Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-15
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I UGdVy uOWHpOuf Ol rain.
Sixty head of Holstein COWS were
recently shipped from the yards at
EdgertOn, to a Nebraska farmer.
Eric Lund of Marinette, employed
by the John Weeks Lumber company,
had his leg broken when a log rolled
over him.
Nick Schlitzky of Milwaukee, fell
down a stairway in his home and re-
ceived injuries that caused his death
few hours later.
Frank Tullo of Superior, was in
dicted on eight counts by the federal
grand jury. Tullo is charged with
being white SLAYER.
Mrs. A. NJ Hubbard of Ridgeway,
fell on the icy pavement in Dodge
Vile and broke her hip. Mrs. Hub
bard is II years of age.
Leo Blaze, a street cleaner of Bur
lington, Kenosha county, was found
dead under a bridge crossing the
White river. His head was badly cut.
Albert Burt, a Beloit college stud
ent, working over a solution Of nitrate
and sulphuric acid, and was quite
seriously burned when the mixture
exploded.
Charles Knonpacki of Sharon, is un-
der bond on a charge of stealing
barn. He rented farm and tore down
log barn, which he cut up into
stovewood and sold.
! Otto Norman of Ashland was found
dying on the railroad tracks near that
city with fractured skull. 1t is not
known whether he was slugged or
struck by a train.
| Five Oshkosh ministers used two
columns of newspaper space to adver-
tise the subjects of their church serv-
ices. The attendance was doubled
through the advertising.
Ole Lien. brother of Gunda Lien,
the La Crosse washerwoman who died
leaving a $4,000 estate, denies the eX-
istence of the sister who claims to
live at Sweet Grass, Mont.
Mrs. James C. Barnhill Of Kenosha
was found dead in her apartments by
repairman for the gas company. The
rooms were filled with gas. Mrs. Barn
hill had been i'll for some time.
Unknown thieves took new spring
suits from the Milton Store company
at Milton Junction, leaving their old
apparel neatly piled in place. The
tramps took new outfits complete.
Mrs. William Armenian of Neenah,
wife of an assemblyman, was struck
by northbound c. & n. w. passenger
train and instantly killed. She was
on her way home from a visit with
friends.
While crossing the railroad tracks
in Oakfield, Earl and Harold Doehrig,
aged A and 5, respectively, sons of
/ =.
being killed by Northwestern pas
senger train.
C. Parish of Waupuca, son Of re-
tired hardware dealer, was arrested
in Stevens Point charged with having
passed forged check on Jess Schmidt,
hotel man. Parish's father refused
to furnish bail
John Litarski, of near Stevens
Point, robbed Peter to pay Paul, if
the report of his having stolen $50
from one man to pay another for
calf he had dubbed to death, is true.
He is confined in Jail.
Andrew Delbe, a Lake Mendoza
fisherman, was fined $50 for cutting
holes in the ice for the placing of set
lines. 1t is said that w. w. Sulli-
van, the hospital employee who was
drowned recently, skated into one of
Delbe's holes.
John Shepeck, the former leader in
Brown county democratic politics and
the oldest insurance agent in Green
Bay, pleaded guilty to having forged
his wife's name to a $1,000 mortgage.
Shepeck was sentenced to serve three
years in prison.
Frank A. Sutherland of GAINESVILLE,
fell backward down a fight of stairs
ard broke his neck His father, who
was on the main floor heard the fall
and rushed in to find his son dead at
the foot of the stairs. No one wit
messed the fall.
Ludwig Kalata of Plainfeld, aged II
years. died following an operation for
appendicitis in a Stevens Point hospi-
tai. Younk Kalata suffered for five
DAYS with the disease before being
brought to the hospital and the appen-
dix broke in the body.