Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvlT|ES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

mas Deen erected principal of the Ver-
non county training school at Viro-
qua.
Viola and Elroy have both witnessed
burning crosses on the hillsides with
in week, probably meaning that the
hu hlux Khan has been organized
there.
Mrs. VIM. Allbaugh of Willow, Rich
land county, died Sunday of burns re-
ceived the Monday previous. Mrs. All
baugh, "a, was the victom of a kero-
sene explosion.
Enoch Jewell, Bloom City farmer,
left last week from Hillsboro for St,
Paul, where he will purchase a num-
Der OF cattle to be pastured on his
farm during the summer.
Owners of sign boards along the
state and county trunk highways in
Sank county are given until June list
to remove the same, and if they are
not removed they will be confscated
by the county on the first of June.
William Westedt village and school
clerk of Loganville, committed suicide
by hanging on May 3rd, his body be-
ing found in his barn. He was AZ
years of age, and it is thought his act
was prompted by worry over business
matters.
DR.. Ralph M. Hippenbecker, Mont
fort veterinary, and Miss Freda Mason
of the same village were married in
Milwaukee Wednesday a week ago.
They will make their home at Mont
fort where the groom has an excellent
practice
A dancing pavilion and amusement
park, to be known as Inland Park, is
to be opened soon. 1t is located one
and a half miles south of Viola on the
KickapoO, and will have a 5000 square
feet dance floor, swimming hole, and
other features.
The 10th annual conference of the
Western district, Primitive Methodist
church, was held at Ridgeway from
Thursday to Monday of last week.
Ridgeway people threw their homes
open to the visiting clergymen and a
large number were present.
Fire early Tuesday Quilted the new
$4,000 three-story brick building
erected at Savanna by John Teeter.
Mr. Teeter had an up-to-date grocery
downstairs with 81 500 worth of new
fixtures. The upper part was used as
a dwelling by various families.
Eugene Mitchell, 40, Platteville, was
found dead in his bed by his sister,
Mrs Orrin Aitken, Monday of last
week. Mr. Mitchell had been to
Richland Center tn eday previous and
was apparently in his usual health.
Death was due to natural causes, doc
tors stated.
Frank Narrower, formerly Of near
Fennimore, died Monday of last week
at his home in Fl Atkinson. Mr. Har-
rover farmed near FennimOre and
later operated the Fennimore hotel
He was in the real estate business at
TT. Atkinson. A wife, four brothers
and one sister survive. Interment
was made at BOscObel.
Chimney swallows by the thous-
ands have made their home ina large
chimney on the old Congregational
church building at Dodgeville. The
swallows cannot be removed without
starting a fire and when this is done
they fly out in sWarms. The birds are
so thick in the chimney that the draft
is INSTRUCTED until they take the air
Robert Williams, formerly of Rich
land Center, was buried beneath an
avalanche of dirt at Rockford where
he was employed by q contractor. An
old way way. gate gave away Two
wOrkmen jumped to safety but VIII
liams was buried He was rescued
while breathing but his body was
crushed so that death came soon af-
ter.
Keith Brewer formerly OF Rich
land Center, instructor of chemistry
and physics at the U. of W., has hao
the fellowship of the national re-
search society conferred upon him
This carries with it the privilege OF
a year at research work at either
Princeton or the School of Technol-
ogy in California. Mr.. Brewer recent
ly received his doctors degree IRON
the University of Wisconsin.
Scott Barnes of Richland Center
died at a Madison hospital last Mon
day of injuries received April Is. Mr.
Barnes was untying his COW WheI
the animal threw up her horns anc
struck Mr.. Barnes in the right eye
The horn cut through the lower tic
of the eye and tore the eyeball loose
He was taken to Madison where al
examination showed the optic nerve
to be uniniured and an effort was
made to save the sight. Infection de
veIoped and Mr.. Barnes died.
Miss Elinor Seeley of Plattevllle
passenger in a car driven by MIS-
Mary Mccarthy, was injured when th'
machine tipped over near CUBA Cit!
Saturday week ago. Miss McCarth.
and car guests were out adVertlslnS
the Mining School Explosion, ant
in racing with another car the McCar
thy car went into the ditch. MIS-
Seeley suffered sprained back an.
for a time it was thought her Daci
was broken. She will recover. Other
in the party were not badly hurt
An operation performed at Freepor
removed a peanut from the lung
Eunice Motley, 2, daughter OF MI
and Mrs. Curtis Motley OF Mlnera
Point, and the child lives. The chll'
choked on eating peanuts Thursda
a week ago but seemed relieved
while later and it was assumed sh
had coughed the obstruction up. "
the Sunday following she was agan
taken iii and the parents TOOK ne
to Freeport Before the operation sh
had turned black and was breathlh
but two times a minute. A tube wa
inserted in the lung and the peanu
removed.
DR.. Joseph Tkadlec, practicing .phy
stefan of CaZenovia, died suddenly d
Reedsburg on Friday evening. He ma
been receiving treatment at the nos
initial there. and started for wal
when he was suddenly overcome an
died in South Park. 1t was though
he was gaining in strength fol!oWln
the treatment He is survived by III
wife. a son. Joseph, who is a studen
a+ the University of Wisconsin, an
Two daughters. Affra, a high schoc