Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-23

w. E. Finnegan, state fire marshall
and deputy snerlffs OF Brown and
Uconto counties, are investigating a
series Of fires in the town OF h4nz.
A week ago German Lutheran
cnurcn burned to the ground and the
origin of the blaze was unaccountable.
| Several days later the barn OF John
| Schneck, aged farmer, burned. When
son of the farmers was on his way
| for help ne was stopped by a dis
! guised stranger who ordered the boy
back at the point of a gun. The au-
| thorities believe that maniac is al
work. Farmers say: Maniac or no
maniac, we are going to take care OF
the man when we find him."
Mrs. Lucille Daugherty, II, Wiscon-
| sin Rapids, has been held IN connec-
ton with the mysterious shooting ana
! murder of Adolph Virum, near the
! city a couple CT weeks ago. MEMBERS
of the young matron's. family deny
that she had made statement. Inls
statement purported that Mrs. Daugh-
| erty had arisen at night Wnen she
| heard some one in the apple orchafu
| and that she fired % pistol IN the
| direction OIL Ju0 uOlSS. Il ILL " -
| found later with bullet through MS
| temnIe It is said that he was return
| ing home from meeting and TOOK
short cut through the orchard.
Prof. Axel E. Berggren, Al, Univers-
itv of Wisconsin, died Thursday night
| of injuries reviewed earlier in the day.
The professor with a companion es-
saved to turn the car they were rid
inc in from the Middleton road 10
| side road when struck by car driven
nv Frank Hoover. Prof. Berggren
was thrown from the machine and his
skull fractured. Prof. Larson was
but slightly hurt.
A party of young people motorlns
home from a ball game were nit py
train at a rail crossing near sparta
Leo Brooks, Is, was killed. Elsie w;
platte suffered internal injuries ana
NAV die. Lyndahl Jenkins, 49, ana
cora Brooks, II, sister OF Leo, were
! only slightly hurt. jenkins, VINO was
driving. said he did not hear the tram
until he was upon the tracks.
charge of third degree man
slaughter may be filed against the
rellers of oil to Mrs. Gust Dahlberg'
Sunerior. who died on the eve OF her
51st birthday, August 9Th when
can supposedly containing kerosene
exploded in her home. The SIX pail
hearers were detailed as coroners
iurv following the funeral.
| The Thilmany Paper Co. OF hau-
kama and the Kimberly Clark 20. OF
Neenah. notified their employees that
nffective August 16 their wages would
be the same as on March 81 "heh wv
pay cuts took place. Inc ralse was
made voluntarily and will propaply
he followed in policy by other paper
companies in the valley
Anton Schmidt, Chippewa Falls IN
court at Chippewa Falls on q charge
| of wife beating, said that he had
signed contract with his wife permit
| ting him to beat her whenever he de-
| sired. The court informed him that
his contract had no status IN the eyes
of the law and administered oO oay
sentence in jail.
A r Weinman, "a, Arthur King,
! %. and Henry Davis, 20, are helo at
Waupaca, charged with steaIlng tlaes
and motor cars to the value OF $zo,OOO
| from parties at lola and Waupaca ana
| selling them to a Chicago man. Inc
arrest was made by the Chicago ponce
after the men had stolen a car from
| Chicago garage.
An armed man, believed to be de-
mented, burned the barn OF Wllllam
Weimar. on Brinkman ridge, near Lid
Crosse. Weimar was met IN the pas
ture by a man armed with rlne VINO
ordered him home. Shortly after the
building was set on fire. Posses are
searching for the unknown lncenolary
7 w. Gebhardt, farmer residing
in the town of Sigel, Wood. county
drove to Wisconsin Rapids with MS
| family week ago and has not Deen
! oaen since. The team stood IN local
! stable for three days before ofncers
fcok it in charge The disappearance
is being investigated. en-
| When the temperature at nlght Iell
to 35 degrees above zero, cranoerty
growers of Tomah flooded the marsh
| es No material damage resulted. lne
food gates had to be raised early the
next morning to allow the water TO
flow off the marshes to avoid scaldln9
the nearly ripened fruit.
While digging we'll on MS lalLn
near Washburn, II. A. WesIllA5 % -
an underground stream that rose up
through the opening ana cast Wa.eI
| 25 feet into the air. WestIhg also
/ struck iron bearing strata at 20 leeI
down and the find may prove tc De
rich one.
Kinniar Payne, %, Milwaukee VINO
broke his neck diving at Elkhart LAM
July 2, died August Z IN Cn-ca 80
hospital. Mr. Payne, 70, salesman ~
a Milwaukee concern, went TO Tue idhe
to visit friends and dlVed lnto snal,
! low water when he started TO go III
bathing. :.
VIM Meyers, 43, employed in an
Fan claire paper mill, was drowned
when he lost his balance and fell over
the river dam while wheeling lead
| of ashes to dump. The wheelbarroW
slipped off the edge Of the dam Ca, carry rg-
| ing Meyers with it. The body was re-