Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-21
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WISCONSIN
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ting foot scraper, a corner OF which
pierced the optic.
James Young, Oakdale, walking on
the railroad tracks, was struck by q
train and injured He was taken to a
hospital where little hope is held for
his recovery.
Eating poisonous toadstOols which
he mistook for mushrooms is declared
by physicians to have caused the death
Of Raffale Roppa, Stevens Point track
worker who was taken to the hospital
after being found ueathly i'll.
Two GIenwood City farmers nearly
lost their lives when q silO filler, they
were operating, exploded. The acct
dent occurred on the C. J. Wienke
farm in the town Of Forest. The pro-
prietor and his brother, Henry, were
struck. Henry Wienke's injuries are
serious.
For her second offense, Almond
state industrial school for girls by
Judge Brindley at La Crosse. The
girl was employed as a maid in the
Forest county tuberculosis sanator-
ium. She stole $25 from purse sew
eral months ago and lately $205 in
money and clothing
A stranger who appeared on the
streets of Clintonville wearing the
uniform of an American overseas
soldier, was seized by irate veterans
and given a ducking in Pigeon river.
The uniform he wore was decorated
by tin medals. On the back was
sewed a placard which read: Il
killed 10000 German-mosquitO
The Oak Grove Farmers Fire In
surance Co, composed of Barron
county farmers, has paid losses of
more than $4,000 during 1921. The
sum is $4,000 more than was paid out
last year, the greatest losses being due
to lightning. The Oak Grove Farmers
Fire ms. Co., is said to be the strong
est farmers risk company in America.
falling off of about 25 per cent in
the receipts of the 1921 state fair as
compared with those of last year, is
shown by official figures given out by
Oliver e. Remey, secretary. The re-
ceipts this year were $163, 721.36, and
in 1920, $223,87975 The attendance
this year was 237,014, while year ago
it was 1927 1884 The operating cost
of the 1921 fair was $226,204.64, of
which $94,953.36 was spent for pre-
miums The operating cost last year
was 1925, 1.42. The fair is financed
by the state and light receipts this
year will not have a detrimental eff
feet on future fairs
Two Madison special policemen are
under arrest on charges Of criminal
assault made by young woman. The
men, Ed. Quinlan and M. j. Harring
ton, pleaded not guilty when arraign-
ed. Following the arrest, the Dane
district attorney released six persons
held ON moonshining charges, saying
that he would not hold them on the
testimony of officers whose conduct
is so gravely impugned. The charges
against the officers were preferred by
one AL. KurZ and q young woman. 1t
is alleged that the two men showed
warrants giving them power as Off
GERS and threatened to arrest the
couple. Both men are accused of
misconduct by the girl.
Louis DelSman is the latest loser
by fire in ManitOWoc county, Early
last week his barn, farm machinery,
half the seasons crops, together with
$50 chickens and a bull calf were
burned. The loss is about $4,000 and
the ninth since August Is in the cOun-
ty. Three Of the fires were due to
lightning but the causes of the others
is a mystery About four weeks ago
buildings, crops, cattle and machin-
cry on the model farm of Patrick w.
Conway were burned du ing a severe
electrical storm. Within a week two
other farms lear the Conway home
were the scenes Of fires. A few days
later a blaze of unknown origin was
the cause Of $4,000 damage in the
northern part of tie county. The Of
ficials put a man out to investigate
q
send a man to look things over. In
the meantime there have been three
more fires. Many farmers are keep
ing all night vigil over their property,
fearing that incendiaries may visit
them What or who is causing the
fires that are burning Manitowoc
county property? That is the question
of the day with the farmers of the
lake shore region.
Three men are locked up in Jail on
the charge of burning the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Max Schloesser, Water
town farmers, and committing a vic
ious assault upon the woman. Moon
shine liquor is at the bottom of it ac-
cording to Henry Voss, p, the young
est of the three men. The others are
Herman Freitag, middle-aged and
well-to-do farmer, and Reuben Frank
Strop, Farmland. Detectives have
been at work on the case since the
time of the crime, Aug. Sth. They
searched the country side for clues
and found q number of bottles in a
hole in the ground by fence. One
of the bottles had contained moon
shine and the other whiskey. The
men traced the source of the whiskey
to local druggist and found who he
sold it to. The arrest of young Voss
followed Voss made full confess
sion, duplicating the other two men.
Voss related that he and Strop had
driven over to see Freitag on the eve
of the crime. They all had whiskey
and Freitag had some moonshine
After getting good and drunk Freitag
proposed burning the Schloesser res
idence. When they got there the
woman heard them and came out
Voss is not clear as to what happened
next except that they seized the old
lady and cut off her hair. The men
then sprinkled kerosene about the
place and set fire to it. They then
fed across lots to their homes.