Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-10-01
AROUND WISCONSIN
BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH

John Walter, Neenah, accidently
ran over his sons hand, breaking it,
as he backed the car.
August Groenzin, Sheboygan
dockman, fell in the river and drown
ed when a rope he pulled on hoist,
parted in twain.
Victor PAIL, Green Bay, fell fifty
feet from scaffold and sustained
but slight injuries. PAIL painted a
church.
Thomas and Frank Brom, 5 and TO-
Dousman, went fishing on RATS and
ecame frightened The boys jumped
overheard and were drowned.
j. w. Smith, Langdale county, has
a potatoe yield of 300 bushels per
acre. He receives a state certificate.
The potatoes all go for seed.
DR.. M. a. Froney, Racine, is held
for 4th degree murder of Harry Main
land. The doctors car hit the boy
throwing him 80 feet. Death resulted
instantly.
Michael Krause, Marinette, got a
fractured arm in a fall from an apple
tree at his home. The fall was only
four or five feet, but he fell on a
brick.
Children playing with matches set
fire to the grain stacks on the farm
of e. w. Bow near Durand Desper-
ate work by neighbors saved the
buildings.
Otto c. Horn, Oshkosh brewer,
driving a Cadillac, ran into 500
freight at Neenah and sustained a
number of broken ribs. The car was
demolished.
Willard c. Hauer and John E. Hon
ish, Mansion linemen, were killed
when train struck the truck they
were driving at railroad crossing
near New Lisbon.
Elmer Knipper, 10 years old, of AL
gonna, met death under the wheels Of
a motor car driven by his brother
when the humber upon which he was
standing gave way.
Walter Spettel, II, La Crosse high
school football player, dropped dead
on the porch of j. B. Knudtson's
home while waiting for girl to ac-
company him to a dance. He had heart
trouble.
Bayfield, county farmers have been
buying T. N T. thru their county
ty was allotted 10000 pounds at 10
CGuIS d. QOuuu. 1HG state R6IS AUU,UUV
pounds, all from Uncle Sam.
Norma Gauerke, Sturgeon Bay, re-
ceived $4,000 heart balm in her case
against Walter E. Kiley a packer of
alleged amorous intentions. Kiley
promised to wed but broke his word
and the jury gave Norma the tidy
sum of fifteen thou.
The annual hunters reunion of
xxriII hn -
Galesville Oct. 1913 Fox hunting by
day and coon hunting by night will
feature the gathering. One day will
be devoted to special events, in which
dogs will run for prizes.
Engineer H. r. Moline, of Elroy,
suffered a severe and nearly fatal ac-
cident in Baraboo, when he fell from
his engine breaking his neck. He al
so received severe scalp wound. He
was taken to his home in ElrOy.
When VIM. Kanavan, Kenosha gro
Ger, was held up at closing time his
Airedale dog Jack, attacked the rob-
Der with such effect that the stranger
shot the dog and fed. There was a
large amount of money in the store.
The three-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt DomasZcick was fatally
burned at the farm home of his par
ents near Polonia as the result of
playing with a match. His clothing
caught fire. Although a sister plung-
ed him into tank of water and ex-
tinguished the flames, he died in two
weeks.
Carrying heavy piece of rope out
a mile into the woods, John Teres,
aged 80, retired wealthy farmer liv-
ing at Fall Creek, built small plat
form on the lower branches of tree
strung the rope to the upper branch
es, placed the moose about his neck
then jumped off the platform The
body was found next day.
Fred Jones. a former soldier says
that Fond du Lac girls had a warm
spot in their heart for the soldiers
while they were in France. Jones
said that while passing through that
city two years ago, enroute to France
he dropped a note from the train Civ
ing his name and asking people to
write to him. He received responses
from 30 girls, he said.