Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From 7ri-
State Area.


built dirt entertainments to hold the
pond when it is flooded.
The Boscobel Fair Association has
bought the old buildings on the lot to
be used in Boscobel for library site.
The fair association will use the lum-
Der in the building to build stock
sheds.
The Wauzeka Chief reports that the
banner train of the history of the
Kickapoo branch was brought down
on Tuesday of last week. Forty-six
cars were in the train, forty-one of
which were stock.
There was a big fracas on the
street in Stockton away after mid
night the other night. Some shots
were fired, one going through win
dow in the Earl Rindesbacher place,
formerly the John Lynch place.
The Wonewoc State bank was closed
last week by the state banking de-
partment, $4,000 shortage having
been discovered in the books. E. M
Hanzlik, the president, is under ar
rest pending investigation of the
shortage.
Irma Cornelius of East Dubuque
was granted a divorce from Harry
Cornelius in circuit court in Galena,
Monday. In her petition, Mrs. Cor
nelius charged her husband with de-
sertion Cornelius did not enter a de-
Tense to his wife's action.
Lee Rogers, 25 and single, was
killed at Charlotte, Iowa, Monday of
last week when an airplane he was
riding in crashed to earth after the
engine failed. Two companions es-
capped fatal hurts. The machine
dropped about $50 feet Rogers body
was taken to Dubuque, his home, for
burial. He leaves aged parents.
Nearly all of the accidents caused
by corn shredders in this section of
Wisconsin are confined to hands
Formerly the arm would be drawn in
and amputation would run up we'll
above the wrist. 1t appears the safe
guards now used prevent this but do
not go far enough and some new de-
vice will have to be invented to make
it impossible for a farmer feeding
corn shredder to get his fingers or
hand near the teeth that grasp the
feed.
James Sharp, of Richland Center,
showed us some samples OF copper
ore taken from lands in Vernon coun-
ty last week, which bear every evil
dence of being strong in valuable min
eral. short time ago Mr.. Sharp
leased lands near LaFarge and be-
gan prospecting for copper. He struck
vein and Immediately set about to
get the ore out in large quantities
A mining outfit was secured and the
machinery will be ready for business
this week.-Republica
hn
dent occurred Saturday night on the
Sextonville road, two miles south of
the city, when an auto driven by
Robert Parfrey, of Ithaca, crashed in
to a two seated buggy occupied by
Robert Johnson and Mr.. and Mrs. Rog-
ers. The buggy was knocked through
the railing at the roadside and the oc-
cupants thrown in various directions.
Outside of few scratches, minor cuts
and bruises no one was seriously IN
iured. Mr.. Parfrey, driver of the car,
stated that he failed to see the buggy
until it was too late to avoid an &C
cident-Republican
Melvin Coyle, a driver for the
Pitcher Telephone company, narrowly
escaped death in East Dubuque at
$40 Friday morning when his truck
was struck by an Illinois Central
freight train at the stockyards eros
sing. Coyle received a lacerated foot
which may result in the amputat1on
of one toe. The truck was almost en-
tirely demolished and the fact that
the driver escaped with his life was
considered miraculous. The truck ap-
narently became stalled on the
tracks. according to reports received
nv the Illinois Central officials.
valuable hunting dog, pete,
owned by Frank t. Sheean OF Galena,
was run over by an automobile at the
corner of Third and Decatur streets
Sunday afternoon. The animal dled
about ten minutes after being struck,
the cause of death being from inter
nal injuries and shock. From all in
dications both the front and rear
wheels of the car passed over the an
imaI. "Pete" was a thoroughbred reg
istered Llewellen, exceedingly valu-
able and was purchased from the fam
GUS DR.. Beauford farm near Eliza
beth. The dog had been thoroughly
trained for hunting and Mr. Sheean
had Just had the dog returned nome
last week from an intensive training
course. Not only was the financial loss
a heavy one but the animal was
favorite with the family ana hunters.
Natural beauty of Apple River can
Won. near Warren, Ill, declared by
Canyon club members to be ''the most
beautiful between the Rocky noun
tains and the AlIeghenies" will be pre-
served if the Canyon club and other
organizations succeed at the next gen
era1 assembly in obtaining an approp-
ration for the purchase of the can
Won as a state park About thousand
acres, mostly pasture land, would in
cIude the scenic spots about the can
Won. said NJ. F. Kleeburger, secretary
of the Apple River Canyon club. This
covers a strip about four miles IN
length along the two branches of the
river east and west from their juno
lions at Millville, formerly thriving
mill town and the only point be-
tween Dixon and Galena in stage
coach days. Ruins of an old mill are
all that marks the former city now.