Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-13
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

An ordinance giving officers power
to search licensed drink parlors with
out notice or warrant is being framed
at Beloit.
Mrs. Frank Aspand and son, Beloit,
fishing in Rock river, hauled the dead
body of an infant boy, aged about one
month, from the river.
John H. Rohlfs, sc, Eden farmer,
was found dead at the wheel OF his
automobile one hour after he had been
dismissed from jury service
E. C. Keitel, Devils Lake snake
catcher, has 80 rattlesnakes in cap
tivity. He caught % of these in ten
minutes after locating their dens IN
quarry.
Elmer Mittelstaedt, Reedsburg
farmer, was seriously hurt when
horse he was doctoring fell on him.
The farmers left leg was broken and
he suffered internal injuries.
Jack Sternberg, 2, son of Walter M.
Sternberg, Marsh1eld, fell from
second story window, bounced away
and struck his head against an iron
pipe. He was picked up apparently
unhurt.
John Maxi, 80, Superior, arrested
for slashing Einar Simola, was sen
fenced to serve a year in Waupun
Just one hour after he had welded
the knife. Maxi waived all formalitie3
making his sentence easy.
Frankie Schipteck, Couderay aged
z, while visiting a neighbOr found
dynamite cap and tried it out by
pounding it with a rock. Result
two fingers gone. He was taken to
the hospital at Rice Lake.
After being unconscious for three
days, Charles Carey factory worker
died at La Crosse as the result OF too
much drink. Carey consumed nearly
all of a quart of mOOnshine at one
session Police are investigating to
locate the source OF the liquor.
Ben Ahlswede ManitoWoc, will be
known as "the silent man." for some
time to come While handling a road
scraper Ahlswede struck himself UNI
der the chin with the scraper handle.
His tongue was almost severed. The
member was sewed in place and Will
probably heal after some time.
Henry Vethe, q, farmer, south OF
Deerfield, was fatally wounded by the
accidental discharge of his shotgun,
and died in a Madison hospital Fri
day He was working in the field
with his father and had been shooting
gophers when the gun accidentally
discharged, the shot striking him in
the head.
There are opal licensed automobile
dealers in Wisconsin. $4,000 cars
have been licensed so far and the
number is expected to total 100000
before the end of the season. Motor
cycles are on a decline with only p
$50 registered so far compared with
5000 last year Truck licenses so far
number $1,000.
Federal prohibition officers have be-
gun a sweeping inspection OF all
whiskey permits made out by doctors
and filled by druggists for those in
need of alleged medical treatment. II
after investigation the person named
on the order does not exist drastic
measures will be taken with the doc
tor and druggist.
C. E. French and family, Amigo,
were forced to leave their home hur-
riedly in their night clothing when
fire was discovered. One daughter
was overcome by smoke in attempt
ing to save some articles. The sec
ond story was Quilted by flames and
most of the house furnishings de-
stroyed. The loss, estimated at ST.
500. is covered by insurance.
An after-thought saved the life OF
Ross Phillips, farmer living near Con
rath. Thursday Phillips was cleaning
UP rubbish littering his farm after a
long winter. He ran across an old
gunny sack. He looked at it, picked
it up. and was about to toss it into a
bonfire. Curiosity prompted him 10
examine its contents. The sack con-
tanned four sticks of dynamite loaded
with cap and fuse. Mr.. Phillips isn't
going to toss any sacks around from
now on.
Rev. G. Cowles Smith, former pas
for Of the BelOit Church of the Atone
ment, offered to punch W. S. Ullrich
field missionary Of the synod, on the
law when the two met at BelOlt
Smith claimed that Ullrich caused his
loss of the charge. mo, | refuse to
snake your hand The nearest my
hand will come to your face will be
when it lands with force on your jaw,
Smith told Ullrich. The latter shrug-
ged his shoulders and walked away.
Smith stood his ground. Rev. Smith
has brought suit for $500 back salary
The bridge across the Wisconsin
river at Stevens Point was totally de-
stroved by fire Wednesday with loss
of $1,000 600. Within thirty minutes
the west span Of the bridge had fallen
into the river and the remainder so
burned and warped as to be wreck
The blaze started among creosote
blocks with which the bridge was
paved and in a few minutes the while
structure was mass of flame. Ef-
forts to throw water from adjacent
fire plugs proved futile. The bridge,
built in 1875, will be replaced with
steel and concrete structure at a cost
of $500,000
Mrs. Sadie Holman, Rice Lake, in
her suit in circuit court against Mrs.
Nellie Williams for alienation of the
affections of Mrs. Holman's husband,
otto Holman, was awarded $4,000 by
q Jury Mrs. Halmon obtained abso-
lute last fall after producing several
hundred letters alleged to have been
written to Mrs. Williams by Holman.
Mrs. Williams tried to obtain a d.
vorce from her husband week ago,
and denied having written any love
sL4.-e 70 anyone even after the