Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24

BelOit Greek letter fraternltleS nave
pledged 120 of the new students. .
Eugene Schoettle, Cincinnati, Ohio,
caught one of the largest muskies on
record at Minocqua when he hooked q
fish weighing Al pounds.
Ansel Anderson, IA, Ashland picked
up a dynamite cap on the road and at
tempted to strike match on it. His
left thumb and two fingers were blown
off.
His arm coming in contact with &C.
900 volts, while working on pole
three miles south of Whitewater, Felix
| Thren, %, Watertown, was thrown So
| feet and killed.
! Adolph Luedtke, Reedsburg, hunt
ing, exploded his shotgun when he ac
cidentally stumbled over a log. The
shot entered his side and arm, inf1ic-
! ting serious wounds.
| The gasoline war at GAINESVILLE was
| the cause of new low price last week
when the T. B. Goodall Co. of Beloi,
announced a rate of 1919 for low test,
| 151a for medium and Is for high test.
A fire starting in theatre at Oda-
nah, the Indian town, destroyed six
00O before being brought under con-
troll. Fire apparatus and men came
| from Ashland to help fight the blaze.
| The attack of an infuriated bull was
| the cause of death to VIM. McGaurin,
Black Creek, near Green Bay, farmer.
McGaurin was crossing field when
| the animal charged, knocking him
down. He was a retired Northwestern
road conductor.
Because pigeons said to belong to
Anton Manno, a farmer living near
| Berlin, flew into his crop of oats and
ate the grain, Peter Resop, owner of
the field, filed suit for $3.50 against
Manno. Resop cites damage to that
amount.
The Ford .Hydro-Electric Co. has ap-
| piled for a charter to develop a 81
| gantic dam in the Menominee river in
Florence county. 1.-THE company owns
numerous sites in the region and an
| immense power generating system
may be the result.
James Hanlon, Racine grocer, gave
up his fight to stop his son, Steve,
from marrying Lillian Knutson, o
waitress. Steve is % and his BRIDE
to-be is 81 Mr.. Hanlon had obtained
an order restraining the county clerk
from issuing the license.
In the ruins of the barn of Frederic
Taschke, near Erdman, destroyed by
fire, was found the charred body of q
man. The fire, involving loss of
$4,000, was from an unknown cause
and the theory of the owner is that
tramp was sleeping in the barn and
set it on fire while smoking.
John j. Fraser, 10, Berlin was per-
haps fatally injured as the result of
being crushed while at play. The boy
and several companions were using a
large cannon in a school yard as a
teeter-totter. Young Fraser lost his
balance and fell beneath the cannon.
His chest was crushed and recovery is
dubious.
Charles Steinhart was killed and
Gus Gram suffered a fractured skull
When the automobile in which they
were riding struck tree on 20. line
E., near North Prairie. The bodies
of the two men were discovered by a
milk wagon driver Both men have
large families. North Prairie is near
Waukesha.
Farmers of northern Wisconsin are
mixing honey and water and using
the preparation as an anti-freeze solu-
! ton in the radiators of their automo-
biles Ten pounds of honey with an
equal amount of water will last clear
through the winter and the solution
is effective even at a temperature as
low as 20 degrees below zero.
Ninety-nine heirs are mentioned in
the will of Anton Mailman, who died
at the age of 101 at ShebOygan The
will was written when Mailman was
SO years old and contains the names
of more individual heirs than any
other will ever probated in the coun-
! ty. Mailman was also the oldest tes-
tator in the history of the county.
The finding of romper suit worn
! by 3-year-old Ralph Henry. Mellon,
strengthens the belief that the infant
met death through foul play. The
child disappeared while playing on the
| Of J., 20 fou