Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-20


lot at Boscobel and during the sum-
mer will erect a modern creamery.
Emmett Robbins of Galena, was ar
rested for carrying concealed wea-
pons. witnesses stated that RoDDlhs
6ourished a gun. He is in jail.
A recount of votes is being con-
sidered in Green county because of
majority of eight votes given to
John N. Burns, superintendent OF the
rural schools for eight years, over
Miss Laura Ruesgegger,
10 Davies authorities ralded
Joint known as the mad house" on
the islands below Galena and held
the proprietor, Lawrence Casserly on
charge OF making hootch. A num-
Der of illicit stills in the county are
being searched for by the sheriff.
A double wedding at which sisters
were married was solemnized at the
Otter Greek church in Iowa county
last Tuesday Laura Reed became the
wife OF Henry Rossing and Wayne
Priscilla Reed was married to Joseph
Olson.
Edward Levins, Galens garage me-
chanic, was painfully hurt when
crane used to hoist an auto engine
slipped and the engine struck him
CHANGING blow on the face. Deep
flesh wounds were inflicted but the
man was sewed up and able to be at
work again il few hours.
Harry Brown of East Dubuque has
brought suit against Matte Rowell,
neighbor. charging the woman with
the theft of a goose from his yard.
The goose in question will be intro
duced as evidence About six months
ago Brown had the same party ar
rested for stealing a chicken. The
chicken case was dismissed
DR.. Roy Brindley, the Mt. Hope,
visiting in Boscobel was taken sudden
ly and seriously i'll. The complaint
was diagnosed as gallstones and ar
rangements made for an operation at
tie Parker hospital when the doctor
recovered He went later to Mad
ison for advice and there the gall
stones were removed. An infected APP
pendix was also taken out. The or
deal was severe but at last reports
the doctor was doing we'll.
The Dubuque weather bureau has
record extending back to 1874,
making an excellent series of proba-
bilities of frost The average date of
the last killing frost in the spring is
April 81 In 1883 a killing frost oc-
cured on May p, just a month later
than the average, while in 1878 there
was no frost after March &c, or "a
days earlier than the average. These
are the extremes Of frost. The ma
jority have fallen in April but only
three have actually occurred on the
! average date.
Clarence Morgan of Cuba City, the
| lone "hold-out" among those accused
of violating the liquor laws recently
in this county, has countered in the
case making ex-sheriff Frank He'll
Dist. Atty. Clementson Sheriff Holmes
and Clerk of Court Burr co-defend-
ants in an action to determine if in
! eliminating evidence can be used
against Morgan. Morgan in his COM
plant swOre before Court Commits
sioner Goodell of PlattevilIe, that the
former sheriff searched his premises
without due authority and demanded
the return of the aforesaid evidence in
the shape of a case of wine of pepsin
Judge Bancroft will decide the case
and upon his findings will hang the
whole question of search and seizure
without a search warrant.
Fred Sommerfield, 1876 Fremont
avenue, Dubuque, has a wireless tele-
phone outfit that enables him to listen
in on numerous long distance radio
messages. He heard the inaugural
address last month and since then has
heard numerous interesting messages
one being photograph concert given
in the Westinghouse plant at Pitts
burg and another concert at Rock
Island, Ill. Last Sunday night he
listened to services at Calvary church
in Pittsburg. He has also been re-
ceiving time signs from Denver about
II o'clock each night. Sommerfield
uses one kilowatt in transmitting and
has two amplifers for receiving. The
wave lengths that affect his apparatus
are between $50 meters and $4,000
meters. The best transmission OBJ
tains during clear and cold weather
and rain renders the messages indis-
tinct. He intends to perfect an ap-
paratus that will transmit music to
persons 1000 feet or more distant by
means of a megaphone.