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NEIGHBORHOOD BREVITIES AND NEARBY NOTES
Mary Alice Becker, 4, daughter of an A&P manager at Center, fell from a second story window but landed on a ledge where she hung until rescued. Wilbur Richards, Dodgeville farmer, has SOW that gave birth to a freak pig. The offspring consisted of two complete pigs joined together at the right shoulders. The animal lived but a few minutes. Robt. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Zickerman, Dodgeville farmers, was kicked in the face and mutilated by a horse, Tuesday. The boy was found lying in the field and taken to a hospital. He will recover but his face will be scarred for life. McKinley Bros,, mining at Dodgeville, have a new shaft into a 20-inch sheet of solid jack. The mine is full of water unless and pumps are kept working constantly. Mrs. Trankle, residing with Mr. and Mrs. John Miller of near Livingston, was 93 years of age Tuesday. Relatives and friends-gathered at the house and made the occasion a gala affair. 162 head of prime Guernsey cattle were disposed of at the Vernon county uGernsey sale, Wednesday. F. O. Lowe of Petersburg, was the heaviest buyer, taking 41 head with a top of $145. The sale total came to $13,270, with an average of $81.90. Harry Bovay, the promoter who secured the franchise for the Pra. du Chien to Marquette bridge, announced Saturday that, the million dollar bond issue had been signed. Bovay says construction will start this summer and that the project will be rushed to completion. Sheriff Hinkins of Darlington, out riding Sunday night, collided with a car driven by one Louis Anderson. Anderson was arrested and placed in jail on charge of driving while intoxicated. During his first night in jail the man slashed a wrist and almost bled to death. Several thousand trout were cared for in a pond by Montfort sportsmen until they. attained size of four to six inches. The fish were then let loose in a stream known as Sevenfoot branch, near the village. The Montfort club has plan of establishing a pond on Blue river, near the Forman-Zoha farm. The death of Veteran Geo. Hodge at the age of 90, left Pra. du Chien with but one surviving veteran of the Civil war. He is Comrade C. A. Huard. Mr. Hodge was member of a New York regiment. Following the war he came west to reside in Grant county. In recent years he made his home with an adopted daughter, Mrs. Roy Koecke, of Pra. du Chien. "Taps" sounded for Comrade Hodge Sunday a week ago. Nat Cerutti, Dodgeville monument dealer, worked hard day and night to get his jobs completed by Memorial day. Upon arising one "morning last week he took a huge yawn and his jaws locked with his mouth open so that he could neither talk or swallow. physician administered an anesthetic and under the influence of the drug the jaws relaxed and Nat awoke as well as usual. As there is no classification for the nature of this disease it may be called "Monument man's jaw."
May 23rd was the 52nd anniversary of the Mineral Point tornado. Jacob Miller of Boscobel died recently. He was a Civil war veteran. Robert Zickerman, 12 year old lad of Livingston, was kicked in the head by a horse. He was found lying in the field. Several stitches were required to close the cuts. The city of Pra. had du Chien had $36,000 on deposit in the Peoples State bank when it suspended. The city had to negotiate a loan of $16,000 to carry on operations. Prof. Kexel who has been teaching in the Cuba City Schools for four years has been engaged as principal of the Ridgeway School. Riley Livingston, present principal, continues his studies at the university. Mrs. Anna Bridges died Wednesday after a long illness at the home of Mrs. Llu Bridges. Funeral services were held at the Concklin Funeral Home at one o'clock Friday. Interment was made at Mineral Point.Platteville News. The Mike Grea store and dance hall and the Korth garage at Hillpoint were destroyed by fire Thursday night. The Loganville fire laddies helped to combat the blaze and two of them, Wm. Voss and Paul Roewer, received burns. The loss was $10,000.
While enroute home from Union Grove to Boscobel, Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Woolley and daughter, Judith, riding in a Ford, were run into by speeding motorist. Judith received a broken collar bone and her parents were bruised. The car was wrecked. Ralph Harker of Platteville held the trout fishing record with catch of four and one-half pound fish. This record was defeated by Mr. Geasland who caught a brown of four pounds and 14 ounces. Both catches were made in a stream north of the village of Montfort. "Richland Center probably has the distinction of being the center of the elm bark industry of the United States," reports the Republican Observer. Perhaps more bark is bought and shipped from that city than from any other place in the country. The other week over a half ton was shipped to London, England. F.Y. Parfrey, the local buyer, has an order for a carload to be shipped to New York. Stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Richland Center. caught in the bank's collapse a few weeks ago, met Monday of last week and voted to reorganize. An assessment has been made and a contingent fund raised. The bank will open with a paid up capital of $50,000. The Lawrence Nelson barn in the town of Hickory Grove was struck by lightning Thursday night a week ago while Mr. Nelson was engaged in milking. The farmer used a pail of water, on hand for the calves, and put the blaze out before further damage resulted. The bolt struck in the haymow and had it not been for quick work. the whole place would have gone up in smoke. Dr. Frank Ware of Boscobel, formerly of Potosi, has been appointed as first assistant surgeon of the huge Fischer Body Corporation of Detroit, reporting to Dr. S. W. Williams, Surgeon in Chief. Dr. Ware will also be connected with the Hurley hospital at Flint and conduct private practice. Mrs. Ware's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schneider, live at Flint. Mrs. Schneider leaves June 14 for France as a Gold Star Mother. Her son, Capt. Joseph H. Schneider, is buried in the Somme cemetery.
Walter Edgecomb of Boscobel died of tuberculosis at the age of 60 years. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Banfield of Cuba City observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary Sunday, June 1. Miss Cecelia Ploesse of Iowa and Geo. Jansen of Louisberg were married Tuesday. They will make their home near Louisburg. Joseph Ryan of Darlington has been elected a delegate from the state of Wisconsin to the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus to be held in Boston, Mass. Dr. J. W. Ganshert, Monroe, went fishing in the Pecatonia river Sunday and in some manner ran the three tines of a triple hook through his ear. Ralph Sery managed to cut two of them loose but the third was imbedded so deeply he had to return to Monroe for medical aid. Hilton Wagner, 14. and Edna Lust, 14. Mt. Horeb high school pupils, were killed when the motor car they were riding in was struck by a North Western gasoline motor train near Blue Mounds village, Thursday afternoon. The children, number of others, were returning from a high school picnic on the top of Blue Mound. Two other girls and another youth were injured. The motor car the party was riding in was struck at a railroad crossing The vehicle was carried a hundred feet. Mrs. B. Bertschi of Milwaukee suffered a fractured skull Monday of last week when the Ford motor car she was riding in with her brother and his wife was struck by the Auburn car of Bradley Barrett, north of the Muscoda bridge. Mrs. Bertschi and party were traveling west on Highway 60 while Barrett and Miss Rose Walsh of Viola were going south on 80. The Auburn struck the Ford in the center and the impact threw the right rear door open and hurled Mrs. Bertschi 30 feet. She was taken to a Richland hospital and will recover.
