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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
PETTIBONE MERELY SMILES.

The defendant Pcttibone, pale and
emaciated because of his long illness
merely smiled MS he heard of his freedom
and moment later he was surrounded
by his attorneys and friends. His wife,
who has been by his side at every ses
sion of court during the trial, wept for
joy.
after their discharge showed that from
the start ten Of them maintained that
the state had failed to prove the de
PENDANT guilty of the crime charged. The
verdict caused little surprise in Boise in
vinur Of tho ynrdict In the InYMoOl ca So.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
Death of Iohn f. Tanning.

CHICAGO. H., Jan. 6-John +.
Tanning, we'll known among railroad
men as pioneer railroad builder, died
yesterday at his home here, aged 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
Currants for Horses.

1t is said that dried currants, given to
horses occasionally instead II oats. will
Increase the animals powers Of endur-
aDce.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
Horace Boies Better.

Ell PASO. Tex, Jan. G.-Ex-Gov
Horace Roics If Iowa is better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
n1ansfie1d,s Fancy Collar.

Richard Mansfield, when a mere boy,
was playing the leading role in a
tragedy, in the last scene of which he
was strangled. Sometimes, however,
the actor who was to simulate stran.
Cling him became too realistic. Sever
al times he nearly incapacitated the
principal player for finishing his great
scene. 1t came to such pass that
drastic measures had to be taken. One
evening, in the greenroom, Mansfield
sided up to the muscular player who
was to strangle him. The latter noted
a strange addition in Mansfield's cos
tune. Instead of the collaret of lace
it was his wont to wear, bound about
his neck was n leather band thickly
studded with pr0ngs.
"And what is that for?" he asked.
ooh, that?' replied Mansfield, with
the rising infection and a smile in his
voice; chat is merely a trife, mere
trif1e to defer the collection Of my
life insurance. Most inconveniently
the healthy condition of my neck and
throat is necessary for the pursuance
Of my profession and the earning OF
my daily bread"
The other actor saw the point and
apologized. Mansfield took off the col
lar and never after suffered at his
companion players hands in the big
scene
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
AMONG OUR NEIGHBoRs.

While running after his hat Frank
Johnson of Eau Claire fell under a dray,
was run over and had three ribs broken.
Charles Deitz aged 80. an employee of
Gollmar Brothers circus in Baraboo, was
kicked to death by a horse. The mans
home was in PENNSYLVANIA.
Deputy Game Warden Torginson ar
rested a dozen men, and confscated as
many nets of fishing tackle, and seven
boats at Shiocton. The men were catch
ing sturgeon.
C. r. Clark and w w lie Fever have
sold their interests in the Oshkosh Steam
boat Company to the other members of
the company. Lcander Choate w g.
Maxcy and E. II. Steiger. BY this trans
fer. the Oshkosh steamboat Company be-
comes the owner of the Fashion and the
Thistle. two of the largest steamboats,
operating on these waters.
After losing the sight of one eye By
hot bolt flying into it, Arthur Beckwith,
an iron worker in Sheboygan, resumed
work wearing green goggles. An Italian
he disiEaced hit him for revenge, smash
ing the glasses into his good eye, and
making him blind.
Too i'll to leave her bed. Miss Louise
Faulhaber was welded to Edward Smith
of Milwaukee in Manitowoc, the ceremony
being said while the bride occupied a
rest on the couch. The bride is 81 and
the groom but %. They will go to Mil
waukee TO reside after the recovery OF the
bride.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
A Bad Bargain.

A story is told Of the famous Rich
ard Brinsley Sheridan, that one day
when coming back from shooting, with
an empty bag, and seeing a number OF
ducks in a pond, while near by Il man
was leaning on a fence watching them
Sheridan asked:
"What will you take for a shot al
the ducks?"
well" said the man thoughtfully
''I'n take half a sovereign"
Done" said Sheridan, and he fired
into the middle of the ducks, killing q
dozen or more. I'm afraid you made q
bad bargain" said Sheridan, laughing
II don't know about that" the man
replied.~~ They're not my ducks. =
The Christian Advocate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Of chrysaIls Time.

