Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-08
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items Of Current Inter
est by Telegraph
and Mail.

summer home of r. B. McMullen of
Chicago, causing $4,000 loss. The
fire was the sixth of a series in the
vicinity whose origin remains mys-
terry.
The body of a man found wedged in
basement window of the Westlund
grocery store in Eau Claire was ident-
flied to be that of Earl Delemater, Su-
perior. The young man is believed to
be victim of shell shock.
The body of an unidentified man was
found in an abandoned lumber camp
near Pelican lake by a constable who
notified the officials at Rhinelander
According to coroner Hildebrand. the
man had been dead about two months.
No marks of violence could be found
on the body and it is believed the man
frOze to death.
Paul Jaffkc, fireman on a 500 line
passenger train, who was severely
burned when the train was wrecked
early last fall near Smells Crossing.
killing Engineer James Dollard of
Fond du Lac, was awarded $4,000 by
circuit court jury at Fond du Lac.
The jury found that the wreck was
due to defect in the track and that
this defect was due to negligence on
".
A total of 100000 will be expended
III the improvement of 5000 acres of
farm land in the towns of Mt. Pleas
ant, Caledonia and Yorkville in Ra-
cine county, by the building of a
drainage canal system. The main
ditch will be As miles long with IA
laterals with total length of 16
miles, in which $4,000 feet of tile will
no plo in
ais will pass through sections of low
lands heretofore uncultivated which
are portions of the best farms in
southeastern Wisconsin.
Forest fires at Epson destroyed the
buildings on the farm of Max Makoski
and then swept through the slashings
driving wild animals ahead. Farmers
III the vicinity fought hard to save
buildings and fences, Exhausted por-
cupines creeping ahead of the flames
and birds flying back into the blaze
to get their young gave an unusual
aspect to the fire. Rabbits and deer
now and then kept far ahead of the
flames. The Bell Lumber Co. is re-
ported to have lost practically lost all
logs decked during the winter.
A bottle of liquor found by Mrs.
VIM. Lowe, Allen, in a search of their
car, will be the principal evidence
against Robert Siquin, Allen, and Lar
ry Nicholson, Eleva, when they face
charges of illegal transportation of
liquor in circuit court at Eau Claire.
1t was charged that the two men
came to the Lowe farm to sell the liz
uOr to employees. Mrs. Lowe charged
they were carrying booze. Say not
so" said Sequin, you can search the
car" Mrs. Lowe accepted the invi-
tation and found the booze. The men
were held under bonds of 1900.
Pleading guilty to highway robbery
before Judge Wickham at Eau Claire.
Frank Carter, 26, Sawyer county far
mer, was sentenced to ten years in
Waupun prison. Carter, on May 5,
with his brother Walter, 10, and one
Leonard Frye, 20, held up a farmer in
Sawyer county at the point of shot
gun, but were scared away by another
farmer who began shooting at them.
Walter Carter and Frye are under
sentence to Green Bay reformatory
for four and five years respectively.
The state department of agriculture
reports another outbreak of rabies in
parts of Dane and Green counties.
The townships of Primrose, Montrose,
Oregon, New Glarus, Exeter and
Brooklyn and the villages of Belleville,
Oregon and Brooklyn were ordered
under quarantine by the state vet
erinarian. All dogs are ordered tied
Up for a period of thirty days unless
further extension is ordered. RaD1d
dogs have peculiar habits in that they
may travel long distances and return
again to their homes and do that sew
eral days before showing any peculiar
symptoms other than a disposition to
lie quiet all day. At last the dog gen.
orally goes out and does not come
back. Children especially are warned
not to touch strange dogs and to keep
out Of the path of animals which seem
to be travelling straight ahead.
A clash between union automobile
workers and union sheet metal work
ers in the metal workers hall at Ra-
cine resulted in the probable fatal
shooting Of David Everhard, auto
mobile worker of Racine and the near
lynching of John Mcmahon, sheet
metal worker of Chicago. Everhard
is in a hospital with a bullet in his
skull Mcmahon and Fred Pagel are
under arrest Mcmahon and Pagel at
tempted force an entrance to the meet
Ing of the union automobile workers
but not having cards OF that union
were denied admittance. Everhard,
John Martin and Axle Ilson were ap-
pointed a committee to draft resolu-
tons and left the hall to enter an
ante room. AS they entered the hall
way, Mcmahon and Pagel demanded
to know why they were not permitted
to enter. 1t is claimed by the ponce
that Mcmahon pulled revolver from
his pocket and shot Everhard III the
head. Everhard grappled with NC
Mahon, who is said to have again at
tempted to use his revolver when
Martin kicked it from his hand. Nc
Mahon, with a hand to hip pocket,
threatened to kill anyone who APP
preached him and dashed down the
stairway. People who had gathered
outside the hall with union auto
mobile workers, pursued and cap
tured him. They were about to lynch
Mcmahon when the police arrived.
Mcmahon is said to be Chicago gum