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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
NEWS ABOUT DOGS.
They Really Do Everything But Talk,
1t Seems.

Under certain conditions, tiny fer
ret can do the work of four men. The
animal is being used to draw tele-
phone cables through long conduits.
The ferret ran through, dragging
string to which is attached copper
wire, a cord and finally the cable
ITSELF Formerly the work was done
by a laborious system of 'rodding."
The ferrets are employed extensive
ly in Indiana.
While Harold Goodwin, the son OF
a builder, was walking through a quiet
part Of his fathers works near Lon
don last December a man flung a
heavy piece of jagged iron at him and
stunned him. Shot, the young mans
retriever, flew at the rufian's throat
and kept him prisoner until aid ar
rived. The dog became the hero of
the place, Mr.. Goodwin's workmen
subscribing for a silver collar for him,
while the young mans family made
him guest of honor at a dinner.
Pennies, tiny New York dog, is
a companion of Shot in the dog-hero
medal fund. When his master, Wal
ter Brown, employed in a livery
stable, was attacked by Robert Reid,
a colored man, whose discharge from
the place he had caused, Pennies
went to the rescue. Reid drew re-
volver and aimed it at Brown, but
the dog quickly impressed his teeth
in the leg of the assailant and spoiled
his aim. The shot went wild and
the man was overpowered and sup
pressed.
John Hancock, a Cleveland genius,
has trained his fox terrier, Prince, to
fetch the kindling wood from the Gel
lar. The dog acts at command ana
is skillful and Observation-Disclosures
phia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
Wisconsin
State News
DIETZ FACES BATTLE.
Defender of Cameron Dam Prepares
to Fight to the Death.

Defender of Cameron Dam Prepares
to Fight to the Death.
Two picked companies of Wisconsin
militiamen, marching under positive or
ders to shoot to kill, may be dispatched to
Cameron dam to effect the capture, dead
or alive, of John T. Dietz and the FIVE
members of his family who repulsed Sher-
1T Gyland's force in a desperate rife bat
tie, in which men fell on both sides
Swearing that he will never surrender
and defying the entire soldiery of the
State to drive him out, Dietz has retreat
Ell inside his fort with his wife and chill
dren, all heavily armed. He has provis-
ions to last three or four months and
thousands of rounds of ammunition That
he would give battle to the State troops,
undismayed by the odds against him, is
believed certain. Thomas Rice, the cook
for the party of officers that went to
arrest Dietz, has returned to Chippewa
Falls, the party having given up the idea
Of taking Dietz. Rice says the story of
the battle was not exaggerated. There
was fifteen minutes of terrific fighting and
the six members of the Dietz family with
rifles waged against the seven officers an
incessant fusillade of bullets which tore
through the trees on the Dietz farm. Dietz
informed the men that he had enough am
munitiOn to last three months and intend
ed to use it. He has a strong fort and
will resist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
HABITS OF SQUIRRELS.
How Little Animals of Forest sur
Vfve Winter,

How Little Animals of Forest sur
vfve Winter.
While certain members of the souir.
rel tribe store their winter supply of
food IN hollow trees, 1 think most of
tnem hide 1t on the ground, under old
roots, brush piles and even beneath
heaps of dead leaves. Their tracks In
the winter woods seem to bear this out.
WhlIe 1t may be that the frequency of
this track indicates a scarcity of food
and the travelling about desire to find
a supply, | believe in the main that
tnese outings Of the squirrels have
dennlte destination, because when you
see them skip across the snow, stop
snort and scratch a hole down to the
ground, bringing up supply of nuts of
cones placed there in the month of plen-
", you are apt to attribute their luck
more to a good memory than to any
haphazard speculation.
or the squirrel family the most
prominent in winter are the blacks.
He seems to be flowing over all the
time with pent-up energy, which keeps
him in constant motion, and you
sometimes feel that you would like him
to be able to talk and tell you how
pleasant 1t Is to have the Joy which
flows from a glad heart. Now watch
him jump from limb to limb, rush head
long down the trunk, and course across
the snow in long graceful bounds, with
no apparent purpose but to exhibit the
happiness within him.
His red cousin once in a while may
be seen at the entrance of his home in
the heights of some tree, but in him no
sign Of exultation. He looks around
for spring to come and clear away the
snow, and no amount of coaXing will
cause him to utter a note of scolding
or alarm. Not all the red squirrels,
however, keeps to the trees. Many of
them, through want Of food, have to
take to the earth, and their track in the
deep snow is a heavy foundering Of
labored bounds as they go from tree to
tree In search of the scanty provisions
hidden beneath the surface. Here and
there we find the gummy scales Of the
pine cones, the shells of the acorn, the
seed cones Of the birch and cedar scat
tered about on the snow, showing the
food on which they subsist. In greater
contrast to the delicacies just named,
often one will find during long and Sc
we're winters that the squirrels have at
tackled the hemlock trees by stripping
them Of their bitter seeds. When one
finds this it is evidence of great want,
and a merciful act would be to bring
some food and scatter it about to as
suage the pangs of hunger which these
little fellows are enduring. Recreation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
FIRE Loss IS 100000.
Fountain City Blaze Worst In Buff
faIO County History.


