Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-09-27
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1 A bit of flying steel from hammer
penetrated a blood vessel and caused
the demise Of John Novy, an employee
of the Manitowoc gas company.
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Louis Pasinant was shot in the alb
domen and fatally wounded III the sa-
loon Of August Went at Hermansville
He died later, at hospital in Menom-
inee.
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A tag pinned to an aged man found
wandering in the Manitowoc streets
served to identify August Busse who
had left South Dakota for a Wiscon-
sin point and became lost. 5000 were
found upon his person. The tag said
"Maribel, Wis"
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Miss Theresa Baumann, aged six
teen years, the sole survivor of the au-
tOmobile accident at Two Rivers a
month ago in which her parents and
two others were killed, has been TAX
to restore her fractured limbs.
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An automobile driven by William
Spenkard of Gratiot, Wis, left the
road near Nashotah last week, the
machine rolling down an embankment
The occupants were thrown out, Mr.
| Spenkard escaping unhurt while Clar-
ence Gilbert of Gratiot, received a
I broken collar bone.
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/ Baptiste Palatine and Eugene Saw
ski, two painters, were drowned at
the Merrimac railroad bridge when
the plank they were standing upon
broke and the men fell into the water
They sank at once and never came up
until graphing irons were used A
large knot in the plank is thought to
! have weakened it.
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Illegal netting of fish is being done
extensively on the east shore Of Lake
Winnebago. The attention Of the fed
eral game wardens. has been called
to the wholesale violations Of the law
it being alleged that the operations
are being carried on with no molesta-
ton The law violatOrs are said to
work in broad daylight.
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A yearling heifer owned by J. G.. Da
Wis of Marshfield, was stung a thous-
and times when she tipped over a
beehive in the yard In her frantic
efforts to escape the angry insects the
heifer tipped over whole row OF
hives and all the other bees joined in
what might be termed a stinging
''bee" The animal lowered between
life and death for several days, but
will not live.
Scott Brobst, a wealthy retired
farmer of Brodhead, wandered away
at Monroe where he had gone to have
some dental work done. 1t is thought
that Brobst became dazed from ar
opiate administered during the treat
ment. Ae he failed to return home
in the evening his friends conducted
!, a search for him. Brobst was last
seen on his way to the Monroe depot
and it is though he boarded the wrong
train.
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Mrs. Ruth Everhart. of Oshkosh, has
brought suit against her husband
George S. Everhart in the Fond du
Lac courts, alleging that Everhar1
threatened to blow her brains 0ut
when she failed to greet him with &
smile when he came home from work
Compelling her to sing at the point
of revolver, and tying her to chair
while he forced rich pastry down her
throat, were other playful pastimes
OF Mr. Everhart, according to his wife
Both are socially prominent.
Sentences Of twenty-five years each
were melted out to Anton SzalkoWski
and George Hardy of Milwaukee by
Judge Backus last week. Szalkowski
pleaded guilty to charge of assault
with intent to kill and murder Patrol
man John Wesolowski Hardy was
convicted by jury Of an attempted
assault upon a five-year-old girl. It
was his third offense. He received
the maximum penalty. The court stat
ed in sentencing Hardy that if capital
punishment was permitted in this state
he would be in favor Of it in Hardy's
case.