Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-06-14
NE|GHBORHO0D
BREvIT|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

kicked by horse Tuesday morning
He suffered a broken arm and bruised
collar bone.
The big Wisconsin tobacco counties,
Dane, Rock, Vernon and Crawford
nave organized a tobacco pool with
about 80 per cent of acreage signed
UP.
Robert Martinell, five year old
boy of Savanna, fell from a raft into
the water and was drowned Monday
evening. The body had not been re-
covered at last reports.
VIM. Young, Pra. du Chen mai.
whose stepson was sentenced to a
year in Green Bay for burglary, has
been held on bail of $500, charged
with peddling moonshine
Chalma B. Smith, for eleven years
cashier of the Cobb State Bank, has
resigned to accept a similar position
at DeForest. Smiths place will be
filled by G. F. Hoover, an Iowa man
The entire Soldiers Grove force of
teachers, four strong, were captured
by young men of the village. The
girls will be exercising their muscles
at household work when the bells
ring for school next fall.
Richard Heller of East Galena met
with very painful accident at work
at his home the other day. Mr.. Hell
Ter was splitting wood when his axe
caught in a clothes line and on de-
scending struck him just above the
nose, cutting a severe cash.
A son, s years, of Elmer Moon
Ridgeway, was bit by q dog Monday.
The dog bit a calf the same day and
the calf died. Mr.. Moon took his son
to Chicago Immediately with the in
tentiOn of consulting the Pasteur In
stitute.
Milton Burruker, Soldiers Grove
man, motoring on a country road, was
stopped by bandit. Instead of halt
ing Milton stepped on 'er" and heard
a shot whiz past as he flew down the
road. Pretty soon he passed the bull
let and all was well in that peaceful
locality.
An electric eel was captured re-
Gently in the Illinois river near
Beardstown. The eel which has two
short forelegs, and is about foot and
a half long was regarded as a notable
curiosity and sent to a Chicago aquar-
ium. AS the electric eel is native
of tropical waters and is never found
in salt water, it is believed that it
was in some manner transported from
the far south on some vessel, escaping
at New Orleans whence it proceeded
to explore the Mississippi and Illinois
rivers. The eel conveys a heavy
"shock" when touched, which eX
plains it's name.
Mike Waters, town marshal of
Highland, is a good old soul and he's
as straight as a string in all his do
ings and as trustworthy as they make
'em. Mike made his annual report
the other day, among which was this
item: For killing tramps and feed
ing dogs, $4.00." Now that item
sounds funny and no doubt that is
what that dependable officer had on
his mind and probably wished it could
be true, for there are some very good
dogs over Highland way-and among
others, some very undesirable
tramps. It's all right, Mike, we're for
you, no matter how your report
reads.-Courier.
A Galena woman who was busy IN
the upstairs of her home the other
day, came down to the kitchen and
found big, rough looking man stand
ing near the dining room table. She
asked him what he wanted and he
replied, something to eat. Reaching
for the stove poker she ordered him
out of the house as quickly as his feet
could carry him and he went. Inc
nerve of the man to enter the house
unknown aroused her ire and with
the poker swinging near him he fled.
This woman never refuses to give
hungry stranger something to eat but
this fellow spoiled his chances by
entering her house unannounced-
Gazette.
The DR.. Breeder roadster, stolen
from the yard of his residence at
Richland Center the night of May 26,
was located at Grand Marals, Mimi,
small town but a few miles from the
Canadian border. Two lads are SAID
to have left it there with three tires
intact, not being able to longer get
supply of gasoline. When the car
was taken it had six tires, four OF
which were new. The boys had evil
IDENTIFY been trading tires for gas, ana
not being able to drive farther, hao
abandoned the car. The orlglnal
license numbers were still on the car
and when abandoned the sherlH easily
located the owner.-Democrat.
James Griffiths and son-ln-la"'
Eugene GafQn9T, UOIu VI tNA"o -,
were injured in tractor accidents last
week. Griffiths was hurt Thursday
while disconnecting the pillow from the
tractor. Griffiths was between the
machines with Roy McSherry, hlred
man. as operator. The tractor came
hack too far when Griffiths ordered
closer up to release the tension on
the shackle, and the farmer shouted
to McSherry that he was belng
crushed. McSherry became rattied
and started ahead dragging the ploW
over his boss Grifiths suffered
broken rib and numerous cuts. Eu-
gene Gardner, the son-in-law, was IN
iured while attempting to adjust the
magnetic two days afterwards he
had one arm through the spokes OF
fine fywheel trying to adjust the mag
neto when the engine backtired ana
his arm was badly crushed and lac
Grated. On May II Griffin .Griffiths,
son of James Grifiths, had his 1907
crushed by a tractor. Thus three
members Of the same family were in
inred in tractor accidents IN
months time.