Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-15

was painting 81 L6SC W JuG SIOuuu.
He died of internal injuries in a hos
pital He was janitor at the CONNER
cial National bank.
Henry Align, aged "a, painter and
single, is in a hospital, his skull
crushed in as the result of being
thrown 20 feet when a truck in which
he was seated turned turtle three
times on highway IS, seven miles east
of Stevens Point.
The first bird home in the Green
Bay Pigeon clubs 200-mile flight from
DeKalb, ILL.,, averaged 40 miles an
hour. According to Green Bay hon.
ing pigeon fanciers, this is remark
able time for young bird. The club
is COMPOSED of about 40 lofts
A bandit who posed as federal pro-
hibition agent ordered AL. Shisler and
his bartender out from behind the bar
of a downtown saloon in La Crosse
and emptied the cash register of $120.
He made his escape through the rear
door while customers looked on.
A pile consisting of 100000 feet of
logs at Ballou, three miles east of
Mellen, was set on fire, it is reported,
by three alleged l. w. WIS, who had
been refused meal at the Ballou
camp. More than 70 per cent of the
logs were destroyed. The loss is esti-
mated above 100000
Lightning struck the farm home of
Henry Wendorf, GAINESVILLE farmer
tearing away the curtain rod from the
window where Wendorf was standing
and set chair he had occupied on
fire. Every window pane was broken.
Wendorf was unconscious for time
The same night a GAINESVILLE house
was struck and many trees splintered.
Contracts with the Chippewa Indi-
ans of the Net Lake, Mimi, reserva-
ton have been signed by the North
western Paper company of ClOquet,
Mimi, whereby the company will pay
them approximately 100000 for from
25,000,000 to 30000,000 feet of sawed
timber and pulp wood in the vicinity
of Net Lake. Some of the Indians will
receive as high as $4,000 and $15,-
000
A majority of the residents of La
Crosse went back to standard time
Monday after conducting their affairs
under daylight saving schedule. Be-
cause of the conflict with the time of
the surrounding country, merchants,
manufacturers and jObbers signed an
agreement to set their clocks back one
hour Monday. City departments con-
tinue to operate under daylight saw
ing schedule.
Fay D. Pickens of GAINESVILLE, owner
of the American Art Co., was arrested
charged with sending obscene matter
by express from one state to another
in violation of federal law. Pickens
was released, on $1,000 bonds pending
preliminary hearing. Federal men
are said to have discovered that $4,000
pictures of nude women had been sold
in the last few months and the re-
ceipts of Pickens for the last month
had been $1,720.
A few hours after receiving word
that the body of his son, who was
killed in action in France, had arrived
in New York and would arrive home
for burial inside of three days, w. 0.
Book, La Crosse, fell in a faint in the
postoffice corridor, striking the floor
with such force as to cause conclusion
of the brain. He was taken to hos
pital in semi-cOnscious condition and
was unable to attend the funeral of his
son, Forrest W. M. Book, at New Albin
Iowa.
John Williams and Harry Brown,
two Milwaukee youths, reached She
bOygan Monday, having made the trip
from home in a canoe. They are MAX
ing 500-mile trip along the shores
of Lake Michigan, going north along
the west shore and returning south
along the east shore, making a COM
plete circle back to Milwaukee. Both
youths are graduates Of the East
Division high school. They will make
stops at all the cities along the route.
Joseph Golonski, saloon keeper at
Sobieski, was arrested and placed
under $1,000 bonds for selling liquor
to Leigh Rowell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Rowell, Abrams, who died few
hours after drinking the moonshine
An inquest was held at Oconto and
the vital organs removed and sent to
Madison to ascertain if the death was
due to moonshine. When the report
from the chemist is received the jury
will hold another inquest and the
charge of murder may be preferred
against Galonski.
Leo Rose, former Marshfeld store
keeper, accused of committing an as
sault upon a woman employe, appear
ed before Judge Park at Stevens PIT.
and paid a fine of $50 and costs. The
offense was committed, the complaint
alleged, on April IA. Miss Arvilla
Rickes, Marshfield, was the complain
ing witness. 1t is said that prior to
the criminal proceedings, Rose made
a cash settlement with the girl for
$780, AS result of the disclosure
made Rose recently sold his store,
one of the largest in Marshfield.
VIM. McGavock of Beloit is about
to begin suit for $4,000 damages
against the Northwestern railroad Co.
in the capacity Of guardian for Tony
Manero, years old, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Mike Manero, So. Beloit, who
lost his right leg recently by being
run over by the locomotive of a pas
senger train passing through the
freight yards. Sol Cantwell, Chicago
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