Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-10
NE|CHBORHOOD
BREv|TIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

R. Lathrop of Wauzeka were appoint
ed supervising teachers of Crawford
county.
| Walter Hoffland of Galena and Miss
Adele Duggan of Benton, daughter of
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Duggan, were
married at Galena.
Davidson Bros, Soldiers Grove mer-
chants who lost their building and
stock by fire last spring, have pur-
chased a new stock and will again en-
gage in business.
| The Rev. J. H. Moorhead, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at ,Reedsburg
for number of years, has resigned to
accept charge at st. Louis. Mo.
Vernon county is equlpping pub
| lie park on the Mississippi river be-
tween Genoa and Stoddard. A for
NAL opening of the park was held re-
Gently.
| An explosion due to spontaneous
combustion in a hay barn owned by
Mrs. Alma Johnson, near Darlington,
blew the roof off the building. The
loss was $4,000.
| The Kickapoo river is back within
it's banks after three weeks of over
flow. The bottom lands clear up TO
| Gays Mills were submerged, pastures
and crops being ruined.
| Clayton county, Iowa, graveled %
miles of it's primary road system this
summer II miles were graveled be-
tween Elkader and Garnaville and a
like distance between Elkader and
McGregor.
Leonard Barber, small son of Mr..
and Lawrence Barber of Bear Creek,
was attacked and badly bruised by a
vicious cow The child was petting
the cows calf when she charged and
| trampled him into the dirt. No bones
were broken.
The Hillsboro hospital project has
fallen through and the Drs. Hans
berry are proceeding with their own
funds and donations to build an an
mex to their present building. Some
persons have donated money while
others are giving work.
The Milwaukee road is considering
| a plan to make Lone Rock freight
division point. At present there is
but one division point between Mil
waukee and Marquette, being Madi-
son. With three divisions on the run
crews would put in less overtime,
which would mean saving to the
company.
Due to the slow condition of the
market for condensed milk, the Rich
land Center Carnation plant has put
in equipment for skimming part OF
it's milk A shipment of sweet cream
was made to New Jersey, a special
refrigerating car being used. The
carload represented three days of
skimming.
William Kane of Seneca smashed a
Buick to smithereens when he struck
a culvert five miles east of Prairie du
Chen. So hard did he hit the culvert
that the impact smashed the radiator,
knocked the frame from the chassis,
broke an axle and bent the body bad
lily. Kane and companion escaped
injury.
Miss Lura Bailey of Richland Cen
ter is home from a two months trip
to England, Scotland, France, Italy
and Switzerland. The trip both ways
was made without event except that
off Nantucket, on the return, the ship
was hit by a gale and damaged so
badly it was thought it would sink.
Many passengers were injured but
Miss Bailey escaped without hurt.
A cottage on an island of the Mis-
sissippi river near Waukon Jet, was
struck by lightning during a recent
storm The bolt followed a guy wire
to ground and riddled the the timbers
of the building. Two children sleep
ing inside were unhurt but the bolt
scorched the bed clothes. The Len
Herman and Emmett Doherty families
used the cabin as a summer camp.
A 2-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond McHone, residing south of
Viola, was lost Friday week ago,
wandering into the deep woods of the
| Kickapoo valley alone. When his alb
sence was noted the parents called all
the neighbOrs and a search was be-
gun. About 2 o'clock the next morn
ing the child was found sleeping at
the side of a fence a mile from his
home
Tobacco harvest started III the Hills
boro locality last week when Bennie
Gross put about an acre of the crop
in the she'd Bonnie says that this
portion of his crop was the best he
ever raised The condition of tobacco
is not so good, but the acre harvested
by Mr.. Gross was planted early and
sthe condition of the ground was ideal
for rapid growth Enterprise.
One Gilbert Thomas was arrested at
Chicago for the burglary of the home
of Henry Larson of Lone Rock 1t is
alleged that Thomas entered the Lar
son premises on the night of August
81, and stole four rings, a breast pin
and SO in cash Thomas was located
in Chicago two days after the Lone
Rock robbery. Sheriff Dietzman con-
cludes that Gilbert thought the Chi
cago police had the goods" on him.
and owned up to the crime when ar
rested.
A hail and windstorm swept the
| Kickapoo valley in the region of Gays
Mills doing great damage to crops and
in particular bruising thousands OF
apples in the big orchard above the
village. Thousands of bushels will he
made into cider being unmarketable
on account of bruises. Some of the