Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-08
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES And
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

S20O, 06U at Miami, fla.
Charles Hartwick of AVoca has
confessed to breaking into and rob-
bling the Avoca Mercantile Co. store
on the night of May %. Goods to the
value of $68.50 was taken. Hartwick
awaits trial i'll county court.
Violet Rose, daughter Of r. w. Rose
of Hollywood, Calf, is now popular
movie actress. Her stage name is
Barbara Bedford. The Rose family at
one time lived in Prairie du CHEN
where the father was a painter.
William Emerson Liddle, former
Hazel Green boy, was buried in his
home town Saturday of last week. The
body was brought from the Argonne
in France, where Mr.. Liddle gave up
his life The funeral was held under
military auspices.
Richland county residents have been
made the victims of a petty sWindle
worked by a dapper young man. The
game is to induce the prospect to ac-
cept certain free bulletins from the
university providing the postage is
paid in advance. The postage" fee
varies but is generally around So. A
number of farmers bit on the game.
Helen Davies, Clyde child, was badly
scalded about the knees while pour
ing hot water into a can to take it to
a cream separator. The kettle slipped
and the water splashed on the child.
Charles Bishop of Dodgeville, supt.
of schools at Portage for number OF
terms, has been appointed to a similar
position at Oshkosh at a salary OF
"a 900 per annum. Oshkosh has $4,000
population and employs $50 teachers.
A rain and electric storm the most
severe in fifteen years swept the vic
unity of Clyde in Iowa county Wednes-
day week ago. Hail fell the size of
hazel nuts. Much damage was done
to crops and much soil washed away.
On the Thomas Burns farm a new
barn was struck by lightning and
burned. Burns also lost a valuable
horse but saved the other animals.
Dubuque is mourning the loss Of
Maurice Connolly former member of
the house of representatives, who
was killed in the crashing to earth Of
an army plane with six others during
storm Saturday of last week near
Indian Head, Md. Every occupant of
the plane, five officers and two civil
ians, met death. The plane was re-
turning from Langley Field, Va, to
Washington, D. G.
Elmo Mitchell, Is, living south of
Dodgeville, has four broken ribs as the
result of an accident. He was break
ing rock to be used in building a new
concrete silo on the Mitchell farm. A
pole was being used to hoist cement
to the top OF the silo. The pole broke
eaJy t11Cr md
lodged avoiding the full force of the
blow but receiving the pole across his
back so that his ribs were broken.
The storm of Wednesday afternoon
of last week claimed a human victim
at Soldiers Grove when the six-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Madison Hill
met his death. Together with two
companions the lad took refuge from
the storm under bridge over a dry
run but short distance from his
home. The water came with sudden
rush and the lads were swept from
their refuge and carried down stream.
The two older ones managed to save
themselves by clinging to willows.
The smaller boy, the Hill lad, was
drowned, and his body was not found
until the following morning.
A. G. Balm, travelling man for firm
in Davenport, Iowa, had an unusual
experience over in Richland county.
Balm was motoring toward the county
seat when a severe storm arose. En-
CINE trouble caused him to stop and he
selected the only available dry spot on
bridge While at work in the gather
ing darkness, the flood came, carrying
bridge, car and man down stream.
The car lodged against barb wire
fence and Mr.. Balm struggled to shore.
He suffered badly cut hand on the
wire. The following day force OF
men and teams worked a number of
hours to pull the damaged car from
the spot where it had lodged and place
it in the hands of repair men.
1t is an old saying that "corpor-
atoms have no souls" but G. r. De-
Voc, manager of the DeVoe Monument
Co., clearly demonstrated on Decor
alton day that companies have hearts.
Eddie Perry is probably known to
every man, woman and ten-year-old
kid in Richland and some adjoining
counties. Eddie is neither endowed by
nature or environment to make a sue
cessful fight for either livelihood or
riches, but he worships this mothers
memory as do few men of either means
or mental endowment give evidence.
Eddie's mother is lying in that long
rest which come to one and all and
Monday when Eddie visited her grave
and found a fine, new monument
marking her narrow and permanent
home, his joy knew no bounds, and
many were the moist eyes on that day
of moist eyes, and both fond and re-
gretful memories, as the vast crowd
gathered there to do honor to the
loved ones gone before viewed the
pride and satisfaction with which Ed
die pointed out that his mother had a
lettered monument to mark her rest
ing place The memorial was the gift
of the DeVoe Monument Co., and will
be a lasting monument, not only to
l.. Io..,.