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

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Jacob Christ died at Boscobel Jan.
10th. He was member of the Ma
sonic order for more than 50 years
and of the Odd Fellows over 70 years
During the civil was he was member
of Co. G, 33rd Wis.
Attorney Thomas Leahy OF MIlWau-
kee, a former Platteville man has just
secured the release of Charles King,
lnulatto, VINO served four years IN
Waupun for a crime OF which ne IS
innocent The man who caused the
negro to be sentenced to 10 years IN
Waupun, admitted to Leahy that he
was mistaken and that the negro was
innocent.
Farmers of Cazenovia have recently
completed as fine country cream
cry as there is in the state. The
creamery is to be further equipped
with an ice making machine, an order
for which was placed last week.
At LaFarge logging is very active,
states the Enterprise, fully three
quarters of a million feet of logs hav-
ing been landed in the city up to that
date. and with favorable weather
there are twice that many logs to
come yet.
Dane, Sank and Columbia counties
are to unite in maintaining free fer
nv for travel across Lake Wisconsin
at Waunakee. The lake is caused by
the power dam at Prairie du Sac, and
the ferry will be maintained until
bridge can be built there.
Mineral Point seems to be in line
to receive a post office and customs
building, the Department of Interior
having advertised for bids for the
erection of the same in the spring.
government appropriation OF S5O,OOO
is available for the structure.
General stores and meat markets
of Viola are beginning with the new
year a policy of closing their places
of business evenings, with the excep-
ton of Saturdays. Many towns on
the Kickapoo have held to the old GUS
tom, staying open almost night and
day.
Jacob Kundert appeared in County
Court at Galena last Tuesday after
noon to answer to a. temporary in
junction against his place of business,
Main and Green streets, which was
closed a month or so ago on the COM
plant of selling intoxicating liquor
therein.
Dominica Sella, an Italian stone
cutter employed in the quarries at
Abieman, fell distance of $50 feet
at the quarries, and will probably re-
cover. AS he fell, he struck his head
and back and fractured bone OF ms
spine. He was removed to the Reeds
burg hospital.
VIM. Ascel, one of the loggers for
the Hagenaugh crew at the Tom BEE
farm near SaIbin, had the misfortune
to get his leg broken last Sunday. he
had hitched up team and was stand
ing in front of the sled when the team
started up suddenly and caught MS
leg, bending it backward until 1t was
broken.-Viola News.
Congressman Beck, whose home is
at Viroqua, has introduced Dill IN
Congress to appropriate 100000 Tor
a new post office building in his home
city. Many papers wonder how GER
tain politicians can claim to be for
reduction of taxes, and then try 10
pull down a 100000 government
plum for their home city
Westby, with a largely Scandlna-
Wan population, has bunch OF ski
enthusiasts. new skin slide mas
been built for amateur jumpers. A
big tournament for professionals is
to be held at Westby at a later date,
and 16 ski clubs of the central west
have been invited to send delegates
and Jumpers to the tournament.
Some logs are coming into Richland
Center daily, but logging in this VI
cinitv this year will not be as heavy
as last wear, which was extremely ac-
tive. Other places are reporting great
activity in logging operations with the
coming of snow and colder weather
Last winters prices on logs were the
highest on record, as high as $500 per
thousand being paid for first grade
oak veneer logs. The price this year
for logs will go from so to Is per
cent of last years prices, with the
hest grade oak logs bringing around
$50 per thousand.
George Footitt, who at one time
made his home in Darlington and was
q brother of the late Chris Footltt'
who was in business there for many
wears was shot and killed by his wire
last Friday at his home in Freeport.
Mrs Footitt had recently returned to
Freeport from the hospital for the IN
sane at Kankakee, Illinois. AFTER MT.
Footitt had been rushed to St. France 5
hospital he made statement that ne
did not know his wife was out OF the
hospital until ne went to his home
about the noon hour on Friday. he
stated that his wife was there ana
called him into room where she was
Standing with a gun. Mrs. Footitt is
being held and if found to be sane d
formal charge of murder will un-
doubtedly be placed against her.
while if she is found to be insane
She will probably be returned to
Kankakee hospital. There is as YET
no information as to how the woman
got away from the notwithstanding
ton Democrat.
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