Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-03
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

his wife, formerly Mrs. Mabel Kirby
Kreemen, whom he married last De-
cember Strand says he isn't guilty.
Farm work in southern Wisconsin
started with more or less OF whoop
last week when farmers, nearly
month behind with their work, were
able to get into the fields. Seeding
began at once and by Saturday large
areas had been planted to oats.
Sam Zouvas, Beloit, proprietor of
Greek restaurant where one John
Slack was shot by Nick Pappas,
Greek, three weeks ago, was given
his choice Of $1,000 fine or eight
months in jail for vending booze
Zouvas took the jail. He is second
offender
VIM. Ten Eyck, Beloit, and Carl
Adrynola, Madison, were given their
choice of fines of $1,000 each or six
months in Jail by Judge Clark at
Bel0it The men were convicted OF
bookkeeping They chose Jail. All
Sunday and holidays must be spent
in solitary confinement.
Richard Doran, Merrill, convicted
of subornation of perjury, was given
two years in states prison. Doran
was accused of attempting to frame"
his wife for misconduct with her half
brother and of attempting to induce
a detective to swear that he had wit
messed the alleged misconduct.
After being separated for % years,
Frank and Anna Kabat, La Crosse,
were remarked in January. Now
Frank wants a divorce, claiming that
Anna threw him out of the house and
shot his clothes after because he OBJ
iected to attentions a man was paying
his daughter, maiden of mature
years. The couple have four grown
children.
Hartwell Farwell, Vienna farmer
charged with the murder of Phillip
Houston, last winter, has changed his
plea from insanity to self defense.
His defense is now built on plea
that he was saving his sisters honor
and to protect the family name. Far
we'll shot Houston with a revolver
and attempted to burn the corpse in
a haystack Travellers saw the stack
burning and found the body. The
trial opened Monday.
Christian H. Suetmeier, Mcfarland,
has brought suit for $4,000 each
against Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hubbard
and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Lewis, fell
low citizens of the village. Suet-
meier, as janitor of the village school,
was forced to resign because he also
held the position as president OF the
school board. The law fOrbids dual
holding of position The lawsuit
grew out of alleged ISLANDERS uttered
by the defendants in disfavor OF the
ianitor-president, who says his good
name has been injured.
For spearing fish on the Onion river
Peter Nieterman bingham, paid
fine of $50 at ShebOygan. Arthur w.
Baasch, young man who shot ducks,
paid a similar fine. Baasch hunted on
the Mullet river between Plymouth
and Crystal Lake. Our fOrefathers,
who lived mainly on the results OF the
chase would have felt outraged had
they been fined for fishing and shoot
ing at any time of the year Modern
conditions have taken away individual
liberty in matters like this and in
other ways also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Watry, Port
Washington, returned home to find
their daughter. Kate, propped up
against the wall of the sitting room In
the house, with her body bathed in
blood from a bullet wound in her
temple. her arm resting across her
feet. On the floor lay the body of
Peter Gibbs, with a bullet hole in
his head. The revolver that had
dealt death twice, lay near Gibbs
stiffened fingers, two chambers dis
charged. The reason for the tragedy
is taxing the minds of relatives and
friends of the couple.
Twenty-one accidents at public rail
crossings during the last three
months were reported by the rail-
road commission Tuesday. Six of the
accidents resulted in death and there
were fourteen injuries reported. In
20 of the cases, automobiles were in
yolved with four persons killed and
13 injured Steam railroads reported
a total of "a accidents other than at
crossings, which resulted in Is deaths
and 80 injuries. Z of the killed were
trespassers. This brief slice across
modern industrial life in one COM
dangers surrounding life.
dangers surrounding the age.
Mrs. Lucy A. Chapman, the first
white girl born in Fond du Lac
county, died the past week at the
age of 50 years. 1t is remarkable to
note that the span of time between a
painless wilderness inhabited by In
dams and wild game and present de-
velopment in this state, was fully
covered in the life of one woman, who.
as child played in the woods with
the Indian maidens from the camps
near her fathers cabin. At that time
the oxcart or horseback were the me-
thods of travel and the settlers from
the more civilized east slowly wound
their way into the forests and prair-
les Of Wisconsin and established their
rude homes. Mrs. Chapman saw the
woods disappear and the farm clear
ings grow She saw the city develop
into a trading center. She saw the
herds of nondescript cattle give way
to blooded stock equal to any in the
land. AS a grandmother and great
grandmother she saw the hand of civ
ilization encroach more and more up
on the wilds she knew in her youth.
Mrs. Chapman leaves two daughters
and several grandchildren and great
grandchildren.