Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
FIRE CONSUMES
FARM BUILDINGS
EAST FENNIMORE
Combustion in New Hay AS
signed AS Cause of
COnfagratiOn.

Especial Correspondence TO the Herald.)
FENNIMORE-Fire on the big farm
of Tormey Brothers miles east of
this city, about $50 Wednesday even
ing destroyed the horse barn, with
considerable hay, cattle and sheep
sheds, machine shed and a lot of farm
machinery.
The fire started in the horse barn,
probably from combustion in the hay,
new hay having been put in the loft
the day previous.
Neighbors gathered quickly and
kept the fire from spreading, and the
Fennimore fire department made a
hurried trip and soon put the fire out.
Barney Richgels and family operate
the farm.
Flivver Runs Amuck.
Joseph Harrington, proprietor of the
Hotel StOrrs, took Mr.. White around
the country in his Ford coupe Wednes-
day and stopped near Sitter on the
Annaton-Stitzer road, getting out of
the car and failing to turn off his
switch and set the emergency brake,
when the car was on a down grade.
He left Mr.. White in the car, but I'M
fortunately the latter did not know
anything about the mechanism of car
and as the Ford started to move off
down the hill the first thing Mr.. White
did was to jump out and let it go. The
car gained momentum as it went and
in travelling a distance of about half
mile it ran through a wire fence,
cutting the radiator up so that it was
ruined, breaking out the lights, bend
ing the crank and otherwise scratch
ing up the coupe qite bit.
ing up the coupe quite bit.
Mr.. Hilgeson, wife and family and
two daughters, of Joyce, Iowa, had the
misfortune to tip over on the curve in
the road at the Robert Mckinley farm
on Highway 10, west of Fennimore
Friday evening about 4 o'clock. The
car was being driven we'll on the out
side of the road when Mr.. Hilgeson
lost control of it and it turned over,
breaking couple of ribs for him and
bruising the family some. The top of
the car was wrecked, but otherwise
not damaged.
The Robert Mckinley family spent
Saturday in Madison.
Mrs. E. ]. Rothe entertained a par
ty of 80 ladies at a l o'clock luncheon
at her home in the first ward Friday
AFTERNOON, III 0OnOT OI MIS-. EIllll
Roethe of Edgerton and Mrs. Arthur G.
Roethe of Milwaukee. A pleasant af-
ternoon was spent and delightful
time reported by all the guests.
Mrs Emil Ruchti entertained num-
Der of ladies at Bridge party Thurs
day afternoon in honor of her aunt,
Mrs. Clyde Horton, of Yipsilanti, Mich
igan, who is visiting here.
James Bradbury of Lancaster spent
a few days at the Bradbury homes
here Mrs. George Narrower and
daughter Dorothy went to Madison
Thursday to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Roy Daley.
Clarence Maso and family went to
Madison where Clarence has position
as craftsman in the Highway commits
sion office there.
Sever Holland, Milas Cottingham
and ]. E. Doan spent a few days fish
ing at Lake Okee and Lake Wisconsin,
near Lodi. They had poor luck, re-
turning home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Donnan and the
Emil Ruchti family motored to Kill
bourn Monday to spend a few days
camping and fishing.
John O'Neil, linotype operator on
the Fennimore Times for the past two
years, has gone to Madison to work
for the Capital Times and attend the
University Journalism course.