Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-17

/! Iowa county officers forced the man
agement of the Rhoda Royal circus to
| disgorge 1926 taken from an old man
of Monroe by gamblers in the side
show a few days previous when the
! circus showed at Monroe. The old
man and the Monroe sheriff appeared
| at Dodgeville and enlisted the aid of
under sheriff Johns of Iowa county.
1t was arranged that the officers and
the old man should separate-the man
to identify the man who got his roll
and the officers to arrest him. The
gambler was located but he made a
getaway before the officers could ar
rest him and he could not be found.
! However, man who "sat in" at the
game was found and he verified the
old mans story. Then the manager of
the show produced a roll of bills con-
tanning exactly the amount claimed by
the ancient sport, and paid it over.
The Green county sport will doubtless
not be so green" the next time he
listens to the lure of a circus gambler.
Charles McDermott of Galena, was
injured at the Savanna Proving Sta
ton Saturday of last week. The man
when he came into contact with
live wire and received a charge at
pressure of 1900 volts He was deep
ly burned about the head and shout
ders. Men on the job had the current
cut off but did not seem to know how
to get the man down About that
time the Burlington passenger train
arrived. On the train was Robt. Jack
son, aerial performer. Jackson went
up the pole and placed a line about
McDermott's body, lowering him to
the ground. Flames on the mans
clothing were put out and he was car
ried to hospital. There he revived
although he had apparently been
shocked to death. He may recover
ii the shock did not cause too great a
arrangement of his system.
ed Arthur of Dodgeville had val
liable deg for which he had refused
$50. Sunday of last week the dog
was chasing a rabbit and fell into
the main shaft Of the abandoned
Blue Mounds mine near the city. Mr..
Arthur made an unsuccessful attempt
the next day to recover the dog by
going down through other shafts, the
shaft where the dog fell in being caved
in and dangerous. At night Martin
called the dog and heard her whine.
He then lowered food to her. The
next day the mine was again visited
but the dog would not answer his
masters voice and further attempts
at rescue were abandoned.
The 6-year-old son of Walter Jeffrey
Of Galena was run over by car run
by John Breed of Elizabeth The boy
miraculously escaped harm as the
wheels passed about him but did not
touch him. More frightened than
hurt he was taken to a doctor where
an X-ray showed an absence of brok-
en- bones. The Jeffrey family has had
plenty of bad luck the past few
months. Last winter the father was
hurt in a mine accident and a few
weeks later a brother fell while camp
ing on the river and fractured a leg.
The Northwestern road on July 20,
made application to the railroad COM
mission for the removal Of trains 612
better known as the Cannon Ball"
The road sets forth that it now main
tains four first class passenger trains,
freight trains between the points in
question. That in general the passen-
ger and freight requirements are not
heavy enough to justify the service
being given The date of hearing on
the matter was set for Aug. 10.
The American School of Wild Life
Protection and Propagation has been
in session Al McGregor the past two
weeks The school is the result of an
experiment tried out last year by
group of nature loving enthusiasts at
McGregor, and it's success was so great
that it was decided to double the time
emraced in study and to add many new
features. The work embraces lectures
on nature subjects and hikes to sup
plement the talks by noted students
Of the wild.
Sheriff Hillary of Iowa county had
Nick and Ella Martin, husband and
wife, arrested and held at Rockford on
complaint of John Beerkircher of Lin
den, who alleged that the pair had
stolen an automobile of his and rid
den away with it. Hillary went to
Rockford and brought the couple to
Dodgeville. At the hearing Mr.. Beer
kircher was induced to withdraw his
charge and pay the costs. He got his
car at Rockford later.
Jas. Tracy, farmer living 71s miles
south of Platteville on the Potosi road
had crop of ginseng ready to gather
when it was dug up and removed by
some bold and enter0rising thief The
root covered one-half acre and was
worth $4,000. The visitor left no clue.
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