Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-24

Use Of a stomach pump saved the
life of the two-year-old daughter of
Frank burst, near Marshfeld, after
the little one had swallowed I've.
Grief over the death of his wife a
month ago is believed to have caused
the demise of John B. Delwiche, IS, a
resident Of Door county for so years.
Arthur O'Donnell, 20, Beloit, was
crushed against an interurban car he
was boarding at GAINESVILLE and in
stantly killed. A street car backed
into the interurban just as O'Donnel
attempted to swing on board
The Milwaukee county board is
sued orders to all cafes and road,
houses in the vicinity Of Milwaukee
to close each night at midnight. The
prOprietors declare they will defy thu
order and fight the issue in the courts.
Arnold Schmeiser, teacher in the
Rockwell school near Manitowoc
was hit on the head by pitched ball
He died an hour later. Misjudgnent
of a pitched ball caused him to re-
ceive a deadly blow on the temple.
The state archaeological society
has accepted the gift of twenty acres
of land at Aztalan, near Lake Mills,
in Jefferson county. The plot con-
tains some famous eGrthwOrks con-
structed in prehistoric times by abor-
igines.
Miss Meta Techlow, p, daughter
Of Carl Techlow, Oshkosh, was found
at her home with a bullet wound in
her right temple. She had been i'll
with a nervous disorder. The bullet
was removed but the family had small
hope for recovery.
With great confidence in each other
William, Is, and Hazel, 10, orphaned
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Fothergill, BelOit, set out last week
alone for trip across the Atlantic to
live with their grandmother at Bury,
England Their parents died in 1919
Of the flu.
Several hives of bees being trans
ported from the express office at
Green Bay to the F. j. Morgan apiary
broke open and released about $4,000
bees in the street. The bees took to
swarming in the South Side bank.
The clerks were busy for several
hours but no one was stung.
Because Rev. John Petite, pastor of
Saint Rose Catholic church, Racine,
called members of his flock liars and
hypocrites and intimated that funds
had been Incorporated, he must
pay $4,000 damages. This is the ver-
dict returned by the jury in the
SANDER suit filed gainst the priest by
two trustees of the church.
Thomas Wallace, Stevens Point ball
player, died in a hospital from in
juries received while enroute to his
home near Dancy. Wallace alighted
from a 500 line passenger train ane
was struck by southbound passen-
ger. Both legs were severed. He had
played the Sunday afternoon game
against Wisconsin Rapids and died
that night
The body of Mrs. Lillia Anderson,
wife of Rockford merchant, missing
for three weeks, was found floating in
the Rock river, six miles south of Be
lott. The body was fully clothed in
dicating that the woman threw her
self into the river. James Moore, a
farmer, discovered the body and will
receive the reward of $500 offered by
her husband.
At the home of John Scullin, former
saloonkeeper of Fl. Atkinson, the au-
thorities seized 300 gallons of home
brew, 300 galOOns of wine, bonded
champaign and moonshine. The sal
DON was first raided but nothing was
found In the home were 200 gallons
of dandelion and grape wine in bar
rels. Pat Scullen, brother of John,
rushed into the cellar and tipped over
the barrel containing the mOOnshine:
John Ahlquist, Rock county farmer,
and his brother, Oscar, Rockford, who
confessed to rObberies in Illinois and
Wisconsin, must spend from one to
twenty years in the Illinois state
prison at Joliet. Stolen chickens, a
loot from a store at Verona, automo-
biles and tools from garage at Or
fOrdville and a mOOnshine still were
discovered on the Ahlquist farm six
miles south of GAINESVILLE. The men
were prosecuted for thefts in Illinois.
Every effort is being made by the
state and federal departments of ag-
riculture to check the spread of hog
cholera which has broken out SER
iously in five counties. According to
DR.. ]. t. Purcell of the department of
agriculture, serious outbreaks have
been reported from Grant, La Crosse,
Jackson, Fond du Lac and Dane
COuUIlTS. Inc IIISl Idl ulCl w OubCA
in Dane county lost so hogs. The dis
ease cannot be cured and isolation OF
affected herds and immunization of
adjacent herds are the only methods
to stamp out the malady. By vaccina-
ting every year while the animals are
young ana by establishing a system
which will prevent round worm in
lection, the swine industry will be
protected from its two greatest foes,
SAYS DR.. Purcell.
Mine operators all over the zinc
field are signing up a petition to the
state railroad commission for lower
freight rates in the district on raw
ore from the mines to the magnetic
separating plants in the field. AS the
rates stand there is no discrimination
between the raw material and the
finished high grade product running
assays of so per cent zinc. A low
grade zinc concentrate from a mine
containing less than rs per cent OF
zinc content pays as high rate as
the top grade ore. With lower rates
on the zinc content to the separators
cheaper power rates and lowered
costs on mine supplies, operators
say they can begin production even
at present prices with the hope of a
profit.
One of the best focks of decoys in