Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-20

Homer Sholts, Oregon, Wis, had an
experience last week which he does
.ot care to repeat. He went out to
ais garage and started the engine in
his car, leaving it running few
minutes to warm up. He began to
eel dizzy and went to the back door
1or fresh air. After few minutes he
decided to shut off the engine, and
went to the front end Of the garage
TO do so. He got to the car and stop
ped the engine, but before he could
reach the back door again he became
unconscious from the gas fumes. On
.egaining consciousness he found
himself lying in the snow outside the
garage. After getting thawed out he
became himself again, feeling no bad
effects from the experience.
Emory Cornell, Chippewa Falls, a
bandit with only one leg, who escaped
from the death cell of the Arkansas
penitentiary at Little Rock last Fri
day, was shot to death by posse of
$50 men near Redfield, Ark, prison
officials were advised Wednesday.
iIulos Sullivan, another bandit await
ing the death penalty, who escaped
with Connell, also was shot to death,
and Diamond Joe" Sullivan, third
member Of the fugitive trio, is near
death in a hospital at Little Rock,
Ark. He was shot accidentally by
COnnelI and then suffered from ex-
posture.
Word was received in La Crosse on
Monday OF last week by Frank Grow
er, president of the Izaak Walton lea
que chapter of that city, that the prai-i
lie chickens in the neighbOrhOOd OF
Necedah, Mather and Pray, for years
the center of the annual chickenshoot
in the region, are starving. Sports
men of Necedah asked Mr. Grover to
rally local shooters to help them by
contributing a small sum for grain.
The Necedah spOrtsmen have under
taken to distribute feed in the chicken
territory. They have already spent a
considerable sum themselves.
While cutting silage on farm west
OF Chippewa Fails, Joseph Seitz, 81,
was fatally injured when the balance
wheel on the cutter broke. He died
in a hospital at Chippewa Falls from
injuries to his arm, back and face.
He is survived by his wife and three
CulIulSu.
Miller, 10, a neighbor boy, was taken
from his head by piece of the wheel
but he was not hurt.
Adolph Butterfuss, Tomah, was at
tackled by a bull when he entered the
barn. He grabbed a pitchfork and
prodded the animal, which then ran
from the barn. Mr.. Butterfuss and
neigiIOors attempted to drive it back,
when it turned on the men. Jess
Schultz, one of the neighbors, then
shot the bull.
Bernard Tierney, Crivitz, Marinette
county, met with an unusual accident
III the barn on his farm. A cow got
caught in a beet fork that was stand
ing in the barn and when Tierney
went to open the door the cow kicked
the fork loose and it struck him in
the face, making several ugly cuts.
The bootlegger, the klansman and
the alien are three factors which are
undermining the constitution Of the
United States, William H. Spohn, To-
cal attorney, declared in an address
before the Madison council, Knights
OF Columbus.
Pleading guilty to a charge of burg
larry in the day time, Abe Schultz, 22-
year-old Chicago youth, was sentenc-
ed to one year in the reformatory at
Green Bay by Judge MaXfield in court
at GAINESVILLE last week.
Mrs. William Sliger, So, former
resident of Oconto, died at a Green
Bay hospital without being informed
of the death of her husband who fell
dead of heart disease while on his way
to see her