Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-03

Herbert Will, 81, Appleton, was
drowned in the Fox river at De Pere,
when he slipped from a boom. The
body was recovered.
According to the state fish laws the
trout season opened May 1st Black
bass and other varieties may be be
caught month later.
John Streim, 80, Jefferson, fell
from a boat and landed in the water
while fishing The body was recov-
cred Is minutes later By fishermen.
Mrs. Laura Barden, Beloit, shot by
her husband who killed himself, died
Thursday morning. Action Tor d.
vorce begun by his wife, was the
cause of Bardcn's act.
Joseph Brown, GAINESVILLE, labOrer,
was sent to Waupun to finish the bal
ance Of his sentence because he broke
his parole when put out with far
mer to work out a Jail sentence.
tour women of Green Bay, said to
be the wives of taxi drivers, were ar
estCd and held on $500 bonds for
beating up Pat Gaffney, roadhouse
keeper, and Carl Zoll, heavyweight
wrestler. The battle took place in
Gaffneys roadhouse
Henry Uihlen, head of the Schlitz
Brewing company, Milwaukee, died
/ at his Milwaukee home. Mr.. Uihlen's
ability as a brewer was the means OF
bringing the company up to first rank
in the brewing world He was known
as a German of the old school and
| fine type of man.
Sunda-ette was declared to be a
clear infringement of the Eskimo pie
! patent by Milwaukee district court.
The Milwaukee Printing Co. and the
| Sunda-ette company were temporarily
! enjoined from manufacturing or adj
vertising the product "Sunda-ette,"
and the patents of the Russell Slower
company on the chocolate covered ice
cream confection, Eskimo Pie" up
| held.
| Mrs. George Blank, matron of the
| county home at West Bend, was ia.
tally burned Friday evening while
preparing a floor oil. The oil was
on a stove. 1t started burning and
when Mrs. Blank tried to remove it,
it exploded, completely covering her.
She could not find anything to cover
her body and when found the clothing
was burned from the body. Mrs
Blank lived "a hours.
Walter Miller, Niagara farmer, 81
years old, was given six months IN
Jail for unusual cruelty to his Iamily
1t was charged that this outrageous
father had beaten his three children
with a blacksnake whip and kicked
and struck them at numerous times.
Miller used the whip on his wife at
time varying the diet with blow on
the back with chair. He will be put
at hard labor and the money he earns
will go to his family.
Henry Knoll, taken to Marshfield
from the county Jail at Wisconsin
Rapids, to attend the funeral OF
brother, slipped out of the house
while the services were going on, and
escaped the sheriff. He was captured
at Spencer and returned on train
the same day. Knoll was sentenced
| for three years last fall for breaking
into a Marshfield home. He was pa
rolled and given job at Elkhorn. He
ran away and was rearrested.
Mrs Louis Bolin, wife of a Rice
Lake farmer, leaped from the second
story of their burning home with her
infant child in her arms. A son, z,
was rescued by the father at the risk
of his life. The son was burned and
NAV die. Bolin was in the barn when
| An attempt of burglary of the post
office at Merrill, was frustrated by
a policeman who surprised the burg
lar at 2:30 a. M, with the combination
of the postoffice safe melted away
with an acetlyene torch. Shots were
| exchanged and the intruder fled.
1t is estimated by state health au-
thorities that the free distribution Of
! silver nitrate solution to doctors and
midwives for use in the eyes of new
| born babes as a preventative OF blind
ness and for which the state approp-
rates $1,000 yearly, has practically
eliminated congenital blindness in the
state. Of the occupants OF the state
| school for the blind at GAINESVILLE %
per cent are the victims of Opthalmia
moratorium, or blindness caused by
! infection at birth. When these unfor-
| Inmates were born there was no law
requiring silver nitrate administration
at birth.
After being separated from his
family for eleven years, Max Rosman,
Beloit shoemaker, set out last year
for Russia to locate his wife and
children and bring them to America.
He is expected in Beloit this week.
Rosman, after coming here, worked
for years to amass enough money to
bring his family over. When this
pursuit had been achieved the war
broke out and communication ceased.
| Since the war the man worked for
two years endeavoring to locate his
family and last fall succeeded in so
doing. Then he set out for Russia. to
get them.