Now Is the Years soft afternoon
And now a dimness wells the world.
Whose light might be of sun, or
moon.
So well in misty swathings furled.
And 10; beneath yon slanting ray,
A creeping life its path pursues;
To fold in self-spun shroud away
It's form in changeful sleep to lose!
Ev'n so. the Day,-the Year, per-
chance,
With all its shimmering afterbloom,
Is clothed, amid its growing trance,
With wefts seIf-drawn from mystic
loom.
In chrysalis, or in cocoon
Such as the Soul herself might spin,
Were it not well a while to swoon,
Some winged, waking life to win?
From The Contributors Club of the
Atlantic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Wisconsin
State News
LAD SAVES MOTHERS LIFE.
Boy Tears Off Burning Skirts
Though Seriously Injured.
~0OO~~o~0-

Boy Tears OFF Burning Skirts,
Though Seriously Injured.
Showing great presence Of mind and
bravery, Harold Shafer, 5-year-old son of
CHINA Shafer, barber, probably saved
his mother from burning to death in Ke-
nosha. The sacrifice made by the boy
may result in his death, as he is now in
the hospital suffering intensely from
burns. The mother escaped with slight
injuries. Mrs. Shafer was cleaning a bed
with gasoline when she stepped on a
match and the flame reached the bottle of
gasoline, causing an explosion. Her
clothes took fire and the little boy, MOTTO
ing the danger in which his mother was,
rushed into the room and began Juggling
at her burning skirts Mrs. Shafer was
greatly excited and shouted warning to
the boy, but he did not heed it, and. with
blistered hands, continued to work until
he had torn off the last of the burning
garments. Then he fell over exhausted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
HUNTING BEARS IN ALASKA.

Some of the Biggest of Bruin FAM
lily Found in Far North.
There is good bear hunting on the
Alaskan peninsula. got seven griz-
zlies one afternoon, all of them within
a quarter Of a mile and not over half
an hours time. The smallest Of them
was a 8-year-old, and / should say they
averaged 1000 pounds. 1t took thir-
teen cartridges to bring the seven
down"
Grant G. Chase, hunter and prospec-
tor, who for eleven years has spent
most of his time in the Alaskan wildS,
crossed his knees In reminiscent fash
Ion at the Sherman House and told a
few bear stories on the eve Of returning
to his favorite haunts.
Then for confederation there is the
testimony of Mrs. Chase, who for sew
eral years has shared her husbands
life, and who has kept a diary where
in is faithfully recorded the number OF
bear, caribou, sea otter and other fur
bearers brought down daily, and care
full measurement of the biggest skins.
II suppose l have killed 500 or 600
bears altogether" continued Mr.. Chase.
"Of course, a good deal Of my time has
been given to. some copper properties l
am interested in or the number might
have been much larger. At one time
and another 1 have hunted bear pretty
| much all through the Rockies, but
there isn't another place to equal the
Alaskan peninsula.
big? Well, I'll tell you. Those
bears up there are the largest in the
world. A full grown male weighs from
1000 to $500 pounds. The skin Of the
largest fellow 1 ever killed measured
13 feet inches long and 13 feet 3
inches spread from toenail to toenail
can lift as much as the average man,
but I'm telling it straight when l say
that with Mrs. Chase to help me I
couldn't turn that fellow over on his
back to skin him.
Twenty feet Is the nearest bear
bent on mischief ever got to me. An
old female whose cub l had brought
down, came for me one day and she
was mad. She was sixty or seventy
yards distant and in q bunch Of alder
when took my first shot at her. She
got up and came out In the clearing,
and then she saw me and came for me
in earnest. 1 worked my gun pretty
rapidly and the shots took effect. She
was about six PAGES away when she
dropped.
"Mrs. Chase and 1 got a scare once,
though, In rather a ludicrous way.
had three camps in a lonely region,
where for three years Mrs Chase never
saw a white woman. l had to put up
'bavaraias,' or houses Of drift wood,
the only kind available. We were go
ing from one camp to another when
brought down a bear.
1--WE were in no hurry, so we stopped,
built fire and had some lunch. After
lunch-about an hour after the shoot
ing-we went down into a gulch where
the bear was lying. Mrs Chase was
carrying an aluminium teapot. | got
her to help me turn the bear over, and
l was about to remove his hide when
the big fellow suddenly came to life.
"You should have seen Mrs Chase
go up that hillside. The best of it was
in spite of her haste, she took time to
rescue her teapot. believe 1 jumped
about twenty feet myself. If that
bear had been in shape to do damage
there might have been some trouble
but he wasn't AS a general thing
there isn't much adventure-its too
easy."-Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

