Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-07

Night prOWIerS are keeping Galena
homes on the qui vive.
A dastardly attempt to wreck a
Burlington passenger train near the
village of Banding on the Savanna
Dubuque run, was frustrated by track
men who removed q quantity of angle
irons from the track few minutes
before the train passed tho spot. De-
tectives are at work on the case A
discharged employe or small boys are
supposedly responsible for the work.
On plot of forest land near Eliza
beth, H., in 10 Davies county, huge
trees were uprooted by the storm of
couple of weeks ago. Visitors were
amazed to find the trees toTpled over
as though they were mere twigs One
tree was huge oak fully eight feet in
circumference and it was felled "slick
as a whistle" The condition of the
trees evidences the terrible power of
the winds.
Leland Lloyd of Stockton, H., has
a victory medal with seven bars this
being the highest decoration received
any man in the city Mr. Lloyd was
one of the 407-40S-409 engineers, at
tached to the famous French blue
Devils" and the bars on the medal
are in recognition of service in the
battles of the Aisne, Montdidier-Noy-
on, Champa gne-Marne, Aisne-Marne,
Somme offensive, Oise-Mare and de-
fensive sector.
Arthur Ableiter and Hazel McCor-
mick were married at Rockford on
Thursday a week ago, by the Rev.
Dancy. They visited friends in the
eastern part of the state on their
wedding trip. The bride is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mccormick of
Fennimore and taught in the Bosco-
bel schools last year. The groom
was born and reared in Boscobel and
holds a responsible clerical position
in one of the stores there.
An empty car found at the side of
q country road near Barneveld caused
no particular comment until two
days later when search began for
the owner. Search was then made
for Edward Iverson of DaleyviIle, who
had left his home, supposedly bound
for the Dane county fair. VERSIONS
body was found in a grove near where
the car was abandoned, with an empty
4-Ounce bottle that had contained car
bolic acid beside it. A jury returned
a verdict of suicide. Iverson was "a
years old, single and a soldier in the
late World war
A Buick car owned by Harold Steil,
and an Oakland, belonging to Edward
Steinhart and driven by his son, col
lided about mile southeast of High
land Sunday morning. Both cars
were completely demolished but, very
strange to say, Of the nine occupants
of the cars, only three were injured
a boy, named Lee, who had an arm
broken, and two young ladies, who
were slightly bruised-aH in the
Buick The wreck was such a COM
pIete one that no one passed Sunday
without viewing it. At one time 200
people were present, all wondering
how it was possible that the occu
Leslie Graham and Oscar knoeber
of Galena escaped severe injuries Ill
an automobile accident which occurr-
ed near Dickeyyille Friday evening of
last week Graham and his friend
were going around a curve when, ac-
cording to Graham, a big Marmon
collided with their car. The Graham
car was new Ford with a special
racing body. Graham had had 1T less
than week. The Ford was complete-
ly telesc0ped TIE Marnfon was also
badly damaged ct the front end. Both
Graham and Knoeber were thrown out
of the car, receiving minor injuries
The cars were towed to Dubuque fol-
lowing the accident The owner of
the Marmon was from Council Bluffs,
low, and it is understood that he
was on tire wrong side of the road.
Graham and the Council Bluffs mcn
were to meet at Dubuque today for
a settlement Gazette.