Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-25
BADGER STATE BREVITIES


county institutions increased by four
| during the last year, according to a
! census report issued by the state
board of control. County insane in
stitutions showed biggest increase
with 256. Penal institutions showed
largest decrease with 800 The state
! schools reported decrease Of Ill. To-
tai number of inmates now in all in
stitutiOns is 13,043, more than half
! are confined in county insane asy
lums. 1902 are in county institutions
! and 1881 in state institutions.
Workmen removing part of a rear
wall in ST. Peters Lutheran church.
Pra. du Chien, Thursday, dislodged a
huge stone and took from an aperture
a box containing a number of old
coins One was Csc gold piece
dated 1885, 38 Of an inch across and
thin as writing paper. There were
| four nickels Of dates ranging from
| 1858 to 1852 and several &c and Sc
| pieces American money. The build
| ing was dedicated in 1870 with sixty
charter members None are now liv-
! ing.
The largest and most perfect pearl
| ever found in southern Wisconsin or
northern Illinois was reported July
| - by William Cashier, ROckton, H.,
clammer. The gem weighed rs grains.
| 1t is pure white and a perfect sphere,
and will sell for more than $500, ex-
perts declare. 1t was found in a clam
| taken from the PecatOnica river, six
miles from BelOit.
| Charged with burning the s.rge
barn on his fathers farm near Mon
roe, George Pehl, %, was arrested as
| he attempted to board train with
| the intention Of escaping to Canada.
He had left a 13page letter in his
room as the fire started, writing he
would hang himself IN the burning
structure. A brother hung himself in
the same barn y years ago.
Nelson Stout, u, Albany, had both
front and back wheels OF a Ford cOu-
! pc, driven by Josephine Leidel pass
| over his body. The child suffered
deep cuts but no bones were broken.
Dr. Albert Schwaller, Shawano,
committed suicide by swallowing
! family say the practitioner was des-
pendent over i'll health.
S. w McCune, Chicago, owner Of
fruit orchard in Door county, fell
dead in his orchard on the night of
July 18. Mr. McCune is an employe
of the Swift company. A heart at
tack, following excitement because
boys were picking cherries in his or
chard caused his death Body was
| shipped to Chicago for burial
5000 men, members Of Wisconsin
| National Guard, are in camp at Camp
! Douglas, July $3.50. There are two
regiments of infantry, 1890 men and
| 14O officers. There are also 800 cav
airy troopers with 40 officers. Recent
legislation dropped the state guard
| quota from 5000 to $500 men.
Edward Besner, ex-convict who at
| tempted to kill Detective Chas. Rock
at Kenosha last Tuesday when the
officer arrested him, was given II
years in states prison. Besner's gun
| TANNED or otherwise the detective
would now have friends walking slow
behind him.
While seated in a swing on the
front porch of her home in Neenah,
Mrs. Harry Kampo was struck by
stray bullet, believed to have been
fired from a rifle in the hands of small
boys. The bullet, a % caliber, in
| f1icted a flesh wound on her right
arm.
Ivan Mikesell 80, chauffeur for P.
D. Kline, Eau Claire, drowned in
hole in the Chippewa river, near
Badgers Mills, Wednesday night The
man was unable to swim and strug-
| gled so furiously that would-be
rescuers were forced to let go.
The Mt. Horeb Advancement Asso-
citation threatened to invoke the law
to close Sunday movies in that city
and a Madison firm operating the To-
cal show closed the house for good.
AS a result Mt Horeb has no movies
Sunday or any other day.
Gordon Larson, Chicago crook, was
sentenced at Portage to five years IN
Waupun for the theft of an auto own
ed by Rev. Chester Harris OF Hurley.
Unknown thieves cracked the safe
of the Day, O'Neal Co., Beloit. taking
! S1,577 in bonds and cash.
Despondent over i'll health and bad
farming conditions, Albert Shubert'
40. Darien farmer, shot himself IN the
temple with a % rifle. The body was
found bv his son, Ethelbert, II, who
arose with his father to help with the
chores. =,
Mrs. Emeline Davidson, Platteville,
died at her home Thursday afternoon
at the advanced age of 80 years. She
was the widow of j. I. DAVIDSON
pioneer of Platteville.
Held on a charge of reckless drlv-
ing Geo. M. Esmer committed suicide
by hanging himself in his cell at Fond
/ du Lac.
The Jim Falls, Wis, State bank was
closed BY the state banking depart
ment last week, frozen credits being
a reason for its downfall The bank
had deposits of $4,000.
Purchase of Blue Mounds OF Dane
county as a state park, was urged At
a picnic there Sunday week ago.
1000 members of the Sons OF Norway
met at the park for jolly time.