Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-14
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Fire, which started from overheated
asphaltic roofing being prepared to
complete a new warehouse at Eden,
destroyed half the structure, which
had been under construction since
Oct 20, causing total loss estimated
at $4,000 by Gus Ohm, in charge OF
the work.
Celebrating New Years day with
an old muzzle loadeing shotgun which
had not been fired for 20 years, VIM.
Yahnke, Princeton, was seriously in
iured when it blew to pieces. Some
of the splinters tore away half of his
left hand Eighteen inches of the bar
rel was found sticking in the side
of a barn.
Percy handkerchief, SO, farmer liv-
ing near Calumetville, was instantly
killed Thursday when the carbide
tank in the farm lighting plant blew
up. The tank had been frozen and gas
formed. While Mandel scheid was
seeking the cause of the trouble, the
gas became ignited in some manner
and exploded.
Louis Tess, SO, farmer near Mani
towoc, was crushed to death when a
tree which he had cut fell on him. He
had left his house early in the after
noon and when he failed to return
for supper his son, after a search,
found the body underneath tall pine
which the father had felled. His
widow, two sons and daughter sur
vive
Winding the clock Thursday night
before retiring, as was his custom,
William Reich, II, said: Il wonder
what the New Year will bring to us?"
A moment later he staggered to a
chair and died, having been stricken
with. apoplexy. Mr.. Reich had been
a resident of Watertown since 1893.
He is survived by the widow, two sons
and three daughters.
Charles Wilson, negro, aged 80, died
at Beloit last week on Tuesday night
the result of poison moonshine. His
death just before Christmas brought
disappointment to many in southern
Wisconsin who have been in the habit
of obtaining their moonshine from Be
lott dealers, and it is likely that the
death resulted in a slump in the de-
mand for the product as well as
throwing a scare into the camp of the
dealers.
Two deaths from smallpox in Marsh
field within the last few days have
caused the city health department to
issue orders that no teachers or pu-
pills will be permitted to enter public
or parochial schools when the schools
are opened after the Christmas vaca-
ton unless vaccinated. The first vic
tim of the disease was A. F. Varney,
carpenter and contractor. The second
was Miss Marie Croteau, daughter of
a farmer living near that city.
Eleven Chippewa Falls youths and
members of the fire department were
voted $1,000 last week by officials of
the Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste
Marie railroad, for heroic work in
rescuing victims of the 500 line wreck
near that city on Dec Goth. Each of
those rewarded will be given 500,
while 5000 was presented to the Fire
mems Pension Fund Most of those
who are rewarded by the company are
youths less than II, who obtained
boats and took the eight dead bodies
and seven injured out of the demol-
ished cafe-observation car after it had
fallen so feet from railroad trestle.
When an automobile ran into
freight train at Plymouth, Glenn Wal
tiers, formerly of Madison and re-
Gently of Kohler, was instantly killed.
Mrs. Martin Conger, Sheboygan Falls,
suffered an injury to her arm so SER
ious that amputation was necessary,
and her husband received a deep cash
across the top of his head The auto
mobile was driven by Mr.. Conger. The
three were on their way to visit rela-
tives IN the town OF Greenbush when
the accident occurred. Witnesses to
the accident said that the freight
train. which was moving slowly, was
on the crossing. Another automobile
had stopped, when the Conger car
passed and crashed into the train.
The Wisconsin minimum wage law
in its application to adult women is
invalid according to Ia decision rem
dered by Judge Claude D. Luse in fed
eral district court at Superior. His
decision also restraints the state In
dustrial Commission from enforcing
these provisions of the law. The find
ings are the result of an action
brought by the Folding Furniture
Works, Inc, Stevens Point, which
asked for an order restraining the In
dustrial Commission from preventing
the employment of women at wage
less than IS cents an hour, set by the
law. Judge Luse's decision upheld a
temporary injunction granted last
August after the court had compared
the Wisconsin law with the District
of Columbia law. The decision does
not effect the law as it governs the
wages of minors.
While his wife and two small chill
dren screamed for help and feared to
60 to his aid, Elmer e. Thew, propri-
etor of Fond Gu Lact grocery store,
fought two masked gunner who en-
tered the store just as he was prepar-
ing to close up The bandits felled
him with the butt end of revolver
and escaped after taking SSS from
cash drawer. AS the bandits fed Thew
he'd recovered sufficiently to hurl
small savings bank at the two men
striking one of them in the back. The
hodlup took but three minutes and
during that time They engaged one
of tie men in terrific battle. strlk-