Fire destroyed one block of buildings
in the business district Of Fountain City.
The blaze started in R6ettiger's furniture
store and aided by a brisk wind spread
rapidly. The Winona fire department.
came to tAe assistance of the Fountain
City department. 1t is believed that the
loss will reach 100000 Following are
the losses Schuster Bros, general mer-
chants, store destroyed with contents, loss
estimated at $4,000, insurance, $4,000;
Insurance; Andrew DressendOrfer, black
smith, wagon and machine shop, total loss,
estimated at $4,000, insurance $1,000;
large brick building, a frame dwelling
and number of warehouses and sheds
owned by Michael Fitzgerald, loss about
$4,000, no insurance; Roettiger Bros,
dealers in furniture, store and barn IN
rains, loss $4,000, partially covered by in
surance; Schwartz & Clausen, contractors
and lumber dealers, loss probably $4,000,
Insurance $1,000; elevator of Paul Huef-
ner, filled with oats and barley, total loss,
estimated at $500, covered by insurance.
The fire was one of the worst in the his
tory of Buffalo county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
State News in Brief.

Bates Brothers store at Weston burn
ed to the ground. The loss is $4,000.
George j. Margerum, proprietor of the
Hotel Racine, dropped dead in his Office
of apoplexy He was 66 years old.
Fire in the American Leather Com
pany's tannery at Prentice did damage
estimated at from $250,000 to 100000.
Burglars entered the Omaha depot of
Co1nstOck and carried the safe outdoors
and tried to blow it open, but were I'M
successful.
Frank Fleming, aged about 8 years,
second son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fleming Of
Pewaukee, died of tetanus, caused by
stepping on a rusty nail.
John Wilcox, a farmer who lives be-
tween Bridgeport and Brodtville, found
the tooth of an extinct animal which is
believed to be that of a mastOdon.
The theft of a ham from a box car at
Shawano on June is will compel Ingwald
Thompson to spend the next year of his
life III the State penitentiary at Waupun.
Frederick Rietbrock, aged &c years, a
well-known lawyer, and formerly for
many years one of the leading breeders
Of high-grade Guernsey cattle in the Unit
ed States, died from stroke of paralysis
in Milwaukee.
District Attorney Bosshard of La
Crosse submitted to the Attorney General
questions relative to an alleged ice com
Jne at La Crosse. The Attorney General
says he can take no action in the Osh-
kosh case, and says the district attorney
at Oshkosh must act.
Charged with manufacturing spurious
coins. mostly quarters. which were passed
principally upon newsboys and bootblacks.
6. G. Albert Of Milwaukee has been sr-
rested.
Theodore Dobeck. Of Abeman, aged
%. was killed in South Dakota. where
he had charge Of stores for the Chicago
and Northwestern road along the new
track.
The GOODNESS and nerve of Engineer
Wood alone prevented a disastrous col
lision between a fast passenger train on
the Northwestern railroad and crowded
automobile at Eau Claire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
WOMAN SEES THIEVES STEAL.

Chicago Crooks Wearing Feminine
Attire Enter KenOsha Homes.
Disguised as women, two burglars, sup
posed to be from Chicago, are at work in
the residence district of Kenosha. The
two entered the home of Mrs. Mary
Waters the other night and the woman
watched them at work in the room adjoin-
ing her bedroom. A large mirror made
it possible for her to watch every move
ment of the disguised men. They got
away with $50 in money. Two other
houses in the neighborhood were entered
during the night. The men were seen,
and it is certain that they were disguised
by putting on wigs and feminine attire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
CONCERNING THE SNORER.
Surgery as a Preventive-JOhn A.
Norris Snoring Chamber.