ga sman rock EMBEDDED IN the
soil checked the progress of the key.
l was obliged to engineer the little
piece of s&eel round the obstruct. IN.
That took time. l looked back and
shiver OF horror ran ovo- me!
THE dead leopard was bristlins
with crawling masses. From the
beasts head to the cage it was hard
ly more than yard.
Il worked feverishly. Terrible tales
that my hunters had told about the
bashikouay ran through my brain.
The key was gradually coming near
er. Could l get it in time? Two or
three small stones still lay in the
way. One of these might cost me
the most terrible death a human be-
ing can suffer-that of being eaten
alive.
"On a sudden my wrist twinged
sharply. There was one of the awful
Ugh! With a shudder l tore It's
body away, but the head remained,
embedded deep. A pain pierced the
nape of my neck. l glanced down;
the skirmishers were streaming over
the floor.
Il looked despairingly at the key,
still almost a yard away To work
it carefully in with my rifle would
take two or three minutes; and by
that time the ants would be swarming
over me in hundreds. / could see
but one chance for life.
Throwing myself fiat among the
fierce insects, thrust my right hand
out between the bars; my finger-ends
just closed over the key. A moment
later 1 was on my feet again, alive
with ants and suffering fiery tor
ments.
ct took all my self-control to get
the key into the lock outside. The
door caught for an instant, then came
wide open.
81 sprung wildly out. With hun
dreds of poisoned pincers tearing at
my flesh, I dashed out of the glade
and ran as fast as l could toward
camp. / was almost mad from pain,
but still kept my senses sufficiently
to make for the water-hole.
':My men looked with amazement
on my sudden appearance. A few hur-
ried words, as l plunged in, explained
my plight. They came to my assist
ance, and picked the ants off.
Fortunately the bashikouay did not
come near the camp, so the captured
monkeys were saved. By mid-after-
noon the rear OF the destroying col
umn had passed, and 1 went back
with nv hunters after the cage and
gun. We found the skeleton of the
leopard, picked white. I could not
help shuddering. What if / had not
recovered the key!
1.-TWO months later I brought my
filled cages, gorillas and all, sue
oessfully back to the coast. have
been to Africa twice since and have
had many adventures, but never one
in which l came so close to death
as on that summer morning in the
path Of the bashikouay. "-Youth's
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Fall Kills Legislator.

Assemblyman W. A. .Cernahan, A.
years old. leader of the American So
ciety of Equity of Wisconsin and father
of the law passed by the Legislature a
year ago appropriating S125,O0O to estab-
lish a binding Irvine factory at the State
prison, died from tetanus at a hospital in
Eau Claire his home city While CAM
paigning in Eau Claire two weeks ago he
fell from a buggy, one of his legs was cut
and in few days tetanus developed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
SACRED DOCUMENT FOUND.
Marriage Contract of Chinese Emperor,
Found in Germany.

What is considered to be one of the
said to have been discovered recent
ly in the possession of German
family related to one of the soldiers
who took part in the expedition OF
the European contingents against the
Boxer insurgents in 1900, and return
ed by them to the imperial archives
at Pekin This paper is the mar
riage contract of the present EN-
peror. Enormous quantities Of loot
were taken from the Celestial En-.
pire on that occasion, some of which
has since been returned toA China.
Among the objects missed was the
imperial marriage contract, signed
February, 1889.
Searches were made by the Chinese
diplomatic representatives in all
countries of the world for this docu'
ment, but they were fruitless until
it turned up in Germany. 1t had
been given by the German soldier in
question to one of his relatives as n
curiosity. The contract was recog.
nized as an official deed by German
functionary who has served long
time in China 1t was then sub
mitted to an expert, who declared it
to be the imperial parchment con.
staining the conditions of the Emper.
or's marriage. Upon the completion
of this unofficial examination the doc.
ument was returned by its holder to
PAkin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
An Extinct Genius.

Is It no longer possible to be a
gentleman" or a "lady" now that
nearly all the rules which regulated
the conduct of these characters are
disregarded? The gentlemen" and
''ladies" formed on the old pattern
are armed with rapiers; those on tbs
new. with explosives-it is impossible
for the former to face the latter
without being destroyed. That ap
pears to have been fully recognized
and the characters are generally be-
ing remodeled to suit the circum
stances of the time. The few remain
ing gentlemen" and 'Iadies" of the
old style are regarded as museum
pieces" interesting, but of no prac
teal value to themselves or to 9th
ers.-London Truth.
Modern Flour Mill.
The most modern -four mill in the
world has just been opened at W1nnl
peg and has a capacity Of 5000 par
rels daily.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
RABIES SCARE AT RIcHFIELD.
Mad Dogs Bite Six PeOpIe-One
Woman Will Die.

