Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-31
NEARBY NOTES

er, guilty Of the first degree murder
of Mrs. Irene Van Brocklin. Knies
kern was tried twice, beng convicted
each time. Mr.. and Mrs. Van Brock
lin, WCOdchoppers on the Knieskcrn
farm, were found shot to death i'll
their cabin. Knieskern was accused
of the crime on the theory that he had
attempted assault upon the woman,
was surprised by her husband and
killed both in an attempt to cover UP
his misdeeds. He stolidly maintained
his innocence. showing no emotion
when the verdict was read.
The body of a dead man, supposed
to be Fred Conrad, Hibbing, Mimi,
from a card found in his pocket, was
found in the ice compartment OF an
[. G.. refrigerator car at East Dubu-
que, last Monday Two railroad men
made the grewsome disco very. About
$4,000 in cash, a diamond ring and
pass book showing $4,000 deposits
were found on the body. The coroner
has an interesting mystery to I'M
tangle.
The federal government has an
nounced that private intesests must
take over anG maintain the Galena
River locks now abandoned, or the
historical piece Of engineering will
be blown up. The locks were built
years ago to make the river nayiGable
from the Mississippi to Galena. Ga
lena citizens are bringing pressure to
bear on the government to keep the
locks up
Charles Fl. Taylor, Il, Dodgeville,
resident Of Iowa county for so years,
died last Monday after an illness Of
five years. Mr.. Taylor was a Ken
tuckian by ancestry. He was a gradu-
ate Of the University of Wisconsin, in
business at Arena for years. His
widow and adopted daughter survive.
Richland county board meets this
week to straigLtcn out a tangle in
which bank or banks shall be the
county depository. The county board
voted to divide the deposits all over
the county aud make one bank its ac-
tive bank for genera checking. 1t
failed to designate the active bank.
william J. Virtue, Hanover resi-
dent, took his life by cutting his
throat At the inquest the widow tes-
titled that Virtue had chopped two
toes off while cutting wood the day
before he died and had complained of
a bad headache. The jury brought IN
a verdict of suicide
Arthur Smith. Stockton druggist,
has received his appointment as pro
hibition director OF Illinois at sal
airy Of $4,000 a year. Smith stands in
with ''the federal crowd" to which
group Of politicians Senator McCor-
mick and Representative Mckinley
belong
Loretto M 10y Of Benton, died at
Dubuque Monday of last week of in
iuries received when she was hit by
a street car Miss Meloy and a COM
pani0n were crossing the street Wien
when a car hit them. Deceased, aged
50, was born and raised at Benton.
CLYDE Bourne %, Stockton farmer,
was dragged TO death when his team
ran away late Friday nigh Bourne
was found unconscious and died soon
after A wheel came off the rig at
rought spot in the road, causing the
team TO run away
Chas. Utgraw, aged resident or
Wyoming, Iowa county, had one leg
broken Wllile choppng wood in the
timber A tree he had chopped
through caught and then slid on him.
The old man gamely CraWled home
tor aid
Moipin Forseth Dolgeville driving
a Ford and more interested a pail
Of oysters than he was in keeping to
the road, ran into on electric pole,
breaking it square off at the ground.
The Ford escaped with slight damage.
Sergt Marshall b. Davies, native of
Dodgeville who enlisted in the regu-
lar army and attained the rank of
"non-com", has passed his entrance
examination for West Point Military
academy
Anthony Poyolsky, working on the
Shea farm near Cobb, had two bones
broken below the light knee when a
log he had loaded slipped back on him.
H. II. Biddick of iowa county, sold
a carload Of Angus steers for $11.40
per cwt on the Chicago market
1t is reported that the Black Jack
mine, an old producer at Galena will
reopen in the spring.
Mrs John LeS9ke, old resident OF
Wyoming, Iowa county, died last
week at the age of SO.
The Dodgeville tax rate is $2,40 per
hundred, or zoe per hundred less than
a year ago
Samuel Poad, aged so, died at Lin
den Monday.
The Grant Austin family, Of Gilling
ham vicinity had the misfortune to
be thrown out of house and home last
week Wednesday afternoon, by fire
which completely destroyed their ten
room frame house, together with its
entire contents. The family were
away from home when the fire broke
out and when discovered the flames
had made such Roadway that it was
impossible to save any OF the furni-
ture The piano was got as far as the
porch but the heat drove the workers
away and it was burned. In the base
ment Of the destroyed house was
stored the familys winter supply OF
canned goods as well as a large sup
ply Of meats placed there but a short