Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-04
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Of Lake Wisconsin.
The body Of Noah = Battles, Dayton,
o.. was taken from hole is feet deep
in Lakewood bay, near Madison.
A high wind blew the auto OF Fred
Olson, Iron River, Mich, from the
road near Powers, Mich. With sever
al ribs broken Olson was taken to
Green Fay hospital
To do away with barberry on farms
near Lodi, a state official poisoned
the plants. Three cattle owned by
Alvin Gasser and one owned by NICK
Eckstein ate the poisoned plants and
died.
Mrs. Matthew Vandenlangenberg,
SIS, Bellevue, Wis, died Sunday as the
result OF injuries received when she
STEPPED from her automobile and lost
her footing. Her head struck the
pavement.
Isabel Blank anhorn, 40, a patient in
a Fond du Lac hospital, ended her
life " drowning. She escaped from
the hospital at a. m, and jumped
into Lake WinnebagO Ill health was
the cause Of the tragedy.
Arthur Hugs, SO, Rockford, com
mitted suicide while on fishing trip
six miles north Of Beloit Sunday even
ing. He shot himself in the head
while seated in a boat within few
yards OF three Beloit companions.
Domestic difficulties are blamed.
"A report made by DR.. c. H. Bun
ting, state pathologist, states that
Stanley Liberski, OcOntO, came to his
death from heart disease and not
moonshine poisoning as was supposed.
The vital organs were sent to Madl-
son for examination following a sud
den death.
Doris Nagler, Juneau, married and
divorced before she was IS, escaped
workhouse sentence when her
mother paid a fine of $40 for her. The
girls most recent escapade involved
three Beaver Dam men. The girls
former husband was sentenced TO
three years for forgery.
The preliminary hearing of George
Orlady, former vice president of the
MondOvi State bank, Edward PericOl,
Durand real estate man, and Arthur
CantrelI townsville garage man, all
charged with footing the MondOvi
bank last December, in conjunction
with yeggs since sentenced, has been
set for July.
Mrs. VIM. Foth, 40, Neenah, is in
the Theda Clark hospital at the point
OF death from self administered pCis
on. Worry over family troubles made
the woman try to end her life. After
taking the potion she walked SIX
blocks 70 the home OF a friend, broke
donw there and was placed under
doctors care.
Patricia Stoughton, 5, Fl. Atkinson
had both legs broken, her wrist brok-
en- and her skull fractured when the
window screen by which she was sit
ting in the second story OF her home,
gave away against her weight and
caused her to drop from the second
story to the cement pavement. The
child was taken to a hospital. She
will recover
Donald H. Knoll, TO- son of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Knoll, Wisconsin Rapids,
ran a silver into one foot while play
ing baseball After pulling it out 1t
was thought no further trouble would
result as the wound healed. Ten days
later the boy was taken with severe
pains. He died in hospital with to-
tanus or "lockjaw.'
An unknown vaudal had the temer-
ity to destroy flower beds on the
premises OF Police Chief A. E. Blu
chanan OF Superior After several
days OF search an officer discovered
a crow hopping around in the flower
beds destroying the posies. Children
OF the vicinity had complained of at
lacks by the bird.
With blower fans sending cooling
breezes through the hot air registers
the Methodist church at GAINESVILLE,
worshippeTs were comfortable al
though thermometers outside regis
tered 50 in the shade. 500 pounds Of
ice had been placed in the hot air
furnace and an electric fan kept tie
cold air moving upward
Little Dick" Anhalt, son of a Mil
Waukee man. met death motoring with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. +.
TRACER near Withee. TRACER driving.
was forced to turn out in passing
another car. and his machine went
down an embankment, turning over.
All escaped safely except Little
Dick, whose chest was crushed,
A double drowning occurred at VIM
ter sunday when August EllestrOm,
As and Gunnar Johnson, II, lost their
lives while bathing in Brule river.
The Johnson lad. learning to swim,
was using an inflated auto tire. He
lost his hold and sank. Ellestrom
ilout = UIoAc attempt - rescue JO4A44-
son but was pulled down by the lad.
Both bodies were recovered.
Saloons in the vicinity OF the Ma
tonal Soldiers nome at Milwaukee,
were raided Saturday by deputy sher-
IFS and state and federal prohibition
enforcement agents. Eight places
We're visited and three arrests made.
lit is said that conditions at the home
have been made obnoxious due to the
prOclivities of some veterans toward
drink. In some cases young girls have
''vamped" the aged Lotharios out of
their pension checks
When Wisconsin citizens hereafter
pay their taxes they will find on the
receipt an accounting of the way the
money is to be spent. Gov. Blaine on
Tuesday put his signature on the Dahl
bill. The measure provides that the
tax receipt shall show how much OF
the tax goes for state purposes, how
much for county purposes and how
much for local enterprises. The OBJ
ject is to demonstrate the small por-
ton of state tax, compared to the