Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-29

fhFS. CdfOIfue FaImelStef, juneau,
! died last week aged SO years.
Sylvester Janosky, II, Casco, was
accidentally killed by his brother,
Jacob. The boys were in the barn and
J Jacob, in the loft, dropped fork the
tines penetrating his brothers face.
The boy died without regaining con
seriousness.
While driving motor truck loaded
with milk cans from his farm to
Marshfield, Henry Fechhelm ran over
his three-year-old daughter. The
children were seated in the rear and
bump jolted the youngest off. The
wheels passed over her body.
! Floyd Martin, Camp Grant private,
was killed when he lost control of a
stolen Dodge sedan and plunged thru
board fence three miles south of
GAINESVILLE. Another soldier escaped
injury Martin was taken to the
home of sweetheart where he died.
/ Farmers near La Crosse complain
that harvesting is seriously hampered
/ by crickets eating binder Irvine. On
many bundles the Irvine was entirely
consumed. Farmers who soaked their
twlne in poison say that the crickets
/ eat this Irvine faster than the untreat-
! ed binder twine
| Provision for recompensing travel
ers in the event that the railroads lose
their fight to prevent 2-cent fare in
Wisconsin, was filed last week in fed
eral court. 1t is provided that begin
ming Oct. 1, passengers who ask for it
VIII be given a receipt when they buy
ticket. The case will be heard by
Judge Geiger on Nov %.
Mrs. N. BieSen and son, Harry, 12,
OF Coon Valley, are in a La Crosse
hospital suffering from severe burns
about the head and body, received in
IN fire that destroyed their home.
/ They awoke at two a. m. to find their
house in flames and were forced to
plunge through wall of fire to es-
cape. Two other children escaped in
/ jury.
La Crosse police are looking for a
man who threw two rotten eggs at
Supt. d. G. Dewey of the rescue mis-
sion when the latter called attention
TO the violation of the gambling and
prohibition laws now prevalent in the
city. The decayed hen fruit were
hurled through the front door of the
mission. The police recently broke
up game in pool hall where 5000
III COllI Was OH the table.
John A. Jones, Chicago artist. and
Miss Anna Mitchell, New York society
girl, eloped from Chicago to Crown
Point, Indiana, where they were mar
rled. They then started on a honey
moon trip up the lakes in a launch.
ON Racine the engine died and the
poat caps1zed in heavy sea. Jones
rescued his bride and righted the
craft but another sea struck causing
second capsizing. This happened
several times and the woman finally
became exhausted and drowned The
man held on for "a hours when he
was rescued and taken to hospital.
stricken with an attack of heart
failure while working inside siio,
Herman Glaeser, Manitowoc. had a
narrow escape from death. Glaeser.
with number of neighbors and a
cutter crew, was engaged in filling
the sllo with corn. He was inside
the sllo distributing the fodder as it
came from the cutter. About an hour
after the work had started the loading
crew discovered that the fodder was
not being taken away because it over
flowed One of the crew went into
the sllo and found Glaeser completely
covered with shredded corn. He was
nearly smothered and at first believed
dead but later revived.
Rev. c. II. Jennings. head of the
Viroqua circuit, is the father of four
Methodist ministers. He came to
America in 1913 from London where
he ministered to a large congregation
The Oldest son, Ernest, is a pastor in
London The second son, Herbert,
came to America in 1910 and spent
several years in Wisconsin pastorates.
He died in Ohio in 1916 The third
son, William, entered the ministry in
England but came to America in 1909.
He held charges at various Wisconsin
points and now resides in California.
Alfred, the fourth son, preached in
England and later in Wisconsin. He
now has headquarters at Platteville.
Frank, the fifth son. has a pastorate
at Swansea, Wales. All the sons have
excellent educatiOns.