Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-22

Mrs. John Christie, matron of the
Marathon county home, died suddenly
at the age of 81 following a stroke of
apoplexy.
Elmer Kenyon, so, Gilmanton,
merchant and former assembyman
of Buffalo county, dice at a Mondovi
hospital after an operation for APP
penGicitis.
i A dozen prohibition raiders made
the rounds of soft drink parlOrs in
Oconto Home brew was found in
one place and the proprietor, George
Freward, was fined $500 and costs.
Attorney General Morgan has ruled
that Wisconsin Indians are not amen
able to the state fish and game laws
while on reservations but that offeus-
es committed OUTSIDE can be prOsecu-
ted
VIM. T. McIntire, better known as
BILLY" McIntire of the minstrel team
of McIntire and Rice and a brother
of Jimmie McIntire of McIntire and
Heath, died Monday at his home in
Kenosha.
Walter Voeltz, 81, Reedsburg, at
tempted suicide by shooting himself
in the head with % caliber rife. He
was taken to a hospital in a critical
condition. BrOoding over a love af-
fair was the cause of the act.
! The cold weather of last winter is
responsible for many sheep becoming
blind, is the belief or Farmers in the
Brentwood vicinity 1t has been dis
covered that when sheep are exposed
to extreme cold, sharp winds, a white
film covers their eyes.
Otto Lambrecht, Kaukauna, who
was shot by a marine mail guard in
January, and whose case attracted
national attention, is again in trouble.
He was taken from the head end of a
Northwestern train and charged with
trespassing. With a companion he
was fined $40.
/ Robert Caldwenn, Z, son OF a Shell
Lake farmer, was attacked by bull
and badly hurt while on his way to
school, The boy was trampled and
his face badly crushed. Peter Hubin,
farmer went to the child's rescue
and was badly hurt. The bull was
later Overtaken and snOt.
Frank Franzel was sentenced in
Sturgeon Bay circuit court to three
years in Waupun for his part in an
automobile accessory robbery. He
VIM Thies, another member of the
band, got Is months in Green Bay.
Ray Franzel, who served a year, has
been paroled
Two sisters who died in the same
hour, one at Evansville and one in
Chicago, were buried at the same hour
! in Oregon, Wis. The women were
Mrs Almira wager Beckley, Evans
vile, and Mrs. L. F. Monsell, go,
Chicago Both sisters lived in Ore
gon in their younger days. They
were given a double funeral
| The Randall State bank on Lake
Wingra near Madison, was entered
in day time by a trio of youths who
covered the preside:;: and woman
cashier and looted the cash drawer
| of $1,000 They sped away in a Ford
car Thus far the men have not been
traced. Notice of the robbery was
! flashed all over the ni:Gdle west by
i the radiophOne in the University.
! The coroner's jury investigating the
deaths at Resthaven sanitarium Wau-
kesha, of three soldiers, heard from
| Col. w. F. LOrenz, professor of men
| tai and nervous diseases at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, snat the heads
of the government hospital were en-
| tirely blameless of the death of their
wards. The deaths of the men with
in a few days led to III investigation.
James Honan, aged night watch at
the Reedsburg Canning Co., was at
tackled by three unknown men as he
was making his rounds. The men
were evidently attempting to gain en-
trance to the winery building where
automobiles are stored. The old man
was beaten about the head and body.
He frustrated the robbery and made
his rounds until relieved in the morn
ing.
Judge G.. u. Luse, in federal court
at Madison Wednesday fined Bert w.
Hertel Of Watertown, 5000 and sent
the man to Jail for two months. Her.
tel was a clerk in a soft drink parlOr
and sold drinks on the side. John
G.. Cruel of WatertOwn, is charged
with a similar offense. VIM James,
Beloit, colored, was committed to the
Rock county jail at GAINESVILLE Or 80
days for violating the dry act.
Floyd Hansen, Neilsville barber, is
minus his eyebrows as the result CT
la prank by some unknown patron.
Mrs. Hanson finished with a customer
anu S0IIlSu uOWu IOI COuICIIdclG
smoke in his big pipe when suddenly
there was a deafening report. When
the smoke cleared away the dazeG
barber found himself minus eyebrows
and eyelashes and with only the stem
of the pipe He has offered a reward
for the miscreant who put gunpowder
in his meerschaum.
An auto minus a driver caused
a sensation at Madison Sunday fore
noon, when it coasted from the Grace
Episcopal church on Carroll street
toward State street. The car is the
property of James r. Law, local
architect. 1t swerved before it came
to State street and smashed through
a show window in the Kessenich
store. Motorists accustomed to Mad
Iison's one-way traffic, zigzagged up
the hill trying to avoid a smashup
with the runaway car.
Herman Goethe, 16, Green Bay, en-
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