Surgery as a PreVent1Ve-JO hn a.
Norris Snoring Chamber.
A long time reader begs for cure of
the snoring habit, says the New York
Press. EYES," he says, II am a snorer
from way back and what that means
any member of my family can tell, as
all have had to suffer through it many
a sleepless night. If you know some
thing against snoring please hasten to
my rescue" Well, no man knows when
he shores, because he is in deep sleep
and slumber profound. If his habit Of
stertorous breathing is an affection to
his family let him call in the household
surgeon and have both his soft palate
and uvula removed. For, be it under
stood, snoring is breathing in such
manner as to cause a vibration of the
organs mentioned. If thy throat offend
thee. pluck it out
The lamented John A. Morris was a
mighty snorer. On board his steam
yacht the Cora he built snoring room
In which he Theoretically sealed himself
for the afternoon nap. This room was
Wd1lCu Will hill NCo q
nonconductor of sound and the old gen.
tleman could saw wood, strike knots
and rend powders to his hearts con-
tent without disturbing a soul.
At the home Of the MOrrises on
Throg's neck Mr. Norris initiated the
snoring room on the Cora to large ex-
tent. At some little distance from the
south side Of the house he erected a
room of glass. The foundations were
of steel and there were sundry and GER
tain appliances for deadening sound. In
this apartment the sage slept. If our
longtime reader can sleep on his face
so that when the soft palate and uvula
in a state of relaxation do not inter-
fere with the breathing apparatus, he
will make no noise during the night. If
he we're to sleep on one side or the 9TH
er, with his mouth shut, and could
avoid disturbance of the aorta, there
would be dead silence also. But the
trouble in New YOrk's peculiar atmOs-
phere is that a persons nasal cavity
fills with mucus about bedtime and
breathing through the nose is an utter
impossibility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
AUTO MANGLEs ELDERLY MAN.
Body Is Left Lying in Road, Where
1t Is Found Next Morning.

Body Is Left Lying in Road, Where
1t Is Found Next Morning.
With every bone broken and with
great cash in the head the body of a man
80 years of age, supposed to be William
Dreyer of st. Charles, H., was picked up
on the wagon road two miles north Of ke-
ncsha at { o'clock Tuesday morning. The
man evidently was killed by an autOmo-
bile. He had been dead for several hours
when found. The coroner's jury returned
Il verdict that he came to his death as the
result of injAries received by being struck
byan automobile driven by a party or par
ties unknown to the jury. Capt. VIM.
NJ. Lewis of Racine, one of the best
known manufacturers in the State and
the head of the Mitchell Motor Company,
was arrested and brought to Kenosha,
charged with speeding an automobile on
the streets of Kenosha. He paid a fine
Of 500 and costs. He was afterward ex-
amined regarding the Dreyer case, and
no evidence was found to connect him in
any way with the death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
The Wilma is In the NAPLES.

The Wilma Is In the NAPLES,
ms wind is in the naples
And there's music in the pines,
lido hemlock scent has burdaned al!
the air;
FOR | hear the mountains calling
Where the sun forever shines
And my feet would even wander with
you there.
On, TO wade among the daisies
10 the thickets dusk and dim,
When the birds and bees are slum-
brous at the noon
Where we plucked the dogwood
blossoms
And the berries from the stem
TO return by scented meadows at the
moon.
Through that fair, old fashioned gar
den,
Thick, with eglantine and rose,
To the steps alive with memories OF
the night
When the first kiss merged our
spirits;
Where the Oleander blows
His passion in the summers waning
light
Oh, the nights so cool and soothing,
Oh, the jasper tinted day
And the sapphire, golden skies, for
ever new,
Where 1 waited on the turnpike
BY the field of new mown hay
AS you drove the COWS to pasture in
the dew.
So hear the mountains calling
In the glad notes of the pines
While the silver CLEANS among the
maple leaves,
For / hate the murky city
With its mills and trolley lines
And the mad chase for the dollar,
dear, that grieves;
I would wander through the wild
wood,
Down the old path by the mill
And list the distant taps for hands at
noon,
While we lunch beneath the hem
locks
At the spring that bubbles still,
To return by scented meadows at the
moon.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08

Does spontaneous generation occur
in the world today? This is one OF
the burning questions now before men
Of science, and in all directions ex-
periments are being made with view
to its solution. Dr.. Saleeby, F.R.S.E.,
considers the problem in Harper's, IN
relation to the recent views of scien-
lists and the remarkable assistance
of radium in their latest experiments.
The chief difficulty, he thinks, is the
impossibility of satisfactorily defining
life. DR.. SaIeeby is an earnest discl-
pie of Herbert Spencer, as his latest
book, Evolution; the Master-key, at
tests, but possesses an essentially OPP
en- mind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Carl FIancher Struck Down in Field
Near FramIksViIIe.

