Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-31
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Two wheels of the car passed over TIE
boys chest.
Harold Murphy, Reedsburg high
school boy and member of the school
football team, suffered broken left
shoulder when he was tackled in
game between the Reedsburg and Ell
roy teams.
Sen. LaFollette is expected back in
this country, Nov. 2. He sailed on the
George Washington, U. S. liner, on
Oct. 20. Madison citizens are prepar-
ing to welcome the senator upon his
return to Madison.
The Necedah Masonic commandery
has been granted charter. 1t IS
the smallest town in the state to have
a lodge and in the future lodges Will
not be granted Commande.y charters
in towns under 5000 people.
The Community Theatre Co. of Mil
waukee has added another house to
its string, taking over the picture
show at Elroy. The Blroy house re-
Gently had a small fire and its future
was uncertain until taken over by the
syndicate.
Andrew Hendrick, As, was almost
instantly killed near Sister Bay, Door
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bile which he was driving capsized
and crushed him beneath it. He was
an employe of an implement concern
in Sturgeon Bay
Sometime Wednesday night the
plant of the Waupaca Cooperative
Creamery Co. was burglarized and
700 pounds of butter taken, valued at
1898. Entrance was gained by forcing
the loot away.
The public schools of Lyons, SUD-
urb of BaraboO, have opened after be-
ing closed a week on account OF d
scarlet fever epidenmic. The schools
have been disinfected. One quarter OF
the pupils are still in quarantine be-
cause of the disease.
An automobile left standing in the
yard Of Joshua McCammant, Monroe,
burst into flames at midnight and
was entirely destroyed. The owner
attributes the flames to defective wiz
ing. He had just completed a 20O-
mile trip from Sheffield, Iowa, to Wis
it at Monroe.
A child of Mr.. and Mrs Paul Bootz
of TOmah was severely bitten by
rat. He had been in bed an hour and
woke up screaming. The parents ran
into the room and discovered a large
rodent making it's escape. 1t was
found that one of the child's fingers
had been bitten off.
Hugo, Ost, %, only son of Henry
Ost, wealthy farmer living two miles
west of Reedsburg, was instantly kill
ed Wednesday evening when he came
in contact with a high tension wire.
CHI
and one of the wires caught on the
wagon rack In attempting to re-
move it he touched the live wire. He
was dead when companions picked
him up.
Arson Welch, SO, died in Marsh
field hospital from a fractured skull
received when a large stone fell on his
head He was digging at the bottom
of a we'll on the Eugene McVean
farm. A bucket of stones for lining
the we'll was being lowered. A stone
fell out OF the bucket and struck the
digger on The head. He leaves d
widow and three children.
With his coat pulled over his head,
as if to shield from the cold, a body,
believed to be that of John Nordston,
was found Wednesday in the rear of
soft drink establishment at Superior.
He is believed to be the second vic
time of poisoned "hootch" in Super
Tor within a few days. Gus Happak-
XII. a woodsman, was found dead in
chair at a lodging house Saturday af-
ter a three-day drinking bout.
While living at Racine IN love
nest as man and wife, George Reich
cnberger, married, of OSHKOSH. AMI
girl of the same city, were arrested.
The couple have been living at RAJ
cine for several months, Relchen-
berger was fined $500 and costs. Not
having any funds he will spend SIX
months under the sheriff's supervision
and the money he earns will go to lis
wife and child. The case against the
girl was dismissed.
Alvin Schiel, Milwaukee, was fined
$50 at Watertown for hunting rabbits
in Jefferson county in violation OF the
game protection law Alvin Kruse, a
companion, was fined $50 for carrying
a gun in his car without having it in
a case or broken. Both were arrested
by Game Warden e. W. futile. The
pair started hunting in Waukesha
county where rabbit hunting is per-
missible, and drifted into forbidden
territory in Jefferson county.
A coroner's jury at Wisconsin Rap
ids found that August Cicink, Millidor
farmer found dead at the side OF
road, was murdered by blow on the
left side of his head from an instru-
ment with two sharp prongs. Miss
Helen Remsca, 10, daughter of a
neighboring farmer, found the body
while on her way to a cheese factory
with a load of milk, early in the
morning. No clue exists as to the
parties who committed the crime.
Charged with Jail breaking, trans
porting a stolen automobile from one
state to another and violating the
Mann white slave act, Virgil Hurst,
IT. South Dakota youth, was arrested
by Beloit police Wednesday and is
held on warrants provided by the fed
eral department of justice Ray
Mueller, of Dubuque. an alleged ac-
complete. was arrested in Dubuque
Wednesday night. Both broke Jail in