Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-05

! Old Fort Winnebago, near Portage,
historic fur trading post, flies an hon
or flag for the third Liberty loan.
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JOS. Daley, a Deperenfarm laborer
/ He leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
L. E. Flagg of Waupaca, killed one
Of his hens last week and in the giz-
gard found pieces of gold which had
formed part Of a gold ring he had lost
last winter.
A cream separator at the Blanch-
ardville creamery burst last week,
inficting serious injuries on Clar-
ence Olson, farmer, who had just
driven up with a load of milk.
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Little Morris Johnson of Osseo, had
his skull fractured when he was ac-
cidently struck by the shot which a
! group of boys were putting" on the
school grounds. It is believed h will
recover.
Chas. Grady Of Monroe, was shoot
ing at railroad rail with high-pow-
er rifle, when a bullet rebounded en-
tered his arm at the wrist and contin-
ued it's way to the elbow He will
not shoot again for some time.
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In spite of the constant patrol of
the Wisconsin river, the body Of little
! Jack Matthews has not yet been re-
covered. He was drowned near Grand
Rapids on May IS, and it was believed
Athat the body would rise within the
Period of nine days.
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Edward Doescher of Platteville,
! had a series of misfOrtunes last week.
A COW was struck by lightning on
Wednesday and on Thursday his
windmill was struck and the bolt fol-
lowed wire several rods and burst
a water tank.
The Indian Standingwater Of Math-
er, Juneau county, the Winnebago In
dian whose son died in the service in
France, has adopted a little white
boy and a little white girl from the
state school of dependents located at
Sparta.
The body of new born baby boy
was found on the railroad right-of-
way near Campbellsport. Life was
extinct and it is thought the infant
was thrown from a train. The body
was wrapped in a mans shirt
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Joe Edwards of Summit, sustained
a serious injury when he attempted
to kick the belt off his gasoline en-
CINE. His foot was caught in the fly
wheel and twisted so that both legs
were broken below the knee, the bone
being crushed and the flesh frightful-
ly lacerated.
Charged with having in his pos
session the spawn Of sturgeon, COM
monty called caviar, Paul Sielaff of
Hortonville, was arraigned in munic-
ipal court at Neenah. Upon pleading
guilty he was given the alternative
Of six months in the workhouse or
paying fine and costs of $3.50.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Possin, Jr., town of
7 Trenton, Dodge county, had a narrow
escape during the recent storm when
their automobile was blown from the
road while on their way to Waupun.
The car was CARRIED over ditch and
several rods into grain field before
it came to a stop. The occupants of
the machine escaped uninjured.
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The body Of Hugh Jones, aged SO
years, a KenOsha carpenter contract
or, was found hanging in the attic of
an incompleted house. He has been
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posed to have hanged himself on that
day. A widow and three children
survive him. He is said to have wor-
ried over domestic troubles.
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A den of six cub wolves was taken
at the Ward farm in the town of
Bridgeport last week. The bounty
amounted to $48. That the wolves
are increasing in the county is evil
denced by the fact that Crawford
county has paid out over $500 in wolf
bounties since the beginning of the
year.
With the work of restoring the old
Indian mounds in Villas park nearing
completion, Madison can boast of
having one of the largest number of
permanently preserved mounds of
any city in the country. Besides
those at Villas park there are some in
Burroughs park on the univer-
sity campus, one eighty-two feet
long.
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The German-American bank of
Madison, whose building front was
painted with yellow streaks recently
on Monday of last week was granted
permission by the state banking de-
partment to change its name to the
American Exchange bank. The in
stitution is run by American citizens
with American money, its officers de-
clared.
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P. j. Christman walked out of his
kitchen north Of Kenosha and took a
shot at blackbird with a rifle. He
missed the blackbird, but over in an
adjacent piece of woodland Albert