Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-23
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Olive Rogers, 2, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Allie Rogers of Argonne,
was so severely scalded when she fell
backward into a tub of boiling water
that it is feared she may die.
Howard Bohm, 10, Chippewa Falls,
was Instantly killed and companion,
Edward Augustine, injured, when the
car in which they were riding went
into ditch and rolled over. Benin
was driving.
While respondent, Jack Paulus, 40,
Beloit, took strychnine in an Italian
spaghetti house. He was picked up,
supposedly drunk but really in a stu
por, and died on the way to the hos
pital. The bottle containing the pOis-
on was found in the restaurant. A
A $4,000 mile canoe trip around the
United States is planned by Harold
King and Harry hurry of Madison.
The boys have left on their trip to-
ward the 500, and plan to continue
through the ST. Lawrence, down the
Atlantic coast, through the Panama
canal mad up the Pacific coast.
John Wesley Of Baraboo celebrated
his one hundredth birthday anniver-
sary this week. When friends went
to visit Mr.. Wesley on Independence
day, they found him in a tree picking
cherries. He works about the farm
and can climb a tree to show his ex-
ira agility.
After passing a series of mi
nor checks, Walter Perth, Plymouth
farmer, was placed under arrest at
Sheboygan Perth bought 1925 worth
of goods and rendered a check for
1882. The store officials "smelled a
rat" and notified the police. Other
merchants were Victimized for smaller
sums.
Jacob Clement, "a, sacrificed his
life at Lake Ellen in saving his girl
companion, Edna Krepsky. He had
just rescued his sister, Marie Clement,
and was attempting to bring Miss
Krepsky from the deep water when
his lungs filled with water and he
sank The three had gone to the lake
for a picnic.
August Stilp, As, employed by the
Western Lime Co. at High Cliff for 20
years, was instantly killed when the
crank Of a windlass used to load lake
boats with crushed stone, struck him
on the head Stilp was standing I'M
der the windlass when sudden move
ment of the boat caused it to spin and
the handle struck him. He was I'M
married.
Leon Mclaughlin, 10, son of r. T.
Mclaughlin of Beaver Dam, was cleo
trocuted Tuesday while at work at
the Badger Canning Co. The youth
had been sent to shut off switch.
When he failed to return another en-
ploye went to look and found the
body. Mclaughlin had taken hold of
wire carrying $4,000 volts.
widow and several children survive.
Waldo Ellingson and Lowell Thron-
son are in the Edgerton hospital suf-
fering from injuries received in an
auto collision on the Madison road.
The men claim their Ford car was
sideswiped by a Ford driven by ne
groes, the said dolored men being in
an intoxicated condition. The cars
were wrecked but the negroes appar-
emily ran on while the Edgerton
men were lying unconscious.
When his firewarks factory explod-
ed, Joseph Cinquinamis, Milwaukee,
was killed. A brother, Paul, was
thrown $50 feet and badly injured. A
nephew, Marion COrtessi, was severe
ly burned. The explosion wrecked the
small tin shack where the factory was
located, damaged nearby houses and
broke windows for half a mile. The
hot sun beating on the tin roof set
fire to explosives valued at $4,000.
Emil Knaack, Clintonville, gave him
self up when he found that Thomas
Dunn, village marshall at Hortonville,
was dead as he result of injuries re-
ceived when struck by Knaack's au-
mobile. Dunn was hit when he step
ped into the street to stop another
car. He died on the way to the hos
pital. Knaack told police he was so
frightened after he had run Dunn
down that he didn't know what to do.
Arthur Hopfensperger, Oshkosh, 20,
died as the result of injuries received
when he was accidentally shot in the
groin by his 13-year-old brother,
Raymond. Arthur and Raymond were
walking toward the barn on their
fathers farm when Raymond, who
was cautioned to put the gun away
and was about to set it down, when it
discharged. He leaves his parents,
a wife, son, ten brothers and four
sisters
Twenty-Five stitches were taken to
close the cuts on the face, arms and
hands of r. E. Bartlett of New Glar-
us, who plunged through a windshield
of a touring car when it dived from
the road into a ditch near Brown
town. His shoulder was dislocated
Oscar Curtis suffered severe bruises
and Otto Meyer. driver, escpaed with
a severe shaking up. Meyer was at
tempting TO turn out for a truck
when he lost control of the car. Mr.
Curtis died later.
Edmund Oshiske, IS, Milwaukee,
was accidentally shot and killed by
his cousins, Teddy and Jerome Kysza-
nowski, while playing on the farm of
the latter two boys father near Maus-
ton. The boys were alone when the
fatality occurred. Stricken with fear
they sat up all night debating what
they would do. In the morning they
wrapped the bloody and bullet rid
died body in bedclothes and then went
10 neighbours house to find how to
ship it. The neighbors surmised that
something was wrong and went to the
house and discovered the body in the