Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-10-18

The Jefferson county poor farm has
sold $4,000 worth of Holstein cattle
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Patrolmen at the plant of the Banks
dale Dupont Powder company are
feasting on cartridges, which light on
the high tension wires that line the
fences about the plant and fall dead.
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The four year old son of Durwald
Haskell is dead at Ontario, as the re-
suit of eating acorns while playing
with some companions under the trees
near his home.
For his act of heroism in rescuing
Mark z. Jones of GAINESVILLE from
drowning in Delavan lake last sum-
mer, Dewey Rosenthal of Beloit, has
been awarded bronze hero medal by
the Ralston Purina hero commission.
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A petition has been made up at APP
pletOn and forwarded to Governor
Phillip protesting against a pardon
being granted to Paul Krause who was
the principal in a chamber of horrors
murder case in 1908.
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Samuel Hermanson of Lodi, who
was struck by lightning, which killed
his team while blowing, is recovering,
although his legs were badly burned
and one eye injured. The lightning
tore one shoe from Hermanson's foot.
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Gee rye Liskia, and Albert Marks, of
Green Bay, Beaumont hotel bellboys,
were rescued by fishermen after float
ing atop a skiff in Green Bay for an
hour. The boat capsized while they
were hunting ducks.
Marshal Boeckman, &c years old, a
deaf and dumb shoemaker, and his
mother, Mrs. Maria Boeckman, SO
years old, died at Oshkosh within one
hour of natural causes. Each had
been i'll several years.
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Charles Rutkauskis, 45 years old,
was found dead in the lonely station
of the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
road at Tobin road, four miles south
of Kenosha. Cards found in his pock-
ct indicated that he lived at 3244 South
Halstead street, Chicago.
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John Jacquinta, %, is in the Keno
sha hospital with knife wound eight
cen inches long in his back and may
die. James Olivero, another Italian,
was arrested after a battle with the
police and is held on a charge of at
tempted murder.
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After being out fifteen minutes, the
Beloit jury in the "hell's alley shoot
ing trial, growing out of a five-year
village feud at Shopiere, Wisconsin,
returned verdict Of mot guilty. G.
j. Capman, who shot and wounded
Constable Charles Shimmeal Aug. 1,
was freed.
Several hundred persons have sign
ed petition protesting against the
Manitowoc city council selling Solar,
a horse, Chief Kratz, of the fire de-
partment formerly drove. The petit
TONERS ask that the horse be put to
pasture the balance of his days Solar
once was a fast trotter.
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Attorneys for the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric company recently served not
ice on the Kenosha city attorney that
/ the company would appeal to the state
railway commission against what it
terms an unreasonable order of the
council demanding that the company
put it's wires under the ground on an
outlying street.
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Five persons had a miraculous es-
cape from death when a big six-cylin-
der touring car slipped off the Verona
road, turned over three times and
landed in a ditch. Joseph Breuling
of Bellville, owner of the car, had
with him Mrs. Pearl Willoughby, her
two little children and her father-in-
law, Willis Willoughby.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago archi-
tect, who lives at Spring Green, is
being sued by Bretanos, a New York
corporation, for alleged failure to pay
for books in 1912. A judgment was
given the New York firm by Judge
andre and Wright appealed to Circuit
court by stipulation. The case will
be heard at Madison.
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A family feud ended in the death of
William Petrushka, aged 33 years.
He died after a fight in a Racine sal
DON in which a dozen or more took
part. Three Of the participants are
in jail suffering from cuts and bruises
but two brothers, Joe and Alex Elk
travich got away. The saloon has
been closed by order of the mayor.
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Dean George L. Collie has made it
plain that hazing will not be tolerat-
ed by Beloit college. Following a mid
4 night padding party, in which masked