Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest BY Mail
and Telegraph.

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Peter Riblich and Alfred Gunia, in
sane criminals confined at Oshkosh,
picked locks and broke out of the
Northern Insane hospital Thursday
morning.
Sven Olson, 70, was struck by an
automobile as he stepped out OF his
car after attending church at Stur-
geon Bay. He suffered injuries from
which he died.
Fire destroyed the cheese factory Of
Fred Laubacker near Evansville last
Tuesday, causing a loss of $4,000.
Improper electric wiring was the
basic cause of the blaze.
Worry over continued rains and a
fear that his fine crop of peas would
go to waste, caused Anton Bugler,
Two Rivers farmer, to hang himself
last Wednesday, A son found the body
in the barn.
Wisconsin people lucky enough to
be on the federal income tax roll and
who paid their last years tax in full,
will soon receive $3.50 refund on their
1923 tax. The government is mail
ing out over a million refunds which
total $16,O00,000.
Edward Sauer, eX-convict, appeared
at the La Crosse home of his Wife'S
father, armed with two revOlvers. IN
stead of meekly submitting to a shoot
ing the wife wrested one gun away
from Sauer and then drove him from
the house.
Thomas Lewis, IS, Elton, was ar
rested for being drunk and carrying
concealed weapons. Lewis drank
firewater and then feeling warlike,
fired the gun. He was severely lee
tured and placed in the custody of his
father for three months while SEN
tence is suspended.
Cornelius Verhulst, SIS, Sheboygan
Falls farmer has chance to live
with a broken neck. Verhulst was
thrown head-first into a ditch from
load of hay, and suffered broken
neck and broken legs. His wife, who
was with him when the hay toppled,
received a broken leg.
John Imeg, 43, employee of the state
school for the deaf at Delavan, was
smothered to death in the city lock-
up at Palmyra, when his mattress
caught fire. The fire, lighted from
cigaret, was extinguished quickly but
Imeg was dead He had been brought
in on a charge of drunkenness.
Walworth county's fashion resorts
on Delavan and Geneva lakes received
a Jolt when Dist Atty. Alfred Godfrey
notified Sheriff Hal Wylie that no
more permits for Sunday night dane
es Will be issued. Walworth county
has a dance ordinance patterned after
the state law, written by Senator E.
T. RidgeWay, ElkhOrn.
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farmers of GAINESVILLE, were arrested
on charges of liquor law violation.
When Zaborak's house was raided Of
ficers found three men seated around
a table A whiskey bottle and glasses
convinced the officers that the raid
had not been tipped off. A large
amount of alcohol, whiskey and gin
were seized.
Parents of student nurses will be
interested to know that the report
of Miss Mildred Pringle, director of
st. Luke's hospital nurse training
school at Chicago, says that out of
$50 nurses 148 came from small
towns Miss Pringle says the small
town girl has a greater degree of pur-
pose and makes a better nurse than
her city sister.
Baltz Heesly, Brodhead farmer,
worried himself into suicide over fl
nancial matters. Heesly's 16-year-old
daughter attempted to Illustrate the
fathers act by knocking the poison
from his hand. He Tended her off and
drank the deadly potion. The girl
called doctor after giving her faith
er a glass of milk, but the old gentle
man passed on before aid arrived.
Jos. Sebero, Wabeno farmer, went
fishing and hung his string on limb
while he walked around Returning,
he saw large bear making an enjoy
able meal of the speckled beauties.
Gulping down the last fish, the bear
got on his hind legs and yawned
large open-faced yawn at Joe. TAX
ing the display of teeth as hostile
sign, Joe raised his rifle and dropped
Bruin in his tracks. The animal
scaled at 435 pounds and is reported
to be the largest ever killed in the
county.
Walter Matson, %, employed on
Racine county farm, was drowned on
Sunday week ago, while bathing in
an abandoned quarry on the farm.
His wife nearly lost her life in an eff
fort to resuce the man. Matson, who
was not a swimmer, stepped over a
lodged into deep water. Mrs. Matson,
who was seated on the bank, jumped
in the water in an effort to save her
husband. Other rescuers saved the
woman as she was going down for the
last time. The body of Matson was
recovered an hour later
Mrs. Emma Yliatle, SO, of near Su-
periOr was found dead in her bed
early Tuesday morning The husband
relates that at IL o'clock while he and
his wife lay asleep they were awak-
ened by some one tapping on the win
dow pane. A voice called, Hey,
hey" Sounds like Billy BUTTS
voice" the husband said YES. it
does" his wife replied. These were
her last words. A shot shattered the
window pane and Mrs Yliatle, shot
through the heart, died instantly
Billy BUTTS, neighboring farmer, has
been arrested. charged with the muir
der Mrs. Yliatle was killed with
soft-nosed rifle bullet A rifle and
two empty shells were found on the
BUTTS place.