A terrific storm passed over the north
western section of Racine County. Carl
Flancher, II years old, employed near
Franksville, with Philip Rogwood, aged
Is, started down into a field to load hay.
A bolt of lightning struck them and
Flancher dropped dead. The two horses
were so badly shocked they will die. Rog
wood will live. The residence of George
Nield, at Ives, was struck. Mrs. Nield
was paralyzed on one side. Miss Hattie
Nield was burned on the neck, being en-
gagged in combing her hair, and sister
was burned on the arm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
Treasure TrOVe.

=
Mr.. Jehu Pontifex stood in his gor-
geous drawing room at Wimbledon
and chuckled freely over an evening
paper he held in his hand, while his
wife, who was a lady of weight so
Ear as adipose tissue was concerned,
joined in his mirth.
1T is a 'nevingly idea," the great
man said; "sooperb! Peoples gardens
dug up, the fences broke down, the
roots of the trees cut through and
the trees themselves ruined, and
what is it I see here ?-the blessed
watchdog throttled to death in one
case Oh, 'nevingly idea. I think
I'll follow it,"
THE newspaper man makes some
thing by It. What can you do, Jehu,
and what can you want? You're
worth half a million. Isn't that
enough?"
Its business, my dear, business:
and l amt going to be beat by any
newspaper man. What does he sell
his paper at? A penny, amt it, or
na'penny? Well, I sell my cakes of
blacking at a penny. Why shouldn't
l have a treasure hunt, too? I am
as rich as he is, I'll bet a bob
But, Jehu''-
Don't argue with me, Anne Maria.
Now, listen to this l drawed up at
the office this afternoon. Listen
and he took out a paper from the
pocket Of his dinner jacket, and read
as follows: "Pontifex's backing is
the backing OF the world! For years
It has been almost given away for
nothing Now something is going to
be given away with it. Purchasers
Of the cakes of this backing will find
in every skin paper, on which is
The information as to the neighbor-
dood where on a given day $4,000
have been hidden in two hundred diff
ferent penny pencil cases, each con-
tanning sovereigns to the amount OF
$50. Find it and you've got it. No
questions asked, Pontifex's money
is good enough You can find the lot
II you're sharp"
Isn't it wonderful" Mrs. Pontifex
Jehu!"
I'm not a fool" her husband re-
piled There's other geniuses in this
world except them literary gents, who
never seem to do much except abuse
each other. Now, Anne Maria. in
three days time as ever was hund-
red morning papers in London and
the country will have that advert in
a prominent place; thousand sand
witch men will parade all the great
cities and towns of this country; a
lot OF balloons will go up all over
the country just to chuck the leaflets
down on the peoples eds; the factory
on the river side will be blaze Of
gas, and-where was l
ooh. Jehu, you are a wonder! What
can't you do? But the expense"
BLOW the expense, as the girl said
when she told the waiter to bring an
other sardine on toast. But listen
again, Maria. Baggs, our most trust
ed employee, as we call him, with
several helps, will be all over the
country a-dropping them penny pencil
cases about. London and the environs
will get the most, and between our
selves. here in Wimbledon where I'm
so known and respected in the parish
we're going to dash EN- about freely.
Two thousand pounds at least is for
the good of the Wimbledonians. If
that don't make me more popular than
ever, | don't know what will. Look
after your own, say"
Five days later than Mr.. Pontifex
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
IURDERER,s PLOT FoILED.
Desperate Attempt to Break Jail
Made by WenzeI e. kabat.

Desperate Attempt to Break Jail
Made by WenzeI Z. kabat.
1t has been found out that Wenzel E.
Kabat, convicted of the murder of Mi
chael Mccarthy, a Kaukauna farmer,
made a desperate attempt to escape from
the Winnebago county jail while being
held pending his trial. Since then he has
been lodged in the State prison at Wau-
pun for life. Several days before he was
taken to Appleton for trial he cut two
of the steel bars from a section of his
cage, making a hole large enough to get
through the corridor. Then he tried to
saw through the bars in the window OF
tie corridor, but was unsuccessful. He
planned to hit the jailer over the head
when he came with his food. Sheriff
Simpson and Deputy Sheriff Saru brought
in the supper instead and he was afraid
to. tackle both men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
Streak of yellow in Him.

