Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-07

Abbotsford, without the assistance
of the state, is erecting a $4,000 ar
mory and community sbuilding The
structure, 139x72, of brick and tile,
will be ready for use nextsMay.
Leonard Habeck, Wisconsin Rapids,
betrayed oy the 'moonshine shower"
through the ceiling of the Cozy cafe,
was sentenced to four motnhs at hard
labor in the Wood county Jail.
Jos. Lavine, former Marinette store
keeper, located in New York after an
eight months search, pleaded guilty at
Marinette to freight car thefts and
was given five years in Waupun.
The body of Morris Prindiville,
found on a wharf at Bay st. Louis,
Miss, and thought for time to be
that of Clyde K. Stephens, was taken
to Plymouth, Wis, and buried last
Wednesday.
Fred Sablenski, II, Park Falls, was
fatally scalded when he fell into a vat
of boiling water at the plant Of the
Butternut Veneer Co. The youth was
rescued Immediately but died within a
few hours.
The state board of health has been
called into consultation to help Mad
isOn authorities trace the source of
the scarlet fever epidemic in the capt.
toll city. The city milk supply is under
observation.
Mrs. Lucille Daugherty Wisconsin
Rapids, charged with shooting into a
crowd from her home and killing one
Adolph Virum, paper mill worker,
goes to trial at the spring term of the
circuit court.
700 gallons of sacramental wine
were stolen from the warehouse of the
Be'Nai Zedek Jewish congregation at
Kenosha. The rabbi reported the loss
to the police. Each Jewish family is
allowed ten gallons of wine a year
Edison Osborn, employed by the Ow-
en- Lbr. Co. at Marshf1eld, was haul
ing coal with windlass when the
cable fouled. In attempting to release
the cable the windlass handle got
away and struck the man between the
eyes.
Two deaths in the same house
marked the passing of Henry New
man, 70, and his brother-in-law, Wm4
Barnehl, Sc, at Barron. There had
been a flu epidemic Mr. Newman died
first and two hours later Mr.. Barnehl
passed away
Louis Anderson, Sturgeon Bay far
mer, was saved from being gored to
death by an enraged bull by the time
ly assistance of his shepherd dog. The
dog engaged the bull while the injured
man crept to safety. Anderson was
badly crushed but will recover.
A renegade dog of large size is lead
ing large pack of wolves in the vicin-
ity of Park Falls, farmers claim. The
dog has been seen and tracked and
hs bark can be plainly heard at night
The pack has been responsible for nu-
merous depredatiOns and the dog is
said to be the astute leader of the pack
r. d. Gorham, mayor Of Monroe, and
Andrew Lewis, also Monroe, two of
the states star witnesses in the pros
ecution of Victor Arnold, former head
of the Madison Bond Co., are dead.
The states case is weakened by the
recent death of these men, it claims.
Kenosha police are seeking "Slip-
perry Duke" Peterson on charge of
establishing love nest with a girl of
II years. Peterson and the girl were
in the district attorneys office and
while the officials were making out a
warrant, '""Duke" slipped out. The
girl was paroled.
The Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. has
installed lotion caterpillar tractor to
haul pulp wood to Necedah, and is
hauling 20 cords at a time. Huge
sleighs holding cords of wood each
are pulled in tow of the tractor. The
machine has a capacity of 40 cords or
five sleigh loads.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Vera
Matheson, charged with the shooting
of her husband, failed to agree and
was discharged The case was tried
at Black River Falls. Mrs. Matheson
shot her husband three times when he
came to q camp where she was stay
ing with one Thos. Henshall last fall.
Both defendants pleaded guilty to
intimacy and were given three years
in prison. The woman was paroled
but Henshall must serve his time.
John G. Olson, La Crosse track
worker, was trying to support a wife
and three children on a salary of ST.
40 a week. Work was scarce and the
family needed food and clothing. One
day he stole 1915 from the funds of
the railroad union he was secretary
of. Olson was sentenced to one year
in Waupun upon his plea of guilty.
Now the authorities are seeking to
have his sentence mitigated so that
he can support his family.