Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-10
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIE:S AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Green county. Seven cars or west
bound freight left the track at
small bridge. The engine and caboose
remained on the track which prObab-
ly ayerted injury to the crew. AS a
result of the wreck shuttle service
was put in for hours on each side OF
the mishap for the benefit of those en-
route to and from the cheese celebra-
tiOn at Monroe.
About a year ago two men riding in
a car were caught in a prairie fire
near MuscadO. They were both hor-
ribly burned and suffered scars and
disfgurements, which will last them
and inconvenience them throughout
their lives. A short time ago they re-
ceived from the st. Paul railway COM
pany $500 for the damages they suf-
fered, it being well established that
the prairie caught fire from sparks
from locomotive as a train passed
that way.
If anyone entertains doubt as to how
unreliable tobacco farming really IS,
he should go down into Eagle and ira
verse the valley leading to Eagle Cave,
where he will see thousands upOn
thousands of dollars of hard summer
labor gone to absolute waste. That
section was not ruined by the frost
either, but the hail storm Of few
minutes duration, which came week
or two before the frost.-Richland
Rustic.
The new allotment of $350,000 for
the Rock Island river district, en-
bracing Dubuque, will make a total
appropriation for the year of $1,450,-
OO0 The first allotment was $1,100-
600, and of this only 80 percent has
been turned over and expended. The
new allotment is to be used on the
project of a SiX-foot navigation chan
mel between St. Louis and St. Paul.
Burglars entered two business
houses at Pra. du Chen Thursday
nihgt of last week, taking &c at the
La Point meat market and nothing or
value at the HOrsfall lumber COM
pany BloOdhOunds next day led the
trail to the home of young man who
had no visible means of support. No
arrests were made.
James Toay of Mineral Point has
bought Southern Boy" of E. j. Cur
tin of DEBORAH, Iowa. This horse
lowered his own record this year Of
2:11A and in six races did not lose a
single heat. He is Is years old and
Will HOW NC IGlIISu anu u0CO lOA
breeding purposes.
Will Brodbeck brought home TO
PIatteyille a big fish story from Pra.
du Sac, on Sunday, but he brought
home the fish too-so seeing is be-
lieving He caught a channel cat
with a hook and line that was SO in.
long and weighed % pounds.-Journal
Luumon Brenom, Dodgeville, while
81 10 ppnrt RrnC farm
caught his left hand in the revolving
knives. The second and first fingers
were severed atthe first joint. Quick
work prevented his whole hand from
being drawn into the machine.
Willard Galloway, for a few years
past station agent for the St. Paul
railroad company at Twin Bluffs, died
last Saturday. The body was taken 10
the old home at Boscobel, where fu
neral services were held and burial
made Tuesday
Miss Clara frankie of Montfort, and
William Mueller of Livingston, were
married Sept goth. They were at
tended by Miss Leona Althaus and Ell
mer Mueller The bride has been as
sistant in the Citizens Bank for sew
eral years.
Miss Marion Burgy, queen Of
Cheese Day" at Monroe, attributes
her beautiful complexion to drinking
Holstein milk and eating Green coun
ty cheese. Her friends state that she
has never used rouge, powder or lip
stick
Two men recently dragged folded
and weighted bed quilt from the Kick
apoo river A tragedy was suspected
for a short time, though now it is
supposed that the "clue" was joke
perpetrated to cause excitement.
Paul H. Trewartha of Hazel Green,
and Miss Viola Freeman were mar
ried at the home of the brides par
ents at Walnut Grove, Mimi. They
will reside on a farm near Hazel
Green.
Miss Nellie Tredinnick of Linden
and George Edwards were married at
Kewanee, ILL.,, by Rev. Hardcastle,
Sept 16. They will reside at Ke-
vance.
George Kratochwill a siX-year-old
boy of Muscoda, fell from a road
grader near his home Monday and SUI
fered a compound fracture of the left
leg.
A tourist ran into a cement culvert
near Belmont. His large enclosed
machine was turned over and badly
damaged, but no one hurt.
Mrs. Ed Tregoning of Shullsburg,
formerly Eta Woodward of Darling
ton, died Sept %, after an illness ex-
tending over three years.
Miss Hazel jackson of Avoca, form
erly of Montfort, and Floyd kellogg,
were married recently. They will re-
side at Waterloo, Iowa.
Miss Loretta Kroessler of Louis
burg, and Harry Donahue of Dubuque,
were married Saturday. They will re-
side in Chicago.
VERNE Elliott of Muscoda, baseball
player, and Miss Emma Pitkin of Lone
Rock, were married at Winona, Mimi.
Monday.
Mrs. Norman Wright died at the