Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-01
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

All uulu0uIlIlou woman ABOUT 90
committed suicide Wednesday at Chip
pewa Falls by throwing herself in
front of 500 line locomotive.
The Wisconsin state fair came out
about 100000 behind again this year.
State aid to county fairs this year
amounts to $250,OO0. The whole fair
proposition appears to be a loser.
Albert Donovan, 30, inmate of the
state home for the feeble minded, was
drowned at Chippewa Falls when he
fell from a railroad bridge into the
Chippewa river. The body was re-
covered an hour later.
Leonard Keefe and his hired man at
Cadott, had a miraculous escape from
by a 500 line passenger train and de-
molished. The men were hurled so
feet but neither was hurt.
William Soeck, Ogema, returned
home from a hunting trip and as he
opened a screen door to enter his
house, the door struck and discharged
his gun. The charge penetrated his
body near the right shoulder, killing
him.
The body Of John Grob, so, retired
farmer of Alma, was found near rail-
road tracks by train crew. Grob's
head was severed. Coroner Stohr
pronounced death due to suicide. Grob
had just returned from Rochester, af-
ter undergoing a second operation.
Henry c. Meyer, %, GAINESVILLE far
mer, slid down haystack and fell on
a pitchfork with such force that it
penetrated his bowels. He died in a
hospital. Meyer had escaped un-
scathed from numerous engagements
in France during the World war.
George Baudry, Fond du Lac, is in a
hospital as the result of being run
down by an automobile he was at
tempting to crank. Someone had put
the car in gear without his knowledge
and when he cranked the car it went
forward. Baudry suffered a fractured
shoulder and also probable internal
injuries.
Kicked almost into insensibility by
a horse and with one rib broken, Lou
Sokup, farmer living near Chippewa
Falls, saved his life by coming to and
crawling through hole in the stall to
safety Sokup was taken to hospital
by relatives who found him uncOn-
scious. He was also badly bruised.
Fred Rossman was killed at Barron
Tuesday when he attempted to blow
stone out with an 8-pound charge of
dynamite His foot accidentally hit
the battery before he intended and
the charge was set off. Rossman, 40,
leaves a wife and child. Floyd Nc
Manus, working with him, was blown
30 feet but escaped unhurt.
Almost $50 tobacco warehouses for
the storage of the Northern Wisconsin
Tobacco Cooperative Pool have been
rented or purchased for this seasons
crop, according to G. n. Pulley, OF the
state department of markets. Mr.. Pull
lev said it would be necessary to put
up warehouses in only a few locations.
The directors are considering building
of warehouses at Madison, Westby, De
Soto, independence and Chaseburg.
Death Turn" the scene of many
automobile accidents on highway Sc,
two miles west of ManitowOc, will
soon be eliminated The state high
way commission has approved the re-
routing. Highways 56 and IL will be
connected with a straight road to
eliminate three curves. The turn is
known to motorists from all parts of
the country Wrecks there have been
semi-weekly occurrences all summer
In a 500 line shop riot at North
Fond du Lac, r. l.. Mcdonald, hotel
proprietor, was deeply cut on the head
bv a blow from a club and Tom Nc
Moran, railroad laborer, was severely
cut bv rocks. Louis Fallon, town
marshall. was struck by stones. Ac-
cording to witnesses the fight started
800
wards to get oil and other materials.
The rail strike is apparently still on
on the 500 system and citizens VIII
demand more protection as result OF
the riot.
Franklin H. King, SO, manager of a
ondensery at New London, ana his 8
year-old son, Donald, were drowned
in the Wolf river Tuesday while on
fishing trip. The bodies were recoV-
cred early Wednesday. King and ms
son started out in light skill Iues-
dav forenoon promising to return IN
two hours. When they ola not come
back late in the evening searching
PARTY was formed and the overturned
skiff found. The bodies were thirty
feet away. "a
Donald Grogan, Z, is dead and ~
wear old brother is III WdupeNo n0
Dital at the point of death as the result
Of an explosion of gasoline. The boys
mother, Mrs. George Grogan, mad left
them alone and the two boys decided
70 huild a fire in the kitchen stove.
Thev seized can which they thought
contained kerosene, but which held
Gasoline. The explosion threw burn,
Ing gasoline over the two boys ana
they ran screaming into the yard,
their clothes blazing. The youngesC
how died almost Immediately. inc
brother was taken to hospltal Win
but slight chances for recovery.
After a forced vacation OF more tnan
three months, navigation on the FOX
river prevented by washouts OF the
lock and dam at Little Rapids, has
haen resumed. Repairs at Little Rap
ids were completed last week. since
scores of boats, barges ana tugs nave
nassed down the river to Green Bay.
Most of the boats were loaded with
coal for cities of the river valley. %
heavy has been the traffic that gov
eminent locktenders along the river
were given additional help to facilitate
movement through the various locks.
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