Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-01
BLOOMINGTON

Stumbling as he was about to go in
his basement to fire a furnace, John
FIaherty, 80, World war veteran OF
Two Rivers, fell down stairs and was
instantly killed. He leaves two sis
tiers.
John Turzinski, Sharon farmer, near
Stevens Point, has been held on a
charge of first degree murder in con-
nection with the death of his wife.
Turzinksi shot his wife following a
night of drinking.
Half a million trout eggs hatched
at the state hatchery at Hayward are
to be planted in Wisconsin streams.
49, 900 of the fry will be reserved until
they reach a length of to 4 inches.
The balance will be planted at once.
v. C. Mobley, %, Park Falls, suf-
fered a broken foot and internal IN
iuries when he fell 80 feet in descend
ing from a new water tower Mobley
was coming down, hand over hand on
a rope. when a gust of wind broke his
hold, causing him to take a sheer
drop.
Saving off two bars of his cell win
dow, Herman Kruger escaped from
the county Jail at Baraboo by tying
blankets together and letting himself
to the ground from the second floor
early Saturday morning. The nome OF
Kruger is in Reedsburg and he was
placed in Jail last fall on the charge
of wife desertion.
One compartment of the jail at Jul
neau has been set aside as store
room for slot machines, the harvest
of recent raids in a general cleanup
Ha10 h o.
thus far seized number nearly 5O, ana
more are expected. Sheriff Rohde says
the slot machine must go out and stay
out during his term of office.
Max Wuttke and Frank Walters,
burlington, received serious injuries
when the steering gear of truck
broke and the truck went into dltch
and turned over. The gasoline tank
exploded, drenching their clothing
with gasoline. The truck caught fire
and was destroyed, but the men sue
ceeded in climbing out before their
clothing caught fire.
The senate killed bill proposed by
Sen. Gettelman proposing whipping
post for wife beaters. The bill pro-
vided short and snappy punishment
for wife beaten in the form OF TO
80 lashes with a blacksnake. Some
of the senators wanted to know what
protection the mere men would nave
from their muscular wives IN these
DAYS of advanced feminlsm.
Adolph Erickson of Madison, was
fined $500 and sentenced to serve 80
days in the county jail for possession
and sale of liquor. His wife is DelnS
held on complaint OF Leona Welsen,
10, of Mineral Point. who claims she
was enticed to the Erickson home ana
ruined. The girl claims she was
brought to Madison by Mrs. Brlckson
on the promise of being given good
Job. After reaching there was forced
to lead an immoral life, she says.
o. w. Steele, bridge foreman Tor the
Fifield Construction Co. OF Waterloo,
Iowa, had his right arm broken IN two
places, his right leg hurt and suffered
other serious injuries when his cloth-
ing was caught in a cable in hosting
crane at Reedsburg, Tuesday. Steele
was operating the machine winch was
being used to pull some temporary
piling from the river bed. He was
drawn around pulley two times pc
fore the power was shut off.
Four carloads of tobacco were
shipped out of Fennimore recently
This tobacco was all raised in the
towns of Wingville, Castle Rock, Hlck-
DRY Grove and Fennimore, mostly by
the Norwegians. 1t was bought by Ell.
mer Hoffland and A. E. Christensen OF
Soldiers Grove and delivered to rep
resentative of P. Lorrilard. One car
was shipped to Edgerton and three to
Madison. The price paid ranged from
SC to 10c-a very low price but the
tobacco crop last year was inferior
on account of unfavorable weather and
co much rain