Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-07
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ing crew at Evansville, had his arm
broken by belt that flew from the
machine while he was tEreshing.
Delbert Knipple, aged 10, is dead at
Green Bay from lockjaw following a
cut in his foot, received when he
stepped on broken glass bottle.
While playing on the railroad
tracks at Delavan, Geraldine Callahan
aged A. was struck by g Milwaukee
road train. She died an hour later.
Harry Taylor, 13, Ashland, is recov-
ering from blood poisoning resulting
from rabbit bite. Harry caught a
rabbit in the woods and the animal
gnawed at his captor's wrist.
A Jersey COW owned by Herman
Rolf, Almena, has produced 400 TBS.
of butter fat in seven months and Mr..
Rolf predicts that the COW will pro-
duce $50 pounds during the year.
William White, young farmer OF
Unity, was gored to death by bull
which he was stalking out to Craze.
When found dead in his pasture, his
dog was by his side. Witte was re-
Gently married.
John P. Ranahan of Milwaukee for
got to mail letter to Olga. Wife
found it. A divorce suit has been
filed. Ranahan is steel manufact
urer. Olga lives in Buffalo and is
beautiful, according to Mrs Nettie
Ranahan's complaint.
People living in towns having fairs
are warned to be on the watch for
petty thievery from the experience
at Monroe. Thefts of spare tires
were common at the Green county
fair and someone stole &c lanterns
4bn CT
Miss Bertha Burrichtcr, Superior,
shot herself in the head while crazed
over the death of her sweetheart, Jul
ius Cook, Two Ports theatre man.
The girl, who was soon to be married
to Cook, eluded her mother and went
to a shed where she took her own life.
Alfred Pope, one year, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Pope, Now Richmond,
was drowned in water trough on the
farm where his parents were employ
ed. The parents were working nearby
but the child made no cutlery He
had been dead q half hour when dis
covered.
Judge Michael Blenski of Milwau-
kee allowed Mrs. Edna Croot to pass
sentence on her husband, Arthur. Mrs.
Croot gave hubby six months in jail
and wanted to sentence the woman to
a year. The court allowed the woman
in the case to go free because she did
not know Croot was married.
Urban VOTERS, former cashier of
the Northwestern freight depot at
Kaukana, is under arrest in Los An
geles, in connection with an embezzle-
ment said to total between $4,000 and
$11 900 of the company's funds VOL
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derstood TO have been living under
the name of Jack Clifford.
Mrs. Lydia Huflburt, Delton widow,
celebrated her Tooth birthday anniver-
Sary Friday. In spite of her great age
she participated in all the festivities.
A number of friends and neighbors
took part in the celebration Mrs.
TIurlburt was born in New York state
and came to Wisconsin about fifty
years ago. Her husband died in 1887.
A fire loss of $4,000 occurred on
the James Conway farm near Osman.
A large barn, shed, silo the seasons
crop, machinery and equipment and
four HOlstein calves burned. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
Mr. and Mrs Conway removed all the
horses and cattle from the barn but
the calves dashed back into the flames
William Hottinger, %, of Lacrosse,
inmate of the county asylum at West
Salem, murdered another inmate, JAS
Tob. 'ka, who had been sent to the
STATS asylum at Waupun and later to
Wesr salem for Murder committed in
Adams county. Hottinger beat Kabal-
ka. who was about 70, to death with
a floor Lolisher, stout club with
cloth wrapped around the end.
christian Falkenstein of Lodi was
raught between q tractor and thresh-
ing outfit when he started the trac-
tor and suffered Q broken shoulder
/. and bruised body. He was to back
Tlp the tractor to couple it onto the
threshor and gave it q more vigorous
start than he intended as the ma
chine came back quickly and caught
him between the steering wheel OF
the tractor and the feed board of the
thresher, breaking his right collar
bone and giving him q severe beating
up. The man managed to shut off the
power but how he does not know.
Gov. Blaine fixed Sept. 6 as the date
on which he will hear a complaint
filed against George Garman, SherlH
of Eau Claire county, on the ground
that he failed in his duty in allowing
the delivery Of two bank roDbers.
The petition lodged against Sheriff
Garmann, was submitted by a num-
Der of Eau Claire citizens. They de-
mand an investigation and the remoV-
al of Garmann. The two bandits that
sawed their way out of the county
Jail. were involved in the Augusta
State bank robbery on August II.
The men were registered under the
names of Gus Saunders and Stanley
Russell. Russell and Saunders made
good their escape with the assistance
of a revolver struggled to them ard
a variety of jimmying appliances, in
Guiding large crowbar After the men
had flown, an investigation disclosed
on top of the main cell box and under
the ceiling of the Jail proper were a
large crowbar, seven saws, coil of
wire used for making saws, and tools
with which to convert the steel into
saws. Two bars of o window were
found to be sawed off. The men, how
ever. did not escape from this avenue.
They went out through the front door.
IT is on these grounds that charge
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