Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-05-18
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

/ In Monroe the Evangelical Method
/ list church is holding revivals and on
/ each evening a calliope, attached to
an automobile, passes through the
streets calling the people to the meet
! ing house.
! Fay Copsey, a FerryVille young man,
/ is home from the government hospital
at Madison where he has been taking
treatment for tuberculosis incurred by
his service in France. The doctors
prescribe long rest
Prairie du Chen citizens are form
! ing a bathing beach club. The fee
vii be So per person with an age
limit of Is years and over. The money
viii be used to make the beach safer
and better for the swimmers.
| The house on the old Evans farm
north of McGregor, was burned Mon
day of last week and Bob Gallagher
and family, who had moved in the day
previous, were rendered homeless.
The household goods had not been
unpacked as yet.
A. d. Chatelle, of Warren. ILL.,, has
postage stamp upon which is written
| the Lords prayer three complete
| times The work was done by c. P.
Doyle of Cuba City. Mr.. Chatelle has
| another stamp upon which he wrote
| the same prayer two and One-half
| times.
Announcement was made from
Washington last week that within a
short time new postmasters are to be
appointed at the following places:
| Avoca, Linden, Livingston and Fen
nimore. Applicants must take an eX-
animation to show their fitness for
the positions to be filled.
John P. Reuter-, wife and little sis
| ter, all of Clyde, had narrow escape
from possible death when the buggy
pole broke on the rig they were riding
in and the team ran away. The entire
party were dragged several rods in the
overturned rig, suffering painful cuts
and bruises. Mrs. Reuter- was the
worst hurt.
The l. c. passenger train, north
bound, ran into an obstruction west
OF Jonesdale last Monday night, but
plunged through it without derailing
and with only slight damage to the
engine. The train was stopped and
the trainmen went back to investigate.
They found the obstruction to be a
pile of rock, two of the stones being
so heavy that it tok two men to lift
them. The only damage to the train
was a smashed ashpan on the engine.
The passengers were shaken up from
the sudden stop. The suppositiOn is
that the work was done by boys who
did not realize the consequences. De-
tectives are working on the case.
A motoring party of four from Du-
buque were arrested at Galena Sunday
following a sensational plunge over a
15-foot embankment which left the
machine resting upon its rear wheels
with the front wheels high in the air.
City Mashall Dryer arrived on the
scene and the party were taken to
the police court The driver of the
car, Herman Verhoef, was charged
with being drunk and disorderly and
driving a car while intoxicated. He
was found guilty and fined $25 and
costs. Henry Bauck, Nellie Bauck
and Pearl Verhoef, the other occu
pants of the car, were each fined $S.40
for being disorderly. All paid their
fines except the driver who left the
car as security
The clothing store of Joseph Cerny
of East Dubuque was entered by rob-
bers Sunday night of last week. Upon
opening his door Monday Mr.. Cerny
found things topsy-turvey. Missing
were several articles of clothing and
in their places were several articles
not in stock. They consisted of two
badly worn suits, size Sc, both i'll cases
two caps, two pairs of soX and sets of
underwear. The strangers took three
suits of clothes, hats, caps, shoes, ov-
erals and work shirts. After making
inventory Cerny held that he was the
loser in the trade. Police have the
discarded clothing as clue. Entrance
was gained by opening a rear window.
cold blooded murder took place
at Freeport last Monday when Paul
Modica, 12-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Modica, storekeepers was
shot to death by negro bandit. The
father and son were in the store when
two colored men entered and asked
for loaf of bread. AS MOdica ST.
reached for the bread he was covered
by the men and ordered to throw up
his hands Modica was informed that
move or a sound would mean in
slant death The child saw the guns
and child-like began to scream. He
!
him from the direct aim of the bandit.
The murderer leaned over the counter
and bent his arm down to get range
as the boy passed through a door to
the rear. The bandit shot and the boy
fel in the door where he lay groanlng.
The bandits seemed unperturbed and
went about their work, rifiing the
cash drawer. They then backed out.
warning Modica not to call the police.
The men then disappeared into the
darkness. The boy was rushed to the
hospital where he died on the opera
ting table. The men were unmasked
and Modica described one as being tall
and slender, wearing glasses. The
other was thick-set and short and had
a plaster beneath his left eye. This
last was the man who shot the child.
Two Young men giving their names