Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-11-24

Youthful hunters near Edgerton,
shot at rabbit and peppered an au
tomobile containing party of Madi-
son people enroute to GAINESVILLE. Two
women in the car were severely in
jured by the fine shot.
| August Komro, a farmer lad living
near Chippewa Falls, lost all the toes
of his right foot while hunting rab
bits. Though greatly weakened by
loss of blood, he managed to struggle
home.
George Stein of Oshkosh, aged 31a
years, saved his two year old brother
Leonard, from drowning when he
grasped the little fellow just as he
was falling into a pool of water
George screamed for help until his
parents came to his aid.
The Outagamie county board at its
recent meeting passed resolution ap-
propriating 81 900 as a reward for the
capture of Wenzel Kabat, "lifer" who
recently escaped from the penitentiary.
Kabat was reported as being last seen
in Montana.
John Hummer of New Auburn, and
his sister, Mrs. M. Amenson of the
same village, received burns that
caused their death in a fire that des-
troyed their three-room log cabin. Mrs.
Andrew Hummer and son escaped,
with bad burns. The fire was caused
by a defective f1ue. Mrs. Amenson was
once rescued, but rushed back into the
building to bring out clothing and
never returned alive.
Governor Philip posed before a
moving picture camera last week in
his private Office at the state capitol.
| The National Anti-Tuberculosis asso-
citation will stage the picture known
as "The Power of the Penny" in its
fight on the disease and the governor
participated in the final scenes. Col.
Pixley and other members of the staff
also took part. Mr.. Philip, it is said,
performed like a trained actor the
part he was to play.
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Raymond Bennett, aged %, Grand
Rapids hunter, was killed accident
ally while hunting ducks on the cram
berry marsh owned by his father A.
E. Bennett, member of the county
board. Raymond was hunting with
his brother and uncle and picked up
a shotgun dragging it toward him.
The gun became discharged the con-
tents striking the unfortunate young
man in the face and causing immediate
death,
Hunters returning from the nor
thern woods say that dead does and
fawns by the hundreds, lie in the
thickets of the hunting region on &C
count of the hunters being afraid to
remove them for fear of prosecution
under the lone buck law" w. S.
Whitehead of Spooner, claims that he
found eleven does and five fawns dead
in the brush where they had been shot
and left by the hunters. 1t is said the
nimrods are unable to determine the
sex of the animals even when they
are close at hand and consequently
shoot at everything leaving the fawns
to lie where they fall.
Peter Grim, 13 year old Milwaukee
school boy, was stabbed with a pen
knife by a playmate, and for two
weeks lay in the Emergency hospital
lowering between life and death from
tetanus poisoning. The doctors gave
Peter $4,000 units of antitoXin in the
hope of arresting the effect of the
deadly germs introduced into little Pc
ter's body by the rusty blade. Last
week through a combination of the
serum, his vitality and resolve to get
we'll, Peter took a turn for the better
and is now on the road to recovery
His little playmates at the school are
preparing an ovation for him.
Ernest Hearty, of Green Bay, driver
for the Shavely livery and transfer
company of that city, and William
Welsh a companion, were drowned in
the waters of the Fox river when the
automobile Hearty was driving went
into the stream. The accident was due
to the bridge being open to allow q
boat to pass. Hearty was pinned un-
der the machine and had no chance
to save himself, being found in that
position when the car was taken from
the water two hours later. Welsh
jumped clear landing in the water, but
sank before rescuers could reach him
]. A. Hazelwood, chairman, and A
r. Hirst, chief engineer of the state
highway commission, are of the opin-
ion that Wisconsin is taking an in
creased interest in good road work
This is indicated by the action of
many county boards at all the annual
meetings." said Mr.. HazelwoOd recent
ly. Brown county voted bond issue
of $3.50, 900, which will be submitted
to the people at the April election.
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