Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-11
COUNTY AND NEARBY
Matters of Current Interest BY
Telegraph and Mail.
Grimes, Casualties and Remarkable
Incidents that have Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

Max Cardin, bridge carpenter OF
Prairie Du Chem, was drowned Mon
day afternoon of last week in the
wisconsin river east of Wauzeka. He
leaves a wife.
st. Johns church at Oshkosh. was
struck by lightning and the steeple
3hadly damaged, during a storm Sun
day night, of last week. A fire re-
suited from the bolt, but. was ex-
lsj3guished.
Samuel Beckman, aged 20, Mil
'Raukee jitney driver, had his eyes
badly scorched when an Automobile
tire exploded. He was treated at the
emergency hospital and the eyes were
Hound badly inflamed.
Mrs. Clarence Schultz, a Neenah
woman was awakened recently by
4he restlessness of her infant son, and
upon investigation, found cat in
lhaling the child's breath. The cat
has been disposed of.
Cases of potato blight in the south
osrn section of the state have been re-
ported to the plant pathology depart
IDent of the college of agriculture.
Bordeaux mixture, sprayed on the
vines will prevent the disease.
The body of Jack Piasecki, the un-
fortunate man who was carried down
1Ihe waters of Fancy creek in Rich
sand county and drowned, was recov-
erred Thursday morning a week ago
and prepared for burial. The body
was found face down in hole.
GnstaVe Mueller, convicted last fall
sof the murder Of Albert Bieber and
serving a life sentence at Waupun,
died last Saturday a week ago in the
lpTIson hospital from cancer. Mueller
lad been in failing health for the past
Two months.
Henry Lundstrum, % years old of
Cumberland, was electrocuted last
Thursday in a garage where he was
sEepairing lights on an automobile. A
short circuit in the lighting apparatus
ozzused the accident. Axel Eckland,
an assistant, was burned but will re-
s10Ver
Motorcycle deputy, Michael Thorne,
rfthe Milwaukee police force, disguis
ses himself so that he may catch Of
lending speeders unawares and his
costumes number as many as a regu-
Jar sure-enough detective. He is re-
ported to have had great success in
making arrests.
d.. Vincent had the misfortune to
lose the sight oof his left eye, and it
Swas later found necessary to remove
tSbe optic at, the Madison general hos
lpIsal Mr. Vincent sustained the in
FuEy i'm the Assembly chamber when
"a book was thrown at him during a
i&Orssplay- session.
The caharets in Milwaukee have
ISeen3clOsed and the night life of that
gay city has received a staggering
blow since the new police regulations
vent into effect. Over 400 entertain
sFs have been thrown out of employ
.nlent and must seek other fields
where the.,rules. are not so rigorous.
A-ihOrse belonging to Mr.. Meyer,
irving in the town of Richfield, fell |
cato an abandoned well and was
-ewnad baforo Il GOULD ov+r;oo4o5 j
Tla9ss grass had grown over the boards /
'scTeriTlg THE well so that its location |
EUt1d not be detected and Mr. Meyer
Who was driving a mower drove into
She well before he knew it. ~
The bandit who held up the cashier
al North Liberty, Iowa, on July s16;1
has been captured at Detroit, Mich.
s5is name is w n: Smith, and anoth-
= participant in the robbery. named
s,oEnis. was captured at Rock Island
SasT wRek.T. They will be taken to
s0Rss For trffal
klB6ina .1aneck, "a 7-year-old. boy
Ewing at Bloom City, picked up a
Dynamite cap, and, gathering some
saBsrs placed the cap inside and
sBgENGSed Ga match to it. The resultant
EXPLOSION blew his hand nearly off,
.aesrating the fingers badly. and ser
.1usIy cutting one eye.
Three children, aged 3, 6. and
Gears, were burned to death at Della
zza. when a fire last Wednesday
alxht destroyed eight cottages. The
children belonged to the Brand fam
~ uOf Racine, and their cottage was
among the first to go. The family |
WAS asleep when the fire started.
Charles Herman. aged 81, stood be-
secret the Judgment bar at Milwaukee
.sseating sentence on charge OF OBJ
a,7,.fy.c--rTconey under false pretenSeS. |