Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-31

at UlIordYille had 127 members of the
F, tribe present from four states. The
ages ranged from one year to s..
JOIN, Ross, Dewey, fasner, del Of
injuries ce>eiked when he fell ftom i
I buggy. NJ TOSS was credit r. with
| having csared more lant than any
other sitter III lis cou.ty
| wholesale druggists in the state
/ have been told that they cannot sell
| private stocks of liquor. Hopes OF
! owners of certificates that they might
withdraw liquor for personal use have
! been killed. The right of wholesalers
/ to deal in sacramento wines has been
upheld.
/ A daring daylight robbery was eff
fected in the Douglas Hardware Co.
store at GAINESVILLE. When Douglas
! opened at $50 in the morning he had
a glimpse Of man disappearing out
the back door. The visitor dropped an
armful of loot but made away with
quantity of cutlery
! Mr.. and MS Wm. T3rathwate and
| their son, VIM Jr.. aged Is, were in
staEtiv killed when u northwestern
train struck their auto at a grade
crossing near Knapp, Wis. A. G.
Smith, driver of the car, was cut and
bruised but will recover. Diana Mil
Ter, II, had her skull fractured and
is in critical condition.
/ Jacob Mintz, Madison tailor, has re-
turned home from Poland and Russia
with IS relatives. The arrival in the
United States was the triumph OF two
long and perilous trips made by Mintz
to Poland Suffering in Poland and
Russia is terrible. In Poland loaf
of bread costs 135 marks NORMALLY
about 500; pound of meat $50 marks,
and pair of shoes 10000 marks
F.! (normally about $275l. There are not
less than $4,000 emigrants in Warsaw
waiting to go to the. United States on
Polish passports" Mr.. Mintz says.
The Racine board of health has
taken hand in the dispute between
Sheriff Nate James and Chief of Po-
lice Baker of liquor law enforcement
in the city of Racine. The sheriff says
the city of Racine is in Racine county
| and that he will enforce the law in the
| city if the chief does not do it to his
satisfaction. The board of health has
served notice on the sheriff that it
will analyze no beer seized by him in
raids. The sheriff retorts that ne will
have the Analysing done by outside
chemists and will act wholly under
state warrants, depriving the city of
revenue from fines. Feeling runs
high.
A wartime romance that eliminated
in the marriage of French girl and
an American soldier in battle-torn
Verdun, France, hit the rocks in cir
cult court at Stevens Point, when Ira
j. McFaul was granted a divorce from
Marie L. McFall McFaul a member
of the A. E. Unmarried Marie at Yer
dun, May II, 1919. He was Fl and she
20 When McFaul returned to the U.
S. his wife accompanied him and they
went to his home at New London.
Then she tired Of him and felt an ir-
resistible longing for her native land.
On Feb Is, 1920, she deserted him,
it was alleged IN the complaint, and
returned to France
Harold Delaney, aged 4, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Delaney of Beloit, is
able to take solid foods after several
weeks of entirely unwilling starvation
About two weeks ago the child ex..
planned to his parents that he had
swallowed an iron boat" but was
unable to elucidate further. AS his
appetite fell off the parents finally had
an X-ray taken of the chiId's throat.
The picture disclosed the presence of
foreign object far down in the ae-
sophagus and careful fishing brought
to view an iron washer the size of a
half dollar with hole of about one
quarter inch diameter in the center.
Whatever nourishment the youugster
had been receiving went through the
small hole in the center of the bolt
He is doing we'll now.
The Dane county sheriff last Tues
day found "7-year-old" Frank Miller,
alleged by his father, Steve Miller, to
have been kidnapped last week by
band of gipsies and taken from his
home in Detroit, Mich, to Wisconsin,
Frank proved to be 20, married and
with 2-year-old son of his own. The
father, a Brazilian, appeared before
the Madison police last week and ap-
pealed for aid to find his kidnapped"
boy. Bands of gipsies were run to
cover by the enthusiastic Madison
cops. The son was with one OF them.
Frank told the sheriff that his pa was
a member of the same gypsy band and
/ that he telegraphed him, Frank, that
the band would be at Madison to work
the Dane county fair. Authorities al
lege that by the use Of his wild
story, Steve Miller was able to get
free transportation from Detroit to
Madison
Southern Wisconsin has a natural
bridge whose beauty rivals the artis-
tic scenery of the northern part of the
state. This bridge is in Sank county.
one and one-fourth miles northeast of
Leland. The bridge is an arch with a
span of about 35 feet The height is
from 25 to 35 feet and the ledge which
spans the opening is not more than
four feet wide at the top. No stream
has caused the weathering of the sand
stone, but all corrosion is due to the
wind and the breaking away of pieces
by gravel. A cave over seven feet
high and 25 feet long extends under
the arch. The bridge may be reached
over paved road from Pra. du Sac
ITO Leland, from Kings Corners at the
south foot of the bluff on trunk high
way II, or from roads southwest of
Baraboo. 1t is some distance north
| of the highway, and to reach it one