Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-19

| fell on an icy sidewalk and received
injuries that later developed blood
poisoning and caused her death.
Three wolves were killed in Mara
thon county last week. Farmers re
port that the number of the beasts
whas greatly increased during the past
year.
Leo Street, a we'll known farmer
of Dutch Creek near Bangor, was
burned to death while heating food for
his hogs. His clothing became ignited
from the flames of the cooker.
Herman Zeiger, aged 70 of South
Germantown, fell down stairs and
landed on his forehead, dying in
few minutes time. He had been at
tending an insurance society meeting.
Martin ToolefsOn, a rural mail car
rier of Valders in Manitowoc county,
walked across the 500 railroad tracks
and was run over and killed. He fail
ed to hear the whistle of the approach
ing train.
Joseph Herrian, ST., a Neillsville
farmer, was attacked in his own barn
yard by a vicious boar. Herrian was
slashed about the hips, and an artery
cut in his leg. He finally took refuge
in water tank where he nearly bled
to death before the doctor arrived as
the boar kept him prisoner a long
while The boar finally left and Her
rian ran to the house where he called
physician.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Holzschuh, Mrs. VIM.
Blust and daughter Dorothy, riding be-
tween Sheboygan and Sheboygan Falls
last Tuesday evening almost lost their
lives. The car lights went out just as
they were ascending steep hill. Mr..
HOlZschuh was unable to control the
machine which skidded, struck an en-
bankment and turned over. All Oc-
cupants were shaken up but none SER
iously injured.
Nels Isakson of OcOntO, skating at
I Green Bay, nearly died from expos
ure following wild ride on floating
ice. While the young man was skating
near the shore the piece of ice he was
standing upon broke from the main
land He was rapidly carried toward
the lake and darkness coming on gave
himself up for lost. Finally the wind
changed toward the shore and in a
| few hours Isakson was back to land
again. He wept for joy when found.
Two Lacrosse boys, aged II years,
donned wild west bandit costumes and
sailed forth to hold up people with
! loaded billies, masks and blackjacks
on their person. They were arrested
/ before doing any damage. The Big
| Brothers. organization of Lacrosse
will be given a chance under the new
parole law to reform boys The law
allows the parole Of persons charged
with serious offenses to relatives and
responsible parties.
Claudia Gulstad, of Baldwin aged Is,
elOped with Lloyd Ross of Red Wing,
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| Judge. Her husband is now in Jail
and the young lady at home, as Ross
swore that she was eighteen years old,
in asking for the license. The Red
Wing chief of police was telephoned
! to arrest the couple and found on get
ting the description that he had acted
as witness to the ceremony at the re-
quest of the judge.
!
Peter Peterson, Canadian, was ar
rested by the Madison police last week
on request of the Canadian authorities
on a charge of embezzling. According
to the police, the money was obtained
while Peterson was serving in an Of
| fetal capacity at Eyebrow, Saskatch-
evan He was arraigned and the hear
! ing put over to Jan. 20 that extraditiOn
papers might be obtained from Wash
| ington. Peterson was working in
Madison as a sewing machine collect
! or.
| The supreme court last week held
! that a conductor of a street car has
authority to compel passengers to step
inside the car. In the case of Fred w.
Coombs, against the Madison Street
Railway company the court justified
| the action of the conductor in eject
! ing the plaintiff, in accordance with
the company's rules requiring pas
sengers to step inside, and held that
such a regulation is a reasonable one
to promote efficiency and safe ser
vice.
The icy waters of Pine lake closed
over the struggling body Of Anna
Lutz, Milwaukee, when accompanied
| by her chum, Miss Anna Ketter, she
attempted crossing the ice to make
! a visit. The girls fell, the ice giving
! way as they were about the center
| of the lake. Miss Ketter managed to
get on firm footing and for a long
while held Miss Lutz who was in the
water. She finally became exhaust
ed and released her hold. She OBJ