Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-16

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The Hanover bank rerently looted
by it's cashier has been placed in "a
receivers hands and the assurance
is that all depositors will be paid in
full
Mrs. Ann James, native Of Wales
where she was born in 1885, died at
her home eight miles west OF Mineral
Point on Nov 2. Five grown sons
survive.
Mrs. Edward Schmidt of Menom-
inee Falls suffered broken arms by
falling, when the heel of her shoe
caught in the hem of her dress, trip
ping her.
The power connections from the
Pra. du Sac dam have been establish
ed at Platteville enabling throw to
Wisconsin river power in case of a
failure at the Galena plant.
After being chased from a thicket
by rabbit hunters, 30pound wolf was
snot and killed by Franz Holm in the
town of Porter, Rock county. This is
believed to be the first wolf killed in
Rock county this season.
Mrs. w. D. James, Fort Atkinson,
was chosen as "forewoman" in a cir
cult court jury case, being the first
woman in the state to serve as the
head Of a jury.
Mrs Louis Fields, Sheboygan Falls,
suffered two broken ribs and internal
injuries in an auto accident. A few
days later her son, Louis Jr., had his
arm broken cranking a car.
Dorothy Forsland, q, Marilaette
child, caught her right arm in an cleo
trio washing machine her mother
was using, and had the member crush
ed to the elbow before the power
could be shut off.
Mrs. A. Guckenberger of Marshfield
was bound over for trial on a charge
| Of selling liquor to Charles Leiben
dahl He bail was fixed at $500, which
she furnished. This is Mrs. Guecken
berger's third appearance in court.
Struck by an automobile Wednes-
day, at Pence, few miles west of
Hurley, Rose Tosch, rs, died a few
hours later County authorities are
Investigating a story of a woman auto
driver, who is said to have struck her.
John Schill, 81, Wood county, was
fatally injured at Hewitt station while
attempting to drive across the rail
road tracks ahead of a 500 line pas
senger train. He died on a train en-
route to a Marshfield hospital.
Chas. Kellor, Of BelOit, young
man in the employ of Lee Gillette, at
Albany, is afflicted with a sleeping
sickness so that he goes to sleep any
time or place A few days ago while
husking corn he was stricken, and
found in the evening by Mr.. Gill
cite.
1t pays to grow good clover. Mel
vim HAYES. Green Bay farmer and fruit
grower, has proved this by harvest
ing a crop of Hubam clover valued
at $4,000. This record production was
obtained from planting of five acres,
requiring seven pounds of seed. The
clover grew to a height Of six feet
on the average.
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Tautges, Aniwa, aged 10, 8 and
s. burned to death in fire that de-
stroyed the farmhouse and other
buildings The parents and two older
boys escaped in their night clothing.
Efforts to rescue the three children
sleeping upstairs failed. The family
is said to be in poor circumstances.
Russell Stouffer and Roger Ryan
escaped drowning while duck hunting.
Their boat suddenly filled with water
and both men were exhausted trying
to reach shore Mr. Stouffer is post
master of Shell Lake and Mr.. Ryan
is editor of The Washburn County
Register. The men struggled in the
water for hours before help arrived
John Tobin, Elkhorn had his shirt
catch in the set screw of corn
shredder engine shaft while the ma
chine was in operation Tobin gave
mighty jerk and pulled himself
loose, his shirt remaining in the ma
chine. He has lacerated arm.
A post-mortem examination of the
body of Charles Wagner, which was
found partially burned in shack near
Marathon Friday, showed he was
shot in the stomach with shotgun
and struck on the head with a blunt
instrument, making him unconscious.
An inquest was held but no arrests
have been made
Mrs. A. F. Grubba wife of Portage
county saloon keeper, pleaded guilty
to a charge of having destroyed evil
dence to prevent seizure during raid
on the Grubba place, and paid fine
of 500 and costs Of $500 A charge
against ier husband THAI he had in
toXicating liquor in his possession
was dismissed.
WauSau StOckmen assert the water
shortage this winter will be ser
fous one unless there are heavy rains
before cold weather. Many small
streams are almost dry and the larg
er streams are lower than in many
years. The dryness of the earth in
measure has interfered with fall plow
ing. While the ground is damp in
many places near the surface the un-
der soil is dry and crumbly, and in
some districts wells are failing.
Alleging negligence at the Edger-
ton substation in cutting off the pow
er which operated the electric water
pump July 4, while firemen were
fighting fire at its plant, the Edger-
ton Highway Trailer Go. has filed suit
in Rock county circuit court for
$3.50 900 damages against the James
Vile Electric Co. The company's new
assembly plant at Edgerton, $50 by
$50 feet was DESTROYED by fire July 4.
with loss of $3.50 The complaint
alleges that had not the power fur
nished by the GAINESVILLE company,
operating the water pump. been cut
off Tor three-quarters of an hour, a
major portion Of the building could
have been saved. The damages de-