Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-14
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

The Otter Creek dam one mile north
of Stanley was washed out by heaVy
rains last week The dam was used
to store water for ice.
Stuart Crawford, IA, and Marion
Crawford. II, children of the Rev X.
H. Crawford of Juda, have amazed
revival audiences at Monroe by their
capacity as speakers
Constance Rowell, II, Eau Claire
Miss, caught a German Brown trout
weighing three pounds while hshlng
near the city. Her pole was broken
in the landing contest.
Edward Kruger, so, Chelsea far
mer. was found dead in q field where
he had been blasting stumps. HIS Wlfe
went to look for him when he talled
to return to supper. She found the
headless body.
Robert Joas, 3, son of Otto Joas Of
StOckbridge, wandered into swamp
near his home and drowned. The Dody
was found after ten hours search. 1t
is thought the child followed pet dogs
and fell into quagmlre
Charles Pisar, formerly OF Shepoy-
gan. has been appointed Y. :. consul
at RangOOn, Burma. MT. Plsar held
the post of deputy vice consul at
Buenos Aires, So. America, then go
ing to CapetoWn, So. Africa, as deputy
consul.
Frederick Frees, u, wealthy man
ufacturer of Monroe, was found dead
on 2 country road behind the wheel
of his car. The machine was undam-
aged Brees was afflicted with heaft
L ieS thrnn weeks
previous.
Otto Pine, Langlade farmer, had
still. some mash, some mOOnshlne ana
* eases of home brew on his prem
Uses when prohibition officers arrived
pine explained that he was simply
certifying" himself He was given W
DAVIS in iail when he refused to pay a
$500 fine. III, .
The chief of Police of GAINESVILLE IS
away from Olaf before lie drowned
minus a brand new $4,000 car but ne
still has his license plates for 1924.
The other morning when the chle[
went to look for his car it was gone
The next day he received package
from Rockford via parcel post. Inc
Dackage contained the missing IL
cense plates.
The validity of the Polk county
dance hall ordinance will be trled III
Ralsam Lake this week when waiter
A TantZ will answer a charge OF nav
ing failed to comply with the ordl-
nance passed by the board last Sep
tember. Mr.. Lantz is a practlcng at
tornay in Luck He questions the
validity of the ordinance. The dance
was held under American Legion aus
pieces.
Less than "a hours after a car
driven by Leo Pliska of Plover had
crashed into and overturned a car
driven by Theodore Bannach, Pllska
began serving a four-month sentence
in the county jail. Pliska decided not
to fight a charge of driving car
while intoxicated The Bannach ma
chine was wrecked and his woman
companion, Christina TOmczak, IN
jured. ~
The Rev. Francis BOurg, Glidden,
was awakened as he lay in the par
ish house by the swapping OF names
il, the school chapel nearby. Rev
Bourg rushed to the chapel to rescue
the sacred vessels. A gust OF Wlnd
slammed the chapel door behind him,
closing the only exit. FIR. BOurg was
found unconscious on the floor by
fremen. The school, valued at $l2,OOO'
was destroyed.
Lou Stigny, 16, boy gunman ana
bandit of Superior who confessed ne
held up Sam Wah, Chinese laundry
man, at the point of gun ana also
participated in IL other robberles'
was given two and one-half years III
Waupun by Judge Mckay TUESDAY.
Eight other youths of gang OF IL
are under arrest and will nave their
trials soon. One of the strongest rob-
Der gangs ever formed in Superior
has been completely broken up.
Sheriff Nehls. Portage, was notified
nv two doctors of Rio, w. A. Pease
and w. G. Mas, that drug addict
had been trying to obtain morphine
from them. Nehls telephoned the con-
stable of Rio to put the man in jail
until he could get there and bring the
prisoner to the county Jail. The fell
low claims he came from Canada. He
was found to have two hypoderm1c
needles on his person. The United
States Department of Justice will
handle his case.
Charles Cramer, mad firebug who
escaped from Waupun last Tuesday
was captured at Hammond, Ind, the
following day. Cramer was sent up
in 1923 after he had fired several
Madison buildings and slugged jew
eler. He was committed to the insane
hospital at Waupun and as he seemed
tractable, was made a trusty there.
He was aided by friends in making
his escape. a six cylinder touring car
being used for the getaway Police
at Hammond made the arrest. Cra-
mer was in civilian clothes when APP
pretended.
While raking the lawn in front of
her home Mrs. Tom Morton, Neills-
Vile. wife of a blacksmith, suffered
a broken arm from a splinter of wood
which struck her with great force
when a huge oak tree in the yard
suddenly exploded, hurting bits of
timer and bark for nearly 200 feet.
An investigation revealed that Harold,
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ton, had dropped a quantity of I'M
Stacked lime down hole in the tree
bncauSn he s'thOu9ht the birds that