Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27


certain farming localities near Wa
tertown that C. A Harper, state
health officer, threatens to take
hand in the situation unless the
quarantine rules are rigidly enforced.
In the Valley school district IA cases
are reported and there are three other
cases in the township. There are al
so a number of cases in Water town,
and Dr.. F. G. Hanley, city health Off
GER, is threatening to use police meas
ures if folks do not respect quaran-
tine rules. One school recently had
to close for several weeks owing to
spread of contagious diseases among
pupils Hundreds of persons are be-
ing vaccinated. 1t is charged by the
health authorities that in many fam
lilies the sick person has not been
isolated.
Fred Hungerford, Edgewater, tried
at Brentwood on a shooting charge,
was given a year in Waupun. Will
liam Dobis, with whom Hungerford
fought a duel on the main street of
the village, will be tried later At
present an impartial jury cannot be
secured The fight grew out of long
standing feud. W. H. Beaver, inno-
cent bystander, received wound
that sent him to a hospital
The fire department of Sturgeon
Bay responding to a fire call, found
no fire, but horse mired in the mud
along the water front and almost
holding the horses head above the
water. The animal was about ex-
hausted when the firemen arrived on
+hn A q
animals neck and he was dragged to
safety Oh shore.
The cost of deer tags bought by
Wisconsin hunters will be so cents
this year instead of Is cents as in the
past, due to a change in the law APP
proved Wednesday by Gov. Blaine.
Thousands of these tags are sold each
year to spOrtsmen who check their
deer The conservation commission
estimates that it's revenue will be in
creased several thousands Of dollars
by the change.
After celebrating only 20 minutes
a jury containing four women freed
Peter Litza, Hurley, of the charge of
shooting with intent to do great harm
to Stanley Cybulski. The alleged as
sault took place December 4, when
according to Cybulski, he went to
MusseraccO's saloon to buy moon
shine. He admitted he was intoXi-
Gated at the time.
Mrs. Kate Daley, now on trial on q
charge Of numbering her husband,
Jack Daley, Chicago, in their road
house near La Crosse, said that her
husband came home drunk on the
night of the shooting and started to
abuse and threaten her She tried to
reach the revolver and in the strug
gle for the weapon the gun was dis
charged.
Providing weather conditions con-
tinue favorable, Oneida and other
northern Wisconsin counties will
have an enormous BURBERRY crop this
summer 1t is believed the BURBERRY
production will equal that of three
years ago when the yield broke all
records in upper Wisconsin.
Chas. Ohm, Fond du Lac, who re-
Gently committed suicide in Waupun
where he was serving a sentence for
the murder of his sOnin-law, left an
estate of 100000, according to recent
probate of his affairs The heirs are
a daughter, widow of the murdered
man, and a son.
Chester Tyler, residing near Evans
Vile, narrowly escaped death when a
milk wagon he was driving was
struck by a Northwestern train.
Tyler and the horses escaped injury.
The truck and milk cans were demol-
ished, milk flying in all directions.
The senate voted 100000 WedneS
day for Improvement of the leyee at
Portage. The money is to be used to
strengthen the present structure,
which protects lowlands to the east
from rising waters Of the Wisconsin
river
The state department of markets
has men at work enforcing the egg
Gambling order All eggs packed for
sale outside the state must be
candled Each candled case will bear
a certificate evidencing the freshness
John McInnis, 5, Green Bay, was
run over and injured by an automo-
bile while his mother stepped away
to buy an ice cream cone. He died N
a hospital two hours later.
Winfred G. label Milwaukee, form
er district attorney, was acquitted of
charges of attempted extortion and
conspiracy to defeat justice. The trial
was sensational.
Lyle Nelson, %, Green Bay, waded
beyond his depth in Fox river and
was drowned. The body was recoy-
cred.