Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

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Geo. LubowicZ, Rhinelander, aged
z years, shot and killed his sister, 4
while playing with revolver.
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Mrs. Mary Selvoy, 102, Superior,
died last week. She was a native of
Canada but had lived at Superior 54
years.
Two large teams, one gray and one
black, were lost at Grand Rapids by
falling through the ice. The horses
were valued at $1100.
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Run over by a locomotive, Mueril-
la Breuer, 10, La Crosse, escaped in
jury when she lay fiat between the
rails.
The 10 saloons in Oconto, with one
exception, raised the price of red Ii
quor A strenuous effort is being
made by the "uplift" saloonkeepers
to have the one recalcitant boost
whisky to 20 cents.
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Game Warden E. F. Bosworth of
Merrill, has made four arrests re-
Gently of Lincoln county parties who
nave been found with venison in their
possession. Each received a fine of
$50 and costs.
John Benes, proprietor of a Mar
lnette restaurant, reported being
beaten and robbed of $500 in his
room. Two Firms from northern
Michigan have been arrested. More
than $500 was found on them.
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A remarkable abundance of yeni-
son has been in evidence in central
wisconsin during the past winter,
several sportsmen having been hail
ed into court and fined for having the
dellcacy in their possession during
the closed season.
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Judgment has been filed in the Ke-
nosha circuit court for Albert Merrill
against the North Shore and Electric
CO., giving damages to the amount
of $7,641.S8 by reason of an accident
IN which Mrs. Merrill was killed and
his car demolished.
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The year-Old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Selsing Waushara county. was
badly burned with sulphuric acid
when he got bottle that milk test
er mad placed behind the stove in his
mothers kitchen and spilled it over
his hands and legs. He was rushed
to Fond du Lac hospital.
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Mrs. Mary McKeon- Collins, widow
OF Daniel Collins and the Oldest con-
tlnous resident of Madison, died at
her nome there on Sunday of last
week. Mrs. Collins was sc wears
Old and born in Ireland. She came
to Madison when that place was a
prairie, 65 years ago. Five children
survive.
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It came out in court that Feb. 10
is an unlucky day for deer hunting,
not so much that one has no luck
getting the deer as because the state
law forbids killing deer on that and
good many other days. A game
warden found some venison hidden
in the brush on the farm of Gus Ev-
ans, Strong's Prairie, Adams county,
and in the end Mr.. Evans was fined
$50 and COSTS
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A verdict of not guilty was directed
by Judge Geiger, Milwaukee, in the
| case of George Lamois, charged with
obstructing in the conduct of the
war by putting an iron bar and a
pair Of ice tongs in the machinery at
the plant of the Allis-Chalmers Man
ufacturing Co. The court held that
the defendant had been dissatisfied
with his work and placed the bar and
the tongs in the machine in a mo-
ment of anger without any intention
of injuring the government.
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Richard Cooper, %, charged with
maintaining marriage relations with
his sister, Edna, %, admitted his
guilt in Judge Backus' court, Milwau-
kee. He was sentenced to seven
! years in the prison at Waupun. The
sister was placed on probation for
five years. Their two children were
| placed in the detention home for OBJ
servation. Evidence was introduced
| by Rex E. Warden, register of pro-
bate of Waukesha county, that Rich
ard and Edna Cooper were sent to
I the state home for children, Sparta,
when the boy was and the girl 2.
| They later became separated but met
again in Milwaukee about five years
ago.
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A scrap of paper torn from a mem
orandum book, on which was scrawl-
ed the penciled wish of man soon
to die, was held to be a good and val
id last will and testament in the case
involving the $4,000 estate of the
late Theodore Johnson, Racine. A
jury listened to claims of contestants
that the signature was not genuine,
and also the complaint that the ben
efciary, Mrs. Laura Hahn, had sign
ed as one of the witnesses, and decid-
ed that the will was good Mrs.
Hahn, wife of Justice of the Peace
Thomas Hahn, was left practically
the entire estate of Mr. Johnson, who
made the money selling shoes.
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Gold and silver have been discov-
cred in section IS, town of Deer
Creek, Outagamie county. An effort
is being made to obtain options on
all the land in that vicinity for a So
year lease. Several landowners are
holding off for higher prices. Clinton
Vile money is behind the project. A
year ago company was organized
in Black Creek to float gold mine
proposition on the farm of Adam