Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-05

calf born to a dairy COW IN the middle
| west, is owned by Augustine broth
ers Of the town of Grover in Marin
cite county. The calf is the offspring
Of pure bred Holstein COW, and
weighed 12O pounds at birth. Sixty
pounds is about the average weight
for a calf at birth.
| Temporarily insane, Andrew KO-
vach, aged 46, farmer of Krivitz,
climbed to the attic of his home and
placed a rope around his neck. After
slashing himself in the abdomen with
a razor, Kovach jumped from his
support. He was found in a lifeless
condition by his wife and son.
A heartIess thief picked the pocket
of Stanley Szyeloski and stole $500
from the hapless man. Szyloeski was
bound for Mosinee from Portage,
where he expected to do farm work.
and the robbery occurred at the West
Madison where he intended changing
cars with his wife and eight child
rem. The theft left them penniless
and stranded.
Mrs. Caroline Schmidt Of near La
Crosse, died recently leaving her son
Nocolaus 81 in her will. Mrs.
Schmidt also directed that an iron
cross costing not more than SIS be
placed on her grave and $50 be left
to the priest for masses. The bal
ance of the $1,000 was left to st.
Roses convent in La Crosse. It is said
that the son will contest the will.
Rev. H. F. Flock of Sparta and Rev.
Joseph Riesterer of La Crosse, de-
clined a bequest from Mrs. Helen
Brieske, a we'll to do woman, who, af
ter caring for her relatives, left the
church the balance on condition that
the priests say masses forever and
ever" as stipulated in the will. The
priests notified the county judge that
it was impossible to comply with the
conditions of the will.
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Lola B. Whitmore, aged %, and
Caroline Duror, aged 81, of New York,
and spending a vacation in Baraboo,
were instantly killed by a North
Western train while walking on the
track about 3 miles out of the city.
There is an abrupt curve where the
fatal accident took place and it is
thought the girls did not see the train.
Both bodies were hurled into DEVILS
Lake, opposite the track.
William Gary, a farmer living near
Green Bay, claims to own a four year
old colt that can unlock barn doors.
Recently Mr.. Gary went to town to
visit his daughter, putting the colt in
the barn over night. The next morn
ing he found the barn empty. Search
was fruitless until he went home when
the colt was discovered in his old
stall, eating hay. AS Mr.. Gary hooked
the latch in the sliding door of his
daughters barn, he maintains the an
imal was clever enough to unlock it
and find his way home.
Sam Gregario, of De Sofa, an Ital-
ian farmer suffered a series of bad
accidents that have caused him to be-
lieve he is under the influence of the
"evil eye" His first mishap was to
lose his best dairy COW in a mysteri-
Gus manner and this was followed by
an accident at the woodpile where he
lost three fingers from his left hand
On the way to the city for medical
treatment, GregariO's team ran away
throwing him out of the rig and drag
ging his nine-year-old son for nearly
a mile. Both father and son were
badly bruised, the rig demolished and
the horses seriously hurt.
Kenneth Brainerd, Fl years old,
University of wisconsin student, COM
mitted suicide at the home of his pa
rents south of Bruce, near Ladysmith.
He was in bed with pneumonia when
he suddenly jumped up, grabbed a
razor slashing his throat and body in
the presence of his mother, who at
tempted to prevent him by taking the
razor. Turning quickly, the young
man ran from the house toward the
Chippewa river, eight rods away. The
mother summoned help and neighbOrs
followed a blood trail to a hole in the
ice, through which he had plunged.
Last winter a brother-in-law commit
ted suicide the same way under the
ice near Crane, eight miles north of
, Ladysmith.
! Lester A. Kelley a Mineral Point
lineman, lost his life during the flood
, of two weeks ago when, with VIM. Gill
: len, he attempted to cross Spenseley
creek, a branch of the Pecatonica
river. The young men were on their
, way to Linden with the intention of
clearing trouble on the power lines.
AS they came to the bridge crossing
Spenseley creek, a heavy fog prevent