Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20

cattle which reacted 10 tests were
shipped from Seymour for slaughter
this week.
Burns resulting from a kerosene
explosion caused the death of Mrs.
Eliza Moen, ~, of Catawba The acct
dent occurred when she attempted to
start a fire in the kitchen stove by
pouring kerosene over live Goals.
A fiery cross was found in front of
the Bosley soft drink parlor at Mer-
rill, on the night preceding the trans
fer of this property to the new owner,
B. c.. Goetsch. 1t was rudely built of
sticks and burlap soaked in oil.
Edwin, 5-year-old son of Thos.
! O'Connor and wife, near Bear Greek,
narrowly escaped death when he
climbed into a tree at his home and
grasped a live electric wire. His
/ hands and feet were burned, and it
may be necessary to amputate two of
his toes.
H. o. Walton, Evansville, was SER
| iously burned with gasoline while
having his car filled at the Badger
| filling station. While waiting for the
tank to be filled he struck match to
light his pipe. The fumes ignited,
burning his face seriously and setting
the car on fire.
! Beatrice Dell, Evansville, narrowly
escaped being killed when a 80 auto
matte revolver exploded in the hands
of a young man who was calling upon
| her. They were examining the revolt
yer, when it suddenly was discharged,
the bullet entering her left side pas
sing out few inches from the spine.
Hurley saloons are in a decided
slump, with 81 soft drink parlorS that
sell drinks of various degrees of soft
ness, reporting a falling off in bust
ness The city council decided that 81
saloons were enough for Hurley. The
last census gave Hurley a count of
1888. 1t is now limited to one saloon
for every 81 persons.
Percy Walters of Boomer, died late
Thursday night at a Chippewa Falls
! hospital where he was brought after
being injured in the tornado which
struck Bloomer. Walters was fatally
injured when a building crashed upon
him. Several other persons are said
to have been in the place at the
time, but none were so seriously hurt
as to require hospital attention.
After buying a horse which he
claims was represented to have the
speed of Zev, and the pulling power
of a PercherOn, a Madison man has
appealed to police to help him regain
the $3.50 which he paid for the ami
NAL. The man declares the horse has
been sleeping ever since he bought it,
and that he won't even get up for his
meals. Police are Investigating the
case.
A. w. Robbell, GAINESVILLE, was al
most instantly killed at railroad
crossing near Waukesha Saturday
night when the automobile in which
he was riding was struck by a Mil
waukee road train. He was alone in
the car The engine of the train was
derailed following the crash and the
train was delayed for more than two
hours. Coroner L. S. Lee of Wauke-
sha took charge of the body. An in
quest will be held.
When Thomas Barney, Chippewa
Falls farmer, wants a bit of sweets
he goes to the chimney to make the
selection. This extraordinary condition
has been made possible by two rival
swarms of bees, which selected the
chimney on the Barney farm home
for a hive. The bees have been in
dustriously accommodating consid-
cradle stock of honey, which has been
made accessible to the Barney family
by merely removing a chimney stop
per. The two swarms produce honey
of different variety and flavor.
After leaping from the Lambert
avenue bridge at Superior with the
of i11cr
lana Roycroft, 80, of St. Paul, Mimi,
who weighs 200 pounds, was unable
to sink. She remained on the surface
of the water for ten minutes before
being rescued. A spectator notified the
police who went to her aid in row.
boat. The woman was floundering. On
her way to the hospital she said she
had been drinking something which
hospital attendants said was poison.
The case of John Green VS.. Christ |
Nelson was heard before Judge Max
field at GAINESVILLE last week. Green |
resides north of the line between
Dane and Rock counties and claims |
that in May, 1921, the defendant, driv-
in ga car while intoxicated, crashed |
into a team of horses near which he |
was standing. AS a result, he was |
knocked to the ground by one of the !
horses and sustained severe injuries.
Green asks damages of $4,000. He is
by L. E. Gettle, chairman
of the railroad commission of Wis
consin, and Nelson by Clancy & Low
erud. Stoughton attorneys.
While their mother looked on from
a rowboat, powerless to save them,
Harry and George Loops, aged 10 and
6, were drowned in Nakawicka lake
near milwaukee late Saturday. The
two boys had taken their fathers fish
ing tackle and gone out alone in a
small boat. A few minutes later their
mother saw them, jumped into anoth
err boat, and rowed out to make them
return to shore When she was within
10 feet of the boat part of the fishing
pole which Harry was using fell into
the lake and in trying to get it the
lad overturned the boat. Both boys
sank before the mother could get to
them.
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