Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-27

John Beck, No. Bristol farmer, was
killed when his shotgun was accident
ally discharged as he was crossing a
lagoon. The young man was hunting
ducks at the time.
Wolfred Carlson, Turtle Lake, was
seriously injured when his car slid
over a bank, rolling over aad pinnlng
him beneath. He was taken to hos
pital at Turtle Lake.
Joseph Bradender, Marinette, lost
his right arm when his gun exploded
as he was taking it from a boat. Inc
arm was shattered and was later am
putated at the elbow
An automobile driven by Joseph
Kidder, struck and killed Rudolph
Slender, 40, on the Mormon Coulee
road, near La Crosse. Kldder SAID
the rain blurred the windshield and
prevented him from seeing Slender
when the latter stepped in front OF his
car. Stender's skull was fractured.
CLAYTON Murdoch, AZ, Brodhead, far
mer. was drowned when a boat con-
tanning five duck hunters overturned
in Lake Koshkonong, near GAINESVILLE.
The five men clung to the boat for
three hours when Murdoch became eX-
haused and sank. The others were
finally heard from shore and rescued
A young boy, IA or Is, passed lot
of bogus checks upon Stoughton bus
mess men, Saturday, Sept. 9. The
checks were made out for II and
$3.50, and were signed by H. 5.
Spoone, and endorsed by Herman
Myers" They were returned from a
bank at Evansville as bare-faced for
geries and now the officers are look
ing for the youthful crook.
Charles Suskedo, Mellen, charged
with killing his brother, George, with
a shotgun, June &c, was released in
circuit court at Ashland. After George
was injured he spoke only these
words: "On account of my brother |
die" 1t was testified that on the day
that George was killed Charles was
seen drunk, wandering around with
q shotgun. The testimony was deemed
insufficient to convict
In a Jealous rage because a Wauke-
sha girl refused to accept his atten-
lions, Ernest Isenbeck, 10, cadet at
st. Johns Military academy, attempt
ed to end his life by taking poison.
The youth called on the girl and was
asked to cease bothering her .Isenbeck
then drew a small bottle and swal-
lowed the poison in the presence OF
his lady love. The girl called for aid.
Iseneck's home is in Peabody, Mass.
He will recover.
Rudolph Engle, 27, Amigo, was in
stantly killed and Lawrence HOFFMAN,
Rudolph Engle, II, fireman, Amigo,
was killed and Lawrence HOFFMAN, en-
gineer, Amigo, severely injured, when
a passenger train they were driving
collided with standing freight at
Clintonville The impact was SUCH
that the engine and tender of the pas
senger train telescoped into the bag
gage car Engle, the fireman, was
pinned in the cab and scalded to
death. The engineer jumped, suffering
broken legs and arms.
Mrs. Carl Eichstaedt, Clarno, Green
county, has just celebrated her one
hundredth birthday. Up to the time
she was 80 she split the family wood
and did the farm chores, including
moving the lawn. She wore no glas-
ses until a year ago. Cali the Herald
has to say about this item is that the
old lady must have had lot OF awful
lazy men folks around the place. Just
think of a man allowing an old lady,
80 years old, to split wood, do farm
chores and run lawn mower. Why
not hitch her up to the pillow and other
farm implements and do it right?)
Name Verkuilen, %, daughter of
John Verkuilen, member of assembly
from Clark county, was killed in an
automobile accident near Thorp. Miss
Verkuilen was driving, accompanied
by two younger sisters. A car driven
by Mrs. Carl Kolpein approached on
an intersecting road and crashed into
the Verkuilen car. Miss Verkuilen
was thrown against the steering
WHEEL and instantly killed. Her sis
tiers were cut and bruised. Miss Yer
kuilen's brother was killed two years
ago by the collapse of a bridge over
Black river at Neillsville, over which
he was driving a truck.