Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-02
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREv|TIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From 7ri-
State Area.

Stephen Prideaux, 81, Dodgeville re-
tired farmer, died Tuesday following
an operation for removal Of the gall
bladder. He leaves widow, two sons
and a daughter.
Miss Genie A Laws of Mazoman1e
left Tuesday for Glasgow, Scotland,
to attend the world Sunday school
convention. Her sister, Mrs. f.
Mueller, of Madison is accompanying
her and they will also visit France
and England before returning.
Mrs. Fred Evert of Pra. du Chen
passed away at her home Friday a
week ago after a long illness. Mrs.
Fyert was born in Germany in 134S,
coming to America five years later.
She leaves a husband and nine living
children. being the mother OF IA.
The Iowa conservation commission
has placed 10000 rainbow trout fry
and fngerlings in the Stone House
brook on Yellow river and the NC
Gregor Walton club has been mstru-
mental in placing young trout IN
Bloody Run and Sni Magill creeks.
The town council of Postv1lle mas
made a contract for new we'll when
will supply the place with water IN
addition to the present inadequate
one. It is to be from 800 to 500 feet
deep and will be ten inches in diam
eter on the inside of the cast iron
pipe which is to weigh at least 30
pounds to the square foot.
Frank Meller, a leading citizen OF
Galena, dropped dead Saturday. De-
ceased had been in his usual good
health and the sudden ending of an
active life caused surprise and grief
to relatives and friends He was
brother of J. A. and M. J. Meller OF
Boscobel Funeral services were held
Wednesday.
John Evans, veteran freight haul
er between Boaz and Richland Cen
ter, is dead. For thirty-two years he
was on the job; at first two or three
times a week but in later years sew
eral times day Figuring one trip
day for the period he Travelled 2lO,24O
miles or nearly distance OF eight and
a half times around the earth.-Cour-
Ter.
Bernard Root, Viroqua airplane
pilot, came to grief second time
when his new machine crashed to the
ground at Cashton the other day,
humping it's nose from height OF
about 100 feet. Two passengers,
Torkelson and Lester Mitby, were in
iured, the former suffered a broken
lee and cuts about the head and the
latter three ribs and his nose broken
when the engine was driven back on
to the passengers. The pilot was I'M
hurt.
Arthur Howery was badly hurt last
Saturday afternoon while working IN
the field, says the Darlington Demo-
GRAFT. Mr.. Howery lives on the Steph-
enson Bros. farm and had been Guilt
waiting. Stopping for a few minutes to
adjust the machinery he found upon
starting that one of his horses had
stepped over the tug. He walked up
behind the animal and was about TO
rearrange the harness when sudden
ly he was kicked almost squareIy III
the face. Six of his teeth, four below
and two above, were broken off and
cash cut to the bone along his chm.
Louis Martens, a farmer over near
Monona, while driving an unruly hog
stepped on a plank in which a spike
protruded The projection pierced
his shoe and penetrated the ball OF
his foot about an inch and pinned
him to the plank. He tried to pull
it out with his hands but failed. linen
he stood up and by putting the head
of the spike between two boards,
yanked it out with main strength, but
the pain was so great he tainted. 1t
was couple of hours before he got
to a doctor with the aid of neigh
Dor.
Will Wallace was quite badly in
jured Friday afternoon while taking
down a barn on the DR.. Buck farm
near Big Patch. Everything but 20
foot oak post had been taken down
and as Mr.. Wallace stopped to pick
up his saw a breeze blew the post
over on him, throwing him on a big
root of a tree. His back and chest, the
back of his neck and the side of his
head received painful injuries. He is
able to move around slowly with a
cane This makes both Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace invalids, condition of which
their friends will be sorry to learn
Witness