Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-17


land, was seriously injured when she
coasted into team Of horses on her
sled and was dragged several blocks
by the frightened animals
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The remains of an unknown man
were picked up on the North Western
tracks near KenOsha dismembered so
badly that a soap box was used to
place them in. The victim is thought
to have been a Chicago express en-
plOye.
Four men were seriously injured
and one probably fatally when gall
lery collapsed in the North Western
road icehOuse at Oshkosh last week
throwing huge blocks of ice to the
ground and burying the men, who
fell with the ice and timbers.
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Mary Buguewski, aged Z, was in
stantly killed at Wausau when a gun
in the hands of her brother, aged 9, &C
cidentally discharged The boy was at
tempting to take a load from the gun
when it went off striking the girl in
the temple
Mrs. Catherine Kapelski, of James
vile, has sued that city for $4,000 al
leging that a small mound of ice was
allowed to accumulate on the street
in front Of her home. Mrs. Kapelski
claims that she slipped on the ice and
sustained broken right arm.
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Charles Rogers, son of DR.. Talbot
Rogers, warden of Racine college, is
suffering from internal injuries as
result of the overturning of an AUTO
mobile Sunday afternoon of last eek.
Young Roberts was driving the car.
Two boy friends and three young wo-
men also were in the machine.
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Fire started in the boiler room of
the Buthuania Luthern church at Ra-
cine while services were coming on.
With the flames creeping into the audi
forum the pastor continued his SER
mon counseling his auditors to remain
quiet. The building, valued at $4,000,
was destroyed, but no lives were lost
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Hunting with a ferret proved disas-
trOus for four Rock county men who
were fined $40 and costs. One man
Gust carried gum" but drew fine
of $50 when the court found he had no
license. Lack of a game warden has
caused the hunters to run rampant in
Rock county doing much damage to
stock
Mrs. Steve Nowacki, resident of
Black River Falls, wandered in a de-
mented condition to Necedah where
she was found praying late at night on
the steps of one of the churches. The
woman had about $40 on her person,
but could not remember how she got
to Necedah. She was taken back to
her home
George Herman, a Rock river cot
ton mill employee was seriously injured
at GAINESVILLE when his arm became en-
tangled in power machine Practi-
cally every bit of flesh including the
ligaments and tendOns were torn from
the bone. The attending physician be-
lieves the arm can be rebuilt and
saved.
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The parents of Mary Blom, aged 10,
of Marinette, made strenuous objec-
ton to the marriage of their daughter
to Richard Erdlitz, aged TO- a football
star. Finally late Tuesday evening of
last week the old folks consented. The
young couple refused to wait until
morning, and got minister out of bed
to perform the ceremony which took
place at midnight
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Owing to the alarming increase in
the number of wolves in Marathon
county the board has increased the
bounty from $40 to $50 for each ami
NAL The board also will ask the leg
islature to prohibit the hunting of deer,
quail, prairie chicken, cartridges and
black and grey squirrels for two years
A bounty of three cents apiece on
English sparrows has been declared.
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Somebody is paying the taxes on
my property" Frank Jungwirth, of
Oshkosh, once told his neighbor, JOS.
Womoski. well, you should worry"
replied Womoski thinking it was
good joke. Now it has developed that,
by mistake in his description of prop
erty Womoski has been paying the
taxes for the last four years on the
property of Jungwirth, supposing it
was his own. In the meantime Wo-
moski's property was put on the delin-
quency list and placed on the the
hands of the county treasurer for sale.
An investigation revealed a comedy Of
errors and it is hoped to straighten the
tangle so Womoski will not lost his
home
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Wlnnebago Indians hOnored the
Great Spirit by the assembling of its
entire tribe on it's reservation, six
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