Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-29

sturgeon Bay, was sentenced 1uCS-
cay 10 fifteen months in Waupun for
embezzling the city funds to the OK
tent OF $500. He pleaded guilty
when crraigned and asked for len
iGncy.
milton Siebert, 8, Sheboygan Falls,
was badly hurt in a PECULIAR accident.
A rope, with which the child was
pIdylng horse, was caught in the rear
OF a passing freight, and the boy was
dragged laong the rails. He was
wnirled over and over OH the rails,
suffering q fractured skull and other
injuries. A passerby had presence OF
mind enough to rush after the boy
and snap the rope. He was taken to
| 6 hospital.
j. Gabriel, town of Brazeau, near
Green Bay, exhibited at the farmers
institute in Klondike, a strip OF flesh
from 20-month-old hog raised on his
farm. The strip was cut from the
back of the porker and was eight
inches thick without the bone. The
hog, before being butchered, tipped
the beam at LOTT pounds and when
dressed. weighed TIT pounds. The
animal was a cross between Poland
China and a Chester White. 1t was
leu 0ullI6ly On COI IL liz i1'SI ~
months it was alive.
Racine nervy bedroom burglar
added another exploit to his record
Tuesday night about Ills a. M, when
he entered a dark parlor, flashed a
light on two spooners, begged their
pardon and beat hasty retreat. The
yegg, pursuing his usual method,
noiselessly turned the lock OF the
clro1ptnI1 lZnU and
stepped inside. He entered the first
room off the hall and turned on hi@t
fashlight. The beam lit on scared
Young couple sitting on a davenport.
Gosh" said the burglar. Scuse
me, folks!" The light disappeared
and a moment later the front door
shut. The key turned in the lock
and all was still.
DR.. George Peterson, health physlc-
ian at Waukesha, startled the city
fathers with the information that the
city faced a scarlet fever epidemic
He described the situation and asked
permission to assign doctors to each
of the schools to conduct examina-
tions, as the epidemic is confined to
children. The examinations were be-
gun Wednesday and will be repeated
until the danger is past. Three
deaths have been reported in the last
few days and there are IA active
cases. There have been AZ cases ana
nine deaths since December. Dr..
Peterson says is is difficult to en-
force quarantine rules and that can
itary conditions in the city are very
bad. Sewage disposal conditions are
said to be especially bad.
NHor%;,o on6 Frank r Brown.
Neillsville business men, report an
uncanny phenomena proceeding from
a cave near Tioga. The men passing
mounds near the village they saw
dazzling, cork screw shaft OF pale
BLUSH light ascend several hundred
feet from a mound, poise momentarily
and then wiggle it way earthWard.
An examination indicated that the
flame emanated from a dark grotto to
rock formation. The men proceeded
further and found that the phenome-
ma had melted several yards of snow
in the vicinity of the cavern and had
scorched the tree branches within
radius of Is feet while exploring
the entrance a second flash of light
swept around them, smuggling their
fur coats The men departed IN ut
most haste. Another party led by
an electrical engineer, will make d
pilgrimage to explore the mystery.
Five women and three men on
Jury in Eau Claire county, found
verdict of guilty in the case or the
state VS. Leo Goldberg, charged with
arson on three counts. testimony
showed that business was bad and
getting worse. Goldberg, with $5,5OO
insurance on stock appraised later at
$4,000, and with $1,000 worth OF
goods concealed under his ped at
home, was charged with setting hfe
to a pile of rubbish in the rear OF
his store on Jan. 10. He was seen
turning out the store lights and de-
parting for home two or three min
utes before the fire was noticed. lie
protested when routed from bed that
he had been slumbering more than
an hour and that he carried no IN
surance Goldberg told various
stories and wound up by declaring
that he saved the goods under his
bed to protect his creditors. he
faces a long term in prison.
DR.. Herbert LOthe, Waukesha, as
sisted by Drs F. H. Ferguson, James
Vile and ]. G. Hyland, Mukwanago,
performed all Unusual OpSldClOH OlA q
valuable Holstein bull belonging to
George Schuster, MukwOnago. The
animal, valued at $4,000, was put UNI
der local and complete anesthesia.
A four-inch piece of baling wire
which was affecting the heart, was
removed and the heart tapped, re-
moving three quarts of liquil.
large number of stones and nails
were also removed from the stomach.
The animal is expected to recover.
Hugo Martin, As, entered the burn
ing store of the A. j. Martin Co., at
Kaukana, in an attempt to carry out
the firms books. He was overcome
by smoke and fell on the floor. The
body was recovered next day. But
one hand was burned indicating that
Martin was a victim of sufocation.
The fire. of undetermined origin,
broke out Thursday. The loss is es-