Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-19
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
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and Telegraph.


attempted to loot vault in the Nor
risonville (Wis.) State Bank, hurried
away from the Job" and into Obscur-
Ity without obtaining any plumber. Of
fciaIs of the bank found the lock on
the big safe door broken and disco7-
cred tools, which are property of rail-
road section men in MOrrisOnville
scattered about the floor. A robbery
in a store at Oregon may have been
made by the same men, it is believed.
officials are inclined to link the gang
with the one that robbed the Blue Riv-
er bank, as the cases are similar in
many ways The robbers gained en-
trance through a screen window. The
safe contained more than $4,000 in
cash and large amount of negotiable
bonds in the safety deposit boxes.
Telephone wires to the bank and cen
trap were cut, but wires on the rail
road were not cut.
Francis Mcclure, %, son Of D. O..
Mcclure, Chippewa Falls, was found
dead in Irvine park in that city. Nc
Guire with four companions went to
ahe park in an automobile Friday night
and after parking near a scenic spot
ne left the car without explaining his
intentions. His absence caused no
alarm until next morning when the
scarchers discovered his body wedged
between two large rocks at the base OF
precipice.
After going through the battles ana
skirmishes of the Civil war and living
10 the ripe age of 81 without a wound
or scratch, Jerry McAllster, Superior,
''Came a crOpper" near Fond uu Lac
while on his way home from the G. A.
R. encampment at Milwaukee. A road
hog forced his sons car from the road
and it collided with a culvert. The
veteran suffered o broken arm.
For the third time the University of
Wisconsin opens it's gates and extends
its hospitality to the Chinese Students
Alliance, Midwest section, in permit
ting more than $50 Chinese young men
and women from various educational
institutions throughout the United
States to convene for the discussion
and consideration of students Part
in the Reconstruction of China"
Charging negligence because a
horse allowed to run loose on the
highway is blamed as the cause Of a
fatal accident to her son, Levi, Mrs.
Emma NJ Crandall, Cold Spring, Wis,
has brought suit against Walter Pes
ter, a Cold Spring farmer, for $4,000
damages. The case will be tried at
the October term of Jefferson county
circuit court.
Wisconsin will make no move in the
Wisconsin Michigan boundary scrap
until Michigan actually fbrings suit,
Attorney General Herman Ekern said.
Michigan is preparing data on the
case, which will be fought out in the
supreme court The territory invOlv-
ed is one of the wealthiest in Wiscon-
sin, including much forest and mining
land.
What is probably a record deal in
Wisconsin HOlSteins, undoubtedly the
record sale in Winnebago county, was
when the Murphy farms, near Stur-
geOn Bay purchased six yearling pure
bred Holstein heifers for the Edward
.Iorgenson herd. The consideration
was not made public, but was said to
be a record price.
The railroad commission assessed
$4,000 of the cost of a grade crossing
on highway 81, in WalwOrth county
against the Milwaukee road. The COM
mission likewise assessed $4,000 of
cost of a grade crossing on highway
is, between Marinette and Peshtigo.
against the North Western road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Zaturski, be-
hind whose home in North Fond du
Lac the body of Fred Fargo was found
ON the morning of Aug. u wer placed
under arrest after coroner's jury
had returned verdict that Fargo
came to his death by foul play.
e. L. Davidson, Pestigo, was shot in
The left lung when his rifle exploded
He had just returned from his hunting
hodge and a cartridge that had dropped
into the casing discharged as the gun
struck the cement walk as he stepped
from an automobile.
Altoona, the smallest city in the
world" has sent it's quota of 500 to
the Red Cross relief for Japan. The
population of the city is 500. 1t holds
a city charter, and has named streets,
water system and fine municipal
auditorium.
Five escaped injury near Monroe
when a touring car nose-dived from
a small bridge into a creek after col
1iding with another car. The first car
was prevented from turning over on
its occupants by willow tree and a
stump which braced fender
With a bullet lodged in his spine,
Percy Clark, 10, of Beloit, has little
chance to recover, from the wound
inflicted by Boyd Clark, II, a friend,
with a gun which the latter believed
was unloaded
Riding through the driving rain
with his head bent low over the
handlebars of his bicycle, Otto Kirch-
off, II, crashed into the rear of milk
wagon in Beloit, resulting in injuries
which later caused his death.
All tourist records in Cherryland
have been broken this season. There
has been constant stream of auto
mobiles into Sturgeon Bay and so far
the number for the year exceeds that
OF 1922 by $4,000.
Edward Guptill, 81, farmer south
west of Menomonie, was killed by
lightning Friday while helping one of
mis- neighbors fill silo. He is survived
nv his wife and two children.
Construction of new concrete
bridge at the point where highway II
crosses the Pine river, in Richlan6
ao.,~4,- hoe heen hammered by quick