Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
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Frank Duncan, Jonesdale, has a
cornstalk II feet high.
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Fred Brown, %, we'll known in Ke-
nosha county, was killed when a grav-
ell pit caved in.
600
David Murdoch, 81, East Troy, mis-
sing for several days, was found
hanging to a tree on the farm of JOS.
Morrow.
600
The Horlick Matted Milk Co., Ra-
cine, has given the city tract of land
worth $4,000 to be used for school
purposes.
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Haircuts will go to SOC and shaves
to Csc beginning Sept. 80 at Racine.
Journeymen BARRIERS have been grant
ed an increase of SIS to $40 a week
and half over $50.
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Jack Youngwirth, %, Oshkosh, is
being held in the Kenosha Jail, charg-
ed with being deserter from the
army. 1t is charged that he deserted
at Camp Merritt, N. j.
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Judge Arthur Cough, aged "a, Chip
pewa Falls, died last week. The judge
was born in Ireland and for many
years practiced law. Later he edited
the Catholic Sentinel
600
e P. Larson, Eleva banker, is al
liberty on $4,000 bonds for violation
Of the Mann act He will be tried in
chicago on October 7th. The name
of the other party it not given in the
dispatch.
ALI. Johnson had his scalp tori
loose and Mart Ripan was badly hurt
when their car jumped the road neal
Middleton and went to the ditch. The
boys live at Mt Horeb. Their car was
wrecked.
A small and poor yield of cabbage
is bringing $50 per ton in Racine
county, the big truck center The
crop runs five tons to the acre. On
ions are bringing 81 a bushel with al
average crop of 800 bushels to, The
acre.
Bears are frequently seen in the
vicinity of Miles, Marquette county
appearing fearlessly in the open.
bear chased COW belonging to 6
farmer of Miles from the pasture tt
the house and the COW died of eX-
haustion.
The state historical museum has
been offered the largest piece of fioa
copper ever unearthed in Wisconsin
1t was plowed up on the farm Of
Nicholas Wallgenbach two miles from
Fond du Lac. The specimen weighs
AZ pounds.
Frank Swan of GAINESVILLE, claims
compensation from the Southern Wis.
consin Athletic club. Swan says he
hired out as boxing trainer and the
rough bunch broke his jaw twice the
first time up. He also lost his teetf
and was otherwise disfgured.
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Frank Cool of Chicago. aged 40, has
a fractured skull broken ribs and les
and internal injuries and his wife
Mary Cool, has a broken hip, fractur.
ed arm and internal injuries as the re
suit of their car going through the
concrete wall of a culvert near Ra-
cine. A rear tire blew and Mr.. Coo
lost control. The couple were on the
way to Milwaukee to visit relatives
They were taken to Racine hospital
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Elmer Diefenbaugh of RichlanC
county, thought his wife had designs
on his life and an investigation dis.
closed the woman was putting car
bolic acid in her husbands tea She
also had cross marked on the door
where she intended shooting wher
Diefenbaugh reached the other side
The man was shot when he returned
from a neighbours receiving buckshot
in the arm. Mrs Diefenbaugh is re-
ported insane.
Henry Kuebel an alleged army de-
serter who broke jail at Oconto sew
eral weeks ago, was captured by
Sheriff Pelford, Special Agent Wall OF
the department of justice and two
residents of Oconto county. They
tracked him to a marsh near Peshti-
go brook, where they found him hid
ing in a shack, formerly the hiding
place of famous stage robber, Black
Bart. 1t is twenty-three miles from
any place of civilization. Although
he had three guns and 1000 rounds
of ammunition, he was captured
without fight. He had provisions
enough to last half the winter. He
was taken to Ft. Sheridan.