Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-28

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home for a week, were found at Ken
OSha.
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Ole Ilson, farmer, 6S, near Gordon,
had his back broken in falling from
a load of hay. A widow and four
daughters survive.
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T. H. Murphy, Menasha, lost an
eye when the end of a piece of wire
he was cutting swung around and
penetrated the eyeball.
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Joseph fish of Rhinelander, shot
and killed his wife and then slew
himself. Three small children sur
vive. Mrs. fish refused to give her
husband petty savings.
Flocks of Chinese and golden Plies
ants in Henes park, Menominee, were
destroyed by a weazel which was
caught in a trap the following night.
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John Bushey, Racine, was fined $25
and costs for running his car over
green cement rather than turn off the
Sheridan road on his wa yto Milwau-
kee.
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Agnes Schultz of Spring Green, IL,
died of lockjaw. The child's injury
was due to catching her hand in the
wringer of a power washing ma
chine.
John H. Gadsby of Eau Claire,
said to be Wisconsin's oldest Mason,
died last week. He is survived by
his wife, aged Sc, a bride of 81 years
ago, and two sons.
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A barn and contents valued at
$4,000 was struck by lightning at
Mineral Point last week. 80 loads
of new hay were burned. w. H.
Mitchell was the owner.
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Stan Brezinsky was shot and killed
at Green Bay by Deputy Frank Heck
lie, while resisting arrest. Brezinsky
was wanted IN a number of charges
and had a bad record for crime.
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Citizenship automatically lapsed on
Judge Becker, Louis B. Nagler and
others recently convicted of disloy-
atty in this state. 1t may only be re-
stored by order of the president. The
men cannot vote or hold public office
again.
The first shipment of coal I'D the
Mississippi river under government
auspices has reached La Crosse in a
tow of four barges by the steamer
Goal Bluff which left st. Louis two
weeks ago.
The Waupun prison band played in
public last week for the first time in
history. On this occasion it played
for a benefit for the French Orphan
Babies relief fund. The affair was
staged OF the prison lawn.
A new smokestack on the Mandt
Wagon works, ~Stoughton, was blown
down recently in a high wind. The
stack was eighty feet high and 4 feet
across. 1t fell gently and did but
minor damage to surrounding roofs.
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Nm. Hanson, aged IA of Stoughton,
was struck by a motor car when the
driver failed to round a traffic post.
Young Hanson was badly bruised.
Theodore Johnson paid $25 and costs
for carelessness.
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James Driscoll, Menasha, two weeks
ago was caught in a revolving shaft
in a paper mill and had his clothing
torn off. This week he had the same
misfortune and suffered two broken
ribs in addition.
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and Fred Sievert, three Beloit youths
who stole small articles from bust
ness houses, were sentenced to the
Wisconsin Industrial school until
they become of age.
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Carl H. Hassler, former circula-
; ton manager of the Milwaukee Lead
er, was convicted at a court martial
held at Montgomery, Ala, and given
five years in federal prison. Hassler
was a conscientious objector and had
been drafted but refused to fight.
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Oscar Thomas, a DelaVan grocery
store clerk, was bitten on the finger
by a Mexican tarantula while pulling
bananas from a stalk. The poison
tOOR ChNSl a OAAOC ollu 1uOL1o0 was
a very sick man for a couple of days.
Prompt and persistent medical SER
vice pulled him through.
The yearly pilgramage to the chap
ell at R~obinsonville, dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin, whose apparition,
many years ago to Sister Adele, a
Belgian peasant girl, according to ira
dition, resulted in the establishment
of a children's home there, began on
Thursday. Members of the Catholic
faith within a radius of Is miles pour
ed into the little community by thous-
ands. Special mass in honor of the
Virgin was celebrated by the Rev. FIR.
SHIFTS, after which the shrine was
visited. Solemn procession conclud-
ed the services. Later a song festi-
val, in which American and Belgian
national hymns were included, was
held.
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Judge E. Ray Stevens has dismissed
the case of o. A. Lukken, Dane coun-
ty, against DR.. O. H. Eliason, state
veterinarian, for the value Of cattle
slaughtered under the tuberculosis