Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-02
COUNTY AND NEARBY

A report from Marshfeld states that
former Governor w. H. Upham is
dangerously ill with pneumonia and
may not live.
Miss Palma Grain has resigned her
position as health nurse for Vernon
county to accept position with the
Wisconsin Anti-TuberculOsis Assoc1a-
ton. Her work is highly commended |
by the press of Vernon county.
Thos. Lewis, bridge builder, was
badly hurt in a fall from bridge
near Klevenville Monday of last week.
He suffered broken leg, scalp
wound and minor injuries.
A Cobb correspondent of the Mail
saws: Mrs. Bert Campbell of Platte
Vile. is here acting as chauffeur for
her father, U. G. Callow, who finds it
slow navigating on crutches but is
recuperating from his recent acct
dent"
During an electrical storm last
Monday night at Barneveld private
garage owned by DR.. D. L. Williams
was struck by a bolt and set on fire.
The building, two cars and consid-
cradle amount of fuel and stored
goods were destroyed. BarneVeld has
no fire protection.
Elizabeth Balm, 10, and Esther
Kaufman, IL, of Dubuque, swan three
miles down stream from the Eagle
Point bridge to the e. Dubuque bridge
Thursday morning They were ac-
J companied by Geo. Balm, Elizabeth's
father, and John Kepply, in boat.
The girls emerged from the water IN
| a 0On6 nhUcic11 condition.
The Cocker mines near Livingston
are now running full blast Both NO.
1 and No. are working. About AZ
men are employed on Cocker No. on
both shifts. There are IS men en-
ployed at No. mine. Mr.. John Noble
| is the superintendent of both mines.
Emil Virdiz is shift boss at No. 2 and
Mr.. Mitchell at mine No. 3. There IS
an average run of between As and so
tons of ore run out day.-Livingston
Leader
Ray Haskin, 16 Vinegar Hill, near
Galena, was shot in the back by
| % rifle in the hands of his younger
brother, Joseph, aged Is. The boys
had stopped for a drink and the trig-
ger caught in Joseph's coat, causing
the rifle to discharge. The bullet
lodged near the spine but the youth
will recover unless complications set
in. Doctors will allow it to encapsu-
late, saying it would be dangerous II
not impossible to remove it.
A Buick car occupied by Art and
Earl Poulda of Bridgeport and Ru-
dolph Volapak of Pra. du Chen went
headlong into cement culvert While
returning from a dance at Eastman
Tuesday night. The lights OF the car
| went out as the machine was gliding
down hill at high speed and the
machine struck the culvert before
the driver could bring it to a stop.
The Buick is a total wreck but the
BOYS escaped with cuts and bruises.
BoscobeI residents voted Monday on
| $4,000 bond issue to erect new
! city hall and fire station. If the same
passes the city building will occupy
! the Joint site with a $4,000 public
| library, a recent bequest to the city
by Geo. F. Hildebrand
Miss Adele Gratiot, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. H B. Gratiot of Dubuque,
suffered mortal injuries Friday when
a horse she was riding was struck by
a motor car driven by Tony Trentz OF
Dubuque. Trentz turned out to avoid
striking a wagon and ranlmed into
the !lorse Miss Gratiot was riding,
tearing one leg from the socket. Miss
| Gratiot was thrown some distance
and fatally hurt She died in Finley
hospital Saturday. The young woman
had finished Dubuque high school and
girls school in New York and was
planning to attend John Hopkins
Medical College when her life was cut
short. Her parents, brother and
two sisters survive.
A projecting trunk on the running
| board of a car was the cause OF
bad auto collision in Bridgeport Hol-
low Sunday evening a week ago. VIM.
Haville of Bagley, coming up the hol-
low, struck a Bloomington car con-
tanning Glen Morkin, Violet Small,
Bessie Henry and Irene Mogan. The
trunk was split in two by the impact
and the Mogan car turned over. Mis-
ses Mogan and Henry were bruised
and cut. Both cars were badly dam
aged. Young Morkin was motoring
Miss Mogan to Pra. du Chen where
she intended to catch train for Me-
nominee to attend summer school.
The injured parties were taken to
Bloomington for medical attention.
The trunk stuck out nearly foot
from the side of the car and Hav1lle
was unable to get by freely.