Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-11-17

Geo. L. Williams, Stevens Point, was
sentenced to Waupun for four years
for passing bad check
Mathew Staska, Stevens Point car
cleaner, was unmindful of an approach
cal. Staska was struck and his leg
severed above the ankle.
Marcella Presl, IA, Oconto, fell
headlong down a 15-foot slide at
playground and sustained broken
nose. The same day her father had
his hand badly crushed when pile OF
lumber fell on him.
Carl Kolke, Is, Irma youth, is in the
hospital with a rife bullet in one leg
above the knee KClke hunting with
Paul Kappa, sat down to examine the
latter's new automat-c gun. The gun
went off and Kolke Was shot.
Elmer Canty, Is, Superior, hunting
in the woods with his brother and an
other boy, had his left arm shot so bad
ly that amputation at the elbow was
necessary. The boy was lying down
when the gun went off. He was taken
to q hospital
Andrew Nygaard, Stoughton farmer,
lost a horse he was driving to town
when an automobile collided with the
animal Nygaard was thrown and
shaken badly. The horses left hind
leg was broken and shooting was nee
easary.
Caief of Police Louis Osborne, Super
ior, is out to clean UP ore of the tough
est towns in the midwest and it is re-
ported that an organized gang are out
to "get" the chief Much gambling
prevails in Superior and bootlegging
is common.
Miss Fern Scott, a university grad
uate, was elected register of deeds
for Villas county. Miss Scott, running
as g republican, received 500 more
votes than her democratic opponent.
For the past two years she acted as
deputy register.
| Arthur Yeske, Tomah farmer, was
gored by an Infatuated bull and near
" killed. Yeske was attacked in the
barn as he was about to close the
! Stanchions. The bull was chained
Yeske is partially paralyzed and in
ternally injured.
Duncan McInnis, Price county pion-
eer, was killed in an auto wreck at
Park Falls. The driver Of the McInnis
car los control and the vehicle plung-
ed over an embanl1ment The drivers
nose was broken and Mr.. McInnis was
injured internally. Other passengers
escaped harm.
Harris Marcus of Madison died Of
injuries received when a coal truck
coilided with his touring car. Mrs.
Edna Hubbard of Madison died of in
iuries received three weeks ago when
rJo0 v,iI i'm f,yr tIIr In
Floyd Landeness, IA, was badly hurt
by a train striking the motor car he
and his father were riding in.
The trial of Fred Lang, charged with
the murder of Frank Pacini is now on
at Racine. Lang alleges that q confess
sion that he made was obtained by
force. Judge Beidon has ruled that
the state must prove that the con
fession was obtained legitimately be-
fore it can be used as evidence. The
trial has aroused much interest in Ra-
cine.
At the farm home of Oliver P
Kelly, near the western border of
Monroe county, Beatrice Kelly, aged
20, the youngest daughter, was in
stantly killed. The two daughters,
Venice and Beatrice were husking
corn at the barn when the father, after
Unloading his wagon backed it out of
the barn door. A projecting plank
was in some manner caught in one of
the wagon wheels and one end struck
Beatrice on the head as she sat at
work in her chair. The force of the
blow was so great that she was in
stantly killed.
Seven Percheron horses and one
purebred Guernsey COW were lost in a
fire which destroyed the largest barn
on the University East Hill farm of
the Wisconsin College of Agriculture,
during the evening of Nov. l.
As the farm is located three miles
west of Madison, the fire attracted
thousands Of university students and
townspeople. 1t was discovered about
o'clock and had such Roadway that
there was time to save only II head OF
cattle. Through the efforts of Madison
firemen t.nd volunteers, the other farm
buildings were saved.
Besides the stock, the barn contain
ed almost 200 tons of hay, part of
which was baled, quantities Of oats
and corn, an automobile, farm machin-
cry, and a gasoline engine. The barn
was insured in the state fund