Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-20
NEARBY NOTES

The Davidson theatre at MuScoda
! has been sold to a LaFarge man who
| in turn leased it to the American Leg
ion post
| Mr.. and Mrs. David Weigel, Platte
vile, celebrated their 55th wedding
anniversary on May 9Th. Fifty rela-
tives were present for the festivities.
Janet Larrabee, 10, Clermont, Iowa,
girl, was bitten by large dog with
which she and other children were
romping. The first cash was made in
the shoulder and another on her lip.
Mrs. Sarah R. Benson, wife of Chas.
Benson, died at her home in Platte
vile Tuesday, after an illness of sew
eral weeks. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon with burial at
Greenwood.
V. S. w. F. Jacobs of Nashua, Iowa,
has a freak pig that was born on the
Nome farm in that vicinity. The pig
is double from the hips forward. The
two bodies are joined at the kidneys
and from that point forward are nor
NAL.
Chris Kliebenstein, respected old
resident of Platteville, was 8 years of
age on Friday week ago. In conse-.
/ quence members of his family made
proper observance of the day. Mr. and
Mrs. Kliebenstein have four children,
Is grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
| The yelp and fight of his dog made
Ed. Sullivan, Arena farmer, investi-
gate clump of his brush on his
place. He was surprised to find a
nest containing six wolf cubs. The
old mother wolf hung around but elud
ed her pursuers. Sullivan was paid a
bounty of 81 each on the cubs.
FIR. L. p O'Reilly, for Is years in
charge of ST. Paul's church at Mineral
Point, died at st. Joseph's hospital,
Dodgeville, last Tuesday of acute ap
pendicitis Burial was made at Miner
al Point FIR O'Reilly was 81 years
of age and had served 80 years in the
priesthood. A great part of his work
was done in Iowa county.
John Scharpf, Galena farmer, re-
ported the theft of 80 gallons of wine
in three barrels to the 10 Daviess
county authorities. A search war
rant covering the premises of one VIM.
McBoyle was issued and the missing
wine discovered. McBoyle claims that
| oil uuhIOWA pd1 ~ hllI anu
asked permission to leave the wine in
his garage. He thought it was vine
gar McBoyle will be prosecuted.
| Col. Hugo M. Book, long a resident
of Gotham, Richland county, died on
May 6, at the age of "a years Mr..
Book was on the Confederate side of
the Civil war and attained the rank of
colonel After the war he located at
| oh ivy x1rhnr a
saloon for years With the decline and
disappearance of the town, Book re-
moved to Gotham and spent the re-
mainder of his days. Deceased was a
southerner by birth and lover of
good horse flesh. He followed racing
keenly and for some years was presi-
dent of the Richland county fair. A
widow and one son, Joseph, survive.
Mrs. Mertie l.. Muender, the Oldest
person in Crawford county, died April
80, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Martell, of Marietta township.
Mrs. Muender attained the age of SO
years and three months. Deceased
was Julia Louise Fette before her
marriage to August Muender in 1860.
A native of Germany, she was born
Feb 2, 1926, and came to America in
1857. For many years the Muenders
resided near Montfort. Following the
death of her husband in 1917, Mrs.
Muender went to reside with her
daughter, Mrs. Martell The aged
lady was quite active until three
months ago when the inf1rmities of
many years brought to a close the
final chapter of long and useful life.
Mrs. J. S. Smith of minneapolis,
! formerly Miss Josephine Kerrigan of
BoscobeI, was badly burned by the ex-
plosion of an internal machine in
Minneapolis office where she was en-
ployed. A box was delivered by mes
senger boy to Mr.. Chapman, claims
agent for guaranty company. AS Mr..
| Chapman opened the package it eX-
ploGed, injuring him and his secretary
| Mrs. Smith It was found that the
box contained pistol arranged so
that it would be fired when the pack
age was opened. The bullet exploded
vial containing buckshot and nitro
glycerine. The blast was terrific and
! Chapman and his secretary were badly
burned but both will recover. Detec-
tives are tracing the origin of the out
rage.
While blowing in field near La
| mont, James FIlZSlDUOuS, OuDuquG
county Farmland, employed by A. A.
| Sherrer, had the unusual experience of
being struck by lightning and seeing
two horses and two mules killed, with
out being hurt. While at work late in
the evening Fitzgibbons saw a storm
coming up. Rain began to fall ac-
companied by lightning. Suddenly
the man saw a huge and dazzling ball
of fire that enveloped him and his
work animals. Fitzgibbons says he
Experienced a slight sense of shock
but was otherwise unhurt Opening his
eyes he saw the four animals stretched
out before him in regular windrow,
stone-dead Severe burns were nota-
BILE on the bodies and the animals died
without a struggle. The horses were
valued at 5000 each and the mules at
$185 each, the owner carrying full in
surance Fitzgibbons escape is con-
sidered remarkable.
]. S. EARL, district attorney of
Crawford county, was thrown from a
car and badly cut Wednesday evening
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