Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-12
HAPPENINGS
HERE THERE
IN WISCONSIN

Governor Blaine will open pardon
hearings on Feb. 2. and continue on
the first Wednesday of each month.
The applications are expected to be
heavy.
John Smith 69, Ashland, refused
to enter the county home when adj
mission was refused to his dog. His
lifeless body with the dead canine
beside it, was found few days later
in the woods.
Joseph Shuda, Stevens Point farm
er. received $3.50 damages from
cry for injury caused to his hay crop
by overflow from the dam Of the
company, a corporation.
Fifty men await arrangement be-
fore Judge Lands at La Crosse this
week or violation Of the federal liq-
uor statutes Sentences will be i'm
posed wherever possible.
Thousands of pounds of fish held
In storage at Green Bay were ordered
destroyed by state dairy and food
commissioner Geo. j. Weigle. The
commissioner ruled that the fish had
been held so long that it was unfit for
use. Several thousand pounds not
Nine people residing in the Skoken
building at Orfordville escaped from
a horrible death when an alarm of fire
fire was given out at night. The fire
had a good start on the first floor and
was eating its way into the second
floor when the alarm sounded and the
occupants of the building made their
escape to the street in their night
clothing.
Six residents of Green Bay vicinity
who trapped skunks out of season
were called into court and forced to
pay fines agregating $1,000. One man
got off when he was able to prove
that the skunk he trapped was a
chicken thief
Helen, 8, daughter of Henry Belin
ski, Milwaukee, lis dead from burns re-
Ceiyed when she tried to dry her dress
upon which she had spilled kerosene
before a stove. Her sister, Jennie, s,
suffered severe burns attempting to
put out the flames.
Four hours after he had pleaded
guilty to a criminal assault on Elsie
Tank, Is, and after he had made an
unsuccessful attempt to marry the
girl, Hin B. Cayer, rs, a Green Bay
I1cStO, was Oll lilo WY W w dupulL ~
serve 15-year sentence Charges
were brought against Cayer after
Carl Anderson county clerk at Me-
nominee, Mich, had refused to issue
wedding license to Caver and the
girl The mother first gave her con
sent to the proposed marriage but
brought the charges against the negro
after consultation with The police.
. hn ho 10 oct
in Lincoln county, was cut down re-
Gently by Pollock Bros. on their land
at Heller. The stump was Sc inches
in diameter, and Ais feet OF lumber
were scaled from the logs The aver
age carload of logs from new wood
is 5000 feet The tree had $50 rings
OF growth showing it to be nearly
400 years old
The home OF Mrs. j. Bell, Superior
was entered by three bandits The
woman was tied to a chair and the
house ransacked The robbers es-
capped with diamonds and other jewels
valued at $1,000.
Frank H. Timm clerk of the cir
cult court i'll Portage county, left Of
flee on Jan. 1st after % years of con-
tinuOus service. Mr.. Timm was OPP
DDSCu dL nCdtIy CfCAJ ClC(IlOh buI tAAV
candidates were unable to defeat him.
Neillsville is disturbed over the dis
appearance of George l.. Jacques, at
torney. loan agent for the Northwest
efn Life Insurance Co., in the dis
trict and member of prominent fam
lily Mr.. Jacques left home suddenly
two months ago and has not been seen
since. He is said to have decided all
I, - To hic foY 1NiIXy chnrtIN hn-
fore he left.
The freight charges on a carload OF
apples, 756 boxes, from Washington
state to Delavan cost $672.92 As a
consequence, Chas Schlada, the con-
signee, is wondering how he is going
to come out on the transaction.
TT. Rev. James SchWebach of La
La Crosse diocese has appointed A n.
Schubert as chairman of the diocesan
committee TO assist in the raising OF
So 900 900 in wisconsin for the support
Of Catholic institutions.
a Waukesha jury after being out
three hours awarded Mabel Gienke, OF
the town OF Brookfield, $3.50 damages
for libelious statements on her char
acter made by Mrs. Minnie Freder-
icks over the telephone to another
OdfIN. MISS SrACtthS
listened" in on the conversation and
heard the remarks about herself. She
asked for $4,000 damages. Al. Dege,
young man also suing Mrs. Freder-
icks and her husband for the same
statements will have his case heard in
May term of court.
Detective William Fischer of Fond
du Lac escaped being shot when. with
Policeman O. Kobs, he was arresting
two gunner who sought TO shoot up
a saloon. Kobs leaped on one crook
as he was leveling a revolver on the
detective. The bullet whizzed over
Fischer's head and embedded itself IN
the ceiling. The men were identIfied
as nationally known crooks released
several weeks ago from the Saltwater
penitentiary. One is known as Cam
ada Slim.
Miss Katherine McGiven, 81, Ken
osha. died of burns received when she
poured oil over her dress and then
applied a match in the hope OF ending
illness from which she had suffered
~, on.