Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-04

given her comfortable home on Main
street, that city, to the Sparta home
for Aged Women, to be used any way
the trustees see fit, sell it, rent it or
use it.
The Holy Face Catholic church of
Hanover is to have resident priest
and the erection of a priests house
will be begun soon. Heretofore Han
over has been supplied twice a month
from Elizabeth.
Thousands of sheep are being
shipped into Grant county from the
west in double deck cars. The Girls
void Bros. farm near Livingston got
shipment of three cars Saturday
which contained 565 sheep. Most of
them were lambs purchased in Mon
tana.
A pair of twin horses, well
matched, healthy and strong, are a
| pair of rare specimens that were sold
at auction in Avoca, Monday. Twin
calves and twin mules are common
| but horses are rare This is the only
pair in this section of the, country
| heard of during the last three or four
years.
The Prairie City Canning Company
has finished a pack of 10000 cases of
tomatoes grown from 223 acres both
on their own farm and through con-
tracts with local growers. During
the height of the season $50 people
were employed in the canning plant
and fields.
Jim kaufman, railway employee
of Marquette, came very nearly los
ing his sight when he scratched a
pimple on his nose that led to blood
poisoning. When he awoke the next
morning, his face was swollen all out
of proportion and he hurried to a sur
geon who lanced the infection and
put him on a diet.
The Great Western road has install
led a gasoline coach on its local run
between Stockton, ILL.,, and Oelwein,
Iowa. The coach leaves Stockton at
1925 a. M, arriving at Oelwein at
p. m. The run back is made in SIM
liar time arriving in Stockton about
1920. The coach is all steel with a
gasoline electric motor.
Miss Bridget Costello, a Dubuque
resident, is in a serious condition at
Mercy hospital suffering from burns
received when she poured kerosene on
hot Goals. She received a compound
fracture of the nose and cuts about
the head and is suffering from shock.
Her advanced age renders her recov
cry a matter of doubt.
Ross Bishop of Chicago, formerly of
Cobb, purchased from Harker Bros,
for a Chicago firm, $50 mixed steers
last week The cattle were shipped
Saturday from Cobb and while driven
along the road were strung out for
quarter of mile. They filled eleven
stock cars and brought their owners
check for $20.000.-Dodgeyille ex.
Ed Laufenberg of Rocky Point,
near Muscoda, was kicked in the head
| by one of the horses he was driving
when it became frightened. He was
walking alongside of the wagon when
he slipped in a muddy spot and fell
underneath the horse next to him. The
animals shoe nearly scalped him in
flicting a wound that required sever
al stitches.
Lester burden, Viroqua man, has
disappeared and all search for him
has been fruitless. He left home for
La Crosse apparently in search of
work but a letter received by his wife
a few days later said that they
would never see him again and the
stamp on the envelope was the last
two cents he had in the world. La
Crosse police have been unable to
find even a clew.
jury in Iowa county court Fri
day decided that the note of $1647
held by Geo. A. Billings and purport-
ed to be signed by Bonnie McNulty
and his mother, Sarah McNulty, was
genuine The defendant denied sign
ing the note and the case was tried
before the jury as to the validity of
the same W. C. McGeever appeared
for plaintiff and Bull & Rairt of Mad
ison for Observation-Disclosures Chron-
icle.
Extra lights have been installed
around the Darlington Jail yard and
heavy armed guard is on duty at
the jail, day and night, to prevent
either an attempt at rescue of the
prisoners, or an attempt on the part
of the Shullsburg bank robbery sus-
poets at jail delivery. The desperate
character of the men who staged the
robbery was revealed in the daring
manner in which they conducted the
successful raid last summer.
Friday the farm home on the A. A.
Thompson farm near Twin Bluffs was
destroyed by fire, which is supposed
to have caught from the kitchen Chin
ney. The house was occupied by
Groshong Bros, and, they lost all
their belongings except piano and
part of the furnishings of bed room,
and they had no insurance. Mr..
Thompson had $1,000 insurance on the
| house, and plans to rebuild at once.
| 1t is not everyone who can boast of
riding with bold, bad bandit, says
the Platteville News. Three Montfort
young women attending school at the
Normal wanted to go home but it was
too late for the bus Jack Radcliffe,
Cuba City bank robber (now in Wau-
pun and this was before he robbed the
bank) who was then staying at the
hotel, heard the conversation and Of
fered the girls his services. He took
them in his Hudson car and refused
! paw for his services ONLY asking for