Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-25
NEWS FROM ALL
AROUND WISCONSIN

DeSpOndent because mis- affections
for the girl he loved had been
scorned, Leo Wick, "a, Spring Lake,
shot and seriously wounded Emma
Baker, %, at Berlin, and then ended
his own life Wick went to bakery
where the girl was employed and
without warning began firing at her.
The first shot struck Miss Baker III
the roof of the mouth and she fell to
the floor Wick then sat down and
turned the gun on himself.
Persons convicted under the Sever
son prohibition act may not be sent
TO state S prison. w. w. Gilman, as
sistant attorney general, has ruled III
an opinion to State Prohibition Com
missioner Smith. Judges, in impos-
ing sentence for Imprisonment, must
send the convicted person to jail, the
attorney general rules. 1t is pointed
out that violation of the act is mis-
demeanor and not a felony.
Upwards Of 10000 automobile own
ers in the state have yet to apply fO1
their 1922 green and white license
plates The applications are now
pouring into Madison at the rate OF
5000 a day, but many will be without
licenses when the automobile license
inspectors Sldi L IIlCIl GICcLA4- hp N.AA1A
paign in the next few days. Applica-
tiOns for license are filled within "a
hours from receipt of order.
Josiah Barfeld, former cashier of
the list National bank at Lake Geneva,
sought for four years on three war
rants charging the embezzlement cf
$45, 900 from a relatives estate, was
arrested in Milwaukee Wednesday,
ID
claimed in Barfield's defense that he
had made restitution OF $4,000 OF tine
funds before he left Lake Geneva.
A fire, supposed to have started
from a cigaret stub Quilted the DAILY
. Opera House, barber shop and Il
shoe repair shop at Wisconsin Rapids
Saturday week ago, causing loss
Of $4,000 Water thrown on the fire,
frOze where it fell, making it peril
GUS to fight the flames. The opera
house was landmark, having been
built forty years ago.
Hog cholera in wisconsin was held
to q minimum in the past year when
outbreaks occurred in % counties on
1876 farms Rock county headed the
list with &c different outbreaks and
Grant county was second with ~.
Dane county had Ia. In general the
wisconsin farmers escaped the Vlr-
ulent wave of cholera experienced in
many states.
The Richland Center fair associa-
ton at it's recent meeting found that
it in debt $1,000 The reason is that
while other counties have rainy fair
weeks Richland county has cloud
bursts Last year with thousands OF
dollars up in purses for fast horses
and a new $4,000 amphitheatre the
track was lake all week.
Cutting two valuable spruce trees
on the property of Magnus Swenson,
Madison, in order to decorate for
Christmas dance, cost members of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity $3.50, when
settlement was made Wednesday.
The money will be used, Swenson
says, for protecting the natural beau
ties Of Madison.
Seven coaches Of a Milwaukee road
train were derailed in wreck out OF
pewaukee Friday Traffic was tied
up for three hours. NO one was hurt.
Arrests increased II per cent III
three months ending Jan. Is, at she
boygan The police attribute the in
crease to mOOnshine.
The largest mOonshine still found
thus far i'll Langlade county was To-
Gated in the town of Polar last week.
Ahout t,00N Gallons of mash were de-
stroyed. Only five gallons Of liquor
were lOunu. The owner OF Cne atill
has not been apprehended.
Frank Harding, Harold Gaulke and
Ed. King were arrested at Rice Lake
on the charge q burgIarizing the
Fair store at that place Harding and
CtaulkC pleaded not guilty King
pleaded not guilty. Most of the loot
was recovered
1t cost Green county $500 to sue
ce8sfully fight the claim OF Judge
j. A Becker, Ousted during the war.
for SO 300 and interest Becker said
he was 0uSted in error and took the
case to the supreme cou". where he
lost his case,
Sheboygan's new anti-vermin or
dinanue was brought into action III
municipal court when Leonard Ev-
ersdyk was arraigned by Health Com
missioner Reich. on q charge OF fail
ing to properly care for the heads Ct
his seven children.
Because Ernest Meyer, Monroe,
had single ounce Of moonshine III
his possession when raided by the
authorities. he was held 10 rviolation
law The officers also found moon
shine outfit in the Meyer home.
The population of the state reform
atory at Green Bay is about 400 and
4 number Of men are waiting i'll jails
for admittance A new building to
be ready in July, will house 500 more
inmates.
Struck by an automobile and rolled
for nearly block under the wheels,
Jacobson EtllxhOT'n school
teacher. got up, brushed herself off
aud walked away. She was only
bruised
na1tweu FarwelI. Windsor farmer,
charged with killing Theopile Hous-
ten and burning the body in hay
stack. pleaded not guilty at his pre-
liminary trial at Madison.
Ada. The 5-year-old daughter of Mr..
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