Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-23

morning and broke into the room,
discovering Smith asleep and his bed
a mass of flames. Smith was rescued
and the fire extinguished.
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R. C. Guetzlaff, foreman of the w.
d. Hoard e Sons Co., at FIT. Atkinson,
was struck by a train and killed near
his home in that city. The tragedy
| followed a family quarrel in which, it
! is said, Guetzlaff chOked his wife. He
| left home at once and was not later
seen alive The body was found af-
ter the killing, about thirty feet from
the tracks where it had been thrown.
His chest was crushed and both arms
and one leg broken.
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Judge Park at Stevens Point, decid
ed the case of the Cranberry creek
drainage districts Of Wood county
against the Elm Lake Cranberry Co.,
and several other growers for the de-
PENDANTS. The petition of the drainage
commissioners to control the water
on the cranberry marshes is denied.
The district asked that the growers
be restrained from bringing in water
from another creek This is forbidden
by the decision unless the growers
provide a means of later removing the
water.
A Sunday night dance at the home
of Samuel Weinberg, Bloomville, end
ed in the shooting of Thomas Cunts
who died the next day. The quarrel
arose over attentions paid by Cunts
to Mrs. Peter Reinson for several years
past. The dance took place at the
home of Mrs. Reinson's father and she
danced a great deal with Cunts. Lat
er Reinson missed his wife and search
ing for her on her way home with
Cunts. Words followed and Reinson
procured a rifle from his home and
as Cunts approached, fired.
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Unheard of prices are being paid, it
is said for the tobacco crop in the
GAINESVILLE district, although the plants
are not more than half matured. The
buyers are securing the country buy
ing futures and paying unheard OF
prices. Last years crop was below
the average and the farmers obtained
only fair prices. 1t is said that the
hot weather this year has helped the
plants planted late and buyers are
paying from II cents to 16 cents a
pound for standing crops, assuming
the danger of hail, frost, and imma-
ture curing.
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I'll, Of Ton n nc
closely questioned by the police of
that city one week after an alleged
shooting in which it was claimed he
had shot himself twice in the head
after he had shot boarder, Miss Ada
Rice, in the right arm. Both were re-
leased after Parish's denial that he
tried to murder the girl, claiming that
she was shot as she attempted to
wrest the gun from his grasp when
he tried to commit suicide as result
of dependency. Parish is the father
of seven children.
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The $4,000 left by Steve Marich of
Milwaukee who died recently leaving
an estate created as the result of COM
pensation paid him, turned up miss
ing and the public administrator has
caused David Marich, brother of de-
ceased, to be confined in Jail until the
money reappears A will has been
found that leaves One-third Of the es-
tate to Steve's wife, Milica, who is
in Croatia. and one-third to his father,
Tom Marich. David Marich claims
that his brother Steve, left him the
money outright and refuses to divulge
| it's location He will remain in jail
until he can think of what became Of
| it.
1 The bequest of the late W. w. War
ner, giving $4,000 for a park on Lake
Monona and $4,000 for sea wall on
the lake, may go by default. Negotia-
tions have gone on since Mr.. Warmers
death for the purchase of park site
on the lake on the property owned by
! the Conklin Ice company, OF Madison
1t is said that Mr.. Conklin holds the
property at $250,000, as selling would
force him to move to the opposite side
of the lake. The proposed sea wall
would cost about 100000. AS Madi-
son already has an extensive park sys-,
tenn and the carrying out of the be-
quest require a large expenditure by
the city, it is likely that the bequest
will go by default. In this case $4O,-
900 will go to Baraboo for the con-
struction of a road to DEVILS Lake
state park and the balance to the wild
ow
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How a big boil brought luck is a
story that comes to the Industrial
Commission from one of the service
workers" in a large Milwaukee fac
tory. A girl employed in the factory
asked the service worker for advice