Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-17
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Turning a somersault in a runaway
at Plainfeld, a horse owned by Ed
O'Keefe suffered injuries from which
it died in few minutes. The team. left
standing in front of a lumber yard
had become frightened and bolted.
Injuries received in a hunting acct
dent near Rhinelander, caused the
death of Casper Feleniak. Feleniak
dropped his shotgun, which accidental
ly discharged, the shot entering his
abdomen and right wrist
Edw. Jackson, "a, baggageman at
the Milwaukee Soldiers Home, was
arraigned last week following his ar
rest during an investigation of the
"grape vine system" of bootlegging at
the institution.
w. J. Vande Wiele, former agent at
Ladysmith for the American Express
Co., pleaded guilty Wednesday before
Judge Wickham at Hayward to a
charge of embezzling $4,000 of the
company's money and was sentenced
to two years at Waupun.
While the Felician sisters, who have
charge of the Sacred Heart Polish
school in Marinette, were absent at
church Thursday morning someone
entered the convent and took SIS, all
the money on hand. There is no clew
to the thief.
Chief of Police Shaughnessy will
retire from office Feb. 1, after "a
years of service in the Madison police
department, city officials revealed
last week. He is 68 years old. His adj
ministration has recently been the
target of severe criticism as the result
of the murder of Patrolman Herbert
Dreger in Little Italy.
Stricken with heart disease while
kneeling in prayer, Mrs. John Platten,
a resident of Manitowoc, died a few
hours later without having regained
consciousness. Other wOrshipers saw
the woman collapse and attempted to
revive her, believing she had tainted,
She is survived by husband and two
children.
Fire completely destroyed two large
warehouses of a canning firm at Low
ell, causing loss estimated at $4,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
About three carloads of seed peas and
10 cars of this years pack of peas
were in storage. 1t is expected that
a warehouse to replace the two burned
structures will be erected in time to
take care of next seasons crop.
A $4,000 estate was left by Miss
Mary Garvey, IS, who died late in
October at her home in Appleton as
the result of fright when she was as
saulted by man of whom the police
have been unable to gain trace. The
estate, for which there was no will,
is in real estate and securities. Ed
ward Morrow, first cousin, has been
appointed administrator. Several first
cousins are the nearest relatives of
the woman.
His glove or sleeve becoming tangled
in the cable of hosting machine be-
ing used in the construction of the
administration building at the normal
school at Whitewater, Charles Flesh,
"a, Chippewa Falls, was thrown to
the ground and killed The youth was
working as a helper with Chippewa
Falls contracting firm. No one was
near the machine at the time of the
accident, according to the contractor
Sentences of six months to two
years Thursday were given carr
BRACE, Joseph Drummer and Ernest
Ragoscke, Chippewa county boys, who
admitted, among other things, that
they stole a bee hive, drowned the
bees and ate the honey. The two-year
sentence was given BRACE. He will go
Green Bay. Drummer received one
year sentence in the same institution,
while a six-month suspended sentence
in Chippewa county jail was given
Ragoscke brace and Drummer, police
said, admitted breaking into a store
at Big Drywood, Wis, near Chippewa
Falls.
The pretty blonde" with whom
Clarence Green, alleged embezzler,
was photographed, was identified by
police of Milwaukee as Ruby Oths, OF
Toledo, Ohio. According to police
Green is said to have met the woman
at Amigo last summer where he was
doing some stunt flying. Police sald
they had information that Green had
often been seen in company with the
woman after their meeting in Anti
go. Police also revealed that several
checks had been found which were
written by Green and endorsed by