Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-31
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Edward Sherman of Plainfield, re-
ceived a bounty of So and $40 for the
hide of lynx he shot and killed while
out for a spin in his automobile.
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A wicked stranger attacked Rollle
Shepherd, a Lacrosse taxi driver,
when the latter demanded his fare.
After cutting Shepherd with a knife,
the stranger escaped.
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While her husband was absent from
home attending the funeral of sis
ter. Mrs. Richard Dunn Of Neenah,
turned on the burners of the kitchen
gas stove and asphyXiated herself.
The body was found by a sister.
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James Orgram of Beaver Dam, aged
81 wears. visited a barber shop last
week for the first time. Orgram told
the barber who shaved him that he
had used the same razor for forty
years.
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Julius Kinner, a La Crosse negro,
fell while carrying a heavy kettle
filled with burning lard from bakery
where he was employed and precipi-
tated the solution over face, neck and
arms. The building was saved and
Kinner will recover from his injuries.
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Charles Robert Skinner of BrOd-
head, aged 10 years, and son of R. R.
Skinner, has received an appointment
to a cadetship at Annapolis naval
academy. The young man had high
standing at a state at large examina-
ton held March %.
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The body of Thomas Mason, the re-
tired railroad engineer who was
drowned in Lake Winnebago several
weeks ago, is still unrecOvered, due
so the searchers' claim, to the heavy
boots worn at the time of the drown
ing. 1t is said that the boots keep the
body in an upright position and pre-
vents its rising to the surface.
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Lawbreaking fishermen at Depere
were too quick for Game Warden
Cranston and four deputies who raid
ed the mems fishing grounds. The
wardens confiscated four dip-nets,
two boats. articles of wearing apparel
and fifty pounds of pike. The men
ran and refused to stop when the Of
ficers fired at them. Their Identity
is suspected.
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His engine going dead just in
front of an oncoming train, and fac
ing seemingly certain death, George
Osbourne, of Aurora, jumped into the
back seat of the car to save his son
and daughter. The engine pilot caught
the automobile in the middle, lifted
it up and carried it for a distance of
100 feet when the engineer managed
to stop the train. The occupants of
the car were unhurt, although the au-
tomobile was smashed.
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Scarcity of ore vessels has caused
great congestion on the Superior
docks where enormous quantities of
ore are disgorged daily from the rail-
roads and held for shipment Ore
| trains run hourly on the Great North
ern road and the capacity would be
doubled if transports could be found
on the lakes At present 100000 tons,
enough to fill thirty great freighters,
are in the pockets at the docks and 2
500 cars await handling in the yards.
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! Leo Majowskij, aged of Milwau-
kee, was run down and killed by an
automobile while the little fellow
was hurrying home from school to
his luncheon. He ran in front of a
machine and the driver was unable
to stop in time. The heavy wheels
hurled the child some distance and
smashed his skull. The driver, who
was unnerved by the accident, receiv-
ed exoneration from the police.
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A sad case was that of Robert Hur-
man, ST., whose body was pulled out
of the river at Sheboygan last week
and sadder still is the plight of his
fatherless children who wait for dad
dy' at st. Vincent's orphan asylum
in Milwaukee. The mother was burned
to death two years ago and the Sisters
of Charity have cared for the little
boy and girl since that time. Letters
identifying the drowned man were
found in a coat pocket.