Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-01-07

kind. He suffered for years with an
unknown disease that was finally de-
clared to be leprosy. Sank county
planned special building for the I'M
fortunate man who died before the
building was begun.
T. Baribeau farmer of Tony,
claims that he made more money in
three years as a farmer than he did
in IA years as a mill hand He for
merly worked in one of the Lady
smith mills and while he always
earned good money he found himself
at the end of each year very little
ahead He bought farm Of 80 acres.
He went into debt for the greater part
of the $500 A few months ago he
refused $4,000 for his farm. The past
season he Melted $4,000 in addition to
much Of the living for the family.
August Croft, Madison, was pinned
between the shaft wall and the floor
of an elevator for seventy minutes.
A section of steel beam had to be
removed with the aid Of an acetylene
torch before rescue was completed.
Harold Schloskey Of KEENAN, acct
dentally shot his brother, Willard, 5,
who died in a Tomahawk hospital.
Peter Connolly, engineer on the c.
M. e ST. p, was terribly injured when
his engine was derailed at Milton Jet.
and tipped over. He was pinned in the
cab with his hand on the throttle, and
had to be released with crowbars, taxi
ing As minutes to eXtricate him. He
was badly scalded and his right
shoulder broken, still there are chanc-
es for his recovery.
Mrs. Annie Defresne, a widow, SO
years Of age, was found dead at Green
Bay. Death was due to poisoning, it
is said The police assert that the
woman was respondent
Marinette county expects to set the
pace for all Wisconsin III clearing
land this year. The slogan is $4,000
acres in 1920" The value of cleared
land over uncleared is $50 an acre
more, basing the figures on the APP
praising Of upper Wisconsin land for
loan purposes.
After working for more than a year,
Sheboygan police have solved the mys-
terry of jewels stolen from Mrs. John
G.. Lockhart One was diamond
ring valued at $500 They were stolen
by a messenger boy.
wi - EllLlCi .INOGllllGI, plOuGGI IG0l-
dent of Sheboygan county and mother
Of Register of Deeds, Edwin Koell-
mer, died OF heart failure. She was
doing the family washing.
A stock Of sugar amounting to 387,-
600 pounds was seized at Reedsburg
last week said to be the property of
the Nestle Food COndensery. 1t is
held subject to investigation and ii
found to be held illegally will be sold
at cost and distributed by the state
fair price commissioner
When Mrs. Edward Ehlert, aged
Neenah widow, saw light and heard
a noise she knew there was a burg
lar in the house She got up and made
a Decline for him. The burglar fell
down a 30-foot flight Of steps in get
ting away. Then Mrs. Ehlert called
the police.
Andrew Kalinai, 20 Kenosha sa-
loonkeeper, severely burned by the
explosion of a gasoline tank i'll the
basement of his establishment where
he is thought to have been manufac-
turing an intoxicating beverage, is
believed to be dying. He was cook
ing grapes in the basement of his sa-
loon when it is believed he dropped
a lighted match too near a can OF gas
oline
VIM. Giguere, 'Marinette, was award
ed $2,162 damages for an INJURY re-
ceived while working at stone quar-
ry at Amberg. He was working near
an engine when water glass explod-
ed, binding one eye. The board also
ordered $3.50 put in the state treasury
to cover any future expense.
Wolves are so plentiful at present
around Cameron that wolf hunters
are averaging several animals a day.
One thousand eight hundred gallons
OF homemade wine were seized at
Milwaukee by internal revenue depu-
ties, and two men alleged to have
made il will be prosecuted if H. A.
Sawyer, u. S. district attorney, de-
cides that the evidence is sufficient
~ warrant their conviction. The
wine was in two lots one of 1000 gal
Ions and one of 500 gallons. 1t was in
process of manufacture. Tests of
soue OF it show that 1t contains about
~ per cent alcohol. The men are sa-H
loorkeepers, and are believed to have
intended TO sell the wine. They used
wine presses, being Hungarians who
had made wine in their native land.
Samples which had reached the stage
al which the wine was working"
were taken to the federal building,
as we'll as samples of the mash" or
crushed grapes. Many attempts to-
make wine at home probably will be
made by foreigners who come from
the wine-growing countries" said Jo-
seph p. O'Neil, in charge of the en-
forcement of prohibition in Milwau-
kee.
The smallest baby born at Fond
du Lac is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Germaine Dawson of Waupun
The child was born at ST. Agnes hos
pital She weighs two pounds and IS
ounces and is Is inches tall. She was
put in an incubator. Both mother and
child are doing WELL
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