Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21

Leaving a note to his wife, stating
he feared going insane, VIM. Spar
row, 70, wealthy Chicagoa shot him.
self at his private lodge near Three
Lakes.
Milk to the amount of 147,795,000
pounds and valued at $3,000,238 was
produced on Winnebago county farms
during 1928 The average production
for each cow was 500
Pleading guilty to statutory Of
Tense involving 16-year-old girl, Jas.
Roubal, 20, Manitowoc taxi driver,
was sentenced to two years in states
prison. He is married and has one
child.
Five young women and two men
were held up and robbed of all their
money and valuables, including
diamond ring, by two armed auto
| bandits, seven miles west OF Eau
Claire on highway II.
| Thousands of gallons of pre-Vol-
stead beer was run into the sewer at
Green Bay when U. S. officials opened
| the drain pits Of the Hochgrave brew
ing company The company was con-
victed of violating the Volstead act
The feud in the Italian quarter at
|
Half a dozen shots were fired at Sam
Cavelli when he stepped from his
store. CavelIi dropped to the ground
and the firing ceased. None of the
shots hit him.
Paul Nyhus, state reporter, says
rye acreage is about 10 percent be-
| low pre-war years and winter wheat
/ is 10 percent under last year and 81
ply is 80 percent of normal. Farmers
are attempting to get along with as
! little help as possible.
! Store thieves working undisturbed
through the early Sunday hours, Sc
cured $4,000 worth of merchandise
| from the Holmes General Merchandise
| Co. store at Milton. Entrance was
made through a cellar window and
the goods were removed with truck.
Herman Schuland, Lomira, was ac-
Quilted of the death of Leoma Wag-
! ner on S. r. l.. Is last fall. The jury
was out one hour and 10 minutes.
The case of the state broke down
when chemist testified that STAINS
on Schuland's car did not respond 10
! tests for blood.
The ashes of DR.. Paul S. Relnsch,
| former U. S. minister to China, are
aboard the naval transport, Chau-
mont, bound for America. DR.. Relnsch,
a Wisconsin man, died in Shanghai
wear ago January. His body was Gre
mated and the ashes held until the
government arranged for their con-
duct to the United States.
Geo. A. Peterson, q, Fort Sherl-
dan soldier on 16-day furlough at RAJ
4oI0 nj
Chicago. Near Kenosha the car be-
came mired. Authorities grabbed
Anderson before he could get out OF
the mud. Peterson was given a year
in Green Bay reformatory by civil au-
tborities He began serving his SEN
tence Monday.
"Going to bed with the chickens,
is a saying not very closely followed
these DAYS. However, there is Wo-
man living near GAINESVILLE who had
311 small chicks one evening and the
next morning had 800. During the
night rats got away with 100 of her
pets. The woman arranged cot IN
the hrooder house, and now every
night she guards her chicks by beng
with them.
Unaware of the death of her three
weeks-old daughter and that funeral
services were being held at that very
hour. Mrs. August Kohls of Brandon
died Sunday of pleural pneumonia
PHYLLIS Dorothy, the daughter, died on
Friday. Members of the family DID
not tell the mother, fearing the shock
might kill her. She grew gradually
worse and died without knowledge OF
the babes death.
BURGLARS for the second time in one
wear tried to open the Ballantine and
Frederick garage at Pra. du Chen on
Monday morning of last week.
heavy charge of nitroglycerine blew
the door partly off but the yeggmen
fled before they obtained any booty.
They had battered the locks off from
three doors before being able to reach
the office from the rear. Tools were
stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop
to make the entrance.
The body of Mrs. Ella Bonack, 80,
wife of a Mayville farmer, was found
in the river above the Hu5tltOrd dam
last Monday by searching parties.
Mrs. Bonack disappeared Sunday and
a search was begun the same day.
Bloodhounds were used but the AMI
mails lost the trail on the river bank.
| After much further searching the
party decided to open the dam. 10
minutes later the body was found at
the bottom of the river. The woman
was a victim of a nervous breakdown.
Mrs. Cora Wadey of Belleville was
awarded judgment in her suit for d.
vorce from Dr. B. J. Wadey, proml-
nent physician of the village. the
doctor is directed to pay his wife the
sum of $4,000 in cash by July |, make
transfer by deed of the home and
furniture and give her a paid up life
insurance policy of $1,425. He must
also pay his wife's attorneys fees.
The wife gets custody OF q ceven-year-
old son. Mrs Wadey sued Miss Mat
tie Wilson, former postmistress, for
damages, but lost the action.