Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

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seining for carp in Lake Koshkonong.
Merrill Chamberlin, IA, Clinton,
shot himself following being scolded
by his stepmother. Merrill went to
the home of his grandparents for a
rifle to commit the deed with.
Leaving a note that said he would
never be seen again alive, Harry Pan
kow, New London, disappeared and
has not been seen since. PankoW said
he had lost his all and was tired of
life.
Geo KEGS, SO, Dancy farmer, plead
ed guilty in Wausau court to burg
larry of a saloon and received a SEN
tence of two years in Waupun.. Finger
prints on a sill led to the arrest of
KEGS.
A bomb placed in a restaurant own
ed by Rudolph Jessner in the Madi-
son italian district destroyed part of
the building and broke windows in
the neighborhood. No clews to the
bomb thrower could be found, accord
ing to police.
Fond du Lac police Tuesday check
ed the epidemic of petty thieving in
that city by arresting five youths, all
under Is. Detectives found great
deal of loot, including bicycle equip
ment, ice cream freeZerS, and numer-
Gus other articles.
Henry Fuchs, Harvey Fuchs and
NJ H. Whit all of GAINESVILLE, were
fined 5000 and costs apiece for dyna-
hitting fish in Turtle creek, near the
city. The men were arrested by
game warden and confessed. Being
unable to pay their fines they went to
jail.
Mrs Mary Benowich of Sheboygan,
was fined 5000 and costs in circuit
court, after she had pleaded guilty to
selling moOnshine. She was arrested
after a brawl at her home, in which
Steve Wasilowsky was knocked in
sensible Someone hit him over the
head with chair.
Miss Orpha Schoenfeld, daughter of
Rev and Mrs. Schoenfeld of Park
Falls, was painfully injured when the
car in which she was riding struck
culvert and she was thrown through
the windshield She was cut about
the head and face. Four companions
escaped injury.
E. S. Lererich county agricultural
agent of eau Claire county the pas.
three years, has been named superin-
tendent of the Eau Claire county in
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who quit several days ago after the
state board of control had demanded
his removal by the board of trustees.
Albert r. Knott, II, who had just
taken over the management of the
family farm in Troy township near
River Falls, after the death of his
father last February, was crushed to
death Sunday when the horse he was
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mother with her three little children
survives.
The Fond du Lac county state aid
road and bridge committee Friday
sold $4,000 of highway bonds at par
at private sale, with all but 100000
of the issue bearing interest at Az
per cent. The bonds were authorized
at 5 per cent when the county board
met last November. Those sold to
bear interest at per cent were of
last years issue.
Justice Fisher failed to see the joke
when Andrew Pruch, Sobieski, was
brought before him charged with at
tempting to brighten two of his neigh
bors by shooting gun over their
heads. This little joke, as Pruch
termed it, cost him fine of 500 and
costs, besides a bond of $500 to keep
the peace and refrain from this sort
of humor in the future
Judge Belden at Racine denied the
Injunction petitioned for by FIR. Jos.
Nurkewitz, who asked that a usurping
faction in the Polish National church
be denied the use of the building. Fir.
Nurkewitz says he was chased out
of the building when he refused the
use of the basement for bootlegging.
Judge Belden demands further facts
before granting an injunction.
James Lewis, farmer of Aurora
vile, Wis, was arrested by Sheriff
Sever Nelson and will be placed under
observation as to his mental condition.
Lewis was subject to epileptic fits
and becoming respondent, climbed to
a beam in the attic of his barn, placed
a moose around his neck, and was
about to leap to the floor when neigh
bors arrived and prevented his act.
The Northern Wisconsin Co-opera-
tive Tobacco pool has sold more than
a million pounds of low grades of the
1923 crop during the past week. A
continued active market, stimulated
by export demand, has resulted prac-
tically in a cleanup of low grades held
by independents in addition to taking
large QudulItI0S VI the pOOI uOluIuSS.
Among the buyers from the pool have
been Mcintosh Bros. of Edgerton, and
r. j. Reynolds Co., J. B. Borden and
Liggett & Myers, who have increased
their purchases considerably since
completion of deliveries on their first
contract.
A warrant charging cruelty to ami
mails was issued by Asst. Dist Atty
Sanborn for the arrest of Frank Nc
Allister, residing on the Oregon road
Complaint was made by VIM Busse,
the Dane county humane officer. Off
Ger Busse alleges that McAllister, who
is said to be retired farmer living
within the Madison city limits, shot
and wounded dog said to have been
trespassing upon his property. The
statutes allow any person to shoot
and kill any animal that has killed,
worried or attempted to modest any
property or live stock belonging to
him. The law provides, however, that
the animal must be killed and not
left to suffer,