Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-07-15

away from its moorings on the hill at
Mineral Point.
Jack Tracy, prime mover in the
Derby days at Darlington, cleared sew
eral thousand dollars on his venture.
He stood to lose an equal amount but
the weather and the public were with
him. Muriel Mckinley, Darlington
Miss, and Paul Humbert, Mineral
Point high school boy, won the two
Olds sedans given away, one each day
Muscoda village bridge bonds for
100000 were sold to Miles E. Fried of
Chicago at 4A96 interest. Mr.. Fried
also purchased the town of Eagle
bonds for the same rate. The bonds
represent part of the investment in
new bridge across the Wisconsin at
Muscoda. soon to be erected.
Adolph Reetz and party, enroute to
a 4th celebration at Highland, collid-
ed with a Ford car driven by lad of
IA, the accident taking place near
Cobb. The cars came together head
on and both were badly damaged
No serious damage was done to the
occupants.
An Essex coach containing five con-
ylvlal men, went over high bank
near Ithaca, while travelling at high
speed. The machine plunged down
an embankment and ended a total
wreck. The men unusual luck and
escaped with a severe shaking up.
During the severe storm of Monday
night of last week the barn on the
F. L. Snyder farm, opposite Muscoda,
was struck by lightning. One COW
was killed and several windows
were broken.
Cobb village held a special election
Tuesday on a proposition to install
waterworks in the village. The is
sue was defeated SO to 33.
John Alblinger, 16, formerly of
Dodgeville, was drowned at Hoboken,
H., on July 4. The youth was on a
camping trip from Chicago.
1900 picnickers, who had gathered
to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
the completion of ST. Williams Cath
Ollie church at Paoli, were unable to
stop it from burning to the ground.
The blaze was discovered about three
in the afternoon when flames burst
from a barn nearby. The high wind
carried the sparks to the church.
The loss is estimated at 100000, with
$1,000 insurance.
Rupert Hutter of Spring Green was
seriously hurt Wednesday evening of
last week while driving to Plain. He
crashed into an embankment while
travelling at high rate of speed and
was thrown through the windshield,
the glass severing his right temporal
artery.
Miss Essie Brooks, Co. Supt. of the
Sank county schools, has resigned to
accept a teaching position at Slough
ton.
Squirrels, rabbits and doves are so
numerous in Brodhead that citizens
are protesting against them.
Raymond erase of Beloit, enrOute
with a girl friend to visit at Mineral
Point, ran into a storm at Mt. Horeb.
erase lost control of his car and went
over 12-foot embankment. He and
the young lady were badly bruised.
After being given medical attention
at Dodgeville they proceeded on their
visit
William Ellis, Ridgeway garage
man, went to the farm of his father,
near the village Tuesday, and during
the night hanged himself in barn on
the place. The dead body was found
by a brother-in-law suspended from
a rafter. No motive is known for the
act.
Miss Lillian Jacka, member OF
we'll known Mineral Point family, died
Thursday of heart disease at the Mad
ison General hospital. The body was
taken to Mineral Point for burial.
Two aged women died at Dodge
vile last week. Mrs. Chris. Kessler,
80. died Tuesday, and Mrs. James
Pellow, 8S, died Wednesday.
Dodgeville city voted school tax
of $4,000, the same as year ago,
at the annual meeting last week. The
meeting voted a new gymnasium and
sewerage system for the school. Nom
resident high school pupils will be
charged So a week and nonresident
grade pupils, $1.75 a week. A band
director at a cost not exceeding $500
a year was voted for.
Hillsboro has begun work on
white way street lighting system, and
Reedsburg has such system already
installed.
Reedsburg will have two stop and
Go" signs, one at the intersection OF
Walnut and Main streets and the
other at Park and Main. The council
voted to buy the signs.
Delbert Worden was arrested at
Richland Center last Wednesday by
Sheriff Olson and taken to Jefferson
nv Jefferson county authorities the
same afternoon to answer a charge of
assault. 1t is said that Worden was
visiting at Fl Atkinson with his wife
and children when an uncle shook one
of the children. Worden and the old
man came to blows and the uncle SUI
Tered a broken nose and jaw. 1t is
thought Worden will be heavily fined.
Arthur McClain was injured on the
4th as he was leaving the Eagle Point
approach on the Wisconsin side OF the
river by having his car struck ana
thrown against the railing by prom
inent Dubuque man who was rapidly
nearing the approach in a Buick car.
Immediately after the accident the
Dubuque party threw away two bot
files. one empty, and the other nearly