Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-30

ding day on Sunday, July 20.
Mrs Steve Dennis has sold her res
idence property at Livingston to Leon
10y and will go to Buffalo, S. D., to
make her home with her daughter.
There are nine candidates for sher-
if in Iowa county, two candidates for
county clerk, two candidates for
, county treasurer, four candidates for
clerk of court.
The new Pra. du Chen golf club
got under way Sunday. The club has
| leased a plot of ground west of st.
Mary's college for a course. About 30
members are enrolled in the club.
VIM. R. Cox of Dodgeville was SO
years of age on Monday July 81. Mr..
| Cox is totally blind but his health is
good and his mind clear. He is the
father of Chas. Cox and Mrs. Richard
! Gribble, with whom he resides.
| Ralph Peterson, Hollandale youth,
! had one hand catch in a hay pulley
and was drawn about 20 feet up in the
air before others noticed his predlca-
ment and lowered him to the ground.
| His hand was bruised but no bones
were broken.
The Pra. du Chen wooden mill has
cut its run to four days a week. The
company has been busy so far this
wear on blanket orders, that is MAX
! inc blanket goods in long yardage for
blanket makers. Renewed activity is
expected in the fall.
Rockford police have ruled against
local bloods pasting their car wind
shields up with bathing girl sllhou-
cites of undoubted fascination. The
police claim that gazing at the bath
ing beauty causes the drivers eye to
stray from the traffic.
During the severe rain and electrl-
cal storm Sunday afternoon a week
ago the Gordon church northwest OF
linden was struck by a bolt of light
ming and totally destroyed by fire.
The blaze started in the walls of the
building and burned for some time
before being noticed. The loss was
about $4,000.
Samuel Cant, Waldwick, Iowa Co.,
farmer, met with a painful accident on
his farm Thursday. Mr.. Cant was as
sisting at haying and while climbing
to the loft of the barn, slipped and
fell 10 feet to the rock floor below. He
suffered broken shoulder bone, an in
| i1red chest and later had a hemor-
rhage from his left ear.
Ais Eisbach. Dubuque, has been ar
rested on a charge of having detraud-
ed one Mrs Catherine KnOerscheld OF
81, 800. The woman alleges that Els
bach represented to her that glaz-
ier's point setter he had patented was
worth $500, and that she had adj
vanced the money to him on the
strength of it. The patent later proved
valuelesS.
Mrs. Robt. Kastner of Galena, a
butcher, had four fingers severed from
her right hand while operating saus-
age grinder. She finished putting IN
the last piece of meat when her hand
came into contact with the whiriing
knives. Mrs. Kastner had the presence
of mind to withdraw her hand else
her arm might have been drawn ID
and mangled.
No trace can be found of Robert
Sterba. IS. son of Mr.. and Mrs John
Sterba. HilIsboro, who disappeared
from his home in June. The mother
is near a breakdown. Robert is des-
cribed at feet inches tall and
weighs about 155 pounds. He has one
upper front tooth shorter than the
rest. and a small gray spot back OF
the right ear.
The new canning factory at Cobb
has already packed 100000 cans OF
peas, the quality being excellent. The
cold spring made the crop rlpen I'M
evenly and there are many grades, as
MANY as twelve of the late variety
and ten of the early variety. The
Cobb plant will be run two or three
weeks longer. Plans are being made
to double the acreage next year
Coming down the Mill Creek road
above Boaz one day last week traV-
cling man with his Ford coupe had
the experience of being mistaken Ior
a. bee hive by swarm OF bees. Inc
bees swarmed into the car and lit on
the mans arm He had the presence
of mind to stop the car and sit stllI
for a few minutes. The queen pee
evidently did not take a liking TO the
Mace and after a few minutes lit out
with the rest of the swarm following.
I-Richland Center Republican.
William Welter, 7, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Welter of Sinsinawa, was
struck by an auto in E. Dubuque last
Tuesday evening and fatally hurt. He
died next morning in a Dubuque hos
initial. The driver of the car, George
Baker of White City, called DR.. U. >.
Lewis and had him take the boy to
the hospital. Baker is held to be
blameless by those who saw the Wei
ter boy dart in front of the car while
playing in the street. Baker put on
the brakes but was unable to stop IN
time. Deceased is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Anna Welter, four sis
tiers and four brothers.
Eugene Singer, Dubuque, has been
held under $500 bonds for assault,
and Mark Webb, IA, may lose the sight
of one eye as the result of a shooting
last week. The Webb boy and another
lad were playing in Singers pasture
where goats were kept. Singer order
ed the boys out and finally shot at
! them with cane. Police examining
/ the cane found that it was apparent
I Iy a walking stick. When used as
gun the upper part of the cane slides
/ away and chamber large enough for
I "A shell is disclosed. With the shell
in place the handle is closed and the
gun is cooked. The trigger is exposed
by means of turning silver band
near the horn handle of the cane.
| Singer used this strange weapon to
fire at the bOvs and a bullet entered