Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-24

John Kleibenstein, Grant county sor-
ghum king residing about four miles
west of Platteville, has set his mill
in operation and will soon be turning
out thousands of gallons Of succulent
syrup.
The noise made by a tractor was so
loud that the driver failed to hear an
approaching train as he crossed the
tracks at Viroqua. The engine hit the
front Of the tractor and the nose of
the machine raked the whole right
side of the train making it an open
question as to which machine had the
best of the argument. No one was in
jured
VirOqua and Muscoda contended for
IS innings at Viroqua Sunday of last
week the game ending with a score of
two to one in favor Of ViroQua Both
had one score at the end of the sixth
but apparently that was all until the
18th when Viroqua ''coppCd" the Win
ming tally. The game was described
by fans to be the best ever seen there
in semi-pro circles
Curtis Holman, who resided in Iowa
county for 81 years, died at Edmund,
Aug. g. He came to America from
Norway in 1888, settling at AIifflin. In
1854 he went to the Montana gold
mines with q number of pioneers. The
party used OK teams for travelling and
survived many dangers including en-
counters with Indians. He later re-
turned to Edmund for the balance of
his life
During the electric storm Wednes-
day lightning picked for a mark the
\ h h. NJ oe
the Mineral Point zinc works. The
barn had holes ripped in three places,
the Tribune says, and the fact that
stored lay was not set on fire is in
deed strange. A yearling heifer in
shelter close to the barn, was killed,
and COW standing nearby, was top
pied over but soon got up. The family
in the house a short distance away
were shocked.
Police officer, VIM. B. Morris, ap-
parently has very acute nose for
liquor. When Saturday mornings
Southeastern pulled into Viroqua, Ber-
lie raided the baggage car and found
in the locker a whole market basket
full of perfectly good moon" AS
Conductor Henry Anderson appeared
to be the responsible party in charge
of the train, officer Morris placed him
under arrest and tok him before Judge
Robert Parker, who placed him under
$500 bonds. We understand that the
bonds were furnished Ey the South
eastern.-VirOqua Censor.
The erase family of Iowa county,
held it's second annual reunion at the
Fred erase home last Monday. The
day was spent in playing horseshoes,
a game of ball between the men and
boys and women and girls. The girls
took mud baths, the correspondent re-
lates, and the boys fought bumblebees,
both being the last word in exciting
diversion. Musical numbers by Fred
erase on the harmOnica and r. B.
erase on the piano, added to the gay
ETY. Of the occasion. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Wilcox River Falls.
It is claimed that Mt. Horeb openly
violated the rules of the Tri-County
league in the game Sunday of last
week. The rules state that no man
may play with g team of the league
after August LIST, unless he has played
at least two games with the team be-
fore that date. When the roster of
Mt. Horeb's players was called it was
noted that Omar Big Benn, Richland
Center hurler, and Alvah Rowdy Ell
liOt star Wisconsin keystone sacker,
were on the lineup. Before the game
started, the umpire announced that
Mt. Horeb would forfeit to Edgerton,
and according to baseball rules, by a
score of 9 to 0. The game that fol-
! lowed in which Mt. Horeb made Ed
~
bles, was considered as an exhibition
game so far as percentage was con-
genealogical Times.
On Sunday afternoon passing auto
mObilists found a man lying uncon-
scious on the road south of Virouua.
! Near him at the side of the road was
! his car, and tools scattered about
! showed that he had been working on
the same. DR.. Chas. Trowbridge was
hastily summoned The man would
regain consciousness and then slip
back. In his lucid periods, the by
ISLANDERS gathered that he was Frank
| Deaker, an ex-seryice man who was
thrown from motorcycle in France
and injured about The heal He was
formerly employees at Richiar1 ;'enier
and now at Fry's garage, Viola. He
said he had stripped his gears; was
working on the same; hailed passing
car for help and the driver said "To
hell with YOU, and deliberately drove
over him. The doctor gave him a
careful examination and failed to find
a single scratch on his body cie was
taken to town, and suffered several
unconscious spells that night AMI The
ext day. The doctor d.:nF5 it a
case of major hysteria due to injuries
received during the war, although he
failed to find any scars which would
surely accompany such injury as he
claims he received in the war. 1t is
a rather mysterious case.-Viroqua
Censor.