Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-23

While sitting in his pew at New
Glarus, Henry Legler, 81, suddenly ex-
PRED
Dependency over III health caused
Wm. Dalzley, so, Madison, to hang
himself to a rafter in the basement OF
sons home.
The Wisconsin Bell Telephone Co.
mas bought out the Citizens Telephone
Exchange at Sheboygan and will con-
solidate the plants
The Eagle River Fishing and Shoot
.ng clue, composed OF rich Chicago
sportsmen, is building $4,000 club
house at Eagle River.
Nine men, including several proml-
nent politicians, have made appDca-
ton for the postmastership at Monroe
succeeding Emery Odell, resigned.
The late w. H. Collins Of Madison,
former president of the Collins Bros.
Lumber Co, deft AN estate of 1854 52.
The inheritance tax was $22,635.08.
Lemuel Tenny of Darien was 102
years old on Jan. 2. He took good
walk on his birthday. Mr.. Tenny still
has good health and is considerable OF
a reader.
Emil Ladell, So, Madison laborer,
met death on the Pond street crossing
when he failed to hear the whistle of
the approaching Montfort train. He
left a widow and six children.
NJ. II. Sprague, president of the
Northern State Bank of Washburn,
was arrested charged with embezzle-
ment of the banks funds. He is in
iail unable to furnish a $4,000 bond
required.
Mrs. II. r. Winrich, Madison, was
severely cut about the legs by flying
iron fragments when a stove explOd-
ed ia her home. The explosion was
due to an accumulation of gas caused
by too heavy firing.
$4,000 worth of prime muskrat
skins in the warehouse of Louis and
NJ Bloch, Clinton fur dealers, were
stolen by unknown persons. The day
before the theft the Bloch brothers
delivered $4,000 worth of furs to a
travelling buyer
Fred Stettler, cheesemaker, .resid-
ing near Darlington, was badly frozen
while attempting to start his motor
car Stettler was going from one fac
tory to another when his car stopped
He worked on the machine until his
Madison police took into custody a
10-year-old boy who was found un-
conscious by the road from the effects
of m0onshine. The boy told the po-
lice he had found a bottle, sampled
the contents and then drank a whole
pint. His story is being investigated
on the theory the liquor was sold to
him.
The state has paid $31,59O wolf
bounty since the law ocering $50
bounty for each wolf became opera
tive August 1st. 1,053 wolves have
been shot to date With a reduced
fox bounty only 456 foxes have been
paid for so far. Bayfield, county is
the best hunting ground with total
of 203 wolves and 81 foxes killed.
A $4,000 suit for alienation of af-
lection has been started in Rock
county circuit court by Chas. A. Gees
err, Rock county farmer, against John
A. Morton. Geeser, who recently Sc
cured a divorce, alleges that Morton,
an unmarried farmer, gained his
wife's affections. The Geesers were
married in 1896, and have two chill
dren.
Hunting is ten times as popular as
marry in Dane county, and even trap
ping has a slight edge on the favorite
indoor sport of movie actors, figures
at the county clerks office show
There were 1850 hunting licenses is
sued during 1923 and 625 marriage Ii
censes. The trappers of Dane county
got $50 permits during the year and
1852 deer tags were issued.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gleasman of
Rockton, ILL.,, have filed suit in circuit
court at GAINESVILLE against the Mil
waukee road. $4,000 is asked. The
auto in which the Gleasmans were
riding on New Years day, 1923, was
struck on GAINESVILLE crossing and
carried SO feet. Mrs GIeasman suffer-
ed severe leg and hip fractures and
her husband was badly hurt also.
Their car was demolished