Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-18

49, 1AASNAAy AANNNSA
Rahr Brewing Co., died suddenly on
Wednesday at his home in Oshkosh
of heart disease.
Mrs. Peter BREEDER, Mishicott, died
at local hospital Wednesday from
| injuries received Sunday when struck
| by an automobile while on her way
| home from church.
Roman Kramer, farm worker. was
| sentenced to 25 years at Waupun pen
| itentiary Saturday for the murder of
his employer, Frank Schlawin, of AL
ma. SchlaWin was slain with a wagon
pin last May.
/ Eleanora Heintz, IA, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gustave HeintZ of Mazoma
ME, was fatally burned late Thursday
afternoon in her home when a kero-
sene stove which she lighted to pre-
pare meal exploded.
"Give the wife her own way in ev-
! erything and if there is any doubt in
the case give her the doubt too" This
| is the sage advice of F. E. Halliday,
veteran resident. Of Plover, near Stew
ems Point, as the best way to reach
golden wedding anniversaries and
avoid divorce courts.
! Blowing open a heavy steel safe in
the Wagner Dry Goods Co. store at
| Fond du Lac early Sunday morning,
! burglars escaped with approximately
| 81 900 in cash. Following the burglary
police visited several houses and ar
| rested five men. The burglary was the
| fourth at the Wagner store.
| A hunting expedition after school
Tuesday afternoon cost the life of
| Tony Buehled, 13-year-old Portage
school boy. Tony and his companion,
Robert Pfeil, had gone out in search
of rabbits. The shotgun in the hands
of Pfeil was accidentally discharged
and the charge entered the Buehler
| boys body
Darwin G. Converse, So, one of the
! founders of the Coe, Converse & Ed
wards Nursery Co. at Fort Atkinson,
died in a Madison hospital Monday
from cerebral hemOrrhage, believed to
have been caused by a stroke of ap-
oplexy resulting from shock when his
car crashed into another machine Sat-
urday afternoon.
The record shot for the duck seas
on was made by Len Johnson on Big
Chetec lake near Hayward Johnson
spied IL ducks in the water, then
crawled on his hands and knees to
where he got within good range. He
shot six times and knocked over the
entire dozen. On entering the water
to collect his kill he discovered that
he had punctured IL wooden decoys.
Seven children were led to safety
when the Vankirk farmhouse near
White Rapids, Marinette county, was
destroyed in the absence of the par
entS. A lamp was knocked from a tab
lie and the room was soon enveloped
in flames. Evelyn, the oldest girl, sue
ceeded in getting the children to a
place of safety. The house and con-
tents were destroyed.
Detectives of the Wisconsin Bank
ers' association were at Wittenberg
Thursday conducting an investigation |
into the attempted robbery of the Wit |
tenberg Citizens State bank Wednes-
day. The burglars set off one charge |
of nitroglycerine but this failed to |
crack the safe. They had set another |
charge and it was all ready to ex-
plode when they were frightened |
away and made their escape
Following the release of Anton Jicha
of Wausaukee, from the workhouse on
81 900 bail after an appeal to the state
supreme court by Attorney Clifford,
Green Bay, a warrant was issued on
Monday for his son, Anton Jicha jr,
and he was placed unde rarrest on a
charge of selling moonshine. The elder
Jicha was tried in circuit court at Mar
inette for possessing moonshine liquor
and found guilty by a jury. He was
sentenced to six months in the work.
house.
An award of $4,000 was granted to
Mrs. Carl Amble, Deerfield, by Judge
E. Ray Stevens in circuit court at
Madison Thursday. Abe woman sued
for $35, 900 damages for the death of
1er husband, who was killed last Ap- |
I'll when the automobile he was driv-
ing turned over on highway IL, be-
,Ween Cambridge and Nora She
suit against Joe Gelosi, Mad
son, charging that he sold her hus-
0and moonshine which Indirectly I
caused his DEATH I
Kissing ones own wife if accom- |
olished in parked automobile on the /.
streets of Milwaukee constitutes dis s
orderly conduct and is punishable by j
inc of five dollars and costs, Judge
George E. Page decided in district {
court Monday. Allen Schultz and his {
wife were arrested just as Allen was +;
kissing his wife. Allen declared man
should be permitted to kiss his wife
when he wished, but the patrolman
had different ideas and was supported
by the judge
A hunting trip on Lake Pepin ended
IN tragedy Sunday, when Fred Birkel,
Ellsworth music dealer, died of ex-
Dosure after his hunting skiff had
been crushed by ice. Birkel and two
were in the icy water for
nearly three hours, clinging to the
of the boat, in a temperature |
hat was. close to the zero mark, be-
fore a rescue party reached them.
Birke1 died shortly after the rescue,
out physicians announced there was
4 chance for the other two men to re-
cover.
The saloon of Ezio Perpignani at
Devils Elbow" in the town of Pleas
int Prairie, was ordered padlocked by
1 circuit judge Friday. The district
had called the place ''the
most notorious in Kenosha county"
Sheriff A. A. Briggs of Fond du Lac
will be 1 cent richer by virtue of his !
office unless some one files a petit
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