Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-21
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Lawrence Kosolucki, aged z, of
Wausau, fell from loaded sand wa
gon and died instantly when a wheel
passed over his head.
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John Lutke, of Ashland, aged IL
years, was drowned while playing on
a raft. His older brother, Joseph,
nearly persisted also in attempting to
save the youth.
The scalps of four young wolves and
one old one brought William Stewart
of Ridgeway, bounty of $50 from the
state and county. The animals were
killed north of Ridgeway.
600
A friendly stranger asked Ham
mond Kennith, a Kenosha man to have
a glass of beer. The stranger lured
Kennith into a sandpit where he
slugged and robbed him of his valu-
ables.
A falling transom on a La Crosse
train bound for Madison, struck w.
E. Barber, state conservation commits
sioner, on the head and cut a cash six
inches in length. The accident was
due to "a brakeman opening transoms.
1000
4 terrible accident caused the death
of Melvin Thompson, a MondOvi
farmer, aged q years. ThompsOn's
oEeraIls caught on at sefscrew of the
drive shaft on a manure spreader he
was driving. His leg was pulled off
and he died from the shock.
900
Two unknown aSsailants, a man and
a woman, nearly beat John Welsh of
Stanberry, to death after robbing him.
Otto Miers of that place found Welsh
cap, and, noticing blood followed the
trail to where the victim was lying.
Welsh gave good description of his
assailants and the authorities are
searching for them.
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Fred Offield of Wausau, shot and
seriously wounded his wife, following
divorce proceedings which the woman
brought when she was expelled from
home. Mrs. Offield was wounded in
both breasts, back of the head and in
the groin, the bullet penetrating her
bladder. Offield was taken into Gus
tody with a self-inkmshrdl etaoshr
toby with a self-inf1icted wound in the
mouth. 1t is thought she will recover.
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A feud that began year ago when
the cattle of John Villas, Mauston
farmer, broke through the fence of JAS
Kureea, a neighbor, and got into the
latter's fields, resulting in the probable
death of Villas and the serious injury
of his wife and child. Mrs. Villas
claims that Kureca stopped them when
the Villas family were driving into
town and fired shotgun four times
into the wagon. Kureca then escaped
and was searched for by posse with
bloOdhounds. Villas received a large
amount of shot in the abdomen and
may die. His wife received a wound
in the arm and shoulder and the baby
received several shots.
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Because an insane obsession i'm
PEELED Mrs. Josie Reynolds of Milwau-
kee to adopt a creed of personal tor
ture for the benefit of the suffering
people in Poland, many fiendish acts
were committed at Stevens Point
where the rites were performed. One
sister, Mrs. Pauline Elbrant of Hat
hod hn1 nI1t h
a gold cross as her sacrifice and 9th
er members of the family had their
tongues split and their acfes gouged.
An undersheriff making the arrest was
severely bitten in the hand by one of
the women. A sheriff's posse finally,
after a hard fight, placed the family
under arrest and proceedings will be
started to commit them to the insane
hospital at Oshkosh. The period of
torture lasted one week and was con-
Quoted around large stone called
shrine"
Despite the offer of a reward of 500
State Senator A. G. Clark, a wealthy
Chicago man, who has a summer
home on Eagle Springs lake, near
Eagle, has been unable to discover
the identity of the persons who put
skunk sacks under the floor of his
home, making it impossible for mem
bers of the family to live in the house.
In the last issue of the Eagle Quill
Senator Clark inserted the following
notice, offering a reward and telling
of his troubles:
"Will personally add $50 to the $50
reward already offered by the Eagle
Springs Lake Protective association.
1 do so because Mrs. Clark found it
was impossible to live in the house.
Harry Nelson, in charge of the place,
assisted by Dick Nagelfort, spent the
best part of three weeks trying to dis
cover the location of the skunk scent
sacks underneath our residence at
Eagle Springs lake. They were oblig-
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