Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-17
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Two 2O-year-old girls who escaped
from the Industrial school at Tay-
cheedah, left their blue denim suits in
bushes behind the building as they
fed. 1t is thought they had outside
help.
One casualty marked the opening OF
the hunting season in Waukesha and
Jefferson countries, when Vincent Ka-
luzny, 20, Milwaukee lost part of his
hand while hunting. His gun was &C.
cidentally discharged
Sam Reynolds, Cottage Grove livery
man, was sentenced to serve 60 days
in the Milwaukee house of correction
by Judge Stolen at Madison. Rey-
nolds was found guilty of violating the
state dry law, it being his third Of
Tense.
Fearing their -owboat was sinking,
Stephen Reinhart, 81, and John RAJ
dukak, %, jumped from the boat into
the waters Of Oconomowoc lake.
Reinhart was drowned and RAdukak
was rescued by {. witness to the trag-
edy.
AS an aftermath of the death of
Mrs Albert Anderson, GAINESVILLE, as
a result of drinking intoxicants, her
husband has been arrested on \
chargu of buying intoxicants. The
woman, Mrs. Bauer, alleged to have
sold the alcohol, is also under arrest.
Michael Tobin, So, of Madison, fell
from the third story of new hospital
building he was working on as lather,
and died instantly. His skull was
crushed in the fall. Tobin had laid
two planks from one window to an
other, to stand on, and lost his bal
ance.
Happy" Felsch, Chicago White Sox
star at one time and now with the
Lodi team, is suing Charles A. Comis-
key and the Chicago American base
ball team for salary due in 1919. Mr..
Felsch was suspended at the time of
the gambling expose He is asking
for back salary on his 1919 contract.
Judge John Clark of GAINESVILLE is
inflicting Jail sentences on all per-
sons brought before him on charges
of drunkenness. James Hansbury,
Beloit, facing the judge for second
time, was given 80 days in jail. So
James would not be lonesome the
court sent his brother, Pete Hans
Oury, along lux ~ udyo'
Charged with stealing 80 cents, Ken
meth Halloran, of Neenah, recently re-
turned from Waukegan, ILL.,, where he
was married to a Neenah girl, was
arrested at the request of billiard hall
proprietor, who claimed that Halloran
had stolen 80 cents from the counter
of his place. Halloran pleaded not
guilty and gave 800 bail.
The body Of Mrs. Tillie Weigelt, 46,
of Oshkosh, was found early Thursday
hanging to a rafter in shed in the
back of her home. AS result of the
suicide, Harry Weigelt, 81, was taken
into custody Friday and held for dis
trict attorneys questioning. Husband
and wife are said to have quarreled
frequently. They have eight child
rem.
Fear of the safety of Roy Chapman
Andrews, former Beloit man, who is in
China, and who will lead the
American American Museum of His
tory's third expedition into outer Mon
golia in February, is not being held by
that institution. Mr.. Andrews is very
friendly with leaders of all provinces
and will be safe from harm in the war,
it is believed.
$50 persons caught in the net of the
state prohibition agents between July
16, 1928, and Sept. l, 1924, paid $780,
900 in fines to the state, the report of
Herman j. Sachtjen, Wisconsin pro-
hibition commissioner revealed Fri
day. A total of 1874 arrests were
made, of which 594 cases are now
pending The sentences imposed as a
result of the activities Of state agents
total 243 months and two weeks. Liq-
uor law violations flourish with una
bated vigor.
Miss Frances Faick, %, Hortonville
who was internally injured in an au-
tomobile accident on S. T. L. 25, near
Neenah, Sunday a week ago, died at
Theda Clark hospital, Neenah, Thurs
day afternoon Miss Faick was
pinned beneath a car driven by Louis
Miller, Hortonville postmaster, with
whom she was riding when their cal
collided with another coming from the
opposite direction. Miller escaped
with only minor injuries. The driver
of the second car was not identified.
Attacked by brood SOW, Mrs. Fred
Pfeifer, residing on a farm near New
Lisbon, had a narrow escape from be-
ing bitten to death. Mrs. Pfeifer had
gone into a field after some cattle
One of the COWS kicked at the sow
which became enraged and turned on
the woman, knocking her down anC
biting her severely on the legs. Hel
screams attracted her husband and g
farm employee who were at work in ar
adjoining field. They succeeded in
driving the animal away. Mrs. PEI
fer's injuries are of a serious nature
While Milwaukee police Nude plans
to return to Lowell, Ind, Rex Mea-
dows, 10, and Helen Koonce, Is, al
legged clippers, detectives announced
that Meadows was sought by the po-
lice of Rhinelandtr for the shoe, in OF
Bruce Crosby, 90, in northern Wis
consin, on July T. According to the
Rhinelander police Meadows is want
ed or a charge # assault with intent
TO kill in connection with the shooting
Officials also declare that the youth
is also wanted in Indiana for having
escaped from the reformatory al