Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-05
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WISCONSIN
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searched the PROSTATE Funnel and
Smith, hidden nearby: One boy was
seized and sent to the reform school
Hunters, going through the woods
and marshes four miles from Stur-
geon Bay found a mans skeleton
which proved to be that of Martin
Cormandy, prominent Sturgeon Bay
business man, who mysteriously dis
appeared four years ago. Peculiar
dental work and a watch made pos
sible the Identification.
Gov Blaine's new sedan was wreck
ed on a bridge over the Rock river
five miles east of Watertown. San
ford Rogue, the chauffeur, was
thrown from his seat and bruised,
although not seriously The car
sweryed on a slippery road and
crashed into the side of the bridge
Gov. Blaine was not in the car, which
was being driven to Madison after
being repaired in Milwaukee.
Stevens Point police rescued Thorn
as POlum a farmer from slough
finding him asleep in the water, but
still on the seat of his wagon. In
municipal court he blamed moonshine
declaring he had taken single
drink prOffered by a stranger he had
picked up on a country road John
Flees, also farmer, reported a SINH
lar experience when arrested trying
to drive on the sidewalk with his team
Green Bay and vicinity face dras-
tic shortage of fuel wood, according
TO local lumbermen. Due to the lack
of demand for high class lumber. the
camps in the north have been idle for
most of the summer and none of the
timber which is used for stove and
CRATE consumption has been cut The
Green Bay yards are practically bare
of fuel wood and lumbermen hold out
little hope of shipments until late. in
the winter
Miss Alma Johns, Wausau stenO-
grapher, killed herself at Madison
because she did not know cooking
and other domestic arts and life
Pounding keys seemed too dreary a
prospect. Her relatives found a note
saying Alma intended drowning her
self and notified the police. The of
ffcers searched the lake shore and
heard means coming from the lake.
The girl was brought to shore but
she died soon after
George Bubar, assessor of incomes
at Superior, summoned 200 persons,
most Of them alleged or convicted
moOnshiners and bootleggers, to come
to his office and pay additional state
taxes with penalties. Bubar fixed ar
bitrary incomes of $4,000 and $4,000
on each man alleged to have sold liq-
nor. When they appeared before him
TO declare they did not make any such
sums selling liquor, his reply was:
'Show me. You didn't say anything
about making money selling liquor
when you made your income tax re-
turn"
County authorities at Crandon frus-
trated an attempted Jail delivery
planned by Lawrence and Willis Les
perance and Chalmers Yeager, held in
connection with the ROBBERY of the bank
at Wabeno on July Is, after the pris-
Oners had sawed and dug their way to
the top of the Jail chimney. The Jail
janitor saw loose bricks on the chin
ney and reported the matter to the
sheriff. The prisoners had postponed
their advent from Tuesday to Wednes-
day on account of a heavy rain. The
men used acid and saws to cut their
way through the cell bars, and then
CraWled into a Ventilator in the wall
and followed this to a brick Chin
ney. BY standing on each others
shoulders they were able to work on
the bars across the top Of the chin
ncy and had severed them and re-
placed them in preparation for their
escape. An iron pipe torn out of the
bathroom wos used in prying loose
the chimney bars. The men so to
trial this week. They have pleaded
not guilty.
Fdgerton had a distinguished visit
or last Thursday when Railroad Jack,
now of Madison, came TO spend the
afternoon and evening. Carrying his
bed and his larder on his back, his
wisdom i'll his heart, his nimble Irish
tongue where it belongs, he startled
Edgertonites by his marvellous mem
DRY feats, his witty sallies and by
subscribing for the local papers-and
paying cash. For 25 years he has
made the canopy of the endless sky
serve him as a tent at night. and the
long road and the company of men his
home by day. On the foundation of
normal school course, a couple OF
years in medical school, and the in
heritance Of rliable mind from his
Irish mother, he has, in the college
of hard knocks, become proficient
lecturer, uSlISullUl SuleI IdlitSts
memory expert, philosopher and phil
anthropist. In the summer he talks
in the open to eager throngs, lives on
two meals a day, consisting largely
of bread and milk travels any old
way, is at home everywhere and any
where; in the winter he speaks at
colleges, to university students, in the
school houses to children, to the I'M
fortunate in penal and charitable in
situations, before clubs, at dinners,
and is much sought as an entertainer
at private parties. He hobnobs with
the men and women of note, and is
known by all the kids wherever he
goes. His real name is Cooper, Harry
Cooper, but few people know him by
that sign. Railroad Jack" is his
title of distinction, the open sesame
on his way, his international pass
port, his magic key to the hearts of
men. He spoke to big audience
after the band concert last Thursday
evening, and, having finished, he van
fshed into the night.-Edgerton Re-
porter.