Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06

and costs for selling intoxicants.
The estate of Mrs. Belle Mallory,
! worth 100000, has been left to the
city of Elkhorn for public library.
Brodhead police cop claims 81 ar
rests to his credit in four days. The
cop works with a motorcycle and
disguise to trap the motor maniacs.
Swimming out too far, Alois Kos
tuck, II, Arnott, Wis, drowned in
Lake Emily He sank before help
came The body was recovered in 20
minutes.
/ Two sailors of steamer, Angelina,
Russell Macarthur, 20, Ashland, and
William Hill, 20, North Crandon, Wis,
were drowned while swimming in
/ Superior Bay Tuesday night.
| officers found a still of 200 gallons
! capacity in the woods south of Rhine
| lander. The still was made Of copper
with brick covering. 1000 gallons OF
mash in wooden watts were confiscated.
Holding that betting on the ball
! games demoralized the work in the
| Fairbanks Morse plant at Beloit, the
management cancelled ali games with
the Samson tractor team OF James,
vile.
In an auto law cleanup at Monroe
20 arrests were made in day and
/ fines aggregating $500. State In
spector c.. G. Bennett was in charge
of the work. Most Of the violations
were evading license.
When the little daughter of Gus
Toepler, Marinette, opened the door
of a bird cage, rare canaries, valued
at $175, were liberated and flew
through the window to a nearby tree.
1t was impossible to capture them.
Benjamin Trailing, proprietor Of a
cheese factory west of Oconto, was
killed while repairing a large door
on one of the factory boilers when
it toppled over upon him, crushing his
chest He bled to death before a
physician arrived.
VIM. Cooper and Emil Davis, Rich
land Center, staged premature
Carpenter Dempsey encounter while
under the influence of too much moon
shine. A short stay in jail cooled
their ardor and fine of SIG each re-
lieved their purses.
Leo Redbird, %, Winnebago Indian,
is the first Indian arrested on burg
larry charge at Lacrosse for many
years. He was held for trial under
! 81 500 bail on charge of entering the
home of John Nicholson, postoffice
inspector, at Onalaska.
Miss Myrtle Larson, Strum, Wis,
was acquitted Wednesday by a jury
in circuit court at Whitehall of a
charge of numbering her newly-born
child, found smothered. The defense
was that Miss Larson was TEMPORARY
ly insane at the time.
Madison officers raided the farm of
Jos. Billitteri, Fitchburg, and uncov-
cred a chief supply of moonshine for
the capital city. 25 gallons of moon
shine, $50 gallons of mash and go
gallons of wine were confiscated. The
proprietor was arrested.
The Hanson bill permitting cities to
operate milk depots and take over dis
tribution of milk was defeated in the
senate Wednesday, 10 to z. The pro-
posal passed the assembly with the
understanding that its constitution
atty might be tested should it be-
| come law.
War on slot machines has been de-
clared by Sheriff Peter Schwartz of
Outagamie county, who has instructed
deputies to confiscate all machines
found in their communities The
sheriff warned owners that arrests
will follow unless the machines are
put out Of sight.
Word was received from Washing
ton that the house of representatives
had passed the bill locating q fish
rescue station in Lacrosse and pro-
viding an appropriation of $4,000 for
! buildings and equipment. Lacrosse
is to become the headquarters for fish
rescue work on the upper Mississ-
ippi.
With over a dozen parishes to hear
from, subscriptions in the United
Catholic campaign in the Green Bay
diocese total 1857, 7O5.25, according to
Gustave Keller, Appleton, general
chairman. The quota was $1,OO0,0OO.
The campaign is part of the state
drive to raise $5,O00,000 for Catholic
institutions in Wisconsin.
William Wolf, 38, a street car con-
ductor, Chicago and Fred Fragel, 80,
member of the Chicago police force,
were drowned in Sand lake near
Rhinelander when thrown from a
boat in which they were riding. The
two men, members of a party of Chi
cago policemen on vacation, were fish
ing when a line fastened in a snag.
In trying to release the line the boat
capsized Their bodies were recovered
after sinking in the mud bed.
Claude Gallagher, Spring Valley
bank cashier, captured bandit who
essayed to rob the bank. Gallagher
knocked the thief down with blow
on the jaw as the latter reached for
roll of bills. Gallagher then
bounced on the man, wigwagging a
signal to a bartender in a saloon OPP
posite The man gave his name as
John Cronberg, IS, of New Holstein.
He said he had fed from home after
quarrel with his father and being
hungry decided to rob the bank.
Stanley Russell and Gus Sanders,
held in the Eau Claire Jail for rohbing
the Augusta State bank on May II,
| broke Jail and are still at large. The
escape was made while the sheriff
and danutV were taking the men from