Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-12
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Christ Christensen, Smells Station
farmer, was gored to deuuh by a bull
which he was trying to lead into the
Darn. Neighbors worked five hours
trying to lassOO the bill
Several groups Of paper mill work
ers a; Neenah- Menasha have walked
out as protest against wage cuts
forced on them by employers. One
lal sc mill has shut down and another
is working with a reduced force.
Emil Kunz, Mayyille section hand,
was fined $40 and costs for peeping
in windows of homes at night. Com
plant was made by women that the
man was disturbing the quiet of the
family circta by his wier0 actions
Flames swept the 3-story building
Of Barlow Seelig Hardware company
at RipOn, causing damage of $85 900.
Two firemen were overcome by smoke
and five firemen injured. One man
was thrown 80 feet by the force Of
nose pressure.
Roy Williams, 30, was found dead
hanging from the rafters of a barn
south of Delavan Lake, tuesday last.
Bert COnklin, father-l1iaw OF the
suicide, was found dead in the same
barn few weeks ago, a victim of
heart disease.
Janesvii4c is the center of coal
storage for the Northwestern system,
and $4,000 tons Of the precious sub
stance is piled in the yards there
$4,000 tons have been piled at Bel
videre, ILL.,, to keep the engines on
the move during the strike.
Loss of several COWS in the town of
Greenvillc, north of Neenah, has led
farmers to bel;eve that some disease
is abroad causing fatalities. Three
farmers Of hat vicinity report the
loss of cows from some unknown
cause in a short space of time.
Plans of the state highway commits
sion call for 425.32 miles of concrete
road to be built in the state this year.
The mileage is about even divided
among the lake shore counties except
Vernon which gets $50 miles; Dane,
2.25 miles; and Green rs miles.
Funeral services were held at
GAINESVILLE for Mr.. and Mrs. George
Denniston, formerly of GAINESVILLE
who drowned at DaytOna Beach, Fla,
recently. Mr.. Denniston left step
mother and one brother, Charles, and
Mrs. Denniston is survived by her
brother John Foster and sister, Lab
lie, o. GAINESVILLE.
Robert Dwyer, engineer, spied
huge sturgeon near the river shore at
Neillsyille, and was overcome with
desire to kill it. Dwyer secured
pike pole and made several lunges
after the fish, finally losing his bal
ance. He fell into the river and was
swept over the dam. Onlookers de-
voted their time to rescuing the man
and the big fish got away.
Simon Johnson, Green Bay, wears
a four-leaf clover in his button hole
Johnson went to the cellar to build
little fire to take the chill off before
he went to bed. A chunk of coal was
too large for the furnaacea and John
son split it open. A chunk of dyna-
mite big enough to wreck the house,
fell out. Johnson went to bed with
out a fire. Under his pillow was the
four-leaf clover
Donald Meyers, 2, son of PATROL
man Ben Meyers, Superior, swallow
ed needle two months ago. Efforts
to locate the needle were futile Re-
Gently the mother noticed a pimple
on the child's leg and took him to a
doctor. The needle, bright as new,
was drawn out. The doctor thought
it was marvellous the needle had not
pierced a vital organ in its down
ward path to the leg.
The attorney general has ruled that
dry agents may not raid private
homes without due process of law,
even though such home be the resi-
dences of prOprietors of soft drink
parlOrs. officers searched the place
of business of VIM. Hack, Mineral
Point, and extended the search to Mr.
Hacks rooms. The parlor was bare of
liquor but a pint of whiskey and
small quantity of wine were found in
Hacks rooms. The case was dis
missed.
The attorney general has ruled that
the state superintendent of public in
structiOn is without authority to
withhold state school money unless
condemned school buildings are re-
built Repairs may be required on
penalty of loss of state aid, but as the
opinion reads, the state superinten-
dent cannot withhold from a school
district any money to which it would
otherwise be entitled, for failure to
erect new school building when
ordered by the superintendent"
Charles H. CIownhart, reviser of
statutes and political adviser to Gov.
B.1ine, was appointed Wednesday to
tire Wisconsin Supreme bench to sue
c>ed former Chef Justice Robt G.
Siebecker, who died Feb. II. Mr..
Crownhart will stand for reelection
for the regular ten-year term in April, |
1923. The new justice was the first
chairman of the Wisconsin industrial
commission. He was campaign man
ager for La Toilette in 1916, and held |
the same post for Gov Blaine in 1920. |
Dynamite, the brand Of whiskey |
Trougolt Eberhardt, owner of the |
William Tell inn, near New GIarus, |
sold over the bar to patrons, cost him |
fine of $4,000 when Judge George |
Grimm heard his plea OF guilty in
circuit court at GAINESVILLE. This is
the heaviest fine assessed against |
llNnOT law -,