Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-08
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Fire caused by an exploding OF!
stove destroyed the home Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Clarence Hennick, near Royal
ton. Prompt action by neighbors
saved adjacent buildings.
IrJing Iivermore, II, OcOnto, was
severely beaten with a horsewhip in
the hands of Levi Collins, farmer, on
whose land the youth had trespaSsed.
Collins was fined S. and costs.
L. w. Hevey, Beloit and Chicago,
charged with having passed forged
checks in eight Wisconsin and Hi
nois cities, was sentenced to year in
prison by Judge Brindley at Lacrosse.
Mrs. Gust. JAM Of Park Falls, Wis,
may lose the sight of both eyes. She
was reaching for parcel on an upper
shelf and tipped over a bottle con-
tanning muriatic acid which splashed
into both her eyes.
Lloyd Woolover, 81, LaValle, was
drowned in the Baraboo river about
a mile from IrontOn The young man
went in the 'water to cool off and
stepped into a deep hole. Unable to
swim he went under.
Roy Lee, Evansville electric worker,
was killed last Monday afternoon
when two wires he was working on
crossed and sent a charge through
his body Lee was 30 years old and
married but had no children.
Joan Hanson, 50, retired farmer,
and his brother-in-law, Frank Good Oi
Madison, father Of State Fire MOrshall
Charles Good, were struck by 500
train at Poskin, while driving across
the track in a coupe. Both were in
stantly killed
When the Fossbender cheese fac
tory at Horizon took fire Max Rad
loft, the operator, turned in an alarm.
The department was slow in arriving
and Max took matters in his own
hands. Several buckets of whey pu
the blaze under control.
Henry LeFevre, Waukesha county
farmer. was arrested Monday on fed
eral warrant. A still was found on
the farm A girls screams attracted
unfaVOrable attention TO LeFevre's
place 1t was found the girl was i'll
bad state of drunkenness.
H. Burmeister was seriously hurt
at Phillips when run down by an
motorist who failed to stop. He lay
unconscious in the streets for an hOu:
before being found by pedestrian
Burmeister suffered a broken collar
DOlC anu SGNCIdL II dChCu lNDSs
Henry Meyer, .ShebOygan youth,
met death at Lake Ellen Sunday. He
was in swimming with sister and
suddenly went under. The sister
made a desperate effort to save him
and would have drowned also had not
other bathers come to her rescue.
Charging that his son, Charles, was
lazy and did not do his share of the
20 GoIOyIra
OcOnt0 farmer, whipped the boy. The
son had his father arrested on
charge OF assault and battery. The
father was held under bonds of $500
to await hearing.
Lacking the business support OF
the Indian population at the Oneida
reservation, the Oneida State bank
quit business Saturday, leaving the
village without q bank Affairs of
the bank are in good shape. Depos-
its, etc, have been taken over by the
State bank of Depere.
Fire of uncertain origin destroyed
the large barn and six outbuildings
on the farm of Michael Goeden, six
miles south of Madison. The loss was
$4,000 Two small children had
been playing in the barn a few min
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Two sons of Earl Smart of Brook
Ign, near Brentwood, were perhaps
fatally injured when a large motor
truck ran over the boys who were
playing in a yard. Little hope is en-
tertained for the recovery of the old
est boy They were visiting their
grandparents when the accident oc-
Cured
Cupid's road was made harder in
Kenosha when Chief of Police Thad
Logan issued an order directing the
police to enforce parking regulations
in all lovers lanes" in the city
1t was maintained that many ''petting
parties" were held nightly along the
less frequented streets of the city.
Several couples were arrested and
scores were warned.
Dane county authorities have taken
action against the country dances,
claiming that too much booze in in
evidence. Speaking of a dance at
Pleasant Springs Sheriff Krug said it
was hard to find sober man or
woman in the crowd They were
spread all over the lot and under the
bushes, half paraIyzed." He declared
that hereafter all barn dances will
be investigated.
A large moonshine factory was
discover ed on an island in Lake
Winnebago and destroyed by en-
forcement men. A party of fisher
men reported finding several large
stills and number of barrels of
compound The officers found
large shack with curtained win
dows and heavy doors. 1t is thought
that muCh Of the IinuOr OrnVa Lent in
Winnebago cities was made on the
island and smuggled to mainland at
night in boats.
While moving a piano box from in
front Of his place of business Arthur
Hardtke. Manitowoc photographer,
suffered the loss of part of his nose.
his cheek was punctured and upper
lip lacerated by a projecting nail.
The box had stood in front of the stu
dio for several days and someone
complained of the obstruction With