Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20
COUNTY AND nearby
Matters of Current Interest BY
Telegraph and Mail.
Grimes, Casualties and Remarkable
incidents that have Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

hunter or New London, was SnOC ana
killed by his own gun while hunting.
Davis was pulling the gun toward
himself when it was discharged.
The Richland bIoodhOunds have
been detailed on the trail of robbers
who have been raiding the Sheboygan
ginseng beds. Several hundred dol
lars worth of the valuable roots have
been stolen.
James Grimel, an Oshkosh citizen,
who claimed to be lis years of age,
passed away last week. Mr.. Grimel
had lived in Wisconsin for sixty-five
years, coming here at the age OF fifty
when he took up government land.
Peter Borich an Austrian residing
at COkerville, endeavOred to collect the
sum of 81 from a neighbor named Ter
zich and unable to do so, broke the
neighbOr's jaw. Borich was assessed
fines amounting to $136.75 by the jus
tice.
The Saxe-Pollard mine near Linden,
has been carrying payroll OF $5OOO
since the war began. The zinc. ore
taken from this mine averages $50 a
ton. war prices, and an ordinary wag-
ON will hold $3.50 worth of the precious
mineral.
A threshing outfit and large barn
and it's contents on the Thomas Black
stone farm. three miles north of She
bOygan, was totally destroyed by fire.
Frank Isner, member of the crew,
was badly burned. The loss exceeds
$4,000.
James A. Rape, Marinette citizen,
celebrated his Tooth birthday on Oc-
tOber Is, as he was born at Fort Ston-
wick. N. Y, in 1915. He is a veteran
OF the civil war, hale and hearty, and
remembers with ease incidents of his
early life.
Charles A. Comiskey, president Of
the Chicago White SOX, is having his
annual outing at Camp Jerome, Wis,
located fifteen miles from Mercer, in
northern Wisconsin. The party num-
bers forty, and is composed of ball
players and friends of Mr.. COmiskey.
August Birkel, a farmer of Hay
Creek, near Eau Claire, went into a
pen containing boar and was badly
bitten. Mr.. Birkell defended himself
as best he could with club, but was
getting the worst of it when rescued
by members of the family. He is in a
serious condition.
Peter Benedict, an ex-lOgging jobber
and former resident of Iron River, died
at Marinette the other day aged 50
years. Mr.. Benedict was the father of
twenty-five children, the Oldest of
whom is IS years. There are also
four pair of twins in his family. He
was born in Canada, in 1916.
= ]. Jordan, Madison man, stole a
car. it is alleged. belonging to Samuel
Cusson, lumberman at Superior. Mr..
Jordan was chased by a posse and got
along splendidly until he landed into
a mudhole, which proved his undoing.
He was arraigned for trial. Jordan
claimed the car belonged to his father.
Frank Shannon, of Madison, who
stole an overcOat and pair OF trous-
ers from a fellow guest named Bow
man at a hotel, later it is alleged,
returned and took the victims shoes.
The Overcoat was sold, but later re-
covered by the police Shannon was
arrested as he was about to leave the
city.
Charles Galinski, a Milwaukee con-
crete worker, had basket of wet con-
crete fall from building where he
was working and strike him on the
head Galinski was rendered uncon-
sciOus and his mouth and nose and
eyes were filled with the cement.
Quick action by fellow wOrkmen saved
his life
Charles Hepp, son of William Hepp,
a prominent Waukesha grocer, ran
amuck and after threatening to kill a
number of people, rushed into barn
where he shot himself in the forehead.
His wound was later pronounced fatal.
Hepp had recently been released from
the Mendoza asylum. He leaves a
wife and child.
Louis Erickson and Mack Bugdue,
members of a concrete outfit So
iOurned to Prairie du CHEN from
Lone Rock during a rain storm, and
following an argument IL ? pool hall,
Erickson had his skull crushed with
a billiard cue. Bugdue has been
locked up on a murder charge. Erick
son leaves a large family.
Jack Brotty, aged % of La Crosse,
shot and killed himself accidentally,
while engaged in showing a revolver
~ = friend RrnttV had taken the gnn