Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-30
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

captured six wolf WheIpS ana SOFA
them for SIS each rs PETS
A match thrown into an empty gas
oline tank at Norwalk caused an ex-
plosion that shook the town. Inc
tank had been empty for months.
los. McKenna, Chicago, suffered a
fractured leg when his touring car
strukc a culyert near Reedspurg. The
machine was demolished. small
son was thrown clear OF the car and
escaped hurt
200 cans of Brook trout and 300
cans of German Brown trout were
planted in the streams around West
field by L. w. Stewart, Wisconsin
conservation member. A radius OF
IS miles was covered.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
LLOYD G. Bekkedal of Westby swallow
ed a safety pin. She was taken to La
Crosse where by means of the A-ray
the pin was located and removed. Inc
doctors found the pin opened
The first electrical storm of the
wear fired the barn of Lewis White
head, Monroe farmer. Four horses
were burned in a blaze that destroyed
the building. Is COWS and four calves
were led to safety. The total loss is
$4,000.
In the heat of an election at Rhine
lander the Rev. Peter La Porte accus-
ed John Bernstein, Pine Lake town
chairman, of being q boOtlegger. La
Porte later retracted his statement
and paid a fine of SIS on charge OF
SANDER.
Rhinelander school children have on
deposit in a local bank S10,203, all
saved within the last IA school
months. In the same period withdraw
ais have amounted to S5,677, making
a total of deposits in the IA months
of $15,880.
Fred Hartman Sr, pioneer of the
town of Eldora. near Fond du Lac,
took his own life by hanging himself.
The lifeless body was found by son,
Fred, hanging from q small rope
which had been tied to q railing over
the stairway
Mrs. Mildrd Eichelman, kenosha
society woman, was found dead IN 1er
home with a bullet through her heart.
The body lay in pool OF blood with
a revolver beside it. Mr.. Eichelman
has been held in connection with the
death The tragedy rocked Kenosha.
Six cents damages were awarded to
John Beyersdorf by jury in Green
i Bay circuit court in the SANDER suit
brought against John MeKiefry, who,
he charged, had accused him Of steal
ing meat. The jury found that the
accusation had been made without
malice.
Mrs. Magdaline HugOn and daugh-
ter, Irene, were arrested at Appleton
and given II days in jail for shopiltt-
ing. They were then taken to Green
Bay to answer charges OF petty lar
ceny. The women had stolen goods
and utensils of all kinds from stores
of Appleton, Green Bay, kaukauna
and ShebOygan. While in jail at APP
pieton they went on a twO-day nun
ger strike, demanding two eggs and
toast for breakfast. They were given
one egg and toast. After two days OF
hunger they took what the jail offer
ed.
Glenn f. Eastman, Racine, former
Evansville man, was ordered to jail
at GAINESVILLE for contempt OF court.
when he failed to obey Judge Grimm S
order and provide alimOny for ms
wife The Eastmans were divorced Ia
November. 1920, and the husband or
dere dto pay his wife alimOny OF $40
a week for the support OF herself ana
the three children. Eastman made
payments until six months ago, $3lS
being due. He is committed to jail
for four months unless he pays the
sum due prior to expiration OF ms
sentence.
Rasmus Johnson, So. farmer of
Diamond Bluff, Wis. died in hosp1-
tai at Red Wing, Mimi, under pecul-
iarcircumstances. Johnson was bitten
OH the end of Il finger by nos. he
went to the hospital apparently IN
good health except for the injured
finger. While waiting for treatment
his body started to swell. In lew
minutes his legs, arms ana other
members were several times norman
size He died four hours later Before
death the skin and flesh broke under
the gas pressure. Physicians say he
died of gas bacillus poisoning. A
widow and three children survive.
Chas. Moenning, 50. a dynamiter of
the town OF Wilson near Sheboygan.
is in a hospital with a mangted face
as the result of an explosion while ne
was blasting stumpS on the farm OF
Oswald ZimbaI. The fuse had been
shortened and the charge exploded
with deaIy effect Mornings fea-
lures were entirely destroyed. hole
was blown through his face, his left
eye was torn out, his right eye pune
tured and blinded and his scalp torn
away A large splinter OF bone was
torn from the top OF his head and
his brain pierced. Other fragments
broke his right arm, broke his right
leg and bruised him otherwise.
The body of Charles Brown, g., a
bachelor, was found in bed at his log
cabin near Elderon. by a neighbor.
Brown had been dead ten days. He
was poorly clothed and indications
were that he died from exhaustion
and exposure. Stock on the place was
nearly dead for want of food Neigh
bors said Brown lived on the 10-acre
farm nearly 50 years, retiring to it
after the desertion of his bride-to-be
at the altar. He owned the farm and
had 1915 on deposit in a bank at Wit
tenberg. He was reported to an eX-
ceIIent violinist and frequent reader.
In his home was an extensive library,
showing how the recluse passed bis