Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES AND
NEARBY NOTES
Important EUents
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

Clarence Horton, Patch Grove avi-
ator at Richland Center, had one arm
broken when the engine backfired and
the propeller struck him with terri
fc force. Horton was taken to Cum
bingham hospital in his own plane.
Robert Gaskell, Belmont farmer,
was attacked by a bull he was at
tempting to drive. RuskeH suffered
broken collar bone, three broken ribs
and wounds on his arms so severe
that Is stitches were taken to close
same.
A county road gang on a project at
Muscoda had their camp destroyed by
the severe wind storm which visited
that vicinity Friday morning. They
are housed at the Muscoda hotel, and
will remain there until their tents can
be replaced
Esther Arms, 10-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Pearl Arms of Wauzeka, stuck
table fork in her eye using the fork
as tool to unite sack of -four with.
The fork slipped and the tine pene-
trated one eyeball. A doctor thinks
the sight will be saved.
Cyril Burk brought a bird to Shulls-
burg yesterday morning that he had
shot, and it certainly was a bird. 1t
measured SO inches from the tip of
its bill to theend of it's toe nails, with
a foot inch spread of wings, and
weighed only four pounds. 1t had slate
colored plumage and was mostly bill,
neck and legs.-Pick & Cad.
Ethylene gas was used at the Globe
hospital at Freeport for the first time
last Wednesday. J E. Aspinwall, of
Freeport, who is 80 years old, submit
ted to an operation for the removal
of his right arm. The patient suffered
no shock from the operation, nor was
there the distressing nausea which so
often follows an operatiOn.-Lena Star.
The population of Dubuque on July
/ was 80 ,438, reckoned by the Bureau
of Census of the Department of Com
merce. This new census figure for Du-
buque indicates an increase of pOpu-
latiOn of 297 since the last regular
government census of 1920. 1t also
confirms the belief that the ratio of
population increase maintained by
Dubuque during the decennial census
period of 1910 to 1920 is continuing.
Hobart Gochenauer and son of Rich
land Center had a narrow escape on
Sunday morning when an auto in
which they were riding was crashed
into by a freight car at the crossing
lust west of the kirkpatrick cheese
warehouse. This crossing is dan
gerous one and approaching trains
cannot be seen until they are on the
street The back of the Gochenauer
car was hit and pushed across the
street wrecking it badly. Mr.. GOchen-
auer was uninjured but the boy was
cut about the head
Wallie Jones, east of Dodgeville, no
ticed the geese which were swimming
in the stream on the farm, making a
great commotion Thursday, so called
to his son Everett to investigate. On
arriving at the spot Everett found the
flock honking loudly as one of their
number was floundering in the water
while a large mud turtle was holding
it by the head endeavoring to drag
the full grown bird under water. Cos
lings are often attacked this way but
it is not often that a full grown goose
is selected as prey by the vicious
turtles.-Chronicle.
Saws the Reedsburg Times, a swarm
of bees which had made its home with
in the walls of a church building at
Valley Junction, swarmed during the
services last Sunday. When the buzz
was a very noticeable scattering of
the religious gathering but the dea-
cons and elders promptly caught and
safely hived the intruders and are
now Offering them for sale to help
nav the preachers salary. The origin
al swarm is still in it's chosen home
and will probably be left there as
fruitful source of revenue.
What might have been fatal acct
dent occurred Sunday evening just
south of town at the little bridge near
the Watson place, when Mr.. Pandow
was on his way from Gratlot TO
Rrodhead where he is employed in the
general store of P. ]. Ganshert. His
car crashed through the railing at the
north side of the bridge and turned
over in the creek. Mr.. Pandow was
badly bruised and shaken up, but not
seriouslv injured. This accident was
similar and happened at the same
Mace that the three Dubuque people
lost their lives about two years ago.
South Wayne Homestead.
People in Galena neighborhood
were awakened by strange sounds the
other night at a late hour. Some
Thought a woman was being murder
Cd nv her husband and were inclined
to phone for the police. NO sucil
thing occurred. however, the commo-
tion being caused by a bat. The pest
was flying about in the room and came
60 close to the woman's head that
She screamed and got up and crawled
under the bed The man of the house
bravely went forth and opened door
and the bat flew out.-Gazette.
large swarm of bees and good
" amonnt of honey were taken from
tie north side of the J. I. Hahn build
ing at Dodgeville last week. The bees
100 had gained entrance through a
knot hole and had built their comb
hetween the studding where they had
.oec,,mniated about fifty pounds of fine
honey On account of remodeling the
building it was necessary to remove
49, % Iohn Blotz. an experienced
bae man. volunteered for the job. He
Vent calmly about the work with
hundreds of bees crawling over MN