Mad Dogs Bite Six PeOpIe-One
Woman Will Die
Mad dogs have bitten six people in
Richfeld and one woman, Mrs. Archie
Payne, who was bitten in the finger some
time ago, has been taken to the Chicago
Pasteur institute, where it is said she has
no hope for recovery. John Cardo and
his infant daughter have received treat
ment at the Chicago institute and are
cured. The infant son of John McLaugh-
lin was bitten on the finger, but no blood
was drawn. The matter was neglected,
but the arm has now commenced to swell,
and the recovery of the lad is deemed
doubtful. Nelson Leach and one of his
children were also bitten, but so far no
bad effects have developed. The board Of
health has taken up the matter and cru
SADIE against dogs running around with
out muzzles has been commenced. Tween
ty-seven> dogs were shot one day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
LOST MONEY IN CHEESE.
Cashier Story of BeIIvilIe Admits
His Shortage Reaches $4,000.

Cashier story of BeIIvi1Ie Admits
His Shortage Reaches 100000.
Cashier Edwin G.. Story of the Belle
vile Citizens bank, lost about $4,000
of the banks funds holding up friend
who had speculated in cheese, according
to his own confession to the State au-
thorities in Madison. He has kept during
this time a double set of books to deceive
the stockholders of the bank. The de-
faulting cashier in his desperation took a
dose of corrosive sublimate, the effects of
which are now wearing off. He is 40
years old, married, and has one daughter.
His salary for some years past has not
been in excess of 5000 a year. Story will
be taken to Madison as soon as his health
permits it. The stockholders of the bank
have had a meeting at which they prac-
tically decided to make up all the short
ages. so that none of the depositors would
suffer. Story was under $4,000 bond.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
ASSAULTED BY MAYOR.
NciIIsviIIc Executive Fined for As
sauIting Temperance Worker.

NeiIIsviIIc Executive Fined for As
sauIting Temperance Worker.
Mayor Kent Listeman of Neillsville
was fined in justice court for assaulting
an old man, Charles Hudson, on the
street The assault was the outgrowth of
the fight which the temperance and liquor
factions of NeillsviIIe waged before cleo
ton. Mayor Listeman, who is a brewer,
published articles in the local paper favor
ing saloon license. In response to these
Hudson read an article at a temperance
meeting, whic.. was ordered printed on
handbillS and scattered about the city be-
fore election. This aroused the ire Of
Mayor Listeman. The two men met on
the street, and the Mayor, it is charged,
struck Hudson in the face. The latter
swore out a warrant. Mayor Listeman
pleaded guilty. The incident caused a
sensation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
FAIR DATES ARE SET.
Schedule for County and State Expo
sitiOns Are Reported.

Schedule for County and State Expo
sitiOns Are Reported.
Secretary John NJ. True of the State
board of agriculture has issued list OF
the places and dates of the principal agri-
cultural fairs in Wisconsin next fall. The
State fair will be held in Milwaukee on
Sept. Z, 8, 9, 10 and H. The locations
and dates of other fairs in the State
are as follows: Amigo, Sept. 24-27; APP
pleton, Sept. 9-12; Baraboo, Sept. 22-25;
Beaver Dam, Sept 2S-Oct. 2; BOscObel,
Sept. 30-Oct. 2; Bruce, Sept. Gill; Ce-
darburg, Sept. 17-19; Chiffon, Aug. 27-
%; Chippewa Falls, Sept. HIS; Oar
lington, Aug. 1928; Elkhorn, Sept. 10
10; Evansville, Sept. Ii; Fond du Lac,
Sept. IA; Friendship, Sept! 22-24; Gays
Mills, Oct. so; Hillsboro, Aug. 1921;
Jefferson, Sept. 1925; Kilbourn, Sept.
29-Oct. 2; Lancaster. Sept! 1-3; La
Crosse, Sept. 21-26 Lodi, Sept. 10; Mad
ison, Sept. 29-Oct. .; Manitowoc, Aug.
25-2S; Marshfield, Aug. 25-2S; Mansion,
Aug. 25-27; Menomonie, Sept. Sill; Mer-
rill, Aug. 25-27: Mineral Point, Aug. -
81; Monroe, Sept 9-12; New London,
Sept. 1920; New Richmond, Sept. 1925;
Neillsville, Sept. II Phillips, Sept. -
p; Platteville Sept Il; Plymouth
Sept. Il: Portage. Sept. Ii; Reedsburg,
Aug. 11-14; Richand Center, Sept %
%: Spring Green. Sept. 1918; Stevens
Point, Sept I'll: Tomah, Aug. 1921;
Viroqua, Sept 1918; Waterfowl, Sept.
1918; Wausau, Sept II; West Bend,
Sept. 22-24; Weyauwega, Sept. 22-25.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
WISCONSIN COWS LEAD.

