Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-08
NEARBY NOTES

The annual meeting OF the k1ckapOo
Valley Baseball League was held re-
Gently and action was taken toward
continuance of the league with some
changes in the rules and personnel.
| The city of Pra du CHEN has let
contracts for paving totaling $780,,
600. The work will be pushed through
this year. In addition to the street
work several thousand feet of sewer
will be laid.
A runaway team at Pra. du Chen,
! knocked down and injured Mamie Du-
fish, a crippled school child. She Was
badly bruised. The child's mother died
eight years ago and her father was
killed by bull year ago.
The farm home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Cltyon at Greysville, one mile
east of Mineral Point, was, burned
to the ground early Tuesday morning.
The fire was caused from an ocver
heated chimney. Very little was saved
of the household goods and furniture.
IneZ Side, residing at Newton on
the upper Kickapoo, died from injur-
les received while she helping her
father with a wood saving outfit.
The little girls coat caught in belt
and her arm was broken aside from
internal injuries. She died couple
of days later.
Will Lauper of Hollandale had the
misfortune Thursday of last week to
get mixed up with a circular saw
which cut through the hand and one
finger. Arne Olson and Roy Bollerud
accompanied him to Dodgeville fospi
tai where the wound required p
stitches to close.
While engaged in putting dressing
on a belt at the crushing plant of the
Montgomery Pearl Button Co. works
at Gutenberg, Robert ScholZ, 46, had
the bad luck to have one arm catch
between the belt and pulley, fractuT-
ing the member. He was taken to a
Dubuque hospital.
Harry Ransdell, 80, was instantly
killed at Worth's Landing, near Lam
sing, Wednesday, when he sat down
on a railroad track in front of an
approaching train. The engineer did
not see Ransdell until it was too late.
The man was badly mangled. 1t is
thought he was drunk
Thieves entered the j ohn n. Weier
pool hall at Ridgeway Friday night
or Saturday morning presumably
through a cellar window. They broke
open two slot machines and carried
away a quantity of cigars, tobacco and
candy. The loss is estimated at about
$175 with no clues to follow.
A temporary organization for can
ming factory has been completed at
Platteville. committee of ten was
named at a recent meeting to obtain
subscribers for stock. A practical can
ner was present at this meeting and
! offered to put in $4,000 if Platteville
would subscribe $4,000 and would
manage the factory if stockholders
should so desire.
, The MaZOmanie Sickle says that
local talent is suspicioned in connec-
ton with burglary at the Mazoman-
lie school house on Monday night of
last week. Entrance was effected by
breaking a window. The principals
office was opened with skeleton key.
J A sweater and other clothing to the
value of $500 was taken, and two
: desks were pried open, six dollars be-
ing taken from one and ten dollars
from the other.
| Within four hours after her son,
) William, tried to take his life, Mrs.
John Schiller. without having been
informed of the attempted suicide,
: killed herself by slashing her throat
with a razor on her farm near Month
cello. Mrs. Schulers husband ended
his life with shotgun, Jan. 16. The
son, F. William principal of the Mon
roe junior high school, is recovering
from a revolver wound and slashed
wrist inflicted in his office with his
own hand. Both mother and son had
. been respondent since the death of
: Mr.. Schiller.
Chas. X. Carroll, son of Conduc-
tor and Mrs. M. G. Carroll of Nc
Gregor, rises to the ranks of promin-
ent mention by his appointment to a
position of responsibility in Near
East Relief work in Europe. He sailed
on the steamer Leviathan March 81
for Athens where he will serve as
comptroller of finance and supplies
for the Near East Relief in Greece
and Turkey. Mr. Carroll saw service
in France during the war. In June,
1923, he graduated from the school of
commerce of the University of Wis
consin. Since then and until his APP
pointment to Near East Relief work
a month ago he had been employed
in the firm of accountants of Ernst
e Ernst, Cleveland, Ohio.
Evidently firmly convinced that
there are easier ways of getting money
than working for it, short change ar
fists again visited Dodgevil1e last
week. One called at the Bilkey &
James store and made = csc purchase
rendering a $40 bill in payment After
the nineteen dollars and seventy-fye
cents was returned he pulled a one
dollar bill from his pocket and asked
for a five dollar bill in exchange for
five ones which was granted His next
move was to find a twenty-five cent
piece and offer it in payment for the
purchase, asking for the 500 bill back
His scheme did not work, however,
and so far as I'VE have learned no
other businessman was feeced Two
men were arrested in Madison the
next day for the same practice, pre-
sumably the same who called here