Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-26
NEIGHBORHO0D
BREvITIES and
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

of cuStOdianS. They were taken +o H.
park Sunday morning and liberated n
the same time as closely as possible
1t is estimated there were at laast
1000 in the immense flock which arose
in the air, circled a few times tn oh
tain bearings and then with the ro-
markable instinct of their breedin@
struck out for the METROPOLIS II =
direct line. The event was an inter
esting one to those who witnessed II
No doubt, anxious owners awaited
the return of the birds with as graat
interest, many heavy wagers being
made between fanciers as 10 the win
ners-just like bets are made on
horse races.
Two Ford cars went into head-on
collision on the big hill south Of Bel
mont Sunday night Francis McCar-
tin was driving one car and in the
other were Mrs. Rose of PIatteviIla
and her aged mother. The McCarten
machine suffered a broken from
wheel, radiator punctured and rad;us
rods bent. Mrs. Roses car escaned
with a bent fender, broken tire and
bent radius rods. No one was hurt
A high embankment is blamed for the
accident.
Farmers in the Mississippi and the
Wisconsin river valleys are complain
ing OF great damage done standing
crops by sWarms OF blackbirds. The
birds gather in the fields by the thous-
ands during the day, making island
trees their headquarters at night.
Their appetlteS are enormous and
they do not scare" worth cent. The
farmers are at loss as to what to do
as shooting into the focks simply
causes them to fly away for a minute
or two.
While cutting telephone wires fol-
lowing a $4,000 ire which Totally
destroyed the Davy and Burkhacut
general store at Browntown, Otto KEEL
ly, employe of the South Wayne Tel.
Co., was instantly killed as a large
crowd of people looked on, Mortified.
Kelly had felt a number of light
shocks, but continued to cut the wires
until he reached the last one which
was crossed with a 1900 volt wire.
Kelly cut the wire and fell to earth,
dead
William Boyle, Platteville farmer
and milk dealer, has invented an cleo
trio bottle washer which is practical,
machine will handle six dozen bottles
at one clip and bring them out thor
0ughIy cleaned and sterilized. The
manufacture of the new washer will
be undertaken by Herman BOIL of the
Triplex Lawn Mower Co. Several of
the machines are in operation and
giving satisfaction.
Lewis Groom, Cassville, was hurt
while watching operations at the
local creamery. The supposition is
that he became dizzy while watching
the churn in motion and fell against
the revolving machine which in turn
threw him violently against the floor.
Mr.. Groom suffered several deep cuts
in his scalp and his face was pain
fully bruised. His injuries were pain
full but not serious
Mrs Emma Kathryn Poller, widow
the late John Poller, died at her home
in Platteville, Friday Sept a., Flu
neral services were held last MONDAY
with burial at Greenwood. Deceased
leaves two sons, William of Linden,
and Ira of Platteville; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Warner Nuremberg, Platte
Vile, and Mrs. Clarence Kettler, Philo,
H. She was a native of Platteville,
being born there on Oct. 8, 1867.
River traffic is so light that the pas
sage down the river Of the motor
barge La Crosse and packet barge NO.
1 of the River Transit Co., caused
news announcement in the Pra. du
Chen Courier The La Crosse went
up the river two weeks ago on her
maiden trip. She is of 100 tons capa-
city. The packet barge No. l, plying
between St. Paul and st. Louis, is OF
SO tons capacity.
Ralph Schneider, Fl, Monroe, was
INSTANTLY killed Friday night when
motorcycle he was riding 1ett the
concrete on S. T. l.. 20, near the CITY,
and threw him into an iron fence on
Greenwood cemetery. Inc young
mans head was split by the impact.
He had been at home in Monroe on
visit and was returning to Belolt' MS
place of employment.
The Lowertown grocery store a.
Pra. du Chen, operated by Johnson
& Bachtel, was entered Monday nlght
and the McCaskey register system car
ried to an empty boycar ana ran
sacked. $14 in change was taheu
and the accounts scattered BIooo-
hounds were put on the tran.
John Kraak, 80, Blue Mounds, VINO
was badly hurt when his automople 4
crashed into a culvert railing on o.
T. L. 10, died at st. Mary's hospltal,
Madison, Sunday 1t was thought lor
a time that Kraak would recover
Mike Lenahan, employed in can an
ming factory at Pra. du Cnien, a agd
through the gates of the elevator anu
dropped from the first floor 10 Tue
basement. Two bones in one foo'
were fractured.
A strips of paving about elgn1 Z lnlies
long between Viroqua ana Wea ,o1
was completed in time for the verL4n
county fair last week. Vernon county
now has IL miles of pavement
A large barn on the farm opera az,
by Fischer Bros, known as the nes nit nit
patrick place, near Belmont, ma o,,nd
by lightning and burned to the grounu.
Loss partly covered by insurance.
The city of Viroqua has plans unue
way for half mile OF ne" p"'o--N
I~r,r yoyf wear.