Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-08
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

playing in front of her home. Prompt
surgical attention saved the child's
sight after the horse bit her.
Tom O'Donnell, Chicago boOtlegger,
arrested at Fl. Atkinson in the act OF
running beer to Chicago, was re-
leased on $4,000 bail. Bail for some
20 confederates was put at $3.50 each.
Hearing will be he'd this month.
John Hinsa pleaded guilty to muir
der in the fourth degree at Rhine
lander and was sentenced to two
wears in Waupun and placed on par
ole. He will pay $4,000 to Mrs. A. G..
Powers, whose husband was killed by
Hinsa's automobile.
f. B. Gilbert, Madison contractor,
died recently and left an estate of
100000. His will left $50 in cash and
and the building machinery, trucks,
etc, of his business to Anton Nuss-
baum, faithful foreman. Nussbaum
formerly lived at Highland.
Confused by bridge out" sign at
Kewaskum, Donnell G. Shepard, Nee
nah, drove at high speed into the Mil
waukee river His car was sub
merged Shepard climbed to the top
of the machine and called for help.
Planks were shovel to him.
Joe Wilson, De Soto, has reputa-
ton as a rattlesnake killer. On three
successive days he brought home as
trophies the tails of 10, 30 and 10 of
the reptiles, respectively. Wilson says
farmers are always glad to see him
coming as he rids the place of a dan
gerous pest.
The new $4,000 ferry in use over
thhe Wisconsin river at Merrimac,
and which was towed Up the Wiscon-
sin river last spring to be used in
transporting automobiles across the
river was swamped on the heavy
wind storm of couple of weeks ago.
1t was with difficulty that the craft
was raised.
The untimely explosion of the cop
per still in which she was cooking
mash for moonshine worked double
havoc for Mrs. Anton Slomski of Me-
nasha The fire in the basement ate
through joists into the floor above.
police called after the firemen came
confscated the still, barrel of mash
and two gallons of Whiskey. The
woman was arrested.
While attempting to change a tire
in rain and darkness, Mrs. Roy Mus
caVitch of Oshkosh waS run down and
killed by William H. Davies of Osh-
kosh. Davies picked the woman up
and took her to hospital where she
died A city ordinance at Oshkosh
prohibits changing tires on highways
after dark. Mrs. Muscavitch's car
was without lights and a coroner's
jury absolved Davies.
Berger Nelson of Superior stopped
to the sidewalk to pick up what he
thought was a bright new dime, but
found it was piece of tinfoil. AS he
Strengthened up, Nelson dropped his
wallet containing $500 in cash. When
he reached home and discovered his
loss, Nelson was frantic. While Mel
son was phoning the police, Arnir
Wicklund, neighbor, rang the doorbell
and handed the man his wallet.
Despondent because he had outlived
his friends of other years, Jacob
Scharrer, "a, attempted to cut his
throat at Kenosha Monday to end his
life. He was unsuccessful and when
found bleeding in his yard was hur-
ried to Kenosha hospital where ply
sicans say he will probably recover.
He had used a dull butcher knife, this
accounting for his failure to end his
life
The Green county jail, long empty,
houses the person of Emil Kunz, %
year-old Swiss bandit. Kunz is held
for the robbery of $500 from the Bueh-
Ter garage at Monroe last April. c.
G. Mole, now doing a five-year term
for the same offense, implicated the
young Switzer at his trial. Following
a short but spectacular career at
rum running and car stealing in Illi-
nois, young KunZ was captured at
Evansville by Chief of Police Fred
Gilman of that city.
Mrs. Pearl Hit, widow of Charles
Hit, won a $4,000 suit for damages
against the Milwaukee road. The
case was tried in the courts of Yellow
Medicine county, Mimi. Hit, switch
man, was killed at GAINESVILLE on Feb.
81, 1928, while uncoupling cars near
a roundhouse. A first trial at Ben
son, Mimi, resulted in award of
$2S.500 for Mrs. Hit. The road ap-
pealed and the case was sent back for
retrial at Granite Falls, Mimi There
will be no appeal from the last YER
dict, her attorneys say.
Candidates whose names were writ
ten in on the ballots at the primary
election ballot must receive three per-
cent of the vote cast for president by
the designated party before the can
didate's names can be certified on the
general election ballot the secretary
of states office has ruled in a new
question raised on elections The
point came up when it was found that
names had been written in on the
democrat ballot in various counties
There was no democrat candidate for
governor two years ago.
According to the state industrial
commission gains in employment APP
pear in Wisconsin industries other
than manufacturing. Building work
increased AS during August, highway
work increased 100 percent. railroad
construction work increased 80 per-
cent, LOGGING increased percent. The
gains are less than the seasonal gain
of a year ago. Factory employees are
go percent less than a year ago: re-
tail trade. 5.5 percent less. wholesale
trade. 22.4 less. The average weekly
earnings are declined over a year ago
o~I n ,,,nnfh ago