| pioyqed as a lineman.
lack Welp of Dubuque has been
engaged by the Muscoda pail team
to pitch the baalnce of the season
Slime. regular slabman, shows signs
of weakening and Muscoda THINKS 100
much of the pennant to take any
chances at this stage OF the contest
Harry Short Jr, life guard at Lam
sing. saved the life of Jerry DunleVy'
<. who was playing on noal anu
fell head-first into the water. snort
nlun eed down and found the boy Win
his head wedged to the bottom. ASIDE
from swallowing a huge amount OIL
river water, little Jerry was unhurt'
Bandits blew open a large saIe
owned by the Reedsburg Supply 20.
and obtained valuable papers and 500
The thieves entered the building tnru
q side window and after drilling holeS
into the safe, blew off the combination
VauIt doors were opened in the same
manner. Several other safes in REEDS
hurg were burgled for small amounts
the same night
Miss Mabel Barrymore, carnival
attendant, was fined S. and costs LOT
reckless driving at Dubuque last
week. Miss Barrymore drove her car
over a curb and into two plate glass
windows owned by the Iowa House
Furnishing Co., wrecking plate glass
worth several hundred dollars. She
told the court that unknown parties
had tempered with the gasoline feed
on the car, causing it to go out OF
control as soon as she started the en-
CINE.
A Stockton correspondent says the
latter part of last week p. M. Sherl-
dan promoted an $4,000 trade be-
tween C. N. Kleckner and Quincy
Randecker of Derinda. Mr.. Kleck-
ner traded his $50 acre farm mile
east of Tiger Whip for the Masbach
store, 5 acres of land, house, barn,
garage, lot of farm machinery, etc.
Mr.. Kleckner's farm is valued at
S275 an acre. The stock of store goods
and farm implements is estimated to
be worth $4,000.
The Mineral Point Public Service
Co. holdings in Iowa county and else
where have been sold to the Wiscon-
sin Light & Power Co. The deal in
cludes property in town and city of
Mineral Point, town and city OF
Dodgeville, town and village of Lin
den, town and village of Mifflin, vii
lagos of Edmund, Rewey and Cobb,
town and village of Belmont, town OF
Elk Grove, city and town of Platte
vile, excepting retail business in lat
ter city. The transfer in effect is a
consolidation.
John Pliner and Robert Machovec,
of Greenwood township, Vernon coun-
ty. near Hillsboro, are telling a bear
story and they vOuch for its truth.
Late last week Mr.. Pliner was in the
woods on his farm looking for some
live stock and as he neared brush
pile up jumped a black bear The
animal stood on it's launches, and
Johns friends say he did not stop
to argue the matter, but gave the bear
the freedom of the whole woods. On
another day Robt. Machovec says he
saw the bear in his field.
The annual summer convention or
the State Horticultural society will
be held in Gays Mills Aug. goth and
21st Gays Mills is adjacent to the
famous Kickapoo orchards OF go
acres. A large part of this acreage is
now in full bearing. The opening day
will be devoted to papers on fruit and
flower growing; the second day to
tour of the orchards and extended
drive over the beautiful Berkshire"
hills of Crawford county. The hort1- |
culturists cordially invite everyone in
Wisconsin to attend their convention
and join in the touring party.
DR.. Frank Billings, renowned sur
geon, was a visitor in Plattevllle last
Monday and Tuesday, the guest OF
his brother, J. H. Billings. DR.. Bill
lings, now dean of faculty of Rush |
Medical college, was born at Highland
about IS years ago. He graduated
from Northwestern Medical school |
and served on the faculty there from |
1882 to 1899 He entered the army |
medical corps in 1908 as lieutenant |
and rose to major and colonel during !
the World war. He was chairman of |
the American Red Cross commission
in 1917 and went to Russia in that |
capacity. He holds many other honors |
and ranks high in the profession.