Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-28
Nearby Notes

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D., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Arch
Rundell, at Livingston.
Miss Erville Chandler and Merle
Putnam of Darlington were recently
married. They will make their home
at Mt. Horeb, where he is employed
by an Electric company.
The village of Avoca is now lighted
by electricity from current furnished
by the Wisconsin River Power Co., at
10 volts. Formerly they operated
their own plant from an engine in a
feed mill and had 220 volts.
The F. w. Kepke residence at
Dodgeville was damaged by fire Sun
day morning of last week. Church 60
ers saw the flames and sounded the
alarm. Holes were burned through
the roof and rooms were damaged by
water used in putting the blaze out.
Earl Ward of Patch Grove and Miss
Anna Konichek of Pra. du Chen were
united in marriage Monday morning,
Jan. 10, at 1870 o'clock, Justice Of
the Peace Geo. L. Maxeiner perform-
ing the ceremony. The young couple
will make their home for the present
in Pra. du Chien.-Galena Gazette.
VIM. McGraw was the victim of an
unfortunate accident Thursday at his
home near Waukon. About noon he
heard hounds baying in the timber
and grabbing a Shot gun, went to see
what they had. When he returned,
shortly afterwards, and upon entering
the house the gun caught in the door
and was discharged, tearing away
part of his hand and fingers.
Crawford county authorities are be-
ginning action to bring George junk,
formerly of Eastman, back from Reno,
Nevada, on trial for wife desertion. 1t
is alleged that Junk left Eastman
with another woman last fall, his wife
being stranded with seven little chill
dren. According to reports junk is
wanted for bootlegging as we'll as the
more serious offense. He resists extra
dition.
Elmer Prouty. Avoca wOOdchopper,
was found lying unconscious in the
woods Saturday a week ago with a
deep cash across his forehead and a
tree limb over his body. 1t was as
sumed that Prouty had been struck
by a falling branch. He laid in the
woods for hours before being discoy-
cred. A hospital examination showed
Prouty had a fractured skull. He will
recover.
Emil Brand, Blue Mounds woodchop-
per. fell 40 feet from tree top and
lives to tell the story. Brand pur-
sued a squirrel he saw in the tree
with the idea of capturing it. While
trying to reach the squirrels nest he
lost his balance and fell to the ground
suffering a. fractured hip. His COM
panion. Robert Mining, went for
doctor and after an hours delay
Brand was on his way to Mt. Horeo
hospital.
The railroad rate commission has
granted Cuba City an increase OF
1900 on residence and rural phones
and on some business phones, 5000.
The yearly rate there has been $500
on residence phones and $14.OO on
business phones. Under the new rul-
ing. residential and rural phones are
to pay $1400 per year and business
houses. $4,000. AS a result of the IN
creased rates, more than two dozen
phones have been taken out.
Mrs. Mabel Harris, %, died at Fin
lev hospital Dubuque, last Monday
morning from burns received at her
home the Sunday previous. Mrs. Har-
ris was sitting near an oVer-heateu
stove combing her little girls hair
when in some manner her skirt DurSt
into flames The frantic woman rushed
into the street, her clothing ablaze.
A store clerk, Walter Backus, saw her
plight and with another man, Nell
Crowley, used overcoatS to Smother
the flames. Mrs. Harris was taken to
the hospital where she passed away
4S hours later She leaves a husband
and two little daughters.
The bone of contention at Muscoda'
the toll bridge over the Wisconsin nv
er. was up for further hearing before
the Wisconsin Utilities Commission on
January 18th. A five ton limit had been
established for loads over the brldge,
and the Muscoda Manufacturing Com
pany appealed for a heavier load Inn
il Fred Postel, president of the bridge
company, testified on oath that the
bridge was unsafe for loads of over
five tons, and the manufacturing COM
pany asked for withdrawal of the pro-
ceedings. They will maintain that a
bridge that will not bear more than
a five ton load is unsafe for general
travel and will continue with renewed
activity the agitation for new free
bridge at MuScoda.
Lucille Dolan and George Spence,
two children over on the Iowa side
near Rolfe, were racing on the road
way at the edge of town when they
encountered two loaded wagons, one
coming into town and the other go
ing out. The kiddies were having a
real race and so fast were the ponies
going that the one was unable to turn
out and struck the wagon tongue OF
a loaded vehicle with such force that
the tongue was driven clear through
the body, entering at the breast and
protruding out of the back. The pony
was instantly killed. The girl. who
was riding the pony, was thrown
about thirty feet, little hurt but Dadly
frightened. So terrific was the impact
that the driver was thrown of the top
of a double wagon box and the wheels
of the vehicle passed over his legs
when the team ran aWay.-Courler.