The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-06-15
Notes From Maple Grove

The school board of it. Dist, No. 3
met last week at the school house and
hired Mrs. William Watt as teacher for
the coming year.
Patrick Burns left for the blind
school at GAINESVILLE to take four
months course there at some trade.
Tom Cayanaugh and daughter Mel
lie of Minden, Nchr, who we're here to
attend the Vanish and Cavanaugh
wedding returned home this week ac-
conpanied by his sister, Hannah Nc
Carly of Manitowoc, who viii visit out
there for a few months where she lived
away back in the sos, Tom left the
old home here as boy of Is years
about 1878 when Nebraska was c6nsid-
cred "rhe wild and woody west" When
buffalo BilP' and "Rcd Handed Rich
ard" run the whole state. He has Wis
tied back home here about 10 times
since, besides making q trip to Ireland
about ~ years ago to visit the birth
place of his parents lie can now call
himself and only son, wife and five
daughters worth about Sl5OOOO, while
us poor divils who stayed here can call
ourselves worth about 30 cents when
al ,pr J.hIg ova mid
Frances Carr attended the wedding
of Minnie Walandcr at CIarkS Mills.
Tuesday of this week,
Quite a little excitement prevailed
here last Sunday when the news came
here that Tom Sullivan was drowned
in the Branch river But it was shortly
after corrected, that he was not
drowned but came nightly near it. It
seems that he was ON his way to church
and the Branch river was at high water
mark from the big rains Of the day and
night before so the road at Brant's
bridge was covered with water for 100
rods or more over 4 feet deep while
the depth in the bitches was over s
foot of water. He got in about 20 rods
when himself, horse and buggy were
carried off the road into the ditch. In
some manner the horse and buggy were
carried into a fence where the horses
head was so that it got caught in a
stump that his head was over water
till rescued Tom saw a tree some 200
yards in the distance and struck out for
it after getting out of his raincoat
which he had on to keep his campaign
suit clean from the mud So as luck
would have it he reached the tree and
climbed up onto its branches and just
as he got up and stopped over to rest
himself on the limb his pocket book
dropped ont of his vest pocket and
away she went Some say there were
800 in it, more say $500 So he was
in the tree over an hour before he
could get anyone to hear him "holler-
ing" as the closest house was over one
fourth mile away. At last John Daley
heard him and telephoned to Men
chalylle. There crew of men set out
for the river They made a raft and
Joe Schultz (Automohile Joe) Billie
StedcI and Charlie Kocian went as the
rescue crew and it was very difficult
to reach the tree on account of the
strong current But at last they got
him on dry land Some 35 years ago
Sullivan saved young man and lady
at very near the same place from
but the horses we're lost
That was in the spring flood in the lat
ter part of March. And when he was
chairman of Franklin he was bound to
remedy this flooding there and spent
about $4,000 in building bridges and
raising the road for one-half mile to
about to 9 feet high, but it seems i'll
was of no avail and that 10000 cx-|
pended is gone down river with his own
pocket book but what Of that when his
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