Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-30

John Dahl, Barron county farmer,
who went to Minneapolis to see the
sights, was slugged and robbed OF
$3.50
Clifford LIE Page, 20, was drowned
in the Chippewa river while on visit
at Chippewa Falls. His fancee saw
the tragedy
Alex Hass, II, Tomah, is missing
from the house of his father, George
Hass, and efforts to locate the youth
have been fruitless.
Barron county farmers in huge
drive, cleared up the wreckage left by
the cyclone of last June when build
ings and fences were swept away over
a wide area.
Miss Villa Won Oven, Beloit college
girl, fell from her mount when she
succumbed to the horseback craze
and went riding. She suffered
gashed scalp.
Paul Christopherson, IS, Osseo, Sc
cured a license to wed Mrs. Kristina
Rund, TO- Stanley, proving that love
laughs at Father Time as Well as tee
heeing at locksmiths
Whiskey to be allotted Wisconsin
druggists during 1928, will be cut 25,-
600 gallons. This indicates that con-
siderable 'red-eye" is being used up
in the old Badger state.
The body of Yuan Flu Chao, Chinese
student drowned in Lake Mendoza,
was shipped to China for burial with
his ancestors by request of his father,
General Chao, of Shanshi, China.
M. T. Lowe, Mt Horeb farmer, has
brought suit for $4,000 against the viii
lage, alleging that amount of damage
to his farm on account of sewage from
the village running over his place.
While bending over to see why
blast did not go off, Henry Poehler, an
employe of the L. D. Smith quarry at
Sturgeon Bay, was injured. The dis
charge struck .Poehler in the face. He
lost one eye and a finger from his
right hand.
A grand champion boar owned by
! VIM. Scheibe & Sons, Lyons, complet-
ed his achievements at Rock county
fair. where he took blue ribbons, by
falling down a 35-foOt well. The ire
department rescued the prize winner
without harm to him.
/ Andrew Bodmar 40, Neeneah street
employee, went to sleep with his head
and arm on the 500 line tracks. AS
a result his head and arm were badly
cut when a mixed local came along.
A bottle of moOnshine near him told
the why and wherefore OF Bodmer's
fOolishness.
James A. Varlie, working as rail
| strike breaker at Madison, was arrest
ed and taken to Eau Claire on a
charge of fatally shooting Chief OF
Police Elmer Sundby, June q, 1921.
Sundby was slain during hunt for
rObber who held up power company
messenger and escaped with $1,000.
Rudolph Brumm, 81, and Michael
Hindendahl, %, WATERFOWL, died at
the Methodist hospital, Madison, as
the result of a collision between
truck they were riding in and North
western train. The truck was
wrecked and the men thrown con-
siderable distance
The Wisconsin State Highway com
missions report for the month or july
shows total of III accidents on the
state trunk highways. The total num-
Der of people involved is placed at 5OO
IA were killed, As seriously injured,
14S slightly injured and 1893 escaped
injury. The number OF accidents is
greatly upon the increase.
AS walls of different kinds OF gas
used in the war were being passed
around to show the troops at Camp
Douglas what the stuff looked like,
soldier casually poured few drops OF
the powerful stuff into the air on the
windward side Of the troops. The 100
odd guardsmen spent the next hour IN
crying and wiping their noses. NO
permanent injury was received by
fhe mon from the tear gas.
The Madison lakes claimed tAelf
twelfth victim this summer when l. X
White. 80, Kewaunec, ILL.,, fell from
boat while fishing on Lake Mendoza
BOYS on the shore saw White stand up
and topple over into the water. Help
was Immediately forthcoming but the
man was dead when brought to the
surface With his wife he was on
visit with Madison friends.
Francis Vail, 5, GAINESVILLE, dafted
between moving vehicles on a main
street and was killed by an automo-
bile driven by Dr. E. F. Loofboro, den
fist The little boys sister, Margaret
Z. made a brave but futile effort to
save his life by pulling his shirt
sleeve. AS the boy pulled away his
sister ran screaming for her mother.
Loofboro was driving ten miles an
hour when the accident happened.