Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-10
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

"a crosse IOf 10 years, ulGu Suuu6Lly
Tuesday two hours after driving his
ca nome TO lunch. He was So.
The first baseball accident recorded
in Green Bay this season, resulted on
Sunday when Norbert Rondeau, 20
was injured when struck in the face
by a ball bat He was unconscious
for five hours.
Gilbert Stenseth and Reuben Wood
ford. each Is, were each sentenced to
two years in Green Bay whom they
pleaded guilty to stealing $4,000 in
iewelry and household goods from
the Eau CCIaire home OF Mrs. Daniel
Mcleod.
9-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Hummer, Canadian Hill, west of
Menomince, fell head-frst into a pail
of water. When his mother found
the baby he was unconscious. Arti-
fetal respiration by the parents re-
vived him
Settlers in the cut-0ver areas in the
northern part Of the state are in
bad way and thousands of dollars in
land will be sold for taxes this year.
The delinquent is given three years to
REDEEM his tax certificate but it is
said that many new farmers will go
to the wall
The rail rate commission has al
lowed an increase of electric rates at
StOughton, bringing the rates up to
roc for the first kilOwatt hours, &c
for the next 30 hours and 21ac for all
above 60 hours. A minimum bill of
81 $was established.
Staggering under the weight Of i
sack containing two bushels of pO-
tatoes, which he was delivering to a
customer and using the railroad rs
right of way, Patsy Forte, 81, Keno
sha grocer, was instantly killed at
Balm station, when struck by G.
& N. w. freight train.
The 7-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs VIM Froelich, Bear Creek was
instantly killed when struck by an au-
tomobile truck The child had just
alighted from an automobile in front
of her school, walked around the ma
chine and was struck by the truck.
Her skull was crushed. A number Of
her playm2tes saw the accident.
After Investigating the marriage CT
Robert Johonnct BarabOo, and Miss
Doris Moses, Delavan, the university
regents held that i'll the future there
would be no explosions in case of stu
dent marriages providing the parents
of the parties were appraised and did
not object. Marriages among students
will not, however, be encouraged.
William Grant, 100, q resident Of
Portage county for many years, died
at the home Of o. G. Olson, Waupaca.
He came to America from England in
1850, and in 1858 settled in the town
Of Belmont, Portage county, where
the family lived until he and his
wife removed to Waupaca to spend
their old age Deceased was a Civil
war veteran He leaves a son and a
daughter
With orders on hand for 100000
cases OF Door county cherries, nearly
400 carloads officers of the local
fruit organizations have refused to
take ORDERS for future delivery. The
demand for the famous Door county
product has been continuous Last
years crop equaIed the amount now
sold, although this years crop is eX-
pectcd to go beyond last years pro-
duction record. HOrticulturists pre-
diet a heavy yield
Mrs Frieda Zimmerman, OconOmo-
voc, is on trial at Waukesha for the
murder Of her two step-children, Ell
mer 8, and Ruth, Z, last September.
The dead children were found in
defense claims that the children were
driving a flock of ducks and fell into
the cistern. The state claims that
Mrs Zimmerman mistreated the two
young ones and finally took their
lives.
The Rev John B. Petite. pastor of
st. Roses Catholic church, Racine, IS
defendant in two actions for $50.00S
damages, for alleged SANDER. The
suits were brought by Dennis Fitz-
gerald and c. B. OLE wealthy par
ishioncrS and trustees of the church
1t is said that the priest charged the
trustees with failure to keep adequate
accounts and called them liars. hyp-
ocrites and JuGases." Difficulty has
been encountered in selecting jury.
The friends of the two sides endeav-
Ored to get the case settled ont of
court but We're unsuccessful. The
congregation has taken sides.
Agnes Bold, II. KenOsha, and Hazel
Jensen, IL, St Louis, were arrested
at Los Angeles. where they were par
aiding the streets in mems attire. The
girls wore khaki shirts and breaches,
high-topped boots and bObhed hair.
They carried six guns and belts allied
with cartridges The girls were held
and their parents notified. They took
the arrest good-naturedly. 1t devel-
oped that they left home early in
March to walk to the coast in one
pair Of boots apiece. They were pre-
scented with the guns by admiring
sheriffs and police officials enroute.
Frank Gallagher, the third of five
ManitOwOc young men sentenced to
penal institutions in March, 1921. has
been paroled Gallagher, sentenced
to five years in Green Bay for burg
larry, was a member of a band widely
known as the "O'Donnell Gang" of
robbers. Leander Sturm and Evan
Krause, sentenced to four and five
years respectively, were paroled last
December. O'DOnnell, leader, and
Reuben Endries, lieutenant, are serv-
ing long terms in prison. Manitowoc
cities have been hot in their criti-
cism of the action of the parole board
in releasing the three other men.