Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-11-21

WAS notified that she will receive |
BITS 900 from the estate OF George
Youngs, a rich Chicagoan. Mrs. Bak-
er's mother died at her birth, and ner
father. then poor and unable TO care
for the child, allowed her to be ADOPT
ed bv an Elkhorn family named Man
ming. Twelve years ago she married
William Baker In the meantime,
Youngs. her father, had wandered lar
and finally made a fortune, returning
To Chicago. He sought to trace MS
daughter, and some time ago sent MS
son. her brother, to Elkhorn to IND
her An automobile salesman called
ON the Bakers and tried to sell high
priced car and was informed that they
"would buy a small car of well known
make" because it twas easier on
tires"
A case of mistaken identity IN when
a goose was taken for one or Racine
prominent citizens caused near
scandal in Racine recently. An elder
ly lady boarded a local street car Win
a goose under her arm. When she
had ridden few blocks the blrd es-
caped and wandered up the aisle.
p1 city young fapper was sitting VITA
one of Racine's portly first cltlzens.
Suddenly she sprang up and slapped
him. saving at the same time: what
do YOU mean?" The situation was
saved when the conductor pulled the
goose from under the seat, and re-
turned it to it's owner. What dld the
goose do?
The charge of attempted poisoning
of her son, Delbert, which was lodged
against pretty 36-year-old Myrtle
Schaude. Whitewater, Walworth coun-
tv widow, was dismissed Friday by
mutual agreement OF Dist. Atty. Al
fred F. Godfrey and her attorneys
I,uce &, Wilson. In it's place was sub
stituted a warrant charging Mrs.
Schaude with first degree murder for
the death of her husband, Edward, IN
March. 1922. Ernest Kufahl in jail
at Elkhorn is charged jointly WIN
the widow in the death of her first
husband
Dane county has the highest prop
erty value of any county in the state
with the exception of Milwaukee coun-
ty, and has a total of so per cent
greater than it's nearest neighbors, ac-
cording to figures given out by n. II.
Briggs, county assessor OF incomes.
The valuation place on Dane county
this year is $239 ,672, 652. Racine coun-
tv is next in the state with $153,538,-
! 845. All taxes in Dane count have
doubled in the last five years, accord
| ing to Assessor Briggs.
John Stevens, 20, and Henry Paw
las, 10, Green Bay, members OF the
Oneida Indian tribe, and Jos. Kohl, Is,
of Cambridge, were arrested Thursday
nv Sheriff Smith, Jefferson county, on
a statutory charge, and were brought
to the county jail They were ar
| raigned before Justice Buss. The men
are said to have attacked Deert1eld
girl on the night of Oct. %, in the
! town of Concord. The girl was re-
Gently expelled from the Deerfield
high school,
Two Arctic ducks, evidently lost IN
| the early morning rain storm one day
| last week, flew straight at the Wlnd
Point lighthouse, crashed through Inc
| outer glass, broke two OF the lenses Oh
the beacon light within and fell dead
at the bottom of the tower. Light
house officials say this species OF duck
! flies at a velocity of from 70 to ~
miles an hour.
The charred remains Of Henry Gill
hansen, 49, Amigo, bachelor recluse,
were found in the ruins of his one
story frame house in the town OF Roll
ing. The position of the body 1ndl-
Gated that he had been in bed or IN
chair. undoubtedly asleep, when the
fame-eaten supports gave way anu
tho unnar norton of the house fell i'll
! the cellar.
"My son is girl crazy-fnd him and
lock him up asserted G. W. Schwln-
gle. Avoca, Wis, according to Madl-
son police Thursday. Mr.. SchWlngle
declared that his son, Rennie, ran
away from home, driving a car ais
father had given him, and reports IN
dicated that he was in Madison. TIE
car carried a license plate NO. 34l-IIo
l.. A. Jensen and j. j. Qu1gley, OF
Edgerton, appeared in the munlclpal
court at GAINESVILLE recently to plead
guilty to a complaint charging pos
session of privately manufactured dis
titled liquor. They drew fines OF SloO
and costs or 80 days in jail, and TOOK
| the Jail term.
At the hearing for Lawrence BLOCK
a Milwaukee youth, charged with tax
ing the auto of Frank Croak, James
vile, without the owners consent
was held for trial and the case set FOL
trial. In default of $1,000 bail, BlocR
was committed to the county jail.
Leo Rock, s, Merrill, was instantly
killed by his 12-year-old brother, Joe
when the latter attempted to hanc
him a .22-calbre rifle. They had beer
hunting squirrels Sunday afternoon
miles from Tomahawk when the acct
dent occurred.
Ole T. Rossebo, GAINESVILLE, was
handed a sentence of $1,000 on eacf
count when he was convicted by
Jury on two counts of violation OF th(
liquor law. Rossebo decided to take
year in Jail which was offered him as
an alternate.
]. c. Craig, rooming at 222 Monons
avenue, Madison, who confessed K
the theft of a fur overcoat from the