Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-18
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Fl. H. Mccarthy, 55, Darien farmer,
lost his life from burns. 1t is said
that Mr. Mccarthy poured a mixture
of gasoline and kerosene on his cloth
ing and struck match.
Carl Koenig, Is, Chaseburg, looked
into the barrel of a % revolver and
accidentally pulled the trigger. The
bullet lodged against the back of his
skull after passing through his head
He was taken to a La Crosse hospital
and may recover.
Baraboo business men have assur-
ance from the Northwestern road Of
ficials that the railroad shops and the
roundhouse there will be re-Opened.
Six business men called on the road
officials. The move is temporary due
to a decline in business
Fred Borchardt, IS, DeForest far
mer, hanged himself from rafter in
his barn. Family troubles are given
as a reason for the act. A wife dis
covered the body. Borchardt is sur
vived by his wife, one daughter adm
three sons
Miss Muriel Coopman, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Coopman of Ocon-
to Falls, has a perfect school attend
ance record. Miss CoOpman gradua-
ted last week with class hOnOrs after
12 years of school attendance. During
that time she was never absent or
tardy.
The Edward Doyle family of Shulls-
burg, riding in a buggy at night,
were struck from behind by car
driven by a Galena man. The buggy
lost a wheel but the DOYLE horse is
gentle and did not take fright. The
Galena man reimbursed Mr.. Doyle for
his loss.
The BelOit Lions club has under
taken to beautify the Rock river banks
in the city. The club will work with
the city park commissioners in re-
moving debris from the banks, i'm
prove appearance of tumble-dOWn
buildings, and plant shrubbery along
the river shore.
Paul c.. Reitz, Evansville, Ind, a
student at U. of W., has been expelled
from school due to an escapade a
couple of weeks ago when girl he
was with, danced in a partially nude
manner under an arc light at an early
morning hour. The girl, stenOgra-
pher, has left the city.
A barn on the farm of Arne Olson,
early Tuesday and burned to the
ground. Twelve COWS, three calves
and six horses lost their lives. Hay,
grain and machinery were included in
the loss. Neighbors came but were
unable to check the blaze.
Confessing that he robbed garages
at Brillion and Reedsvil1e three times
since last September, Hubert Wordel,
q, living near Reedsville, was placed
under arrest and is in Jail at Chiffon.
Auto accessories were taken in each
case. The tracking of the thief took
considerable time and effort.
Patrolman Patrick J. Powers, Madi-
son, must stand THAI for the killing
of Peter NJ. Posepny, 81, Two Rivers,
student at the university. The officer
Is out on bond on a charge of man
slaughter. Posepny was shot and
killed at night on the Powers resi-
dence Posepny, Powers claimed, was
proving with no good intent.
Edwin Scheiss, Is, Rice Lake, was
killed when he tried to stop a run
away team. He had been helping his
father in hauling stumps, and after
unloading the wagon and sat down.
A dog startled the horses and as they
started to run, young Scheiss jumped
for the bit of one of them. He was
thrown under the wagon and his head
crushed.
Louise Nardin, Dean of Women of
the University, in an address to So
cial workers said, 1--WE ought to teach
every girl to be a poor mans wife;
instead we are looking for a pot of
gold, and a marriage for everybody.
20, n
in making education soft and easy,
throwing out the hard subjects as
cruelties to youth.
Mike Neurnberger, IS, pioneer of
Taylor county, was killed while at
work blasting stumps on his farm at
Stetsonville. With a son Mr.. Neurn-
berg had placed charge under big
pine stump. The men were 500 feet
away when the charge exploded. A
piece of stump was thrown high in the
air and struck Mr.. Neurnberg on the
head He died the next day.
B. A. Tepik, proprietor of the Old
Style inn near La Crosse, was fined
$500 and costs and lost 100 gallons of
good quality alcohol as the result of
a raid by federal agents The alcohol
was shipped in from Chicago to the
Wisconsin Drug Co. of La Crosse. In |
vestigation showed there is no such
concern. The agents followed the
truck and confiscated it when it came |
to stop in front of Tepik's saloon.
Eight hundred persons from Michi- |
gan and Nebraska and from the cities |
of st. Paul. Milwaukee, Chicago, Mo- |
line and Rock Island have been |
brought into southern Wisconsin and |
northern Illinois to work in the fields |
harvesting beets for the Rock county |
Sugar Co. On account of wet weather |
only so per cent of the beets have |
been planted, and this will occupy the |
time of the crew for a while. The acre |
age of the plant at GAINESVILLE is close |
to 1000.
With view of curbing the moon
shine evil in Dane county the board |
of supervisors passed a resolution to
enter into contract with Milwaukee /
county whereby the county could send |
to the Milwaukee House of Correction
prisoners convicted of violation of the
prohibition laws 1t is charged that |