Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

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A section hand, living at Horizon,
Wis, suffered a broken arm Wednes-
day OF last week, in a rear-end crash
between two snowplows on the Mil
waukee road, two miles east OF Ran
dolph.
Ripon College is starting a drive
for $500, 900 to be raised for better
nent of the institution. If the sum
il, raised, it will be increased by $133,-
900 from the Federal Education
Board and $4,000 from the Carnegie
Foundation.
Josh Weston, Is years old, Blan-
chardville, was accidentally shot with
a rife last week, while he was try
ing to extract cartridge from the
rifle he was carrying when 1t was dis
charged. The bullet struck in his mp
and could not be located.
The salaries Of Wisconsin common
school teachers during the year end
ing June 30, '23, averaged $1,269.21,
ranging from $500 TO $4,000, accord
ing to a survey of salary conditions
completed and announced recently by
The state department of education.
A claim for compensation for the
death Of her 16-year-old son, who ran
away to join circus and died the
next day at Mansfield, Wis, OF In
iuries received while at work, has
been filed with the Wisconsin Indus
trial Commission by Mrs. Chas. Kos
moski, Berlin, Wis.
Federal officials of the western dis
trict of Wisconsin have just returned
to headquarters at Madison from SUI
perior. Forty-fve cases of violations
Of the national prohibition laws were
tried during the term of court just
concluded in the northern city, they
reported.
Many Waupaca county fishermen
have signed a petition sponsored by
the Waupaca Game Protective Asso-
citation asking the Wisconsin Conser-
walton Commission to provide an open
season for hook and line fishing for
white bass and pike in the Wolf river
between March l and June l.
The f. j. Bailey 4 Son department
store in BelOit was destroyed by ire
Tuesday night in one of the worst
fires in the history of that city. The
concern is housed in a three store,
three front building which was de-
strOyed with the exception OF the
walls and the first floor.
Bondsmen for Tony Mazzara, who
was convicted of violating the fed
eral prohibition laws eight months
ago, were given two weeks in which
to raise MazZara's $4,000 bond which
was declared forfeited by Judge
Claude z. Luse at Madison, when the
convicted man failed to appear to
serve his term.
Charles Madison, lumber camp
boss, Rice Lake, has set up record
which no one will go out to better.
He claims the record for broken
bones with % bone fractures. Re-
Gently while driving from the camp,
where he is employed, to have brok-
en- finger set, his sled was upset and
he received three more broken
fingers.
The Wisconsin Industrial Commits
sion announced last Thursday that It
had awarded compensation of $8,22.86
to boy of Is who was injured while
working without a permit. Due to
the fact that there was no permit the
employer was assessed triple the or
binary compensation. The boy won
compensation as a result of an injury
to an eye.
Waste matter discharged from the
plant of the Rock County Sugar Co.
into Spring Brook and Rock river is
held dangerous to fish, in an opinion
given the Conservation Commission
by the state board of health. The in
vestigation was conducted at the in
stigation of the GAINESVILLE chapter OF
the Izaak Walton League.
Obsessed with the idea that the
son born to his wife two weeks ago
was not his son, Anton Dorschner,
Appleton, father of eight children,
murdered his wife by cutting her
throat with butcher knife as she
lay sleeping in led with two OF their
children, and then ended his own life
by throwing himself in front OF
street car
Forty-six million dollars worth OF
silk merchandise direct from Japan,
via Vancouver and Seattle, went
through GAINESVILLE Monday Of last
week. Two trains of the Northern
Pacific-American Expcass cars made
up the shipment. Each train had 10
cars. Each car contained 100 bales,
and each bale was valued at $4,000,
making the total valuation Of $46,5O0,-
600.
A total of $1,O05 was collected by
Edward j. Walden, superior court
clerk at Madison, during January.
The money was turned over to Her
bert q. Kinder, county treasurer for
Dane county, who will retain per
cent of the total as the county's share
and remit the balance to the state
treasurer. Violators of the prohibit
tons law paid the greatest amount,
$645.
Charles L. Hill, Rosandale, Wis,
manager of the national Guernsey
sale, has left for California to pick
cattle from famous Pacific slope
herds. The sale, which will be held
near Chicago on May 10, will be the
biggest affair OF the year in Guern-
sey circles Many of the choicest
animals of the breed will be on the
block and only animals of outstand-
ing quality are being considered.
The way of the wife deserter is 60
ing to be made more stony, according
to action by the Dane county board OF
supervisors. A record of 80 deser-
tions determined the board to take
action, and they recently passed a
| resolution that if the guilty deserter