Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-23
All Over the State.


Wabeno, shot his left hand Off when the
gun was accidentally discharged.
Mrs. Hanorah Casey Venney Of Beloit
celebrated her one hundredth birthday.
Her eyesight is good and her mind is
clear.
f. G. Alton, a brakeman on the Mill
waukee road, was seriously injured by be-
ing caught between two moving cars near
Sayner.
Peter Hoffman of the town of Milla-
dore was killed in a runaway accident.
His wife suffered a broken leg and other
injuries.
Mrs. Hannah Amelia Cotting,< aged 81
years, of Red Cloud, Neb., died at the
home of her brother, Salmon Epson, in
the town of Bristol.
Glen Godfrey of the liveryman firm Of
Godfrey & Taylor, died in Osceola after
an illness of seven weeks, aged 26. He
leaves a wife and one child.
Charles Zaun of Jackson was acct
dentally shot and killed by a youthful
companion, Louis Laverrenz, who missed
a squirrel, the bullet hitting Zaun.
Charging that she used a knife on his
COW, cutting several gashes that required
the services of a veterinarian, Arnt Olson
has caused the arrest of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bar
Der, cook at a Hayward hotel.
George Snidervin, who was found gull
ty of conducting a ''blind pig" in the
town of Waterford, was fined $50 and
costs, and took an appeal, withdrew his
appeal and paid the court $1,000.
Herbert Evans of Markesan, aged IL,
was probably fatally injured by the acct
dental discharge of his shotgun in trying
to climb through a barbed wire fence
while hunting. One arm was amputated.
Frank Eckes of Marshfeld, aged 10,
while showing a cousin his new shotgun,
accidentally discharged the weapon and
the charge striking his 8-year-old sister
Beatrice in the abdomen, killed her in
stantly.
Many pond net fishermen on Green bay
will be obliged to buy new Irvine before
beginning operations next spring. An I'M
noticed paragraph in the fish law will
cause this additional trouble and expense
for the fishermen.
Max Reinholdt, former supervisor from
the Nineteenth Ward of Milwaukee,
pleaded guilty before Judge Brace to the
charge of accepting a bribe of 500 in
connection with a county hospital con-
tract several years ago. He was fined
5000.
DR.. Herring of New York, an expert en-
gineer, who is visiting in Milwaukee, has
suggested the use of Lake Superior as
reservoir to allow an increased flow of
water to the Chicago drainage canal and
to keep the water supply at Niagara Falls
up to normal.
Lee G.. BunneIl, until recently telegraph
editor of the Eau Claire Leader, and son
of Prof. e. G.. Bunnell, prominent In
diana editor, has become a member of the
faculty of the Laporte, Ind, high school,
succeeding Prof. o. A. Schotts as prin-
cipal Of the departmental grades.
William J. Carney Of Milwaukee, sec
rotary to G. G. Wait of the international
Harvester Company, while duck shooting
on Green Bay, near Point Sauble, was
shot and instantly killed by one of his
companions. The party Of three was IN
blinds When ducks passed over all shot
at the same time. The charge from one
gun went into Carneys head and body.
Lu0uIhe, IOWn u 14dAA1oOA
farmer, who is the father of fifteen chill
dren, residing in Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Peoria, ILL.,, Memphis and other places,
will leave shortly for a tour of the cities
where his children are residing, paying
them his annual visit. Ten days will be
spent with each child, so he will be kept
away from the farm most of the winter.
While being initiated into a fraternity
of Lawrence university, Henry LETTERS of
Appleton was wrapped in a shroud and
placed in coffin and carted to Neenah at
midnight, where he was laid In a grave,
and told he would be left there until
morning. The candidate refused te con-
sent to the ceremony, and kicked off the
cover of the coffin, which was later re-
turned to the undertaken in badly de-
molished condition.
Mrs. Nicholas Kitowski Of Carson was
literally blown to pieces by the explosion
of a stick of dynamite that had been plac-
ed on the stove to dry. Two of her chill
dren, who were clinging to their mothers
skirts when the accident happened, were
so badly injured that they cannot survive.
third child was struck by a piece of
the stove, the iron being imbedded in its
forehead. A fourth child was also struck
by flying metal, but will recover.
In report ON the potato experiments
carried on at the various experiment sta
tions of the college of agriculture, j. G.
Willard, instructor in horticulture, says:
1.-THE yield of potatoes in Wisconsin for
the last season is estimated at about two
thirds crop. Harvest was earlier than
usual, partly because of the uneasiness
caused by the heavy freeze in the fall of
1906. Those who marketed their crop
early in the season realized about 40
cents a bushel."
The statement that athletics as far
as the local high school is concerned have
a tendency to cause the, students to be-
come addicted to the use of Intoxicating
liquors." made by the Fond du Lac super
intendent of schools, is said to be in the
main partly responsible for the ban plac-