Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-08-04
Nearby Notes
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures

ing husband and two children. The
body was brought to Fennimore for
burial.
a broken journal caused bad
wreck on the Great Western between
Elizabeth and Woodbine, ILL.,, last
Tuesday. Eighteen cars were de-
rallied some being overturned. 1t is
said that a colored man was injured
A big automobile from Chicago con-
tanning three men and about so quarts
of whisky, was overturned south of
Whitewater early Sunday morning.
From reports the men were bruised
the car badly damaged and the whisky
spilled.
Johnnie Otter a Ridgeway youth,
was run over on main street i'll
Dodgeyille by Bert Powell of Ridge
way The front wheel of the car ran
over the boys chest and one leg but
no bones were broken. Street con-
gestion is blamed for the accident
Mrs. Christopher Garvey of Prairie
du Chen, resident of Crawford Co.
for half a century, died last week at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. JOS.
p. Zeman in Ballantine, Mont The old
lady went west three weeks ago in
hopes of improving her health but
Q1Gu SOOu alter u6E arrival.
Bryan Trenary and Ed Ivey, work
ing on a Aft. scaffold shingling the
Trenary house at Mt Hope, were
thrown to the ground when the scat
fold gave way Both men sprained
their ankles. Clyde Trenary, also on
the scaffold, chung to the sheeting I'M
til rescued by a workman.
Henry Albert KIeet. liz years, son
Of IoorV Dnb1,uIlp
drowned in the Menominee river near
Galena last Wednesday, The child
on a visit to his grandparents, wan
dered away and search was made
for him. The body was floating on
the water, quite dead 1t was taken
by boat to Galena for burial.
Miss Woodland of Shullsburg, en-
route to Galena in a motor car was
severely cut in the face when the We
hicle went over bump on the road.
Miss Woodland was thrown violently
against the top her face striking one
OF the bows Despite her injuries
about the eyes and nose the young
lady pluckily continued her journey.
Edwin Sears, son of George Sears,
Dubuque, played in the barn with
matches lighting a pile Of hay. In
stantly the barn interior was a mass
of flames. The little chap CROPPED
about and lost his way but his sister,
Ruth, who had emerged, dragged her
small brother forth. Engine compan-
les subdued the blaze with difficulty.
A new automobile offered to Mr.
Rolli, Gratiot farmer, excited his sus-
picions and led to the arrest Of two
1S-year-old boys of Savanna, Ill.
The boys stole the car, Buick, from
a dealer in their town and motOred
merrily north with it. At Gratiot
they ran out of gasoline which led
to them offering the car for $500
in cash. The boys made full con-
fession of their wrong-dOing.
Ed. Evans, a Dodgeville farmland,
was knocked from a binder seat by
bolt of lightning that came from a
clear sky Evans was not hurt by
his unusual experience. The light
ming was part of a peculiar electrical
disturbance that covered large ter
ritory The clouds were thin and
there was no rain. While electric
storms of this sort are not uncommon
it is unusual for a current to reach
the earth.
Hazel Schooling, two years, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Schooling
of Marion township, Grant county,
was seriously hurt last Wednesday
when she stuck her hand in the wheel
of a. cream separator her father was
! operating The child's arm was pain
fully bruised and twisted clear to the
elbow and her hand mangled. She
was taken to a Boscobel hospital
where after careful observation the
surgeons determined that the injury
would heal without amputation.
A terrible accident occurred at
Elizabeth. Ill, near Galena. Mr. and
Mrs Carroll, farmers in Pleasant Val
ley, were putting up hay, the wife as
sisting her husband on account OF
help shortage In sticking the fork
into the hay the wor:an's clothing be-
came caught and she was carried up
ward To prevent being caught III the
pulleys at the ton of the barn Mrs.
Carroll tripped the rope and fell to
the ground In falling she struck the
edge OF a hayrack and her back was
broken.
Henry B. Bolzell, Portland, Oregon.
a former Montfort man, was rescued
from drowning at Oswego lake near
Portland BolzeII and companion
were canoeing and the craft upset
The companion succeeded in clinging
to the craft but Bolzell went down like
rock A man named Hutchinson.
standing on the bank, saw his dread
predicament and pushed a boat off
using his hands for oars. Hutchinson
succeeded in reaching Bolzell as the
latter was going down for the last
time. and grasping his hair towed
him to shore.
Louis Hittersdorf, Mineral Point
farmer, and Roy Lovelace, employee,
came into collision with a switch en-
CINE while enroute home Tuesday
night Hittersdorf's car was struck
back of the center both men being
thrown out and badly bruised. Love-
lace went through the windshield and
was badly cut The car was demol-
ished the feed it contained being scat
tered along the track. One William
Edwards, Belmont, brakeman who
was riding on the cowcatcher of the
switch engine. was thrown off and
one leg badly cut.
A crazy pig riding in an express
car between Chicago and Freeport
caused much trouble for messenger