Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
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and Telegraph.


general store at Stephensville, a small
village west of Neenah, is in the hos
pital suffering from burns, which, ac-
cording to his physician, will prove
fatal. Lemke was found by neighbors
lying on the hot cook stove in the
kitchen of his home late Sunday, his
hips, legs and shoulders literally
cooked. According to members of his
family and to his physician, there is
no indication that the man could have
fallen on the stove nor that he at
tempted suicide. Apparently in per-
feet health, Lemke was left alone in
his home Sunday while his family was
visiting friends. 1t is thought that
he was suddenly stricken i'll and that
he climbed onto the stove while tenn
porarily deranged. After regaining
consciousness, Lemke talked rational
ly with his family, although he. could
not explain the accident, and with his
lawyer, who assisted him in making
a will. He has a wife and three sons.
A frightened buck deer, blinded by
the glare of headlights on speeding
auto, crashed into the machine on
main highway near Superior Sunday
night. overturning and demolishing
the car, but it's four occupants es-
capped serious injury. Theye were Lou
is Moriarity, VIM. Webster. Irma
Campbell and Dorothy Allen. Accord
ing to Moriarity, who was driving the
car, the deer became entangled in the
front wheels of the machine, and
when the car overturned the buck
was caught beneath the wreckage.
Webster and Miss Allen extricated
themselves and called passing motor
lists to aid in releasing Moriar1ty and
Miss Campbell who were in lmmenenl
danger from the hoofs of the strug-
Cling animal.
Rev. T. B. Johnson, pastor of St.
RaphaePs Catholic church, another
clergyman, and Rev. Johnson's house
keeper were saved from probable as
phyxiation Monday morning when fire
was discovered in the basement of the
St. Raphael rectory, Madison. The
entire lower part of the house was
filled with clouds of smoke, and it
was seeping into the upper rooms
where the occupants were sleeping
when firemen arrived. Rev. Johnson
and other members of the household
ESCAPED to the upper front porch
where they were rescued by the hre-
men. Considerable damage was caused
to the basement by fire which is be-
lieved to have started in a rubbish
pile.
Five girls escaped from the Indus
trial school for girls at Milwaukee
Sunday night, according to reports to
police Monday. One of the inmates,
pleading illness, made the request
that the door be left open for vent1la-
ton, which was granted by recent
1y employed nurse. The girl then I'M
locked the doors of the rooms of four
friends, it is believed, and they all
made good their escape. Those VINO
escaped were: Helen Arntt, OF Elg1n,
Ill; Madeline Pies, of Green Bay;
Frieda Duman, of Mayville; Mabel
Mutchler, of Waukesha, and Viola
Quade of Rhinelander.
While returning from a teachers
meeting at Pembine, Mrs. Gertrude
Schwittay, of Pound, Miss Helen Laun
of Wausaukee, Mrs. Caroline Nye and
Miss Mae Thomas, supervising teach
er in Marinette county, narrowly es-
caped death. They were going down
steep hill on Highway 81 when t1re
started from a short circuit, broke
out ntheir car. All four. teachers
leaned while the car was going 10
miles an hour. Mrs. Nye was uncon-
scious when picked up. The other oc-
cupants escaped with minor bruises.
Two men, operators of soft drink
parlor near Stevens Point, started
terms in the Milwaukee house of cor
rection last week following their con-
viction Tuesday by a federal court
Jury for possession and sale of moon
shine liquor. Roman Kubisiak, propri-
etor of the rum den, got five months
in the work house, and his bartender,
Gilbert Rivet, was given 80 days. 1t
was brought out in the trial before
Judge c. T. Luse that the men sold
liquor to prohibition agents.
Buy your own corsages for frater-
nifty dances or go without. This is the
edict Lawrence college fraternity
council has issued to the goods, and
most of the young women agree that
it is fair enough. The sororities have
barred not only corsages, but favors
from their dances. Expenses connect
ed with the joining of Greek letter so
cieties, which keep many capable stu
dents from affiliating, is the cause of
the economy rulings.
AS the result of an effort to per-
form one of the duties of Boy
Scout-kindnes to animals = Will
liam, 14-year-old son of William
Marsh, Minneapolis, lies in hospi-
tai at Eau Claire with fractured
skull. He fell from the roof of porch
which he climbed to rescue a cat an
other boy had thrown up there. He
fell on his head on the concrete walk.
Grover Pie, II, and Mildred Laisure,
Is, Fond du Lac, who eloped about TO
days ago, are being held at Black Riv-
er Falls pending the arrival of Sher-
iff Fred w Schlaak, who holds a war
rant for Pie, charging him with alb
duction. The girl was to have been
given hearing Oct. 25 on charge
of incorrigibility but failed to appear
Madison is looking for a burglar
who can still blush. Miss Edith Foth-
eringham, of Eau Claire, student at
the U. W., awakening at o'clock IN
the morning, saw man in her room.
The man saw her and blushed dec1d-
edly. she told the police. He escaped
xxr;&h ohoTf $40