Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-09
NEARBY NOTES

Miss Messerknecht, 16, Dubuque
met death at midnight last Monday
night when she leaped from a motor
car in an effort to escape the atten-
lions Of a youth. The girls head
struck a curb and her skull was frac-
tured. The car drove on at once, but
the driver was traced the next day and
will be held under an Iowa statute
penalizing desertiOn by auto drivers
where an accident has occurred. The
Messerknecht girl and a friend, en-
ployed in candy shop, left work at
midnight bound for home. Two young
men drove up to the curb and asked
them to go for ride. The girls found
the boys to be strangers and asked to
be let out of the car. The tragedy
followed. The driver of the car is
garage emplOye who took out car
without the owners permission.
Martin Flom of Madison and George
and ALT Lee of Dodgeville went fishing
Tuesday in the Union Mills neignbor-
hood. During the morning Marin
Flom threw in hook with a nice
E1'nnow on it, and soon felt Jug on
the line. His companions urged him
to bring in his catch, telling him
line and found he had hooked musk
rat. None OF The fishermen caI ed 20
risk a bite while they disengagad the
line. SO they tied the line to / Tree
Tho muskrat chewed away at the line
and after little while managed to Is
Cape.-Dodgevil. Sun.
Mrs. Geo. Gibson and daughter,
Mrs. Pearl Correll, Maquoketa, Ia,
was shot and dangerously wounded
by Chester Correll, the younger wom-
ans husband, are recovering Cor
rell shot and killed himself at the
time. He was enraged over his wife
leaving him. An X-ray Sunday show
ed that no bullets remained lodged in
the bodies of the womer. Mrs Glib
sons right eye, pierced by bullet,
has been removed
Edith Clark, 12-year-old girl paid
$3O5 for Holstein calf at the Green
County Holstein sale. The money
paid for the calf had been received
from prizes for raising of champion
calves. Miss Clark recently captured
high prizes at stock Judging contests
at Madison and ST. Paul.
The oldest frame house in Pra. du
Chen is being torn down to make
room for modern dwelling. The
house was the first M. E. parsonage in
that region, being brought by water
route from Pennsylvania by the Rev.
Alfred Brunson, missionary. This
was in 1885.
Leonard Blunt, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. L. Blunt of Darlington, died Tues
day, after an illness of week of
scarlet fever. About a week before
he was called from Milwaukee to
Darlington on account of the illness
of his wife. He was stricken few
days later
Clyde Stephens, former cashier CT
the Montfort State Bank, is the only
absconding Wisconsin banker still at
liberty with ten under arrest awaiting
trial. Stephens disappeared on June
10, 1922.
Many farmers in the vicinity of
Platteville complain that there will be
but little hay harvested in this section
as most of the hay has been killed
during the winter.
Mrs Elizabeth Hershey, daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Living
ston, founders Of the village of Liv-
ingston, died at her home in Hurley,
S. D., Monday.
The Mineral Point Zinc company
will start drilling on the old Vision
Mine at Elizabeth, Ill, as soon as the
drills reach there from Wisconsin.
Mrs. Martha CrowIher, Platteville,
was 80 years of age Sunday A din
ner party was given with the old lady
as guest of honor
VIM. Sherman, Chicago, said to be
the head of moonshine ring, was ar
rested at Madison and held for trial.
Little Aldro Birkett of Hazel Green,
was severely burned when he fell into
a pail of hot water.
Miss Helen McHugh, aged 80 years,
died at her home in Shullsburg Fri
day.