Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-06

! benefit of the striking rail shopmen.
Fire in the Strimple garage, James
vile, last Tuesday, destroyed part OF
the building and 3 cars in storage.
! The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Trapped in his shack east of Madi-
son, Chris. Johnson, 40, bachelor, was
burned to death at night when the
/ building caught fire from unknown
causes
J Auto thieves at Brillion, Wis, raid
| the same garage twice within week.
/ The main theft was stripping cars of
/ tires, four cars being thus rudely
! treated.
Eddie Britton, Kenosha policeman,
was stripped of his star, club and
gun by Chief Thad Logan, for travel
] ing his beat while drunk. Britton is
the fourth officer to get the bounce
since the chief began to clean up the
/ force.
VIM. Kinsley, East Rice Lake, shot
! horned owl which measured 4 feet
! s inches across the wings. Kinsley
was awakened early in the morning
! by the hooting Of the owl. He seized
his gun, went out and found the owl
perched on his barn.
Fred Brawand, South Wayne, was
proclaimed champion wrestler of the
annual cheesemakers ball held at
Monroe, as the eleaing event Of the
, celebration. Brawand triumpheo
over all corners and received trophy
of laurel wreath and a prize OF Sl0.
The sheriff and coroner of Lacrosse
county are investigating to determine
the parentage OF a new born babe they
found lying on the railroad right-of-
way at West Salem. That the child
was thrown from a passing passenger
train is the belief of the sheriff and
| coroner.
| George Wright, 81, operator OF
| coal loading station at Allouez, near
Superior, was found with his head
crushed between the conveyor belt
and pulley Saturday. 1t is believed
Wright fell on the belt and was
drawn to his death. He left widow
and one son.
A large window in restaurant at
Rhinelander was smashed, an auto
mobile completely wrecked and the
driver bruised about the arms and
face when a team of runaway horses
ran into car and careered into the
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ened at a train whistle.
Fdw. Ellingen, former resident OF
Dodgeville, is home from Juneau,
Alaska, for a visit Mr.. Ellingen has
not been back to the states for 22
years. He says the climate at Juneau
is milder than Wisconsin. This is due
to tht influence of the warm current
from the Japanese sea.
The county board of Barron county
voted to assume the liability for the
death of Milo Gordon, Chetek, VINO
was killed in a cave-in on the high
way where he was working. The
compensation granted was $4,OOO.OO.
| This will be a great lift to Mrs. Cor
don, who was left with family OF lit
tie children.
Mrs. Mary PITT, La Crosse, charged
with Staying her husband on Feb. 4,
1921, will plead insanity when she
goes on the stand this week. Mrs.
PITT told detectives after the shooting
that she killed her husband before he
could kill her She has been under
the observation of alienists since the
shooting.
Police officer Dunn of Park Falls,
went to Portage and brought nome
Mabel Harris and Buelah Heath, two
runaway girls. The girls had walked
as far as Park Falls cemetery on 1helr
! little trip, when they were picked up
/ by two men in car and taken to PoF-
| tage. Later they were arrested and
held until officer Dunn could arrive
Elmer Gonyear, 16, Rice Lake,
broke through thin ice on Rice Lake,
while skating, and drowned IN feet
of water, 100 feet from shore. A boy
companion tried to get him out with
pole but failed. The boy was in the
water 40 minutes and a pulmotor was
used without avail. The lake had just
frozen over and the town boys were
out for their first skate.
All the boobs in the world do not
so to Chicago and buy the Masonic
temple And all the bOObs in the
world do not live outside of Chicago.
Martin Nelson, address Chicago, went
to Kenosha to take over a half own
ership" of the Rhodes theatre. He
sadly discovered that a confidence
man operating in the Northwestern
/ depot at Chicago, had been guilty OF
swindle The theatre is worth at
1 least 100000
! While her husband was away for
/ short time Mrs Adolph Beyers, La
! Crosse, slashed the threats of two
children, Walter, s, and Robert, A. and
turned on all the gas jets i'll the house.
| Beyers arrived home in time to save
his wife and two children from as
! phyxiation. The older boy is in
serious condition with his windpipe
severed. The younger child is on the
road to recovery. Mrs. Beyers is
held until tests can be made as to her
| sanity.
While skipping stones over the ice
on Pelican river near Rhinelander,
Frank Sum, II, and Reinhart De Byle,
| r. ventured too far from shore and
were precipitated into the icy water,
| the former drowning. De Byle was
rescued after hanging onto the edge
of the crumbling ice for Is minutes.
The Sum boy was drawn under the ice
| by the swift current. The body was
found about ten feet below the place
/ where it sank.
Until boy has reached the age OF
| IT, he cannot be sent to the state re-
formatory at Green Bay, no matter
how vicious his tendencies, the attor-
ney generals Office ruled recently.
The state board of control reported
that a 16-year-old boy in the state in