Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-01

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Walter Martin of Mineral Point and
Mrs. Julia Noel of East Moline, Ill.
who were recently married will reside
at Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
c. H. Knudson of Dodgeville, second
in the race for district attorney at the
recent primary, has announced his
candidacy as an Independent opposed
to Mr.. Boardman, incumbent.
Catholics of the Melancthon creek
neighborhood in Rich1and county ded-
icate a new church on Saturday, Oct.
IL. The new structure takes the place
of one constructed in 1867. 1t is of
brick and Hastily fitted inside and out.
Everett Jones, 20, Garrison Grove,
Iowa county, met with painful ac-
cident while unhitching his team. AS
he went to hang the harness on a
hook back of one of the horses the
animal kicked, breaking several of
Mr.. Jones' ribs.
Vincent Barthelme, while operating
gasoline engine on his farm near
Ossian, Iowa, got one arm caught in
the betting and the member was near
ly torn from the socket. The mans
screams summoned his aged mother
who shut the power off.
Patrick McKillop, mason helper on
the new Campion college chapel, has
been nursing a sore head as. the re-
suit of an accident. A load of facing
brick fell from scaffold and hit Pat
on the head causing a number of bad
cuts Pat will be back on the job
again soon.
The board of supervisors of ALBANIA
kee county, Iowa, have called spec
ial election to authorize bond issue
for a new court house at Waukon. It
will cost $4,000 if voted. The pres
emf court house was built in 1851 at
cost of $13,655, of which $4,000 was
donated by farmers.
After laying expensive concrete
pavement the city of Viroqua is tear
ing up part of it to replace electric
cables used in the white way system.
The city lights have been out of COM
mission most of the time and it was
found that new cables around the
square were necessary.
William Hickey, roadmaster of the
Pra. du Chen division of the Milwau
kee road, with headquarters at Pra.
du CHEN, is taking his first vacation
in IS years. Mr.. Hickey began work
on the road at Northfield, Mimi, in
1859, and has been on duty continu
ously since then. He will take six
months leave OF absence.
Miss CIeone Harker, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes Harker, formerly
of Platteville and now of Waterloo,
Iowa, has finished season touring on
Chautauqua with the Redpath-Vawter
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of the "Tull Players" a party of six
people who present list of plays.
A barn on the Jack Harris farm
east of Mineral Point, was Destroyer
by fire Friday afternoon week ago.
The city fire department responded
on request but found the building
mass of flames. The seasons crop of
hay and oats, stored in the barn, were
total loss The fire started in an
electric plant stored in the barn.
Anthony Diggs, aged 90, of Lena,
Ill, had a mishap recently when he
drove his car to the woods to get
hickory to make canes out of. Diggs
wished to avoid q mudhole and drove
the car down a steep bank In spite
of his years the old man crawled out
unhurt and went for help. He has
been driving a car for years and this
is his first accident.
Sportsmen on the bottoms around
Pra. du CHEN have been bringing in
some good bags Of mallards, canvas
backs and green bills not to mention
excellent catches of fish. They say
however, that tho mosquitoes never
have been more vicious, taking as
AL
hunters do from the wild fowl.
Telegraph service is being installed
along the rail line in the Kickapoo
valley for the first time. The road
was built in 1890 and all train work
has been done by telephone. This mas
not proved satisfactory. The Western
Union Telegraph Co. is putting in the
line and an operator will be on duty
henceforth at each station along the
Kickapoo
The Big Badger fair advertised as
one of it's attractions Johnny Coulan
"the man they could not lift" Mrs.
Clarence Weittenhiller of Platteville
has the same power, says the News.
She weighs but 100 pounds but has
demonstrated her strange power
number of times. Some of the strong
est men in Platteville have been I'M
able to lift the little woman.
$1,000 reward has been offered for
information leading to the discovery
and detention of Helmuth Kilinge, a
young farmer Of Monona, Iowa, who
disappeared Aug. 20. He is five feet
six inches tall, weighs 1876 pounds, has
blue eyes, light complexion, scar on
bridge of nose, broad shoulders with
one little higher than the other. Is
likely to be found on farm workink
with stock.
Six Blanchardville high school stu
dents. five girls and a boy, had narrow
escapes when a new Ford car they
were riding in rolled down an en-
bankment near the city and turned
over three times. Alvin Kelly, driver,
suffered a broken foot Viola Lehn-
herr sustained an injury to her left
arm. The others were unhurt. Fail
ure of the county to install guard
rail is blamed for the accident.
John Hook, Highland farmer, was
in Milwaukee enlisting the aid of the
police in a search for his wife, Jennie,
who disappeared from home Sunday
a week ago. She is the mother of
five children four of whom accompan-
led their father to Milwaukee. The