Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-23

James Smith, go, farmer near Fond
du Lac, was killed when hayrack he
vas driving tipped over and frighten-
"a the team. He was dragged some
distance.
Phillip Ripp, II, Fitchburg, swung
from rope in his fathers barn and
mad great fun. At the end his hands
slipped and the lad fell sustaining
fatal injuries.
burglars broke into the Offices of
the Clark Oil company at Manitowoc
and failing to find any money took a
quantity Of blank checks and inner
automobile tubes.
Max Fox, 13, Indian Ford, drowned
in the Fox river while bathing near
the power dam. Water wings he was
using collapsed. The body was taken
out 10 minutes later but could not be
revived.
Robert Groghan, Plymouth, IL,
found a she'll and endeavored to as
certain whether it had been used. He
tapped it with a stone. The boys eye
lid was torn Ills sight was not inn
paired.
Mike Dolan, Rhinelander saloon
keeper, closed July 1st with 80 quarts
OF whisky which he took home. Boys
found it out and soon Mike had no
whisky. The boys sold it but are now
Under arrest.
Giovanni Pingetin, Kenosha farm
hand, was found covered with blood
in the doorway Of his employers
barn. While in the ambulance the
man attempted to throw a knife away.
He claims he was assaulted.
Geo. Schuldt, so, Sheboygan, was
arrested for stealing milk from farm
ers. Schuldt carried his booty in
jugs which he concealed in a sack.
The thefts occurred weekly for more
than year.
Mrs Lucy Bolton, As, Neenah, hung
herself in the bathroom of her home.
She used rope fastened to the door
and knelt strangling herself. Despond-
ency over the death of her mother is
blamed for Mrs. Bottoms end.
For the first time since 1S43, when
the first tavern opened at La Crosse,
a week has passed without an arrest
for 1ntoxication. incidentally, rec
ords of the water department show
That water consumption has doubled
since June 80,
Ralph Harvey, Stevens Point, 49,,
has lived in the city for Sc consecu-
tive years. Mr.. Harvey is the Oldest
man in Partage county but still in
good mental and physical health. He
was born in England. Mr. Harvey
hopes to pass the century mark
Wilmer Piper, Whitewater, acct
dentally shot his sister, Inez, while
cleaning a gun that had not been used
Tor some time. The youth touched
the trigger and the gun went off shoot
ing the girl in both feet. She was
taken to a hospital.
A move is on foot to move thousands
OF cattle and sheep from the drought
stricken areas of Wyoming and Mon
tana to the Great Lakes basin. $780,
600 acres of land in this state has
been assembled in compact tracts and
may be used to carry the western an
imals to maturity
Johannes Johnson of North Cape,
believes that enemies are sending
him packets of poison gas in an en-
yelope. Johnson was examined and
pronounced insane but his family de-
muir saying that worry and trouble
have caused slight delusions. They
demand jury trial.
A male child two weeks old, was
AOAAu Al a. nC1u III w OSG INdCluG last
Friday. Because of exposure and the
fact that ants had attacked every por-
ton of the child's body, recovery is
doubtful. 1t is believed that the child,
wrapped only in a part of a calico
skirt; was placed in the field Thurs
day night
Fl. Floge and Harold Stark, enroute
from Bayfield, to Cornucopia, had car
CO ~ 49,
fix it. They were surprised by the
growl of q bear who was standing
erect % feet away. Floge killed the
animal with an automatic revolver
The carcass weighed 800 pounds and
was turned over to the conservation
department.
Wrigley Gum company, and million
aire, died at his Chicago home with
plans for development of his estate
at Thunder Mountain, near Marin
cite, uncompleted. Buck owned 1000
acres of land and a mountain He
had hog ranch and planned the cree
ton of $4,000 clubhouse.
John and Steven Surfing of Bryant,
8 and TO- respectively, each lost his
right eye, while John suffered the
AOSo vi Ills lSll HduU DIS tu6 result Ol
the explosion of shotgun cartridge
which they found in the road near
their home. One of the boys threw
down the cartridge to see what would
happen. 1t struck on the percussion
cap and was discharged. The boys
ran home where they were given first
aid treatment by a local physician
and then taken to hospital at Anti
go.
Charles f. Larson, cement contract
or and mason, who disappeared from
his Tomah home last November un-
der strange circumstances, has been
located in Oakland, Calf, through the
efforts of the Masonic lodge He had
gone to La Crosse to collect on some
paving contracts, and had, it is said,
about $1,000. 1t was thought he had
been robbed and thrown into the Mis-
sissippi river but he was evidentally
the victim of some sickness. He was