Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-05

Grover Evaland of Fond du Lac, shot
and killed himself. His wife left hin
in January.
John Vanbackel, aged rs, and his
wife, aged 80, both Of Depere, were
overcome in there home by gas fumes
from a coal stove last Wednesday
night. They were found by a neigh
Dor at noon the next day. The woman
is dead and the man is not expected
to live.
A dog saved the family of William
Pritchett, of Green Bay, from death
in their burning home early in the
morning. The canine parked until
he awakened the master, and enabled
Pritchett, his wife and daughter to
escape. The loss was estimated at
$1,000.
! Frustrated in a suicide attempt a
month ago when his wife knocked
bottle containing carbolic acid from
his hand, Joseph Klonthek Of Milwau-
kee, drank the deadly potion last week
in the presence of his wife and two
children. He died soon after. The
family is left destitute.
Filling a greasy bun with a hacksaw
and large knife, Mrs. John Lakso
of WautomO, endeavored to pass the
tools to her husband who was con-
fined in the county Jail on a murder
charge. Sheriff Chase became suspic-
iOus and opened the bun, finding the
articles. Mrs. Lakso is held under
heavy bail.
John Doris and Patrick Ryan of
Madison, received sentences of one
year each from Judge Stevens of the
Madison municipal court. The men
pleaded guilty to failing to support
their children. The court suspended
sentence placing the men in the Gus
tody of the humane agent, I. G. Pur-
cell.
Alarmed at her husbands absence
when he went to the barn to do his
chores, Mrs. Robert Clausen, of La
Crosse, went to search for him and
bumped into his lifeless body swing
ing from a beam in the barn. Mr..
Clausen had attend an auction and
returned home apparently in good
spirits, and no cause is assigned for
the act.
Tomah will boast a new library
this spring, as the joint gift of Andrew
Carnegie and DR.. Ernest r. Buckley,
former resident of Tomah The
present old library, which was
erected through the efforts of public
spirited women in 1908, will be moved
from its site and the handsome new
structure put in its place.
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F. G. Rich of Appleton, Wis, was
killed at Sharon, and $4,000 damage
done by an explosion which wrecked
the municipal water, gas and electric
plant there last week. Rich, engin-
eer for the city, was killed instantly.
No one else was in the plant when the
explosion occurred. 1t is believed that
gas escaping from the pipes became
ignited.
No cause can be assigned for the
attempted suicide of Miss Frieda
Krabs, a good looking and nice man
nered girl employed in the family of
DR.. Frank Root of Darien. Miss Krabs,
who is a devoted member of the Bap-
fist c.. E. at Whitewater, and Is years
of age. swallowed half a cup of car
bolic acid causing terrible burns to
the mouth, throat and stomach. She
is not expected to live.
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William Long, feeble-minded
young man living at Browntown, lost
his position as mail carrier from the
depot to the postoffice, for which he
received So monthly. Long brooded
for several days and then attempted
suicide by hanging. This proved un-
successful and day or so later the
young man tried to cut his throat with
a razor, but was prevented in this al
so. Long is a giant in stature, being
feet and 4 inches tall.
One hundred years, months and 8
days was the great age attained by
Mrs. Michaelina Smith a Milwaukee
woman. Mrs. Smith died last week
at the home of her daughter in that
city following a short illness due to
the death of a beloved son. Born IN
Poland, Jan. Is, 1915, she came to
this country in 1868. Her husband
died twenty-four years ago. She is
survived by forty-one grandchildren
thirty-one grandchildren, two
daughters and two sons. Deputy
Sheriff Michael Katzban is grandson
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Lumber in enormous quantities is
being used in the erection of the Wis
sofa dam on Paint creek near Chippe-
wa Falls. To date ten to twelve car