Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-29

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Dist 4, Marion township, has voted
to erect modern school to replace
a present obsolete one.
Sheriff-elect Frank Webster of La
fayette county has appointed Lincoln
Bryson as under-sheriff and Harry
Llnacum as deputy.
DR.. Lambert of Bo5cobel sold two q.
his best horses. Lorena Watts went
to Shaw and Brandt OF Elkhorn and
Vim. Parks OF Lake Benton, Mich,
bought Rea Gano.
Mrs Claire Fieldhouse, Dodgeville,
died last Sunday OF blood poisoning
following the birth of little son. She
was 33 years old. The child died and
the mother followed shortly after.
The village of Hillsboro was visited
by disastrous fire a couple of weeks
ago when a meat market, carpenter
shop and large general store were des-
troyed.
Mrs Pearl Arms, Wauzeka, opened
a can of I've and set it on the stove
while cleaning the floor. In some way
the I've exploded and its contents
struck the woman in the face burning
her badly
Richland county authorities are
working on wholesale prosecutions of
dog owners for failure tc take out the
required license. Some owners have
paid fines upto SIS while others will
contest the matter.
The child OF Porter Oyer, MontfOrt
coasting at school. bumped into a, tele-
phone pole and sustained brain con-
Cussion that caused Inconsistencies
for several hours. Margaret Ralph,
companion was bruised.
p. r. Emmert of Eau Claire, former
income assessor for Grant and Iowa
counties with headquarters at Dodge
vile, was married on Dec. is to Miss
Bertha Hintz of Eau Claire. Mr.. EN-
merits first wife died three years ago
leaving him with two small children.
Albert Varco, employed in the black
smith department Of the zinc works at
Mineral Point, was killed just before
noon last Wednesday when large
emery wheel burst and he was struck
on the head by a flying fragment. Mr..
Varco, man of middle age, is sur
vived by wife.
Complete reports Of the conserya-
ton commission show that there were
| SO does and faWns killed during the
deer season in violation of the one
buck law The great portion were
killed accidentally. While no complete
record has yet been incurred of bucks
killed, the number is estimated around
| $500
Ed. Box, Richland Center man. has
obtained cost figures for road from
Yuba 10 Richland Center. The project
would open up a rich country now
: hot
the steel for all purposes would cost
| SIS 900 $4,000 ties would be required.
He proposes to interest the business
men and farmers along the line in the
! project.
William Hartwick, Monroe farmer.
| was killed Saturday a week ago when
7 "a passenger train struck the motor car
he was riding in at crossing. The
machine was thrown against a post
land wrecked Mr. Hartwick was
thrown out and injured so that he
died two hours later A brother. An
| drew Hartwick, driving the car, es-
capped unhurt.
Walter Shepherd the Wauzeka ped
agog charged with bastardy, will fight
| the case. He claims that the affair is
! a "frame-up" instigated because the
! girl III her extremity had no one else
| handy to lay the blame on He is
backed by influential friends who be-
ll;eye what he says. The case will
come to trial in Grant county circuit
court in February
| Dubuque is enforcing the health
| laws. Lee Golden of that city was
! fined S. and costs for leaving house
II r,
/ Golden swore he waited "a hours and
! then went to a store for food he was
compelled to pay $3.50 fine. DR.. ]. P.
Heles was charged negiecting to report
a case of small pox but convinced the
/ court it was an oversight and was dis
charged.
. A prominent business man of Spring
Green is reported missing with Geor-
gle Parker, a pretty actress of the
Switzerland Stock company, theat-
rical troupe that played the majority
of small towns in this vicinity the past
summer and fall in tent. N. J.South-
erland, husband of the missing woman,
and owner of the show, has offered $50
/ reward for information of the where
abouts of his wife. Mrs. Switzerland
| disappeared from cottage home at
Packwaukee, IS miles north of Por-
tage. The Southerlands and members
of the company make their vacation
homes on the banks of the Buffalo lake
each year.
The case of Clifford Fritz VS. w. d.
Miles, representative of the Stuart
Land Co., was fought out before jury
in Judge McCorkle's court last week
Monday, and some very interesting
facts relative to the Texas land which
the said agents are disposing of were
brought out. The case was brought to
collect commissions from Miles to the
amount OF $500, his car having been
ATTACHED as security for the same, and
resulted In that amount for the plain
tiff. but the facts brought out relative
to the land which was being sold by
these parties and which has interested
many wen-to-do Richiand county resi-
dents during the past few months to
| the point OF investment, was most
interesting side-light. These land seek
| ing parties have been made up and
personally conducted to the Lone Star
state, where they were shown lands,