Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-27
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current Inter
est by Telegraph
and Mail.

Emily GLOSS, 10, hGnOSId, VINO IeAe
home for Sunday school and did not
return was found in local hotel.
Paul Wuttrich, two, son of Gottfried
Wuttrich, Oak Grove farmer, fell into
a water tank and drowned in one foot
of water
Frank Spencer, 50, foreman of a
road crew near Appleton, died from
injuries received when struck by an
automobile.
Mrs. Robt Bloom, Doering, was in
stantly killed and her husband severe
ly injured when their automobile
was struck by a passenger train.
Mrs. Thomas Moore, 80, Beloit, the
mother of four children, was burned
to death when a gasoline stove ex-
ploded The home was burned to the
ground
John TaraseWicz, Ashland, went
into a haybarn for shelter from a
thunder storm. Lightning struck the
barn killing Tarasewicz and knock
ing two others down
AS a result of the activities of this
session of the legislature Gov. Blaine
has earned the sObriQuet as "Wiscon
SINS veto governor" Out of some 60J
bills passed Blaine vetoed so.
I1GlGu D6CLluS6I5 ny Sol -Olu uduSL~
ter OF Assemblyman VIM. Dettinger,
Jackson county was crushed beneath
her fathers automobile as he backed
out of his garage on his farm. The
child died in a hospital at Whitehall
A satchel containing several hun
dred dollars worth jewelry and toilet
articles was stolen from M. Guilfoyle
at Waverly Beach, Menasha, when the
owner turned his back to get bath
house key.
Byron Fessenden, GAINESVILLE line
man, grabbed wire bearing current
with $500 volts pressure on it while
taking down wires He was burned
badly on one side and his condition is
critical.
Water power users in the Fox river
valley are now drawing but Is per
cent of the normal flow, cut of 25
per cent having been ordered recent
ly. The long drought has lowered the
lake level.
Prof j. A. Merrill of Superior nor
NAL, has gone to Peace river, north
west Alberta, to inspect oil lands in
the big fields recently discovered. He
will accompany party of Wisconsin
and Minnesota oil men.
Jess Newberry, Drammen farmer,
was placed under peace bonds in the
justice court at Eau Claire for threat
ening to place his children, aged /,
4, and 8, respectively, under a house
and set fire to it, according to testi-
mony Of 25 relatives.
Thousands of dead grasshoppers on
the Lake Superior shore at Minnesota
point forced vacationists to retire to
H., i 10 r@,aIN
Late last week a horde of grasshop-
pers driven north by the heat invad-
ed Superior, only to drown in the
lake.
After her plea of guilty Mrs Mar
garet Wiermann of Lake Mills, was
given one year in prison at Waupun
by Judge Kirkland at Jefferson. The
woman was charged with a statutory
offense and asked to be sentenced
Homes will be found for the two chill
dren of the woman.
A second blackhand note demand
ing $500 and threatening harm to
his daughter, Lucille, was received
by Oscar Dietz, GAINESVILLE hotel man.
A first note was received through the
mail and the second in a milk bottle.
Dietz put the matter in the hands of
100000 automobiles are registered
in state to date. This is 25, 900 more
than registered all of last year. Last
year there were 1926 trucks regis
tered This year 49, 439 have taken
out license. There were 1916 auto
dealers last year. This year 2,049
have taken out lioelse. Thus the
industry grows.
Relatives of Marian Pitsch, 20-year-
old Kenosha girl who was reported to
have taken carbolic acid at Kansas
City, are advancing the theory that she
was the victim of foul play and that
the suicide story was fabricated. The
report has disclosed that Miss Pitsch
was secretly married to a western
man, who it is reported, mistreated
her in various ways.
While playing with an "unloadea
gun" Sylvester HITLER, Is, Appleton,
shot and seriously wounded his lit
tie brother, Alphonse, H. The two
boys were playing with 80 caliber
revolver and Sylvester, believing it
empty, leveled it at his brother and
pulled the trigger. The bullet pune
tured the intestines in four places.
John Carlton, Superior, died in a
hospital from bullet wounds inflicted
by Detective Martin Witness Wild
ness caught Carlton leaving a garage
with stolen tire He pursued Carl
ton who ran between two buildings,
the space of Is inches being too mar
row for Witness, who weighs 1900
pounds to follow. The detective shot
the man three times, once each in
the arm, hip and abdomen. Carlton
ran half block and collapsed. On
his death bed he asked the detective
to forgive him.
Attracted by an unpleasant odor,
rail men at Fl. Atkinson opened a
car closed at Milton Jet. on June 4
and found the body of dead man.
The body was under platform with
the face pressed down to tiny pipe