Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-01
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

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bia county are raising funds to stock
the region with ring neck pheasants.
Work on a $250,000 addition to the
Methodist hospital at Madison is to
start at once. The new addition will
provide 100 beds. Funds are raised
through drive.
John Dawson, Z, of Ashland, died of
burns received when he was thrown
into fire by playmates. The lad was
enticed to the blaze by other boys. The
police are investigating.
Discovery of four active cases of
scarlet fever in the Beloit schools,
caused a furry of excitement. Au-
thrities quarantined the sick pupils
but did not close the school.
After kind-hearted motorman had
given Fauno Maxi, 8, of Hurley, ride
after school Thursday, the boy stepped
around to the side of the car as he
got off. He slipped on an icy spot
and fell under the car. His head was
crushed.
The general store of Meyer Cohen
at Walworth was robbed of $4,000 in
clothing Wednesday night. A pass
key was used to enter the place. The
store had just received a new ship
ment of goods and these were stolen.
A reward of 5000 has been offered.
A horse owned by Martin Johnson,
NOrthland farmer, SHE'D at a train and
fell dead from fright. Johnson was
hauling hogs to the village. AS he
approached the rail crossing train
pulled in. His team became frighten-
ed and one of the animals raised up
on his hind feet and fell over dead.
Charles A. Dehn, wealthy owner of
the Burlington Cereal Products Co.,
was fined $4,000 and given an 10
months sentence in Leavenworth on
his conviction of conspiracy to violate
the Volstead law $4,000 gallons of
beer, confiscated at the Burlington
brewery, were run into Fox river.
Andrew Hornick died in a Sheboy-
gan hospital from injuries received
when he was crushed between trac-
tor and an automobile at the Excel
sior garage where he was employed.
The tractor moved forward when the
man cranked it, catching him. He
was badly crushed.
Bill Lathrop, GAINESVILLE, formerly
player and pitcher for the Simmons
team of Kenosha, has been approached
by the Racine club, inquiring into his
availability for the coming year. Bill
has received many offers, in and out
of the state. Reedsburg offered him
the management of their team this
season.
After he had helped the driver of a
motor car which had struck his wa
gon and demolished it, get the ma
chine back into the road, Charles Haz-
Teton, Chippewa Falls farmer, was
left standing alone on the road. The
motorist jumped in and drove off
without even apologizing. Hazleton
was badly bruised and his wagon was
wrecked.
A big carp caught in Lake Koshko-
nong by men employed by the Lee Ad-
Ter Fish Co., has been mounted and
will be presented to the state conser-
walton commission for exhibition pur-
poses. The fish weighed 81 pounds,
was five feet long and SO inches in
girth. Another of 46 pounds, caught
in the same haul, was shipped to New
York for sale.
BY saving off two bars from his
cell window, Herman Kruger, pris-
oner in the Sank county Jail at Bara-
boo, escaped by tying blankets to-
gether and letting himself down from
!, IllS SSa.'p mas uOn1lAy kooIulu 1y' iAC
Anyone can verify these %. charge OF
W spending an hours time in theell
,ffice of the Clerk of the Court |
night also show the seeker after truth
ONE letters from our State Prohibl-
ion Commissioner highly commenting
ny administration. But,-these tnngs
Ion't suit the purpose of the endorse
nent. so why waste time. II felt
hat 1 were justly entitled to such an
endorsement by the w. c. T. U. or any
,ther similar organization, l would
never dream of trying to secure 1t Tor
the simple reason,
) That the object of such an endorse
MONT is tn lead uniformed voters, and
particularly women, to believe that
Inc County Court is part of the pronl-
hilton enforcement machinery OF the
state. whereas, as a matter OF fact,
the County Court has less to do with