Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-10-08

| Sam Miller, Ripon hotel man, was
fined 5000 for serving mudhens to
his guests
Henry Hanson, Stoughton, "a, died
| OF injuries received in a motor ac-
cident when his back was broken.
! j. R. Dooley Madison, passed a
worthless check and was found in
sane. Dooley was committed to Men
dota
! The Pullman Car company has paid
the state principal and interest on
back taxes for five years amounting
to $1O7, 810.51.
Judson T. Montgomery, driver of
the Milwaukee death car was found
guilty of second degree murder by a
jury. He may get from IA to 25 years.
H. M. Scott, SheDoygan county far
mer, was found guilty by a circuit
court jury of violating the state law
by manufacturing cheese containing
more than 40 per cent. moisture.
| ly. In addition to this, 1880 gal
! Ions of distilled spirits, 1880 gallons
of wine, and $500 gallons of cordial
are held in store by $500 former Ii
quor dealers for private consumption
Isaac Russell, 70, mine Waterman
at Gordon in the copper country, shot
and killed A. A. Arnold 80, who at
tempted to remove property from the
mine without legal authority. Rus
sell gave himself up alleging self
! defense
According to information in the Of
| fee of the United States internal rev
enue collector, there are in Wiscon-
sin 100000 gallons of distilled spirits,
$4,000 gallons of wine of all grades,
and $4,000 gallons of cordial. This Ii
quor is being held by former dealers
who would sell it if they could legal
Well diggers operating on the Sim
onin farm, four miles southwest of
Fond du Lac, struck a water gusher
fifty feet down. The stream shot 20
feet into the air and issued at the rate
OF 800 barrels day. The waste water
was directed to a creek, which soon
became stream two feet in depth.
The water is of the finest quality, and
ice cold
Allen Parker, 20, Kenosha, was ac-
cidently shot through the right leg
by John Fitenger, Is, q hunting COM
panion. The police are holding Fit
enger and Louis Bicege, members of
the party. The latter told his friend
not to tell of the accident. Parker's
leg was alnputated later The gun, a
makeshift affair." was made extreme
! ly dangerous by the substitution of
single nail for the firing pin.
While he hung helpless on a wire
fence which he had tried to climb
after running from the direction of
the back door of cottage in the town
of Stiles, Ole Johnson, Oconto, was
shot three times George Reed was
arrested charged with the shooting.
The cottaged was occupied by the di-
vorced wife of Reed, who had been
separated by the court in June on
charge OF cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The case was not contested.
Reed, well known in Oconto county,
returned week ago from Dakota
and went to the home of his former
wife. She had him arrested on a
charge of assault and battery.
The Wisconsin river in central Wis
consin, formerly recognized as one of
the best fishing fields in the state, is
again yielding big catches. Pollution
of streams by paper mills was be-
lieved to have killed thousands of
fish. Game associations in this part
OF the state made a campaign to pre-
vent acid deposits from the mills in
to the river. For about three years |
sportsmen fished in vain A month ago
reports we're circulated that pike and |
pickerel were again being caught. The |
return of the fish to the stream has
been confirmed. Early September days
have again shown the Wisconsin riv-
er to be the mecca for sportsmen
Pickerel have been caught in large
numbers and few pike have made
their appearance. Black bass appear
to have been practically exterminat- |
ed.