Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18

Miss Katherine Maxwell, dS0u %
years, and for "a years librarian OF
the city library at Baraboo, died in
Madison hospital last week.
A press dispatch from Tomah
states that a sum of $4,000 has been
appropriated for the erection of gov
eminent postoffice building in that
city.
The Pra. du Chen Courier announc-
es that with 1923 and 1924 poor tobac-
co years, the acreage planted to that
crop in Crawford county will be ma
terially reduced in 1925.
Vernon county will have two can
didates for the office of county judge
at the April election. Judge d. o.
Mahoney is seeking reelection, and
his opponent will be H. P. Proctor
The Methodist church at Sparta is
engaged in a drive for 100000 to re-
place the church destroyed there at
Christmas time by fire, and the Con-
gregationa1 church is seeking $4,000
to build an addition to its present
church.
w. o. Hotchkiss, chairman of the
Wisconsin highway commission and
/ state geologist, has been appointed as
member of the interstate federal aid
roads commission. Thus a national
position comes to a member of the
| Wisconsin highway commission.
| An electric transmission line is be-
ing built from Soldiers Grove to Gays
| Mills, which will connect the electric
| plants of the two cities. In case OF a
shut down at one plant, the other
! towns plant can operate and supply
| light and power for both places.
! The Lansing Button Company re-
ceived mail orders for $4,000 worth
of buttons one day last week. They
are an Independent concern and are
making steady growth. Their parcel
post shipments are large and last
year aggregated $4,000 for postage.
Geo. Dagnon, principal of the Mt
| Sterling graded school, r. W. Lath-
rop, Wauzeka, supervising teacher
and Geo. Burton, present county sup
erintendent, have announced their
candidacy for the office of county
superintendent at the spring election
April 18th.
The Lee department store of Wau-
kon has petitioned the court to APP
point a receiver to conduct its bust
ness. The receiver is to have power
|
charge of rentals until such time as
the business can be closed without a
loss to the creditors or the corpora
ton. The receiver has to put up a
bond of $4,000.
William Hooker, who works for Ell
mer Stebnitz at Middlebury, met with
a painful accident last Friday, when
the team he was driving ran away
throwing him against one OF the front
wheels of the wagon. His right arm
caught between the spOkes, breaking
it in four places, besides bruising his
face and right hip very badly
Blanchardville Blade.
A jury in circuit court in La Crosse
awarded Mrs. George Cooper, of Ban
gor, damages of $4,687 against o. H
Johnson, Bangor hotel keeper, who, il
is alleged, sold liquor that caused the
death of her husband. At the time
of her husbands death, Mrs. Cooper
also brought suit against village of
ficials of Bangor for not enforcing
the prohibition laws.
An epidemic of diphtheria is re-
ported from Waukon where a death
occurred last week The health au-
thorities nave taken every precaution
to close the schools, take cultures
from the Threats of over one hundred
children and send them to the state
health board for examination. Only
few affected ones are reported and
after thorough fumigation the schools
are in session again.
Mrs. Henry Kohlmeyer, of Hills
! point, received severe burns about the
! face and arms as the result of a
| spontaneous explosion of gasoline
which occurred while she was clean
! ing a dress Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
| Kohlmeyer had just finished washing
the dress and wringing out the gas
oline when the explosion occurred
caused possibly by friction of the
! fibers as there was no heat or flame
about the garment.
| Upon the changing of the fire bell
| last Friday morning, George Bliss
rushed from his fathers drug store
and hurried for the fire building,
! jumped onto the truck engine just as
| it was about to leave the building, and
CHANGED to get damned between the
door frame and the truck as it passed
out. One of his shoulders got squeezed
numerically and he received painful
bruises otherwise. George has been
confined at the parental home ever
since Mineral Point Tribune