Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-29

and bruises on various parts of the
body. He was taken to the hospital.
Burglars at Stanley, cracked the
safe of the Miller-Myers Implement
house and obtained $50 in cash. They
also broke into a real estate office
but found nothing in the safe. No
trace has been found of the robbers.
The Indians on the Oneida reserv-
ton at Depere held a community
Christmas tree last Wednesday even
ing. There is said to be such desti-
tuition among the Indians. since they
sold off their wood and timber. Com
mittees in Depere and Green Bay col
lected food and clothing for them.
Mrs. Anton Hanson of near Viroqua,
was accidentally shot while arranging
things in buggy, by the discharge of
"a 22-calibre rifle. The gun had been
placed in the vehicle by her son with
out her knowledge. The ball pene-
trated the left lung.
Any barber getting intoxicated
while on duty may have his license re-
voked by the state board of health. A
recent complaint received alleged that
a certain barber of a small town got
drunk every week and following that
had fits. A petition with half a doz-
en- names was filed.
Principal Ashmore of the Stone
Lake high school was drowned while
skating at that place. He had been en-
tertaining a younger brother and they
decided to go for a spin over the
ice when the accident happened The
body was sent to the former home in
Illinois.
Joseph r. Zarwichowski escaped
from the Marathon county aslum at
Wausau last February and went to
New York state. Following his arrival
he killed a man and was confined in
the asylum for the criminal insane at
Matteawan. Now the New York officials
have been instructed to bring Ear
wichOwski back to Wisconsin.
Edward J. Griffiths, prosecuted and
acquitted at Monroe on a charge of
perjury, fled across the state line into
Illinois to evade the officers bearing
a new warrant. The second charge
was alienation of the affections of
university professors former wife.
Griffith was in mortal fear during his
L,.so Of ct
hands of the man he had wronged.
Wisconsin stands fourth in the
country for having a low death rate
only three states-Kansas, Utah
and Understanding better show
ing. The four leading states have the
following rate: Kansas, 9S; Utah,
101; Minnesota, 1876; Wisconsin, Ill.
Wisconsin's mortality ratio is based
on the total deaths during the year of
27,1S1.
Wisconsin birch is now being used
as a substitute for black walnut in the
manufacturer of gunstocks. Walnut is
scarce on account of depletion of the
American forests and the European
war and as a substitute the birch was
given a tryout. The experiments were
so successful that orders poured in
and many million feet of lumber has
been sent to eastern states.
Mack Zimmerman of Wilton, So
iourned in La Crosse with his bride
of a day while on his way home from
the wedding. He gave the baggage to
an employee of dray line to care for
and when he returned two of the suit
cases stolen. Mr.. Zimmerman sued
for the value of the missing baggage
and received judgment in his favor
to $68.5O
Henry SeCoy, fifty-one years ago a
resident of Almond, returned home
few days ago from Missouri SeCoy
wandered away years ago and nothing
being heard of him, was mourned as
dead and finally forgotten. He became
a prosperous citizen of his adopted
state. Recently Mr.. SeCoy became cur
ious to know whether any of his rel
2tives still lived there and came home |
finding many of them.
Three hundred and twenty-one tons |
Of fish have been taken from Wiscon- |
sin waters so far this season, from !
which the state derives revenue |
to $5,5S8.92. These fig
Ires are made from returns made to |
date by the fishermen, through the |
Large quantities of the fish !
are still impounded and unreported /
and the process of taking them is still |
going on. The most important of the
carp SEEMING operations are on the
Madison lakes and the principal fish |
eTmen are w. e. Weitner, who operates
on Lake Kegonsa, and Rice and May,
who devote themselves to the waters
of Lake Mendoza. Weitner has re-
ported 205,S93 pounds of carp shipped
and he paid the state $2,05S.93. Rice
and May have taken 124,S03 pounds