Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
NE.IGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES And
NEARBY NOTES
important EUerts
of Week From 7ri-
State Area.

in real estate OF any community IN
Grant county so far in 1923.
Leo Mccormick Of Scott, Crawford
county. was examined for insanity at
Pra. du CHEN, and pronounced IN
sane He was taken to Mendoza.
Donald Bumeln, 5, Blue Mounds,
fen down a hay chute in his father
harm and landed, head-first, on ce-
ment floor He is in hospital Win
a fractured skull.
bouse and barn in the village OF
Hanover, Ill, on the property OF } A.
Sheer. burned to the ground. me
bia2 started in the barn and burned
50 Gercely that the house soon TOOK
fire.
Frank Baker, farmer in the Town u
Arena Iowa county, suffered the loss
Of large barn and three slloS ~
fire Wednesday a week ago. Inc OH
gin Of the blaze is unknown D"AeI
is partially insured.
steiner Swenson, Blue Mounds lar
mer. had his nose broken ana Heau
injured while saving. MT. 0Weh9on
was struck ia the face by huge slap
that Whirled away from the reFo!YlnS
blade. He was taken to hoSplJaI'
Chas Sughroe, Junior editor OF tne
Stockton NeWs-IleraId and famous al
over the country Tor his "Mlckle car
tOons. is one Of ,he principal speakers
at the Illinois press ASSOCIATION HieeL-
ing to be held at Urbana, May IL 70 T.
Five pioneer ciuzens We're taken by
death at DOdgeyilIe last week. 4hey
were: VIM Hooper, 50, IeJTed meI-
chant; VIM Euoch, z, retired MIN
er: VIM. FieIdhOuse, -, stonomason2
and Mesdamls David HlckcoX, " anu
Alice Man, 81
Albert Frieslaben, Richland Center,
was given four months at nara IaooT
by Judge Smalley. Albert went ia
the Bookkeeping business using lne
city icehouse to S ore his product III.
bloomington fair dates are sept
12. l3 and Ia. "A good program IS pc
ing arranged.
versarv of the touching OF the ff6t
steamboat at Galeua. The Virginia,
Wheeling. NJ. Va. craft, put in at Ga
lena OH that date With cargo 81 sup
plies for settlers and miners. After
loading with lead the vessel pulled
for the south.
Rt Rev. Bishop McGayick, Bishop
oil LA Crosse confirmed 209 canql-
dates At pra. du CHEN last week. The
service was conducted according 70
the Catholic ritual Following the
confirmation of this large class Bis
hon McGagick rendered very i'm
pressive sermon.
The Harker livery barn, an old es-
Enlistment used as a garage at Min
eral Point, was visited by fire Mon
day morning about five o'clock. Three
cars we're fadly damaged before they
could be run out. Three horses owned
by Dr Schimming, veterinary, per
ished iii the flames.
Lloyd Murphy has presented US
with hand-hammered rifle barrel
CAS- curiosity found Friday on the
Yves Williams farm north Of Ellen
boro These old curiOs, Of which the
Witness has quite a number, are IN
teresting to those having business at
this office.-PIatteyille Witness.
.Five carloaIs of eggs were shipped
out of McGregor in one day last week.
McGregor is Z great egg handling
pOin4.. Eggs come from various WIS
cCnsin and Iowa points and are put IN
carloads at McGregor. The eggs are
given inspection in a big egg handling
pIant al McGregor, where II men are
employed.
Frederick Book, Boscobel boy, fell
into an open basement while running
after = stray baseball. He struck his
back and head on wooden framework
and was rendered unconscious. In
short time the boy recovered and
went home The following day he de-
yeloOed alarming symptoms. An eX-
animation by the family physician
disclosed no bones broken, the illness
being a consequence of shock.
Work has started on two new MIN
inc projects at Linden, a village de-
pending upon mines for its prosper
itv. Singer & Strop have begun work
on new shaft north of the village
and eight men are employed at new
DEVELOPMENT on the Granville prop
ertv north Of the village. 1t is re-
ported that a huge body of lead ore
is being uncovered on the S. c. Ross
property in the city of Mineral Point.
A shaft at So feet down ran into an
unusually rich strike.
A defective truck on the engine
tender was the cause Of derailment OF
ma! senger train No. s, east bound out
OF Boscobel Friday week ago. The
engine left the rails and ploWed for
some distance along the track before
it could be brought 10 SIdnuol1ll'
The jar Of the accident .loosened
hose connection on the tender and all
the water drained out, leaving the
engine useless Another engine was
sent from Marquette to take the train
east The passengers were consider
ably Jared but no one was hurt IN
the wreck.
Harry Parfrey, last week, had de-
Iivered to Richland Center, a large
black walnut burl, which was on tree
he cut near Blue River. 1t measures
nearly tree feet in diameter and eX-
tends for three feet in length. Small
buris are common, but those of this
size are rare, and if sound and of fine
figure. have been sold in veneer for as
high as $4,000 Larry is willing to
take less than that sum for this one,
but he says its condition will be in
vestfgated at the Chas. Parfrey ven
eer mill. and that he will feel like
miner washing his pan Of gold as
HE process proceeds, with the feeling,
ssFfere goes for a million. '-Richland
Democrat.