Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-02

| rank SteuDer, years, Amigo, was
| run over by an automobile and had
MS right hip broken
j Oshkosh police found drinks as
strong as "94 proof" in various soft
drink parlors OF the city. Several
! vendors were arrested
Matt Banker, %, had his right arm
torn off at the elbow when he was
caught in machine at the Marshall
Dairy laboratories, Madison
The ashes of DR.. Geo Powell, In
dian scout, were scattred on the wat
ers of the Mississippi at ST. Paul DR..
Powell resided at La Crosse.
Engaged in conversation, Ollie Sher-
man and Hans Howe, Eau Claire men
out motoring, failed to hear train as
| they approached a railroad crossing.
i Their vehicle, a truck, was demol-
ished and the men were thrown 20
feet alighting uninjured
Henry Hudson, a colored junk deal
er, snot to death at Eau Claire by de-
tective John Sather, left an estate
worth $4,000 At the hearing it de-
veloped that Hudson had family in
the south although it was generally
supposed that he was unmarried
4 Mrs. Martha Standish, Butler, di-
rect descendant of Capt. Miles Stand
ish, died at Marshfeld, her home. Mrs.
Butler was the eighth generation
from the captain who was born in
England in 1884 and died at Dux-
bury, Mass, in 1856, full of years and
honor
Pastor M. F. Kile, Stevens Point,
was ordered to resign when charges
of immortality were preferred by mem
bers of the board. Kile refused and
attempted to hold services breaking a
new lock the church board had caus-
ed to be placed. The matter will be
heard in court.
Johannes Van Leischott, 35 mill
wright in the Kimberly-Cla plant at
Appleton, was killed by a travelling
crane while making repairs on the
crane track The crane operator had
been warned not to run the crane but
forgot his instructions. Van Leisch-
oft was crushed against a heavy
beam.
Robert Dohm, Dane, had a narrow
escape from blindness while charg-
ing a battery when he tried to look
into it with a lighted match. In some
manner an explosion occurred and
the acid went into Dohm's eyes. The
sight of one eye will be saved and the
Madison specialists hope to save the
other
Mrs. Edward Bart, Eau Claire,
made heroic resuce of her boy and
girl and years, by fighting her way
into burning barn where the chill
dren had been playing. The boy was
uninjured but the girls hair was
burned away and the mother sustain
ed severe burns on her arms and body
Hundreds of birds of every species
known to this climate, were found
dead at the foot of Wind Point light
near Racine. The birds were bewil-
dered by the bright glare darting
through the fog and dashed themselves
to death against the glass. The bril-
liant-covered little bodies were found
next day covering the lighthouse
grounds
Alec Barco, Kenosha, searched for
leaking gas in his home using a match
against the joints The leaking Joint
blazed when the match was applied
melting the lead pipe and Barco was
severely burned by flame four feet
long. Neighbors held a sheet of metal
over the flame until the fremen arriv-
ed and Barto was taken to hospi-
ia Moral: get plumber
Twenty-Five of the Is counties in
the state in which the Conservation
commission has conducted hearings
are for one buck law. Columbia and
Monroe counties want an absolute
closed season, while. Richland is the
only one Of the Is opposed to any re-
! strictions. There is little doubt. SAYS
Commissioner w. E. Barber, that the
I or ccin Will
/ for the proposed closed season on
muskrat and mink. The % counties
have unanimously declared for the re-
str1ctlon. The closed season on mink
/ is asked because the same methods
are employed for trapping them as
are employed for trapping for rats
man accused of trapping rats in
violation of any rule of the commits
sion, it is argued, could defy convic-
/ ton by simply maintaining his traps
were set for mink Mr. Barber pre-
| diets that two years will see the sup
ply of Wisconsin muskrat back to nor
NAL, in event the season is closed
Rats are pOlygamous and multiply
rapidly.
George A. Peuckert, a native of
Germany who came here in 1914 and
prominence in the employ of Max An
nenberg, Milwaukee, was sentenced to
serve five years in prison by Judge
Backus. Peuckert, bookkeeper, de-
faulted $4,000 by an ingenious sys-
tenn of forged deposit slips. When he
first began stealing he was careful
but gradually spread out and was
soon sitting on top of the world
with riding horses for himself and
wife, monogram cigarets, fine clothes
and gay parties The wife was told
that Peuckert had been playing the
market successfully. Annenberg no
tfced that Peuckert was living ex-
travagantly the final straw being a
new motor car. Peuckert was con-
fronted and finally confessed. To re-
duce his sentence from ten to five
years the employer accepted refund
of Peuckett's assets. A sick benefit
policy worth $50 finally brought the
amount under the limit to tighten the
mans sentence.