Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-09
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

gress charged with keeping a house
of i'll fame, pleaded guilty Wednesday
and was given two years in Waupun
prison.
Frank Phelps, Racine, was found I'M
conscious at his home with both of his
wrists cut He was taken to hos
pital. Phelps was cut OF job and
Respondent.
When he slipped while alighting
from a freight train he had Tipped"
Joseph Ruzek, 10, was instantly kill
ed at Wausaukee. His head was
crushed and one foot was cut off.
The two year old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Rob Retz, of Loganvilie, was
badly burned on March 22nd, when she
fell backward into a pail of hot water
her mother had placed on the floor to
use in cleaning.
About 200 more calls for teachers
came to the school OF education of the
University of Wisconsin from places
outside OF the state than from Within
the state. The total number of calls
this past year was 1900.
Carl Ungrodt, %, defeated Mayor
Bryon for reelection at Washburn on
Tuesday, 525 to 289 The youthful cam
didate began his campaign with de-
termined attack on the present ad-
ministration several weeks ago and
carried through to q more than 2 to 1
win.
Robert Turnbull, Is, of Rockdale,
was found hanging by a rope in the
loft Of his fathers barn. Life was eX-
tinct. The dead youth was a sOphO-
more in the Cambridge high school.
He had been in good spirits the day
before his death and no motive is
know for the act.
Sale of cattle to out Of state buyers
continues steady in Green county, two
shipments totaling fffty-eight head of
choice Holsteins having been made
during the last week, according to q
report from Monroe. One went to Ohio
and the other to Nebraska. Prices for
grade cows are ranging from $85 to
S11O.
John G. Werner of Madison, mana
ger of the Nicholas Shepherd
Threshing Machine Co, shot and kill
ed himself in a taxicab while enrOute
from the Northwestern station to his
home. A wife and four children sur
vIve. Mr.. Werner left q note saying
his accounts were correct but that he
had broken down.
A new bridge is to be built across
the Baraboo river on Main street in
Reedsburg The estimated cost of the
bridge was $4,000 When the bids
for the construction of the bridge
were opened last week at Reedsburg,
a bid was received from the Fifield
Construction Co, of Waterloo, Ind,
Offering to build it for $38,633
rEpOVEhlpc in naoLZ9 opS
Jack Berratto, Sharon shoemaker,
AYERS. On Saturday he was sentenced
to thirty days in jail for stealing vii
lage coal, and while he was in court,
Deputy Sheriff Charles Shafer got a
search warrant and called at his home.
The state now has five gallons Of al
legged Illicit liquor as evidence in at
tempting to convict him on d dry law
charge.
Restoration of service ON the high
lines between Prairie du Sac and
Evansville, out since Saturday in the
fact OF the worst trouble caused by
sleet in years, was made possible
through establishment at GAINESVILLE of
a short circuit and melting the ice on
the wires by the intense heat general
ed by electrical current. 1t was the
first time in Wisconsin that this nov
eL means has been used to clear the
wires of trouble.
Rock county builds its. own concrete
roads thereby, according to Highway
Commissioner Charles e. Moore. saw
ing about $4,000 on" every mile of
road that is constructed. So far about
50 miles of concrete road have been
built without contractors and during
1924 it is proposed to lay IA miles
more. All roads are constructed under
inspection by the state highway COM
mission and according to the stand
ard state specification. While the cOun-
ty has. saved many thousands of dol
lars by doing its own work. the saw
ing has not been accomplished by us
ing inferior materials or lower grade
OF workmanship.
Hearing in the matter of proof of
heirship in the BalZer estates was
opened in county court at Baraboo on
Wednesday. The estates involved are
those of Mary. William and Julius
Balzep who were murdered at their
farm home near Black Hawk year
ago Ias6 August, and the amount of
the three estates is some $4,000. Le-
gaE points are involved which have
never been passed upon by the SUI
preme- court of this state and the mat
ter will probably go to Madison for
final adjudication. Most of the claim
ants reside in Germany and they are
represented by Attorney Ralf T.
Runge OF Baraboo who submitted
proofs. the translation and investiga-
ton OF which necessitated the case
being held open The Wisconsin heirs,
all OF whom reside in Sank county,
are. Charles Hill. August Lehman and
Louise MaIlon. Eight women who re-
side In Germany are the other claim