Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-07

Howard, Brown county, was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
The structure belonged to Mrs. Ash
ton Delorme and the furniture alone
was valued at $4,000.
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Miss Pearl Blount of Monroe, has
sued John Goetz, wealthy merchant
tailor for $4,000 damages alleging
breach of promise This is the first
action of the kind filed in years in
Green county.
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A companion of Peter Klimek of
I Oshkosh, went to sleep on the rail
road track and Klimek relieved his
friend of S11O in cash. For this act
ion Kilmek will serve one year in the
Industrial school. He pleaded guilty
to larceny.
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Florence Francken of Depere, aged
ten years, was knocked down and
killed when the little girl had
darted in front of an automobile on
the long bridge last Memorial Day. G.
A. Lawton, president of the machine
works, and Judge Henry GRASS were
in the car.
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An automobile driven by Warren
Smell, a wisconsin University student,
turned over in rut near Middleton,
and threw Miss Alma Hanson of Med
ford, coed, from the car. Miss Han
son suffered fractured collar bone
and other injuries. The other occu-
pants of the car escaped injury.
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Three deaths in the same block dur
ing a days time was the unusual in
stance at Green Bay when Johanna
Verbuckle, aged 65; Arthur Zillies, age
26; and Edwin Derenne, aged II,
passed away, from Thursday to Friday
of week before last They all lived
on Day street in that city.
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Edgar Moore, an Eau Claire farmer,
was killed by lightning while going
home to dinner from the field. Mem
bers of the family found the body with
the clothing entirely burned away.
His wife, who recently gave birth to
child, is in a serious condition from
the shock over her husbands death.
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1t is feared that Michael Prock and
Anthony Maletzke of Beaver Dam,
were drowned in the waters of Beaver
Lake, as the two men failed to return
home in the evening, and the boat con-
tanning one mans coat was found
the next day. The lake will be thor
oughly dragged for their bodies.
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A bull that always had been con-
sidered as gentle, went on a rampage
on the farm of Louis GOlongeski,
town of New Berlin, Waukesha coun-
ty, and before it was subdued Mr..
Golongski had a badly bruised arm
and leg, and broken ribs to say
nothing of minor injuries. He will
recover.
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Sheboygan authorities will appeal
to Uncle Sam to erect a barrier on
the shore end of the new government
pier in that city following the near
drowning last week of the six-year-
old daughter of Henry Pahlkotter, a
marine engineer. The little girl fell
off the breakwater and was pulled by
two men in the nick of time.
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A county road gang created great
excitement at Monroe when they
struck lead pocket while grading
one mile west of that city. A ton OF
metal has been taken out to date, and
a shaft to find the vein may be sunk
The first settlers in Green county came
from Galena as prospectors and in
the early days valuable mines were
operated in Exeter township.
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i GAINESVILLE police have been search
ing for one Frank Sheridan who, il
is alleged, borrowed diamond ring
valued at $3.50, from Miss Harriet
MuIlingan, while the young lady
} claims, the couple were spending the
evening in a park After getting the
sparkler on his finger it is said that
Sheridan asked to be excused for a
: minute He failed to return.
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: Emil Zippel of Milwaukee, aged 81
years, attempted suicide while con-
fined in the county Jail on an aban-
Idonment charge. Zippel concealed q
Jagged spoon from his breakfast table
and hacked at his neck until he be-
came unconscious from loss of blood
Zippel is insane or pretends to be
: and says that he imagined his wife
had been killed and that he could hear
her voice in the corridor.
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Michael Sweeney of near La Crosse
was overjoyed because he was able tc
save a child he saw floating down the
river, from drowning. His gladnesS
knew no bounds when he found the
child to be his granddaughter who
had fallen into the water little way
up stream and fioated down. The
baby's face had been held out OF the
uotaY. nv ire thick dresses which SUP.