Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22

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accident until Larson was brought
home for burial.
The state conservation commission,
responsible for the administration OF
the game laws, has effected a saving
of more than $4,000 for the first five
mnoths of it's existence. This is taken
from a comparison made with the
same period last year.
A. G. Findley, principal of the Chip
pewa Falls high school, was attacked
by pine snake while hunting in the
swamps near Jim Falls. The reptile
measured four feet in length when
finally dispatched.
Two thoroughbred bloodhounds pur-
chased by the Beloit police depart
ment some time ago for the purpose
of tracking criminals, have been sold
back to their former owner in Ohio.
The dogs were used but little and
given no practice.
DR.. Carlisle WattersOn, La Crosse
dentist, is being sued for breach of
promise by Miss Nellie Dummer. The
dentist declares that Miss Dummer,
who is handsome blonde, has hound
ed him for years" to make him marry
her.
Maude Lawrence, aged 15, a pretty
high school girl of GAINESVILLE, was
shot and killed by Tony Martin, a
crazed Italian. Martin fled and has
not been captured. No motive can be
discovered for the crime. Miss Law
renee was the daughter of a widow.
GAINESVILLE butchers have been con-
Quoting a meat war that began before
Thanksgiving and several of the small
er shops have been driven out of bus
mess. Steaks are quoted at 10 and IL
cents and chickens at Ii in the two
rival shops conducting the price war.
Oscar Rowley, a New Diggings min
er, mortally injured his wife follow
ing a quarrel. The shooting happen
ed at o'clock in the morning after
Rowley's return home from a drinking
bout. Rowley is locked up in the Jail
at Darlington.
Andrew. Griffin of near Highland,
leaned on a window sill and ran a
needle into his forearm. AS no trace
of the needle could be found he was
taken to the Dodgeville hospital where
an X-ray was taken of the injured
member and the needle removed.
Nelson Jacobson of Portage, had his
eye shot out by a fourteen-year-old
son who was attempting to kill a
chicken. The accident happened in
the barnyard The bullet struck his
father in the temple and glancing
buried itself in his eye.
Joseph Roerich of Prairie du Sac,
gave nearly a pint of blood in a trans
fusion operation at Madison hospital.
The sufferer was his mother, i'll with
hemOrrhages, and the operation may
be a success. Roerich was faint at the
close of the ordeal but said that he
would go through it again if neces-
saTy.
Charles Bromley, aged 20, who lived
three miles north of Leslie, was killed
in a runaway at Rewey where he had
been to make somep urchases. His
team became frightened just as he
was leaving the village on his way
home, and got beyond his control. The
lifeless body was found at the road
side later.
Lalitha Folks, a Vassar graduate,
and student of sociology at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, was found dead last
Wednesday in a lonely spot three
miles from the city of Madison. Be
side her body was revolver, box of
bullets, package of arsenic and some
burned papers. No motive can be dis
covered. She lived at Yonkers, n. Y.
and comes from a good family.
The new Paint Creek Dam project of
the Wisconsin e Minnesota Power Co.
at Chippewa Falls, has been attract
| ing hundreds of laborers, who are
pouring into the town on every train.
The work at hand doesn't justify the
large force available, but the company
is taking on men whenever possible.
Since the opening of the project Chip
pewa Falls has been subjected to an
unusual amount of crime and myster-
;Ous occurrences.
''Steeplejack Dan," a Milwaukee
worthy, dropped into Benzien's road
house at ST. Martins and RECALLED the
loungers with the story of his marvel
Gus feats of daring. The fiatiron build
ing was a daily part of Dams work,
and Brooklyn bridge a mere pastime
to hear him tell it. Dan was dared
to climb a local steeple and dance a
hOrnpipe. The bet was for a dollar,
and Dan essayed the steeple, but failed
to collect the dollar before ascending.