Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-28

Caligero BosciO confessed to the
murder of Frank Farice at So. Beloit
Boscio alleged that an old feud exist
ed and that Farice looked at him long
and hard He stabbed swiftly, many
times Boscio was picked up at Rock
ford.
The first big pearl among the Rock
river clam fishermen was found near
Grand Detour by Ross Cooper of that
place. The pearl, perfect round
weighed SO grams and was sold to
Chicago firm for $3.50. Cooper also
fshed out three tons of shells during
the week, selling them for $50 a ton,
giving him $1,000 for his weeks work
Forty acres of grain were complete
| ly cut down and forty acres of corn
pounded to the ground on the farm
of A. E. Divan, near Elkhorn, in a
hail storm which swept through that
vicinity few days ago. Hailstones
| the size of hens egg fell and de-
stroyed the entire crop on the Divan
farm, besides breaking eight windows
in the Divan home. All the windows
in large barn were also broken by
! the hailstones.
In an opinion to c. P. Cary, state
superintendent, Attorney General ]. j.
Blaine rules that a teacher breaking
his contract with school board has
not committed an Immoral act'' in
the eyes of the law. The statutes pro-
vide that teacher shall have his IL
cense taken away for an immoral"
infraction. Mr. Cary inquired as to
whether in an Interpretation of i'm
morality, the breaking of a contract
could be included
The Wisconsin supreme court rem
dered decision to the effect that or
dinances governing automobile traf-
fic in cities and villages are not val
id without Jail penalty attached
! The case came from Waukesha where
driver was fined $25 for speeding
The court declared the ordinance un-
der which the speeder was fined did
not provide for Imprisonment of the
defendant in case of his failure to
pay the fine. This, the court declar-
ed, made the ordinance imperative
Exchange.
William and Edwin Pophal narrow
ly escaped death when their farm
| home southwest of Merrill, burned to
the ground. The blaze was caused
! by lightning The shock threw VIM.
| POphal out of bed The fall awakened
him and he rescued his brother, who
was stunned by the bolt. The boys
went to the barn to rescue the horses.
Returning to the house they were un-
able to re-enter. The fire burned the
house and barn to the ground, the loss
! including farm machinery and 80
loads of hay. The loss is $4,000. The
buildings will be rebuilt.
| Sugar beet growers in the vicinity
/ of Appleton are depending o the wo-
men and children of that vicinity to
save their crops. Hundreds of men
were imported from Chicago, Cleve-
land and other points to work in the
fields but these disappeared after
working on an average of a day. bag
gage" left behind, proved to contain
nothing but a few bricks or stones
wrapped in newspapers. The men
were rounded up by employment
agencies who paid their fares to APP
pleton. Large numbers of Mexicans
are now being employed who are
proving to be faithful, though slow
workers.
Gresham Ives, Fremont, Chester
Johnson, Chicago who has summer
home at Fremont, and George Kings
! ton, Milwaukee, guest of Johnson,
were marOoned on Lake Winnebago
for twenty hours and were finally res
cued by the steamer Paul L. The men
/ were in speed launch, which took
fire. They were able to extinguish
the blaze, although their faces and
hands were scorched. The engine
was disabled and all night Tuesday
and until 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon their damaged craft was buffet
ed about by the wind and waves. Dis
tress signals were hoisted, but were
not discerned by passing craft until
an excursion party sighted them The
men were in an exhausted condition
when rescued.
Sentenced to a life term in the state |
prison at Waupun for the murder of
Tom Mathonius, in Racine Mar. Is
last, James Pastras is defendant in a
spit for $4,000 damages brought by
Alex Mathonius, brother of the man he |
murdered, and administrator of the |
MathOnius estate. All property which |
Pastras has, real and personal, he is |
restrained by court order from dis
posing of, pending the result of the
action, when Pastras will be brought |
from prison to testify. The suit for
damages is the result of the shooting
leging that as a result of the shoot |
ing, Tom Mathonius suffered severe
pain and mental anguish and that the
administrator was compelled to pay
large sums for medical attendance,
hospital bills and funeral expenses.
1t is also alleged that the deceased
had been engaged in business for sew
eral years and being in good health
was capable of accommodating consid-
cradle property. The shooting ended
the life of Mathonius and because of
that his estate suffered and $1,000 is
asked.