Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-05-19
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The Lutheran ST. Johns church at
Middleton was struck by lightning
and completely destroyed The old
building had stood since 1851.
Forty-fve thousand rainbow trout
were planted in streams near Eau
Claire. Two years is estimated for
a trout to grow up to a size permis-
sible for catching.
Thomas Daffrey, Kenosha section
hand, stepped from one track to an
other to avoid a train and was hit
by an interurban he did not see Daft
rey was terribly mangled.
The dead body of Charles E. Wig
gin who disappeared from Eau Claire
three weeks ago, was found floating
IN the Chippewa river. Wiggin left
/ a widow with six children.
Heirs of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
John Knickerbocker have brought
suit against the T. M. E. r. and L.
Co., for 100000 Mr.. and Mrs. Knick-
erbocker were struck and killed by
an interurban on armistice day.
Geo. Kenler and wife of Jefferson,
absent to theatre, returned home to
find IA gallons of homemade wine. 5
gallons of cider and a quantity of
fruit had been taken by thieves who
made light Of a strongly bolted door.
Henry Sanda and Frank Letor.
prominent socially at Neenah. were
arrested in the basement of the Emil
Schulz drug store where Schulz
found them late at night The young
men were charged with the attempt
ed theft OF grain alcohol.
Rex Staninger, Minneapolis. was
held for manslaughter at La Crosse
for the killing of John Franzen. 7.
ID. M. Robinson passenger with
Staninger, testified that the latter had
been drinking and was driving at a
high rate of speed.
Mrs. Frank Zabukovoc, Kenosha,
fled in her night clothes to the home
OF neighbOr in order to escape a
burglar. Tony Free was taken into
custody by the police. He was re-
leased on bond of $1,000. Mr.. Fab
ukovoc works at night in local fac
tory.
Ollie Smith, 3 years, Kenosha. went
to meet his mother daily at the fac
| tory where she is employed. Last
Thursday he played between the
tracks erecting a sand pile Ollie
was struck by train and tossed from
the track but one foot lay across the
rail. He will be cripple for life.
Ernest Koepke, farmer living
near Tigerton, was killed by the ac-
cidental discharge of dynamite, with
which he was blasting stumps. Mr..
Koepke had sent his son Clarence to
the house to get some more dynamite
/ When the boy returned he found his
father dead, with an arm and a leg
blown off.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest Pfatf was smothered to death
while driving from Sparta to the
home III Burns. The mother put a
blanket over the baby to protect it
from the cold air while making a 10
mile drive. The child was dead when
they reached home
A northern Wisconsin community
has employed a doctor at an annual
salary plus reasonable fees giving
him house and other buildings free
OF rental. His fees for calls outside
the township will be 81 higher than
inside the extra dollar reverting to
the town treasury The scarcity of
physicians made this step necessary.
A controversy between five physi-
clans of the Marquette faculty and
FIR. H. c. Noonan- over the question
| as to whether a mothers life should
be saved at the cost of her unborn
child, led to the resignation of the
doctors. The faculty held that the
mother should be saved where the
choice lay between losing her or
both.
DR.. William Fox, Milwaukee, plead
ed guilty to false entry on a birth
certificate and was fined $1OO. The
NJ :. presented the name of Mrs
Jennie Schubert, 45, as the mother of
child that belonged to Florence
Larson. waitress. 1t is said that
rs. Schubert wished to present her
husband with an heir The doctor
said that he really believed the child
was Mrs. Steuberts.
Andrew Serstad of Montana. has
brought suit for divorce against his
wife a resident of Lodi. this state
Serstad skipped" in 1912 Just prior
to the stork's visit to his home Tir-
ing of marital ties he sought free
dom recently but did not know that
Mrs. Serstad had been granted a di-
vorce several years ago. His di-
vorce papers led to his arrest on a
charge of non-support and deser-
ton.
Walter Kanopalski, "a, Neenah. at
tackled his estranged wife with a re-
volver. One bullet entered the girls
mouth emerging from the neck but
she will recover. Kanopalski then
turned the gun on himself with al
most fatal effect. One bullet entered
the skull behind the ear, shattered
| the bone and embedded itself in the
head but missed the brain. The wo-
man said that she was on her way
home from Shn,u 1uha,, hn, l,..--