Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-10-04

Julia Sine, 80, died at Madison
| two days after the death of her aged
| husband The couple were found in
room filed with coal gas
Lester Atkinson, Shell Lake, was
instantly killed while preparing for
hunting trip. He was walking
over a cellar hole when he slipped
and the gun was discharged, blowing
| off the side of his face. He died two
hours later.
Mrs. Harry Meggers, Hilbert, was
/ instantly killed and her 2-year-old in
FAINT cut when the automobile they
were riding in collided with another
! car Mrs. Meggers attempted to Jump
from the car and her head was
caught in the door as it slammed shut.
/ Marcella Aberg, 5, daughter Of Nels
| Aberg, Stoughton, lost the sight Of one
| eye playing with pair OF shears. The
| child attempted to cut threard from
hG& overalls and the shears slipped,
| the point striking and barely pene-
/ trating the eyeball
The body of Lawrence Onsgard, 20,
was found in barn in the rear of his
home at Orfordville, with bullet in
his head. An empty rifle lay near.
! The boy had been i'll for some time
and his parents talked of sending him
| to a sanitarium. Brooding over this,
! he took his own life.
Mrs Nancy Vienna Thayer, Eau
Claire, celebrated her 101st birthday
county, New York, and moved to
Kenosha with her husband, Horace
/ Thayer, in 1862 For the past so
/ NIrc 1iunH with
daughter at Eau Claire.
Harrison Hebeck, town of Lowell,
Dodge county farmer, realized $10,-
SIS from 80 acres of white clover
seed. He harvested 500 bushels that
averaged Splits a bushel, with an ave-
rage of 625 bu. per acre. This is one
of the largest yields of white clover
ever reported in the county
Left alone "a the home by his
mother who had gone down town to
shop, Harry, one-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Orrie Pautsch, Evansville
was burned to death. Five other
! children in the family were in schoO-
or at neighbours homes. The hous.
/ was the second built On the sam(
foundation to burn in two years.
Reports from Brentwood are that
/ long ana AM autumn are expected.
! Wild Strawberries are blooming
again and will bear fruit the second
| time unless frost arrives. Tame
| plants are still producing. Many per
sons predict an open and mild fail
and winter because many of the more
! cautious animals are not as yet build
| ing winter homes.
/ Miss Ella Trozell, 27, GAINESVILLE
nurse, was severely hurt when she
stepped on a glass canopy over the
atre entrance and was hurled to the
ground Miss Trozell was in a doc
| tors office viewing an industrial par
ade. To see better she stepped out on
| the canopy. One of the plate glass
| panes broke and the woman fell to
! the stone sidewalk. Her right leg
| and hip were broken and she was bad
ly cut by glass.
! Prairie chickens were more plenti-
| full than in years during the 5-day
season which closed Sunday night of
last week A large proportion of the
hunters got the bag limit, each day.
Gov. Blaine and his executive secre-
| tary, Ralph Immmel shot in Juneau
county, taking the limit. The next
date of Importance to hunters is the
I
! 8, inclusive. The bag limit on part
ridge is the same as on chicken.
Theodore Calkins, 27, Beloit was
| horribly burned as result of filling
a gasoline blow torch while the torch
was hot. The gasoline ignited and the
| flames were thrown all over Calkins'
clothing. The mans burning cloth
ing was torn from his body and he
/ xxyoc Icn hnCnif01
die as his burns cover the arms, hands
and lower parts of the body. 1t is
supposed that Calkins tried to fill the
torch with the flame lit.
| Menasha police are looking for
/ clever junk dealer who drove into st.
Mary's school and coaxed the janitor
to aid him in loading four steel beams
valued at $3.50, onto his wagon, and
| then drove away without even saying:
| 81 thank you" The beams were left
| over from the erection of the building
and the janitor says he supposed that
| the junk man had made a deal with
the trustees. School trustees deny
making such a deal. The dealers can.
not be located.
| Pearl Dennis, former Madison
man, was killed, Bryan HOwley, Mad
ison, suffered broken ribs and Joseph
| Steinle and Frank Dickinson were
bruised in an auto accident at Fitch
Vile, 20 miles from Marshfield, Sat
urday, while on a hunting trip. Den
mis- and Howley were taken to hos
pital at Marshfield where Dennis died.
| The accident occurred at turn IN the
road, Dennis fell from the machine
when it struck ain embankment on the
! turn, He was crushed between the
side of the car and the embankment.