The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21


After killing his brother and chas-
ing the latter's wife around the house.
firing two shots at her which missed.
Herman Morrone, Kenosha, 81 years
old, sat quietly down on the porch
and waited for the arrival Of the po-
lice. The trouble is said to have
arisen from a quarrel between the two
men.
Gov. Blaine will hold no pardon
hearings in July but will give consid-
GRAFTON to application for release Of
prisoners the first Wednesday of
August if in Madison Legislative
business has kept the governor ocCu-
pied to such an extent that he has
had no opportunity to give considera.
ton to other duties for some time.
Prof. j. A. Merrill of the Superior
state normal school is preparing to go
as an expert geoIogist to the Peace
river country in northwestern Alberta,
Canada, to inspect some oil lands in
the big fields recently discovered
there, Prof. Merrill expects to leave
| Superior in the latter part of July,
and be absent at least three weeks.
Mrs. Joe Bierzynski has received
word from officials at Grodno, Poland,
that her son, Laddie, who had not been
heard from for more than a year, died
at Warsaw, Jan. 8, 1920. His death
was attributed to Bright's disease
/ following number of operations in a
military hospital He went to France
with a Polish contingent and later
was transferred to the Polish front.
The Rev. John T. OLeary, pastor
of St Patrick's church, Green Bay.
will have to pay Mary Henderson 80
ZOO as a result of a jury's verdict in
a personal injury case, The defend
ants motion for a new trial was de-
MED. The complainant charged that
she suffered a broken hip by jumping
out of the path of the pastors auto
mobile.
Three hundred and three thousand
automobiles are registered in the state
of Wisconsin TO date. This is over
$4,000 more than We're registered dur
ing the entire year Of 1920. Last year
there We're 1926 trucks licensed.
This year 19,439 already have taken
out licenses. There were 1,946 auto
mobile dealers in the state last year.
This year there have been 2,049 deal
Org lippnGpC taken Out
Winnebago county is acquiring the
reputation of speed trap, accord
ing to A. L. King, Neenah head of
the county farm bureaus, who has is
sued a statement tlaying rigid enforce
ment of the automobile speed laws.
The county is becoming unpopular, he
points out as the result Of the aCtivi-
ties of the county motorcycle officer.
Hundreds of tourists have been ar
rested for fracturing the law.
A decisive victory was won by the
J. F. Rappel Wholesale Grocery Co.
in its damage suit against the city of
Manitowoc, when a jury in circuit
court awarded $11,SOO to the plain
tiff. The case was a result of flood
during the spring of 1920 when the
basement OF the Rappel warehouse
filled with water because a city sewer
nearby was unable to take care of
the flow. Thousands of dollars OF
stock were spoiled and the company's
building was damaged.
One notable change in the farm life
Of Brown county is the passing of the
windmill according to observations
throughout this part of the country.
Farmers no more think of building
windmills atop their barns, because
in time they rot at their moorings and
fail down. Wind as means of pumping
water is too uncertain, farmers claim,
although it costs nothing as a source
of power Gasoline engines are taking
the place of the picturesque revolving
fan wheel which could be seen above
the buildings of almost all farms.
The Rev John Scheidhauer, chap
lain at the Holy Family hospital and
assistant to the Rev. Mr.. Luby Of
Sacred Heart church, Manitowoc, cele.
brated the Dwenty-ffth anniversary OF
his ordination. Twenty-Five priests
from various parts of the county took
part in the celebration, which consist
ed of high mass followed by a dinner
Father Schcidhauer has been at the
hospital about twenty years. Prev.
Gus TO coming to Manitowoc he had a
parish at Fond du Lac.
The corn crop in Wisconsin this
year will approach the bumper yield
Of 1919, according to Joseph A. Becker
of the cooperative crop reporting
service. Based upon a July l cOndi-
ton, production is estimated at 49,
7l5.0O0 bushels, as compared with So
Oi4,0OO in 1920 and S6,715,00O in 1919.
High temperatures of the last few
weeks with continued dry weather,
have resulted in an enormous growth
of corn placing the crop two weeks
in advance of normal, the report
brings out Conditions of the corn
crop Jay was second highest on
record mt % per cent, compared to 80
per cent in 1920, and SO per cent in
1919, and l0-year average of "a per
cent The acreage is reported as l.
100000 or / per cent larger than in
1920. Tho large increase in silos dur
ing the year has had much to do with
the increase.
The First Presbyterian the First
Methodist and the 81. Paurs English
Lutheran cn. rches of Neonah, have
received $500. bequeathed them by the