Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27

Delbert Jewell, Sc Ashland, died
Thursday after being unconscious for
LOG hours. He was injured in an au-
tomobile accident Saturday when he
let a stranger drive his car.
The barber shop of G. E. Gano, Mi
nocqua, was broken into and merchan-
disc valued at $50 was stolen. A small
amount of money was also taken from
the home of Mrs Barbara Farrell.
George w. Hoke, 40, farmer residing
near Amigo, was found dead in
field where he went to blast stumps,
with his body muitilated by charge
of dynamite No one witnessed the
accident.
When an automobile carrying five
Hurley men overturned early Mon
day morning, Arvo Maxi, "a, had his
back broken Other members of the
party escaped unhurt. Maxi is not ex-
pected to live.
J. E. Jones, 43, Mazomanie, is in a
hospital in Madison with serious in
ternal injuries received Monday when
the automobile which he was driving
collided with another machine and
turned over, pinning him beneath
Bones unearthed by a steam shovel
from an embankment in La Crosse
were pronounced by biology experts
at the normal school to be those of
buffalo. The bones had been in the
ground about IS years, it was stated.
Theodore TOlSman, on whose farm
near Fox Lake several white crows
were found last year, reported that
two more such birds have been seen
h; IKyh
they are first Matched, but grow whit
er as they get older.
Sales of American cheese in one
pound blocks, free from rind and
mold, is made possible by a machine
just installed at the Northern WiscOn-
sin Cheese Co.'S plant at Amigo. The
blocks are wrapped in tinfoil and
placed in the machine, which heats
the cheese and Theoretically seasl the
package.
Stevens Point guardsmen( on their
return from Camp Douglas, discovered
that burglars had raided the local ar
mory during their absence and stolen
a box of new saddle blankets, cloth
ing and equipment. The burglary oc-
Cured while a carnival was being
held at the fair grounds, near the ar
mory, it is believed.
Leland Harris, Kenosha fireman,
was fatally injured on the Lake &C.
neva-rd west of that city when he fell
from his motorcycle while he was
trying to dodge horse that was run
ming loose in the road His skull was
fractured and he was dead when he
was picked up by a highway patrol
man. Harris was a World war Veter-
an.
Edward La Plant, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, has been given the contract to
move the 150-ton steel and concrete
vault of the First National bank,
Platteville, 20 feet to its permanent
abiding palce in the new building, now
under construction. Mr.. La Plant has
the contract for moving the village
of Osborne, Ohio, one mile. The Ohio
job will require a year.
Admiral Ormsbey Fobes, $4,000
grand champion bull owned by Emil
Titel of Plymouth and John Erick-
son of Waupaca, slipped and broke
his leg and it was found necessary to
shoot him. No insurance was carried
on the animal which has won a great
number of dairy show prizes, among
them the grand champion award at
the recent Sheboygan county fair.
Orville A. Addison, So, was found
dead in Grant park, Galena, death be-
ing due to a self-inficted gunshot
wound. A letter received by the dead
mans mother who resides in Platte
vile, indicated suicide because of i'll
health Charles A. Loveland, Platte
vile, a visitor in Galena, Identified
the dead man. The body was brought
to Platteville and the Elks had charge
of the funeral. Addison had been
hotel clerk in Chicago six years.