Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-23
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
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WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

are DIdCLlCdlly SGlLIGua A1IC eooLA0h e"3
wage scale averages 81 an hour
Fire from burning grass Friday de-
stroyed the farm home Of Ray Rey-
nolds, seven miles from f. Atkln-
son
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Heinrich, aged Wausau couple,
were found lying in their home Both
died of cerebral hemorrhage.
A deraiIed freight train at Horl-
con caused the loss of IA hogs and
rs calves. A brake beam on car,
broke, throwing the train from the
track
In a vote recount at Depere it was
found that J. D. Broekman had been
elected mayor over O. M. Kiley. The
election was a bitter one with 2,415-
votes cast.
Chippewa Falls police believe they
have clues of an organized band OF.
bicycle bandits. To date five boys
nave been arrested and seven ma
chimes recovered.
While flying with a paper airship
above the roof of his home at Chip
Dewa Falls, Donald Brinkman, 49,.
fell and broke both arms. He also
suffered brain cOncussiOn-
A kisser who scares co-eds is being
searched for by Madison police. One.
girl found a man in her room. Don't.
SCREAM" he said II don't mean any
harm. L only want to kiss you
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas H Arthur of
DOdgeville celebrated their 50th we'd
ding day Wednesday. April 8. Their
son. II. Harry Arthur. is county clerk:
and prominent in Iowa county at
fairs.
c. f. Smith. newly elected mayor
of BeIoit, has barred smoking in the
council chamber Not in the history
of the oldest alderman has the re-,
quest been made but it was complied
with without demur.
Pauline SWenson, IS, Madison girl,
was granted divorce from Roy Lo-
max, rs, of Beloit. when she convinc-
ed the Judge that LomaX had failed
to get divorce from another wife,
residing at GAINESVILLE.
..nChief OF Police Payne of Wisconsin,
Rapids found $500 worth of merchant
disc on the farm of John Barteclz.
farmer. It is alleged that the goods.
were lifted" by Mrs. Josephine. Bar
teck. on her trips to town.
j.. F. * O'Brien. arrested at. OcontG
with 81 pints of liquor in two suit,
cases told the court he never drank
drop II don't drink it. he declar-
ed O'Brien furnished $500 bonds and
took the train to Chicago.
Dominica GafnacoIa, former deputy
sheriff at Hurley, was sentenced to- Isl
months in Leayenworth for b00tleg7
ging on the side while acting as, an
official He was severely scored by
the trial Judge. Claude Luse, at Mad.
ison.
Peter Huisheere Sr., pioneer of Ce-
,dar Grove, celebrated his 100 Til BIRTH
DAY Tuesday He has been a resident,
of Shehoygan county for So years.
Mr. Huisheere was born in iceland
Holland, and came to America i'll a.
sailing vessel. taking three months
to reach the states.
Mrs. Lars EyensOn, 70. of ELS.
worth. was burned to death in her
'Tncking chair when she fell asleep.
with a lighted pipe in her mouth
Mrs. Hans Gunderson. daughter-in-
law. was burned on the hands when
she attempted to save The old lady's
fife by beating out the flames.
Chas. Lucy Jr.. MaZomanie, has
several buckshot in the back of his;
head as the result OF a charge OF
shot fired into a car he was riding, liz.
1t Seems that a man enraged by
badgering tactics of Lucy ana others.
at 4 bali game threatened to get even.
and did SO by firing into the car.
Although 972 bottles of regular
beer and rs gallons of grain alc0hoI
were found in the Madison tire shop
of Edward Moran the case was. dis,
missed. Officers had made mistake
in the address named on the search.
Warrant, which read 613 w Washing7
ton Ave. instead of 613 West Main ST.,
Gilbert Ross Madison. violinist. d
son OF Prof. Z. A. Ross. Of the Uni
|eTSity of Wisconsin. has come into
possession of rare old violin. The
violin was made in Milan in 175t by
GuadagnInf, Mr.. Ross purchased the
instrument in Chicago from Emil.
Hermann. VINO is returning to Ger
many
Fred Littman. 63. Sheboygan. was.
killed while crossing a street by an
unknown motorist. The driven Of the
death car sped away unidentified. Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank Witthunn. driving.
behind the death car. passed clear.
over Littman's bodys before noticing,
it. The injured man died on the way.
to the hospital.
The school board of Stevens Point
has refused to pay a hospital bill of
$51 incurred by Henry Helminiak, a
student in the manual training. de-
partment who had several fingers,
crushed in a printing press The
board takes the stand that the press
was properly safeguarded and that,
the accident was due to carelessness.-
Paying damages would be an admis-.
sion of negligence and lay the board
open to u further lawsuit
Three Lawrence college goods are.
claiming the icy mermaid medals"
awarded each spring to those who,
break the ice and take the. first
plunge in the sparkling waters of
Fox river. Under cover of darkness,
the three, maids. one of them from