Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Jacob Heffner of Auscoda celebra-
ted his 95th birthday Wednesday, June
25. He is still hale and hearty.
severely injured in a dynamite eX-
plosion last Tuesday. Crushed rock
was blown into his body from his
shoulder down.
Two young men of Patch Grove, ar
rested for speeding at Pra. du Chen
forfeited bonds of SIS each they had
posted pending trial.
Mrs. Kala Francois of LaFarge was
found dead in her home Sunday a
week ago. Death was due to poison
self administered. Mrs. Francois is
survived by her husband, rural mail
carrier, and one son, Rupert.
Small boys fishing in the Kickapoo
below Reedstown found gunny sack
filled with good bottled beer. When
the news spread others went fishing
also and several sacks of moonshine
were hooked and brought to the sur
face
Fred Pond of Galena has retired
! from active service as an engineer at
the age of SO. Mr.. Pond was fireman
on the Lincoln funeral train in 1865.
He was also fireman on the engine
that pulled the train that carried Mr.
Lincoln to Washington as president
! elect
John Novak of Bethel, near Fenni-
more died suddenly Thursday wekk
ago. Mr.. NoYak arose to do his early
chores and his absence was not no
ticed. A son, Ed, found the body on
the porch. Mr.. Novak had evidently
seated himself in a rocker and there
passed to the other world.
It was 81 years ago last Sunday that
the meteor fell to earth four miles
west of Marquette and caused much
interest in this section of the country.
1t came with a rattle and thud and
exploded with terrific noise. 1t was
of immense size, probably 100 tons in
weight, and the impact was felt for
80 to so miles in all directions.-Cou-
rier.
Out of 10S patients examined for
chest disease at Gays Mills and Pra.
du CHEN, Is percent were found to
have tuberculosis. IA cases were
found at Gays Mills and three of these
were active cases. Cases of neglected
teeth, goitre, adenoids, diseased ton
sis, ETC., were noted in number OF
cases. All this in the healthy" rural
districts.
A Khan reunion at Mineral Point of
members from southwestern Wiscon-
sin, drew about 700 people Saturday
a week ago An address was made by
DR.. Staut of Ohio and a parade of $50
Klansmen passed through the streets
on horseback In the evening mar
riage was solemniZed during which
two burning crosses and fireworks
were displayed.
Jacob Bennett, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM Bennett of Hazel Green, was
killed at the Black Jack mine below
Galena Friday afternoon week ago
when a stope slid away, taking tons
of rock and dirt with it. Mr.. Bennett
had been employed at the Monmouth
mine near Hazel Green but moved to
the Black Jack to better his condition.
ell had been at work but four days
when killed. Funeral services were
held at Hazel Green under American
Legion auspices.
James Ackerly, veteran railway en-
gineer, who was in the service of the
Milwaukee and Mississippi road when
it was built out of Waukesha in 1857,
and who has been member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
for over 40 years, was awarded gold
distinguished service medal last week.
The badge is of solid gold, three inch
es wide, in which is vignetted fac
smile of one of the old-fashioned en-
gines which the railroad men first
used.-Courier.
Clifford Anderson paid fine of $25
and costs for driving his car while in
toXicated Sunday night. He was to
country dance, where he secured the
booze, came to town and caused dis
turbance at a local restaurant, and
took Clifford Miller with him in a car
he had rented from the FOgo Motor
Co. While crossing the bridge near
the excelsior mill, the car turned over
and both Miller and Armstrong were
pinned under the car, but luckily both
escaped seriouse injury. The car was
badly damaged and Armstrong prom
ised to repair it.-Richland Democrat.
A collision between a herd of cattle
and a heavy car on the western grade
of the Bashford hill Thursday result
ed disastrously for both the car and
the cattle. Clinton Cook, of the west
branch of Mill Creek, sold several
head of pure bred stock to parties
near Loganville and was on the way
to deliver them when he met Irwin
Carter, garage man, of Boaz, home
ward bound Mr.. Carter was coasting
down the long grade and did not see
the cattle until too late to avoid the
crash. Two cattle were killed out
right, another died from injuries and
others were badly hurt. Mr.. Carriers
car was badly wrecked in the smash
-Richland Democrat.
DR.. E. K. Evans of Chicago, for
mer Unitarian divine, visited Prairie
du Chen last week, says the Courier.
DR.. Evans is man Of much travel
in both the u S. A and foreign lands
and during 20 years of hiking says he
has never seen scenery to surpass
southwestern Wisconsin. On account
of his health he hikes across country,
and he has been through the Dalles
and as far north as Chippewa Falls,
along the Mississippi, up the Kicka-
poo and other sections of the state,
covering fully one-third of the state.
He carries his pup tent and few
dishes and enjoys life in the open,
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