"Nasty, mischievous foreigner"
cried the mosquito to the brOwn-tail
moth.
swell, haven't got Monaghan blood
in my veins, anyway" retorted the 9TH
er quickly.
Feeling that the taunt was true, for
he had just launched on a Chinaman,
the mosquito lit out.-BOstOn Tran
script.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
Wife Sees Husband Drown.

Carl Petersilie of Oshkosh was drown
ed while his wife and +. L. Miller, a
Milwaukee millinery salesman, were max
ing frantic efforts to rescue him. Peter
silie was a well-knOWn millinery mer-
chant. The three had gone for an outing
after Miller sold Petersilie bill of goods.
The dead man was % years old and
prominent socially.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
Girl in Love Seeks Death

Heartbroken because her father would
not give her enough money TO bring her
lover TO this country from Germany, An
ME Mueller, aged 20 years. jumped into
the Kinnickinnic River in Milwaukee. A
bridgetender saved her from drowning.
She came to this country two years ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
DIanv Poisoned by Cheese.

Fifteen persons in the vicinity of Tween
ty-second avenue and Scott street, Mil
waukee, were made dangerously i'll with
ptomaine poisoning by eating impure
cheese and the health department has con-
fiscated nearly 1000 pounds of the pro-
duct from a Broadway commission house.
1t has been taken to the garbage plant
and destroyed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
BOY YACHT THIEVES FINED.
Parents Come to Rescue of Youths
Who Ran Off with Boat.


Who Ran Off with Boat.
For what they were pleased to call a
boys prank in stealing the yacht Vaga-
bond the parents of Louis Lehman, Byron
r. Russell and Harry V. Wilson of Mil
waukee will pay between SIS and $50
day for each of the twenty days the prank
was going on in addition to a large
amount of personal expense. The boys
we're originally arrested on a charge of
grand larceny for taking the yacht from
the mornings at the Milwaukee Yacht
Club house. They were caught in De
troit with the vessel. Later the charge
vas dismissed and the boys Immediately
rearrested mad sentenced on a charge Of
malicious destruction of property. Each
LAD was assessed 800 and costs and the
expenses, which will amount to about ST.,
900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
To Get $40, 900 for Kindness.

The courts have handed down a decis-
ion in favor of Fred Billings, an employe
of the traction company of Manitowoc,
giving him $4,000 bequeathed to him by
his landlord, Peter KelIar of Sterling.
Ill. Billings helped Kellar during sick
ness, and the fortune was his reward.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
BELO1T PASTOR DIES IN ITALY.
Rev. ID. r.. Cheney Killed i'm EIeva-
tor Accident at Florence.

Rev. B. Royal Cheney aged SO years,
for four years pastor of the Second Con-
gregational church in Beloft, was killed
in an elevator accident at Florence, Italy.
Mr.. Cheney's congregation recently built
new house of worship and as a partial
reward for his efforts had sent him on a
vacation abroad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
81 should ike no." Herbert replied.

Il should like TO-" Herbert replied.
Poetry doesn't pay"
well, then, you shall I do be-
lieve your powers of-what do you
call ems would double my business.
Lor' bless me! with a son-in-law like
you I wouldn't mind starting a paper
myself We could teach them some
thing they never dreamt of.''-The
King.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
EXPLAINED.

Nagsby-You're naturally pessimis-
tic. I don't think ever saw you look
cheerful.
Carsby-Ah, that's easily explained
Nagsby-How so?
Carsby-You didn't know me before
I was Observation-Disclosures Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08
First "Human Fly, Is Dead.

Charles Bliss, known a generation ago
as the human fly" died in Madison. He
was 80 years old. Bliss originated the
trick of walking the ceiling" He was
born in Bavaria, Germany, and Travelled
for years with the Dan Rice shows. At
one time himself, five sons and three
daughters were all performers with the
same circmS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-08

"Do you suppose these multimillion-
aires and their wives and families ever
stop to indulge in self-rehectiOn"
"Oh, yes. They say some of their
houses are just lined with handsome
looking glasses" Baltimore American