Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-14

Phillip Wilson, II, was drowned in
the narrows at Wisconsin Dells at Kill
bouln. While Wilson was repairing
the engine of pleasure boat, the craft
overturned The body has not been re-
covered.
Charged with a murder that was
committed at Anacker Springs, eleven
years ago, Henry Deborah, Winneba-
go Indian, was arrested and taken to
the Portage JAIL He is charged with
Staying another Indian, Bill Dekor.
Fourth of July celebrants passing
through Glenwood City, hurled rocks
from a car at many Of the plate glass
windows in the business district and
demolished them. The authorities
have clue to the occupants of the
car.
Richard Frederickson, son of John
Frederickson, Blair, may died and
Ralph Immell is seriously injured as
result of their car turning over
while speeding near La Crosse. Fred
erickson's chest was crushed when he
was pinned under the machine.
Donald Hoffman, IT, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hoffman, town of Dale, near
Neenah, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. The boy was stand
ing on a load of hay. The bolt set
| the hay on fire and the wagon was de-
stroyed. One horse was killed.
Albert. 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gherman, Maiden Rock, tugged at a
plank which he wanted to drage out
of Isabelle creek He slipped into the
stream and drowned. Three years ago
daughter in this family was killed
by a train on the Burlington road.
Fred A. Myer, WATERFOWL, pleaded
not guilty to a federal charge of hav-
| ing % cases of beer of more than 3
per cent alcoholic content This is
the first beer arrest since the United
| States supreme courts decision up
| holding the Volstead law. Bail was
| fixed at $500.
Mrs. Esther Schillinger of Madi-
son, on trial for adultery, was held
| for perjury after telling many con-
! fiicting stories. The woman was en-
ployed at the University Y. cafeteria
as cashier while her husband was a
bowling alley operator. Mrs. Schil-
linger was given three years in Wau-
pun.
Mrs. Charles Scribner of Stevens
Point was awakened from her sleep
to find that a rat had attacked her,
biting her wrist and inflicting lacera-
tions that penetrated the skin and
flesh to the bone. In a few minutes
time the injured wrist was swollen to
almost double normal size.
Miss Agnes Mulholland, 20, expert
chemist with the Cereal Products Co.
of Manitowoc, died in that city last
week After completing high school
and taking a finishing course at st.
Claras college, Sinsinawa Mound,
Wis, she went into the laboratory of
the cereal company merely to carry
on some experiments. She soon be-
came so valuable to the company that
she was induced to enter the profess
sion as a career. Her father Henry
Mulholland, is a statistician of note.
Frank Fargo, one of the wealthiest
and most widely known farmers Of
! Lake Mills was badly hurt when he
! was struck by an automobile driven
| by an unidentified woman. Mr.. Far
go was crossing the street when the
car rounded the corner. He failed to
hear the warning of the horn in time
to escape being hit. The woman
driver tainted when the automobile
struck Mr. Fargo, but a man near the
scene of the accident jumped to the
running board of the machine and
stopped it. Fargo will recover.
Believing that an affinity was visit
| ing his home while he was at work in
foundry, Joe Gruno, Racine, reported
TO the police and officers were detailed
to watch the house. They saw Emil
Zabeseck enter the house, but when
they made search few minutes lat
er they were unable to find him. An
! officer saw a trap door in the base
ment floor. On removing it he found
Zabeseck in a hole partly filled with
water Zabeseck was held on a stat
utorv charge under bail of $4,000
Five hundred sixtv-four crates Of
strawberries or 024 quarts, was the
picking at the Leverich fruit farm,
| Angelo, Monroe county, one day last
month This establishes a new record.
| The days payroll to pickers was $500.
| also a state record. Pickers were paid
on the Leverich farm at tho rate of 4
cents per quart. Many pickers earned
Sc per day. gathering $50 quarts in 10
| hours. Last seasons profits totaled
$1,000 on $500 crates. The largest
days receipts at the Snarta Fruit
Growers association was five carloads
of Strawberries which were shipped
to various points in Wisconsin. Illinois
and Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Mr. and Mrs las Knitlingar Of this