Dairy Production Record of Pure
Bred Kind ExceIs Other States.
That Wisconsin leads all the States in
dairy product on records of pure bred
cows is shown by the latest bulletin issued
by the University of Wisconsin expert
ment station, prepared by Prof. T. w.
Wall and Roy G.. Harris. The bulletin
gives an account of the official and semi
official testing of dairy COWS in this State
during the year ended Oct. 1, 1907, and
includes reports on tests of 233 pure bred
Holstein cows, 90 Guernsey cows, 6 Jer-
seys, 3 Ayrshires and 4 grade cows, a
total of $40 animals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Children Cut in VIII.

Four thousand dollars to each of two
children and 81 to each of her other seven
children is the peculiar terms of the will
of Mrs. Carrie Gilbert aged 70 years,
who died in Chippewa Falls. Mrs. Gil
bert had intended to treat all of the
children alike. but during the last two
years she had some disagreement with
them. The family moved there from
Iowa, and $4,000, the proceeds of the
sale Of farms. is in an Iowa bank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
GONE, BUT NOT IMMUNE.

Judge Vinje Decides Insurance Com
panieS Can Be Sued.
Judge Vinje has decided that insurance
companies can be sued in this State by
serving summons on the commissioner of
insurance even though the summons be
made after the companies have left the
State The decision comes as the result
of a motion by an attorney for the Cen
trail Union Life Insurance Company TO
have the judgment of Harry Richey set
aside
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
TIED UP BY WOMEN.

Fond du Lac Man ImIsibes Too Free
" and Meets with Punishment.
When a policeman called at a residence
in Fond du Lac the other afternoon he
found the man he was looking for in an
unusual condition. He was tied hand and
foot and was lying ON the floor of his
residence. Near him stood two women
who are thought to have tied him up. It
is understood that the women objected to
the man being drunk and when he ere
ated disturbance they promptly proceed
ed to tie him up. The police took the
rope off his legs, but left his hands tied
until he arrived at the police station.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
KIDNAP OWN DAUGHTER.

BIOOmer Parents Object to Grips
Working II Hotel.
John Weir and his wife and son ere
ated a sensation at Bloomer by 'kidnap-
ping" their daughter, Miss Minnie Weir,
while she was receiving treatment in g
dental Office in that village. Miss Weir
struggled, but the parents succeeded in
landing her in their buggy and driving
home with her. 1t appears that the
Weirs objected to their daughters work
ing in a hotel in Bloomer and as she
would not listen to their arguments, they
took heroic measures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Distrusts Banks; Rats Eat Cash

Joe Perro. a Washburn laborer. who
for years has deposited his savings in an
old trunk, discovered that his money. con-
sisting of 5000 in bills, had been chewed
to pieces by rats. which had made a nest
of the remnants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
BLOW for Pure Food Law.

4 suit brought TO test the validity of
the State pure food law, following the
arrest of W. I. Sherer, charged with SELL
ing camphor below the State requirements,
resulted in the acquittal of Sherer in
GAINESVILLE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
The Dentist in Love.

Mature is really a great mechanic.
Just think Of getting thirty-twO teeth
In your tiny little mouth" -Meggen-
dOrfer Blaetter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
FUNGUS CLOSES PICKLE PLANT.
Growth Appears ON Cucumbers,
Making Product UnmarketabIe.

A disease which has appeared in the
cucumber fields has forced Manftowoc
picking concern to close its plant for at
least five years. say experts of the Agri-
cultural Department who have investigdt-
ed conditions The cucumbers are affect
ed by a fungus growth, which spots the
product and makes it unmarketable. last
year less than 30 per cent of the pro-
duct grown could be sold. The condition
is said to result from atmospheric condi-
lions of the lake shore district.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
INSANE CONVICT RETURNED.

Slayer of James Fielding Brought
from Oshkosh to ManitOwOc.
Michael J. O'Brien, a<'Maple Grove
man, has been returned to the county asy-
lum in Manitowoc from Oshkosh after
eleven years at the Northern asylum
there. O'Brien's return recalls the muir
der of James Fielding, a crime with
which he was charged. Both men resided
in Maple Grove. Fielding had visited
O'Brien's home, and while returning
home, across fields, was followed and shot
by O'Brien, who was adjudged insane
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Modern Flour Mill.

A campaign of publicity to counter
act the effect of the present prohibi-
ton wave was decided upon by the
trustees of the United States Brewers
Association in Chicago.