Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-13

in it. He leaves a wife and one child.
The packing plant squabble at Mad
ison is still being argued and the cit
liens of that city have been unable to
council meetings almost resulted in
a battle.
Mrs. Kukendorf OF Dubuque, who
wandered away from home one day
last week was found that night in an
unfrequented part of the city seated at
a campfire with a gang of tramps. She
was taken to police headquarters and
will be examined for insanity,
George Peterson of Butte des Morris,
near Oshkosh, may go hunting again,
but he will probably be careful not
to exceed the limit of fifteen birds
allowed to hunters. Peterson was
found with twenty-six birds and re-
ceived a fine of S. for each one, with
costs, amounting to $3.50.
George Behring who lives at May
vile, was tarred and feather by part
les Tho waylaid him near his home,
and AZ .)Iied the dressing with broom
latter removing his clothing. He used
kerosene to- remove the tar and bis
tered his body so badly that he con-
suited a physician for relief. The dis
trict attorney hearing Of the matter
and investigating, found that the tar
and feathers had been applied follow
ing an accusation made by a young
lady Behring had escorted Rome from
dance BeHring has been arrested
on a. serious charge.
August SchGicting, who lives near
RhineIander, has a nest OF eagles
somewhere near his farm which has
been causing him considerable worry
| Chickens have been MISSED in great
numbers and tine. other day q kitten
and a puppy which were playing in
the yard were bEEh carried away, one
| in each claw of the great American
bird.
Daisy and Eula Phillips. Is and II
years Old, and Margaret, Sheppard.
aged 16. ram away from their homa in
Ladysmndl, and wilen found by their
anxious parents were enjoying life
seeing the movies and the big restau
rants in Superior and Duluth. They
were quite. willing to go lname.
Bandits, held up the bar room of
the Lakeside. hotel iii Racine; anil re-
lieVed the patrons OF 500. Two OF the
men entered with drawn guns, while
third waited outside, in an automo-
bile. One. customer, who attempted to
escape, was knocked down with the
butt of gun. The bandits escaped in
| their machine.
Francis. Zimba, Green Bay, a. child of
six years, hurled q knife at her older
sister. Rose. aged fourteen who was
holding the infant brother. named
Peter. The knife struck the baby be-
hind the ear inflicting cash which
caused it's death in few minutes
time. The quarrel arose over Rose
ordering Francis to- cut some bread.
Ronald Catlin of Rockford, ELL, aged
II, missing since September II, when
he left home for Delafield, Wis, where
he was sent to enter military acad-
envy, was found by his father at Be
lott. The youth refused to give any
account of his absence but returned
with his parent home. The mother
had been Frustrated since his disap-
pearance.
F. G. Cool, a Northwestern railway
conductor living at ManitOwOc, had his
automobile wrecked and nearly lost
his life when the machine struck a
cuIvert on the county highway, jumped
20 feet of embankment and turned
turtle. A depression in the ground
which the car covered when it lit, saw
ed Cool from being crushed.
i
Floyd Barnhardt aged Fl, of Eau
Claire, harbored the delusion that he
was a fish and that his parents lived
in the Chippewa river. He was pre-
vented from jumping from the bridge
! crossing the stream by two ladies to
/ whom he had confided his genalogy.
Before he could be placed in custody
six men were called to overpower him.
! George Maibes, who registered at
the Milwaukee house in Lacrosse, as
being from st. Paul, fell three flights
of stairs in the hotel and received in
! iuries that will probably cause his
death. No one saw the accident, but
the manager heard the crash and,
looking into the hall saw Maibes ly-
ing at the bottom of the stairs I'M
conscious and bleeding. He was a
stranger in the city.
According to the September health
report of the Wisconsin state board of
health, the death rate for the month
was surprisingly low. The northern
counties report the lowest death rate
of 6.7 per 1000, on a total of 3O2
deaths, the central counties reported