Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-08


the grave of his brother, the late Ar
thur Devlin, who died at Kenosha.
Joseph Bartha, of Milwaukee, was
killed near Benton, when he fell from
the top of the steel work on the Skin
ner rooster, 20 feet to the ground,
landing on cement pier. He lived for
short time after the fall.
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Miss Cora Shimmerhorn, of Gratiot,
burned to death following the pouring
of kerosene on some hot Goals in a
stove. The explosion set fire to her
garments and set fire to her house.
The mother who attempted to put out
the flames was also badly burned. The
accident happened on Miss Simmer
horns seventeenth birthday.
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Thelma Collins, a three-year-old,
living at Sectionville, was playing on
the floor of the farm home with box
of nails and staples. She cried sud
denly and being seemingly in pain, her
mother called the physician. The child
was taken to the hospital and an x-ray
picture showed a large fence staple
in her stomach. An immediate opera
ton removed the metal and the child
is doing well.
Leo Dumphy, II years, living on a
farm near New Albany, was found
dead in the rear of his fathers barn
by his sister. He was hanging from
the trip rope on the hay fork, and as
The had been in the habit of swinging
on the rope, it is presumed that he lost
Ibis hold and in some manner it be-
came entangled about his neck.
Mrs Roy c. Hoffman, young bride
Iof Merrill, poured kerosene over a
bed of hot Goals, and the can eXplod-
ed, throwing the burning oil over her
body and causing her death in few
minutes time. Her husband endeavor-
ed to rescue her by throwing a COM
fort over her, but his efforts were un-
lavailing.
The state railroad commission has
ISSUED an order exempting the city of
Platteville from the provision of the
statutes requiring the city to furnish
water meters at the public's expense.
The exemption was granted in order
to allow the city to use its funds for
needed improvements.
Waukesha has got the lid on since
Mayor Estberg closed all the gambl-
ing houses. Cigar wheels, gum ma
chimes and dice games are included
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William Adams, a Sheboygan citi-
zen, 20 years old, fell dead on the
street following the breaking of an
abcess in his throat, which strangled
him.
John Maurer, of Appleton, has been
arrested on a charge of having struck
his wife and breaking her nose, fol-
lowing her being spoken to by another
man in passing, Mauer then follow
ed the man into a blacksmith shop
and fired at him, but missed him.
Mrs. Mauer also alleges that her hus-
band attempted to poison her.
John Larsen, a Lacrosse boy II
years old, was nearly killed when a.
bomb he and some other boys had
touched off, flew through the air and
grazed his head inflicting a scalp
wound. The boys had set the tube
off inside a shanty and crouched out
side, but it tore its way through the
wall, and after hitting Larsen, flew
for a long distance.
Dorothy Henning, aged 31a of Fon
du Lac, ate some pills given her moth
er by a peddler, and was made SER
iously i'll. The pills were from a
sample package.
Harold Robinson, Rockford, living
with his mother in a cottage at the
Delavan lake, jokingly threatened to
shoot her if she did not wake up in
the morning. He then took gun from
the dresser and pulled the trigger.
The gun was loaded and the bullet
entered Mrs. Robinson's body. She is
in critical condition.
A lone robber walked into the Mil
waukee depot at Oconomowoc, at an
early hour last Monday week ago,
and took about $50 in cash and num-
erous pay checks. Earl Campbell, the
operator was forced to hold up his
hands while the robber went through
the till. $125 in a sack hidden by the
second trick man a few hours before,
was untouched.
William Finn, farmer living at
Pine creek, near Lacrosse, is report
ed to have gathered a SNOWFALL on a
frosty morning last week and to have
thrown it at a rooster in the yard.
The fowl was killed.
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