Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-11-14
NE|GHBORHOOD
BREvIT|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
important Events
of WeekFron 7ri-
State Area.

Grand iurv at Davenport on four
commits as the result OF an Illicit snip
mont of 1873 half barrels of beer down
tbe river some months ago. OHeaFn
Is charged with possession OF peer
TRANSPORTATION of illegal liquor, Vlola-
tion of Sec. IA of the prohlDltlon ACT
Inducing the railroad to maui the
hear without telling what 1t Was) anu
violation of Sec. $40 of the u. ,. penal
code. a part of the interstate coh-
MERGE act. Dry agents at Davenport
saw the beer was loaded at dubuque
on August 80. The agents claim they
got a line on O'Hearn when ne was III
Davenport attempting to dispose %
the cargo. He was notified by lettef
that he was wanted and arrested Wnen
he stepped from train IN Davenport.
neculiar train accident took place
at GaIena Saturday evening when
heavily laden freight train, enrodIe
ont of the yards, broke in two near
the engine. The rear OF the TRAIN
came to a sudden stop and fragile
stock car in the center, unable TO
stand the strain, collapsed into
thousand splinters. No one was IN
iured. but someone saw couple Oh
|hoboes" Jump from the car lew
minutes before the wreck.
Burial of the body of FREDERICK
Wichman. who died at Garner, Iowa,
Nov. 2, was held at Galena last week
MIR Wichman, a native OF Hanover,
Germany. was born Jan. 8, 1923, ana
reached the age of almost 10l years.
He was the father of IL children, Dut
all but three have passed on: MI
Wichman was member OF the Galena
Methodist church and an actlVe
church worker for 80 years
Rilly Hainesworth of Stoddard and
pink McMullin of Soldiers Grove had
q nasty smashup and miraculous es-
cane from serious injury in a coils
ion in Chipmunk Coulie few Jays
apo Hainesworth was thrown about
thirty feet, but landed on his feet ana
still puffed away on cigarette he nela
between his teeth. Both men were
nret,v we'll shaken up, however, aid
the cars were a sight to beholo' 50 II
is eported.-Courier.
William Wenger, 50, Stockton, III,
travelling man, was instantly klllea
and his wife and granddaughter IN
iured when a Ford sedan they were
riding in tipped over near Darlington
last Monday. Mr. Wenger turned OUT
to pass a car and skidden into bank'
After the inquest the body was taken
to Stockton for burial. Mrs. Wengaf
suffered three broken ribs and the IT.
tie girl had her morse broken.
IN Vernon county a movement mas
baen started to create a fund to cor
rect minor defects in school chlloren'
whose parents cannot provide the
needed minor operation, glasses, OF
remedy for other defect. The children
Of the county will contribute and me
elders are not barred. A county treas
urer for the fund has been praVlded
Arnold Kozelou, 8, Pra. du Chlen,
was run over by an automobile and
ESCAPED with a badly swollen head
Peculiarly, a strip of hair three inches
wide and several inches long was
shaved from the top of the child
head There were no bruises to TIE
flesh but the hair was entirely MISS
ing
Mrs. Fred Bilkey. Dodgeville, nearly
foil down an SO-foot abandoned mining
shaft as the result OF halloWe e.
frank BOYS and tipped over an out
house located over the shaft. Wnel
the Ola lduy NShC CoLoOOAS
most stepped into the shaft but saVet
herself in time.
Ira Willard, Pra. du Chen, shot
kAld eagle that measured liz lee
across the tips of its wings wni!
hunting on the Wisconsin river. WI
lard shot at the bird thinking II wa
a hawk. He took it home ana notlne'
the game warden. The eagle VIII d
mounted.
While Harold Steil Milwaukee, OF
visit at Highland, was filling ms ca
with gasoline an explosion resume"
He was running the car when the &C
cident happened. Steil saw mat IN
garage was a mass of dlames ana RAJ
garage was a mass OF flames ana RAJ
A shredding crew had just starte
nm after dinner when smoke an
fame was seen coming from tn
structure. 1t is presumed rock wen
through the shredder and struck
spark from metal
A Blue River corresp pendent report
that a bear has been seen by villager
several times lately. There is consld
cradle timber around Blue River, an
a,bear might find cover if he was slic
enough to plumber a living from tn
nearby farms.
Lester Herman, Harpers Ferry, wa
shot Tuesday while hunting. II
dropped the butt Of his gun and tn
weapon exploded The contents {
the gun struck the young man in til
head.
4. A. Lee. owner of the Cazenovi
electrical plant, has purchased oC
II. D. gasoline engine, which will B
used when the water in the dam whic
furnishes power for that place is low
A barn owned by Joe Brown, BlooI
City, burned to the ground Thursda
with 60 tons Of hay, farm machiner,
etc Brown managed to get his stoc
out.
A large barn on the Richard Gar
farm, Waldwick, Iowa county, burne
to the ground with all contents Sa
urday.
Lyle Stitz and Gill Pitzer. Pra d
Chen, were fined $685. for shootin