Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-15

18th.
Little four year old Helen Lineau
of Fredericksburg was so terribly
burned while poking in a bonfire that
her recovery is doubtful. Her dress
caught fire and before the flames
could be extinguished had scorched
her entire body.
McGranahan Bros. delivered to Nc
Grath & Connolly Bros, Darlington,
a hog weighing $40 pounds, and one
weighing 40 pounds, which brought
them $189.60. These were pure bred
Duroc Jerseys and the mothers of
some of the best Duroc Jerseys in
the country.
Bellevue's population is 1908, ac-
cording to figures given out by AS
SCISSOR Jos. E. McKillip, of that place,
who has just completed taking the
census This is a splendid gain over
the figures of the last census of five
years ago. To be exact Bellevue has
gained fifteen percent within five
years.
Four summer cottages belonging to
Miss Theresa Timlin, DR.. Henry and
W. H. Townsend, of Reedsburg, and
Jerome Briggs, of Baraboo, were
burned to the ground last Saturday
afternoon on the north shore of Dew
lis lake. The blaze originated from the
explosion of an oil stove in the Tim
lin cottage Sparks carried by strong
wind, ignited three other cottages and
damaged them.
Supt Nicholas Gunderson, for
mer superintendent of the Prairie du
Chen schools, has made a rule in the
Sparta schools, where he has been To-
Gated for the past three years, that no
student who uses tobacco can enter
any contest or hold any class honor,
nor occupy place on any of the sport
teams in that school. He made such
a rule while superintendent of the
local schools and it worked we'll
Courier
The home occupied by Earl Furlong
in New Diggings was destroyed by
fire last Wednesday afternoon and
Mr. Furlong lost all his household
goods A bonfire in a container was
the cause of the fire, a piece of burn
ing paper setting the grass ablaZe
which burned like fury towards the
house and all efforts were useless.
The house was burned to the ground
in a short time Mr.. Furlong's loss
was total as he carried no insurance.
Coleman Herman, an eight year old
boy residing at Woodbine, is in a SER
ious condition at a hospital in Free
port as a result of injuries sustained
Whiel playing with a number Of little
companions near his fathers home
last week. The boy in jumping from
hay NOW in a barn. fell and struck
his abdomen on a rafter, the blow
causing severe internal injuries. He
was rushed to Freeport Saturday af
ternoon and attending physicians said
Monday that he is in a critical cOndi-
ton.
The Stockton village board is elated
over the showing made by the new
we'll They pronounce it a success and
have accepted it according to the orig
inal contract which was to pay $4,000
if a flow of 40 gallons per minute
was struck. 1t seems to have exceeded
this amount. Ia gave a flow of 1876 gal
Ions per minute for four and one half
hours IN one test and at no time did
it show any signs Of failing. Stockton
has had so many disappointments with
its water and pumps that people can
not enthuSe very much without a long
time test.
j. ]. Jungwirth, Dubuque, who was
arrested by police several months ago
as his car, laden with 115 gallons of
alcohol pulled up in front of his home
after a trip to Chicago, was arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner Walter
Koerner, on a federal charge of trans
porting alcohol His bond was set at
$50 and his case will come up before
the grand jury in federal court. jung
with was arraigned some time ago in
justice court and fined on a charge
of having alcohol in his possession
which was improperly labeled. His car
was recently sold at a sheriff's sale,
and was purchased for $500 by Walter
Koerner for Chicago parties, who it is
said. hold a mortgage on it.
A story is going the rounds that
delegation from Muscoda, Blue River,
Boscobel and other points between
Lone Rock and Prairie du Chen went
to Madison last week to protest the
removal of one of the trains each way
daily west of Lone Rock. Officials
there listened to them tell their story
of how the traffic business inter
ests of the towns demanded the trains
When they had finished they were
asked the question, How did you
come to Madison today?" A surpris-
ingly large number admitted they had
come by car, and they were told the
reason the trains were taken off was
because too many travel by car in
stead of by train and thus they could
do nothing for them.-Richland Dem
ocrat.
The first serious automobile acct
dent in the vicinity of Soldiers Grove
took place last Wednesday evening
when John McMillin and son, Ever
EFT, driving in a Ford touring car to-
ward North Clayton, went over
steep bank in Griffin Hollow and
landed in the Soldiers Grove creek.
The spot where they went over was
about thirty feet high, almost perpen-
dicular and that either of them came
out alive is a wonder. The father was
severely cut on the throat from either
the windshield or wire from the fence,
which cut a long and deep cash that
came close to the windpipe and the
jugular vein. 1t required eight stitches
to close the wound. The son came out
with two broken ribs and severe bruis-
es on the arms and limbs. The father
was thrown clear of the car and the