Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-30
AROUND WISCONSIN
RY MAI AND TEL EGRADEI

Kicked by horse two years ago,
VIM. F. Cleary, Sc, prominent resi-
dent of La Crosse, is dead of lock-
jaw which, developed from the injuries
according 10 physicians.
Otto Butgereit, Milwaukee news
boy, was diowned i'll Lake Michigan
when he sank down an incline 100
feet from shore, while bathing. His
friends tried in vain to rescue him.
Mrs. Anna Auster, Kenosha, ac-
quilted Of the murder of her husband,
asks for the return of $4,000 over
which the quarrel and killing arose.
The money has been held by an at
torney.
Henry G. Powers, prominent farm
er of the town of Beloit, died of pneu-
monia following injuries sustained
when he was thrown from a wagon.
He was IA years old and had lived in
Rock county nearly so years.
Thomas H. Hanna, former mayor
of Stevens Point and leader in state
Democratic circles, was asphyxiated
in his bath when the tube came away
from a water heater Hanna fell
asleep and died. His family was
away
One fatality from infantile paral-
ysis occurred at Marinette, where
John Patrick More, IA, son of the city
clerk, died of the disease. The re-
mains were Immediately inferred up
on request OF the health authorities.
Army balloon 2, leaving FIT. Omaha
with three others on a long distance
trip, fought thunder storms all night
over Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
and landed at Portage having gained
nil he,
put the delicate instruments out of
commission and the ballast was ex-
hausted
Reuben J. Neckerman, Madison, in
search of the source of bullets which
were whistling by his home, was shot
in the leg The missile proved to be a
piece Of steel the size Of pea which
required so minutes to extract. Two
boys, Forest Butts and Ignatz Koebel,
were arrested for shooting a toy can
non on Maple Bluff golf links.
Miss Mary Curry, Portage, while
answering long distance call, was
struck by bolt or lightning which
hit a tree a few blocks away. The
lightning knocked the telephone re-
ceiver from her hand and she became
unconscious but recovered shortly.
The bolt left a streak on her right
side and arm but no permanent injury
is feared.
Tie ropes breaking on hayforks
caused serious injuries to Sumner
Wadsworth, Aug. Ringband and Oil
yer Franklin, all Evansville farmers.
Wadsworth had his nose cut and
broken when the fork hit him. Ring
band had the muscles and cords of
Gre arm torn. Franklin received a
broken arm. They were haying on
different farms.
Three persons were hurt and traffic
at Balm station on the Northwestern
road near Kenosha, was held up for
an hour when tOWerman purposely
derailed a passenger train to keep it
from crashing into a freight. 1t is
said the crew of the passenger train
misunderstood the signal and ran by.
Several passengers were badly cut
by flying glass. The train was con-
siderably damaged.
Fred Feldshau, "a, Kenosha, lost
his life in Crystal lake while swim
ming. 1t is said Mr.. Feldshau and
other swimmers were having an en-
durance contest to determine who
could remain under water the longest
When Feldshau did not appear for
nine minutes after his plunge, a
search was made and the body recov-
cred. Heart failure was the cause Of
death. it is said
David Mcclure, farmer of Silver
Lake, and Wisconsin's largest man,
will not be the center of attraction
for curious crowds of the circus side
show. He will devote a few more
years to the supervision of his sixty
acres and then retire to enjoy the
fruits of lifetime of labor. Mcclure,
who is six feet inches tall and tips
the scales at 565 pounds, recently re-
ceived a lucrative offer from one of
the big circuses touring the country
He was born in Kenosha and recent
ly passed his 69th birthday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, 100 years Of
age, who was in full possession of
ell her faculties, died at ST. Marys
hospital, Watertown, following an ac-
cldent at her home when she was in
Jured in a fall. Mrs. Bailey was born
IN Canada, lived near GAINESVILLE in
1874 and came to WATERFOWL in 1850.
She knitted for the Red Cross, bought
Liberty bonds during the war and
never used glasses. Of eight chill
dren, tve remain. Her husband was
killed in the Civil war.
The misunderstanding of orders IS
blamed for the crushing of two extra
= Milwaukee road freight trains at Ray
more. west of Portage. Thirty cars
were piled up and the Portage La
Crosse line was blocked all day un-
I'll wrecking crews from Milwaukee
with derricks jerked the smashed
cars into the ditch. Trainmen saved
themselves by jumping. The trains
were making 40 miles an hour. En-
gineer Ernest Murrills and Engineer
Bert Montieth, both of Portage. got
bruises and cuts. Conductor Lee Car
ey, Portage, and Conductor w. B.
Clemmons, La Crosse, were slightly
hurt.