Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-03

Carl Evanston, alias John Bond paid
his fine and costs amounting to $3.50
Monday, and was released from the
Crawford county Jail, where he has
been residing since the time of his ar
rest at the Gays Mills fair for mis-
treating the 18th amendment. His
freedom proved very limited, for after
his release he was turned over to
Sheriff Simmins of Darlington, where
he is wanted for breaking Jail and
other charge s.-Press.
The Division Of Markets has issued
an order that fresh eggs must be fresh
eggs. 1t has been the custom of some
egg producers to store fall eggs and
put them on the market when eggs are
scarce and high in the early winter.
Eggs of this kind are held to be un-
merchantable, and will be returned to
the producer, and prosecution may
follow, if the deceit is found wilful on
the part of the seller.
Wing Sing, Chinaman, operating
laundry at Dodgeville, disappeared six
months ago. He left a sign: Away
on business; back next week" Weeks
rolled by but Sing failed to appear.
Last week the owner of the building
took legal measures to open the place,
secure possession anu give patrons
their laundry.
A coroner's jury at Rockford found
that Miss Syea Olson, p, nurse who
was brought to St. AntOny's hospital
in a dying condition, died Of heart
failure. 1t is presumed that the un-
known man who brought her home
was a stranger who picked the girl up
on the street and assisted her to the
hospital.
Thos. Kelly, who has been the faith
full pumpman at the railroad station
at Ipswich for number of years,
was retired last week, having been re-
tanned year and half after passing
the age limit of 70 years. He will now
remain at home and go into the chick
en- business next spring.-Mail.
Al. Shepherd, Hanover farmer, was
filled with birdshot fired from gun
in the hands of his house keeper, Mrs.
Eva Shoemaker. The woman drove to
town with Shepherd, and a doctor
took $50 shot from the mans anatomy.
Neither Shepherd nor his housekeep-
er will talk of the affair.
Berney Coyle and Arthur Connolly
were fined $3.50 each at Richland Cen
ter for violating the prohibition laws.
Leo Keller, pleading guilty to violat-
ing the same law was fined $500.
Florence Keller was given month in
Jail for the same offense and released
on probation
Aldro Johnson, Dodgeville cream
cry man, poured live steam in a wood
en- key to cleanse it. Parafin melted
keg top blew out and Aldro suffered
a bruised hand and one broken finger.
Cream was scattered all over the
place.
Cuba City is to spend $4,000 to i'm
prove a park in that village. $4,000
of this sum was appropriated from the
village treasury, and permission was
granted from the American Red Cross
to use $1,000 of money left in the
treasury since the close of the war.
According to ruling by Judge A.
c. Hoppman in Dane county circuit
court, any person may prevent park
ing of vehicles in front of his prem
ises The suit was instigated by a
Madison hotel TO stop a cab company
from parking in front of the hotel.
George Williams, Livingston hign
school boy playing baseball at Bosco-
bel, was hit in the cheek by an In
shoot directed from the hands of
Howard Ferris, pitching for Bosco-
bel. Williams was unconscious for
two hours, but recovered.
Twenty-four cans containing $4,000
trout fry were brought to Boscobel
last week and placed in streams of the
adjoining territory. The streams
flowing north to the Wisconsin river
are springfield and natural habitat
of the trout
The moving picture theatre at Ell
roy, had a fire last Thursday night
that destroyed two picture machines
and nine reels of film. The fire start
ed in a reel of film while it was being
reproduced at show.
Sufficient stock has been sold to in
sure the building of a canning factory
at Spring Green to can apples, toma-
toes, pumpkin, beans, strawberries,
etc. The building of the factory will
start this fall.
The new Masonic Temple at Sparta,
was dedicated on Sept. 18th, and the
event is said to have brought 900
Masons together The structure is
fine one, costing about $4,000.
Chas Tremaine, Cobb farmer, sold
so acres a mile and half south of the
village to Alfred Nagel of Cobb. The
sale price was $3.50 an acre. Nagel
takes possession March 1st.
Boscobel boasts a pickle factory, or
to be more exact a sailing station,
that has sailed 2,400 bushels of GU
cumbers during the season. The price
paid for them was 50 per 100 pounds.
The Central State Bank of Bosco-
bel has installed a burglar alarm sys-
TEN similar to that put in by other
banks in this territory.