Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-09-03
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A fragment from an exploded pop
bottle destroyed the left eye of Wes-
ley Newell, II, Wausau
car turned over on an embank-
ment near Kilbourn and killed VIM.
Thiele, Baraboo railroad man.
A. w. Switzer, farmer living near
Roberts, was killed while threshing.
He was caught between power trac-
tor and a separator and crushed
A petition is being prepared for cir
culation to recall Mayor Bridges, of
Crystal Falls, who is accused of neg
Letting light wires and water supply
of the city.
The 2-year-old son of Joseph Slut
sky, Cumberland, had a plum lodge
in his throat and the doctors have
been unable to remove it and the boy
is in serious conGIlfOn
Lucille, 3-year-oid child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Heller, Sheboygan, died
from burns sustained when she fell
into pail Of water. Her little broth
er is dangerously i'll with scarlet few
err.
Peter A. Skroch, thresherman OPP
Grating near Whitehall, had the flesh
torn off his right arm from the elbow
to the shoulder, two ribs broken, and
was badly shaken up when his sleeve
caught in some machinery.
Oscar Lange, 15-year-old son Of
Mrs. Fred Lange, Reedsburg, has his
thumb and the ends of two fingers
of his right hand blown off while
breaking stone with short handl-
ed hammer. A cartridge, imbedded in
the stone, exploded.
Eau Claire's municipal fuel plant
will be ready and open for business
Sept. 1. The coal sheds which are
now i'll process of construction, will
be completed by that time Several
varieties of hard and soft coal will
be handled by the CITY.
Vincent Grady, Oregon, Wis, was
instantly killed when an engine of a
freight train struck beam which he
was hosting to a telegraph pole on
the right of way. The beam hit the
boy, knocked him to the track and
the engine crushed the life from the
| body.
Adolph Garbusch, 20, returned ov-
erseas veteran, hired boy to place
his hat and coat on a railway bridge
at Beloit and then disappeared. His
body was dragged from the river. He
had been under treatment at FIT. Sher-
idan military hospital. His home was
at NeillSville.
A barn owned by Fred Altenberger,
farmer near the village of Ada, was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
All of the hay and grain, a new auto
mobile, one horse and two pigs were
destroyed, together with grain sep
arator owned by threshing machine
crew.
Clinton Wagner of Kiel, was dragg-
to death by horse which he was
leading to pasture The animal start
ed to run and the boy was thrown to
the ground and dragged. The boy
had tied the strap by which he was
leading the horse, to his arm, and
when the horse starred to run he was
unable to release the strap.
A. N. Hazeltine, justice of the peace
in ShawanO, died in a Green Bay hos
pital from fractured skull caused
when the automobile in which he was
riding turned over in ditch after
tire blowout. Dist. Atty. A. NJ An
drews, Shawano county, Fred An
drews and Roy Zieber were injured
Harold, 2, son of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Vieth, is victim of infantile
paralysis. His left leg is paralyzed.
This is the second case in Marinette.
John Patrick Moore, son of City Clerk
John Moore, who was stricken direct
ly after returning from visit in
Milwaukee, succumbed to the malady
in July.
Miss Ella Smith of Marinette, had
her right leg amputated below the
knee. When three years old she had
infantile paralysis and the limb had
been useless since that time. In spite
of her infirmity she worked in a fac
tory and a few years ago saved. a.
child from drowning, for which she
was presented with medal
Hillsboro Sentry: The Wisconsin
legislature set record for spending
money. 1t appropriated $51 900 900 to
run the affairs of the state for the
next two years This is $1,394.474
more than the estimated income for
that time and S15,000,00O more than
any previous legislature except 1913.
In spite of this great spending, it is
said taxes would be lower than last
year if it were not for the highway
building program. In addition to the
regular appropriation made for high
way purposes by the national govern
ment, the last session of congress
gave Wisconsin $5,100,000 federal aid
for the next three years. To meet this
item the state and various counties
must raise similar amounts AS a re-
suit of this single appropriation the
state will be spending $5,0000OO more
Tor highways each year than origin
ally was contemplated