Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04
NE|CHBORHOOD
BREv|T|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUents
of Week From Tri-
state Area.

NJ j. Mcmahon OF WauZeka was
badly hurt in an automobile accident
near Spring Green Friday night
week ago and may have other troub-
les to settle. He and Louis Copas
were riding togther when their ma
chine collided with another car driven
by a member of the state highway
commission. Both machines were
badly wrecked. The. commissioner re-
ceived a sprained wrist. Mcmahon
suffered a broken right shoulder and
three broken ribs. Copas was but
slightly cut. The Chief says that Nc
Mahon and his companion had car
go of liquor on board which they at
tempted to hide, but it was discovered
by the village marshall who confiS
Gated five gallons and spilled the bal
ance. 1t is said that legal action was
instituted and that Copas paid $500
fine. The men who sold the pair the
liquor were fined $3.50 each. Mr.. Nc
Mahon was sent home to recuperate.
Word has come to Dodgeville that
an additional 100000 belonging to the
estate of A. Macarthur, who passed
away in Jacksonville, Fla, last June
10, has been located in st. Louis, Mo.
Rumor has it that the late A Near
a
agreement years ago, that the surviv-
or should inherit the property of the
other. Both were eccentric and did
not correspond with each other. The
brother is reported to have died seven
years ago leaving bonds in the sum of
100000 in st. Louis. Under the
terms of A. McArthur's will this adj
ditional 100000 would become the
property of George Rafferty, of jack
sonville who befriended the aged man
the last few months of his life and
was rewarded with practically the
entire estate The late Mr.. Macarthur
left his home in Dodgeville last VIM
ter on a motor trip to Florida, and
died down there.-Chronicle.
Francis Guilder, IA, and his little
brother, Bernard, Z, of Lansing, with
some companions played "Injun."
They had entered cottage and taken
from the wall an old muzzle loading
shot gun and during realistic play, the
boys snapped the trigger on the old
gun several times which gave them
the impression that it was not loaded.
At another time, the older Guilder
boy pointed it at his younger brother
and snapped the trigger again 1t was
loaded with buck shot and shattered
the boys right arm, penetrating his
side and made fearful wound.
A Buick touring car stolen from A.
T. Spang of Mineral Point was re-
covered at Elgin, ILL.,, last week. The
machine was picked up at Elgin where
it had been parked on one of the main
streets. The description tailed with
that of a stolen car and the Elg1n
chief notified Spang who proved own
ership and returned home with his
auto He thinks the car was stolen
from him by joyriders instead of reg
ular car thieves else he would never
have got it back.
The Sarderson Roller Mill, Blan-
chardville's oldest business firm, has
been sold to the Wisconsin Light &
Power Co., who will continue to oper-
ate it with L. C. and A. L. Sardeson
brothers and former owners, in charge
of the plant The mill was built in
1865 by the father and uncle of the
present managers The mill is as it
stood 60 years ago except for changes
and improvements.
Jeff Chambers, 81, married and a
resident of Eagle Point, may lose his
eyesight as the result of of an eX-
plosion of charge of old dynamite
at the Eagle Point Lime Works near
Dubuque Thursday. An air drill Mr..
Chambers was operating struck a
pocket which contained the charge.
The man was hit full in the face by
fragments of rock. He was taken to
a hospital.
Jerome McLane, II, whose home is
near CARRIER, Ia, was kicked by
horse last Tuesday evening. He was
sent to the pasture to drive home the
animals and when he did not return,
search was made for him and they
found him in a far end of the pas
a hospital, an X-ray revealed small
bone lodged in the brain.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed
the home of Mrs. Annie Hanson in
York township, near Blanchardville
Thursday evening. The building was
entirely ablaze when noticed and was
soon consumed, no effort being made
to save the effects inside The house
had been vacant for some time and
was used for storing goods of the
owner.
Joe Williams, 'Ossian man, who was
caught entering a box car in the rail-
road yards at Calmar following a
series of robberies along the railway
line in that section of the Milwaukee
railway, pleaded guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to ten years at
Ft. Madison by Judge Springer Of De-
corah
Rev j. w. Preus, we'll known Luth-
eran minister, dropped dead on the
street at Calmar last Wednesday CIV
ening following visit to a local the
atre where he witnessed "The Ten
Commandments" The family had
been planning to celebrate his Gath
birthday anniversary Friday.
c. C. Bishop, Retreat apiarist,
shipped $40 pounds of honey to Lis
bon, N. D., last week. A few DAYS
before he shipped 400 pounds of the
same kind of production to Missouri.
j. L. Graham of Benton has gone
to Colorado to act as store mana GER