Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-25
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]. M. Scott, prominent Tripoli
man, cut his throat because he could
not face approaching blindness.
Louis Rubbelke, Superior, kicked
a policeman and is held for trial.
Albert Rowley, Kenosha butcher,
was fined $25 and costs for selling
impure meat.
Francis Wolf, IS, Sheboygan, rode
A gravel pit cayed in at Manitowoc
crushing Charles Mccarthy and in
juring Ed Lemberger.
The Pecatonica at Darlington is
full of good fish, strings of bass and
catfish being caught daily.
his wheel over the breakwater and
nearly drowned. The bike is still in
Lake Michigan
Stanley Roe, "a, tried to hang him
self in the Kenosha Jail but was cut
down in time. He refused to make
statement
Mrs. Wilhelmina Guhse, died at
Wausau, aged 100 years. Until re-
Gently there were five generations of
the family under one roof. Mrs.
Guhse had a spinning wheel and spun
wool for the family wardrobe.
Green Bay has 27 saloonkeepers
who are confident that wartime pro-
hibition will not become effective on
July 1. That number made applica-
ton for renewal of their licenses. The
city issued 100 licenses in 191S-1919.
Sanford Holton, Is, was fined heav-
lily at Stoughton, for driving a car
while drunk. The boys were speed
ing and went to grief in a ditch. A
bottle of whisky told the story.
Anton Halupnik, wealthy Oconto
farmer slashed his wrists and nearly
bled to death before his wife found
him. The man YVES committed to an
insane asylum. He believed people
were prosecuting him.
Good wine flowed down Madison
alley when Mrs Frank Congalesco
frantically poured bottles over the
back porch to evade arrest for il
l1cit selling. The police broke in the
front door. Nine Italians were pros
ecuted for selling without a license.
Prof. j. w. Stephen, state conser-
walton commission, is in charge of
work of fighting white pine blister
rust This disease goes from currant
and gooseberry bushes to pine trees
much the same as grain smut goes
from barberry to wheat and oats.
Emil Bentz, 8, son of John Bentz.
FARMER, near Pound, was accidentlv
shot and killed by his brother. The
boys had been hunting. The older
brother tried to take the cartridge
from the rifle. The weapon was dis
charged and the bullet struck the
younger boy in the head.
The third fatality from lightning in
Portage county in less than ten DAVIS
occurred in Buena Vista township
near Stevens Point, when holt
struck barn, killing a bow. serious-
~ injuring his father and brother
and killing team of horses. The An.
ton Okray family occupy the farm
mr. Okray and two sons were in thn
Darn caring for livestock. One how
was killed instantly and his father
ana brother rendered unconscious
The storm did other damage in Buena
vista, burning one barn and damag-
ing o house.
Emil Fl. Naber, Mayville. will not
uon the judicial robes of Dodge CONN (
" next January as planned Judge
oscar NJ. Fritz who heard the fppeal
OF Judge w H. Howard. Watertown
charging Naber was not legally on
titled to the place has declared tbe
election void and ordered cancella- !
ton Of the election certificate held
ny Naber Discrepancies in the cleo
tion judges reports prompted tba
court to take that action, it said. A
SPECIAL election probably will be heidi
early next year. Naber and Howard
probably will be opponents at the
special election.
Lorraine Braun, Is, Francis Greek. {
Is at the hospital in Green Bay. hov-I
ering between life and death as the
result OF a motorcycle accident. In
company with Julius Lallmont. Green
Bay, she had visited at the bay. They
were returning home when in at
tempting to pass an auto that was
coming toward them they were hit by
an auto The side car was completely
wrecked. the girl thrown against the |.
Tender Of the passing auto, suffering
Injuries which rendered her uncon- I
scious for two hours She has a hole /
through her tongue, bad cash in the /
arm and may have suffered internal |
injuries. ssp.a
John Dietz, defender Of Cameron I
dam, may regain his freedom soon. I
His children are circulating petitions (
throughout the state to be presented I
to Gov ~ H. Phillip with new APP
plication for pardon One million
names are sought and friends Of the
family say they viii be obtained soon.
This proposed application will be the
second TO come before the governor.
The FIRST was rejected in 1916 Dietz
now is in Waupun serving a 20 year
sentence for killing Oscar Harp. dep
uty sheriff, Oct. s, 1910, during the
famous pitched battle at the Dietz
home Dietz claimed ownership of
the dam, refusing to permit the Chip
pewa Lumber and Boom company to
ship logs over the waterway without
payment of log tax An offer of
$4,000 was refused. The company pro-
cured nh injunction restraining Dietz
from Interfering with the running Of
logs, Dietz denied the paper was ev-
er served on him. The first armed
clash occurred May 10. 1904, when
Sheriff Thomas Grist and posse at
tempted TO apprehend Dietz. Dietz
warned the posse away with 20 or 80
shots July % Of the same year Dietz
frustrated another attempt to capture
him by barricading his log cabin.