Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-20
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIESAND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

A Dubuque Greek is planning the
opening Of a $4,000 modern restaur-
ant in Pra. du Chen.
Mae Geisler, 16, daughter of Mrs.
VIM. Geisler, Pra. du Chen, died Fri
day following years illness.
Selmer Peterson's car turned turtle
west of town Saturday and when he
had crawled out from under and taken
inventory he found little damage to
himself or the car.-Montfort Mail.
While Henry Lange, Richland coun-
ty farmer was chopping wood, his axe
slipped from his hands and struck his
boy, Rennie, on the arm with such
force that IA stitches were taken to
close the wound.
Miss Edith Loney, "a, daughter of
W. E. Loney of Fennimore, died at
the home of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Deal of Amboy, Mimi, Dec. 6,
after a short illness. Burial was
made at Fennimore, Dec. s.
Dave Martelle, Harpers Ferry, fell
through the ice crossing Mill Creek
The old man was submerged but
scrambled to shore where a fisherman
warmed and gave him dry clothing.
Miss Margaret Frazier and compan-
ion of Pra. 1u CHEN, driving a Buick
touring car in the sleet, slid from the
road when an obscured windshield
prevented Miss Frazier, driving, from
seeing the road. She ran into Gull
cert, wrecking the car. Neither OF the
two girls was injured.
H. J. Kuhlman, Gutenberg inven-
tor, has invented an automatic shock
er for grain binder and a new bind
or that he believes will command at
tention Kuhlman claims the ma
chimes will operate with fifty per cent
less power and half the labor.
Peter Zwartek, Lithuanian employed
by the Sheboygan Machine Co., hung
himself at the plant while respondent.
Zwartek went to the second floor and
fastened a rope to the railing. He
then put the moose around his neck
and jumped down the opening Death
was instantaneous.
V. NJ. Hannah of Livingston has
purchased the building and stock of
w. E. Mills, Montfort, and will con-
duct a restaurant on the ground floor
and furniture and undertaking estab-
lishment on the second floor. Mills
will open a meat market in the OLD
Montfort State Bank rooms.
A large sawmill, built for Alley Pet
erson and Peter HOoverson about the
year 1870, is still doing business at
Soldiers Grove From twenty-five to
100 men are employed at the mill and
in the woods. A large dam on the
Kickapoo river furnishes power, which
also runs the electric light plant OF
the village.
Byron Derwalt, Pra. du Chen high
school lad, fell through the ice of the
Mississippi while trying to cross be-
low the lower pontoon. The boy made
frantic attempts to get back on the Ice
but the thin surface broke beneath
him each time Finally he was able
TO lay fiat on the ice and use hockey
stick to propel his way to shore.
With her legs so badly burned that
the flesh dropped from the bone, Mrs.
]. M. Tapager, wife of the cashier OF
the First National Bank of Lake Mills,
succumbed before midnight, the VIC
tim of a gasoline fire in her kitchen
in the forenoon. Merle, 18-year-old
daughter. whose brave efforts to save
her mother by throwing her down on
the floor and wrapping rug about
NGT, is Suu0I1uS II OAiA PS"A@AANNA
on her hands.
Frank Kneeskern, Castalia, (1oWa)
farmer. sent up for me murder OF
Charles and Irene Van BrocKlln' nus
band and wife, has been granted d
new trial and a change OF venue 10
Charles City, Floyd county, away from
the scene of the crime. hneesherh
has a formidable array OF counsel en-
gagged to fight his battle for freedom
anew. He was sentenced Tor lie at
the first trial.
Margaret Grady, years, daughter
Of John Grady, Marquette, dled Weu-
nesday from burns received playing
with matches. The child with a Sis
ter, 5 years, procured the matcnes
during their mothers absence driving
COWS off the railroad track near tnelr
home. The little ones clothing pc
came ignited and she ran screamlns
into the ward. She was picked up Dy
neighbors and the fire put out but her
death came three hours later.
Mrs Claude Lewis, living near VI
roqua, met death Monday when she az
tempted to start sluggish nre Win
keronsene. The can exploded throw
ing the blazing oil over her clotnlns
and objects in the room. A one-y go
old child on the floor was a mass ol
flames and the mother though trantlc
with pain and terror seized the chllu
and made her way to another room
where she extinguished the hre on Tue
babe. She then fell unconscious, pass
ing away a little time after. The nus,
band and two children, aged three ana
one, survive. Burial was mace a.
Readstown. =,
Cheese factories are getting TO De
quite a handy place to make moon
shine in the abundance OF materla!s
and equipment making it possloIe Il
the cheesemaker has mind that way.
Leo Ambort, cheesemaker at factory
in the town of Primrose, Dane coun-
tv. was arrested Wednesday on a
charge of making illegal liquor in IN
his place was a ten-gollan sun, zoo
gallons of mash and SO gallons Oh
wine. The raid followed a couple Oh
days after the raiding OF the 1actory
of Theodore Baumann, Mt. noreO
eheesemaker All the cheese factories
in the state will now be under sur
VIGILANCE.