Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-06

there by the tax commission. $780,
! 900 was added to the valuation.
| VIM. Werfelman, well known resi-
| dent of Belmont and for many years
director of the Belmont State bank,
died at his home there Wednesday
week ago.
There are three candidates for the
office of district attorney of Iowa
county. They are ]. Chas. Pile and
C. H Knudson of Dodgeville and n.
S. Boardman of Mineral Point The
office pays $1,000 year.
C. E. Tuffley of Boscobel changed
his decision not to stand for the as
sembly and at the 18th hour allowed
friends to make papers out nomina-
ting him from the north Grant coun-
ty district.
Mark w. Terrill, for 20 years con-
nected with hotel life at Mineral
Point, died there July "a, at the age
of "a years Mr.. Terrill was born in
Mineral Point, Jan. 26, 1910. He was
a veteran of the Civil war. A daugh-
ter and two sons survive.
Helen Hintz, daughter of Frank
Hintz of 10 Daviess county, died at
the home of her uncle, Herman, Hintz,
south of Nora Monday night. Death
was due to heart failure. She had
been in excellent health up to the
time of her sudden demise.
A large barn on the Julius Rossing
farm near Cobb was destroyed with
all contents Saturday night a week
ago. The blaze was due to spontan
eous combustion The barn had just
been filled with hay, whihc with two
adjoining silos went up in smoke.
Two autos met in head-on collision
at Galena, July 20, near the Vincent
marble works A Mrs. Korte of Pilot
Knob was thrown through the wind
shield and badly cut. Miss Sheilborn
in the other car was cut and bruised
about the head. Both machines were
badly damaged.
The Ross Tuel farm Of 120 acres in
Nora township, 10 Daviess county,
sold for $4,000, which is something
like the big wartime prices. A. d.
Chatelle of Freeport takes the farm
in trade and turns in his music store
dt Freeport under invoice of March 1,
next. The estimated value of the
store is $4,000
The Lancaster and Cobb pea can
ming factories have been running
neck in their daily output but the
honors apparently go to the Cobb fac
tory. In one day $500 cans of peas
were packed. 1t was necessary to
run all day Sunday to dispose of all
the peas prepared. 1900 people were
shown through the plant in one Sun
day.
Otto Horn, who occupies farm
near Platteville owned by P. A. Bis
| hop and Lester Kuhnhenn, suffered
the loss of large barn last week
Monday during the severe storm. 1t
was struck by lightning. He lost SO
tons of hay, team of horses, five
calves, harness and machinery. Loss
was around $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
Witness.
Fred Anthony and Ross Ewers, both
! of Richland Center were arrested and
taken before Judge Halsted at Bara-
boo Monday of last week on complaint
of Henry Konkle, who charged them
with stealing ginseng. Konkle made
the charge that the men dug the gin
seng plants from the ground for the
purpose of selling them. They en-
tered plea of guilty and were fined
SIS and costs apiece.
Twenty long-haired young ladies of
Pra du CHEN, have organized the
| Covered Wagon" club the only quail
ifications being unsheared locks and
spinsterhood. To set an example to
the younger generation and to retain
their feminine charm are the avowed
purposes of the society. Banquets
with the grass as table and the sky
as a canopy are planned for at reg
ular intervals during the coming
warm weeks.
A photo play from the pen Of Lucy
Stone Terrell entitled "Unguarded
Women" is being featured at McVic-
kers theatre in Chicago. Paramount
is distributing. The plot is taken from
a short story written by Miss Terrill
for Saturday Evening Post entitled:
Face" Miss Terrill is a native of
Platteville She was prominent in
the U. S. secret service during the
war and has since toured the world.
A number of her stories have appear
ed in the Post and other publications.
Speaking of snakes, snake bites and
remedies for poisonous bites, a
Dodgeville man says that an effective
remedy is permanganate of potash.
The drug comes in crystallized form
and can be bought in any drug store.
III case OIL pOlSOuOuS UII0 TIE pOWuSI
should be moistened and if water is
not available smear the spot with sa
Iva and apply the powder. 1t will
assimilate the poison and render it
harmless. In tropical countries
where reptiles abound, the remedy is
generally used and always proves eff
fective. Those who live where the
reptiles abound are cautioned to carry
small vial of the drug with them
at all times.
Austin May of Oelwein, Iowa, aged
80, confessed Tuesday that he shot to
death his bride of five weeks, Lottie
May, 20, but has pleaded not guilty in
murder in the hope Of escaping the
moose. May was arrested Friday a
week ago shortly after the death of
his wife from whom he had been es-
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