Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29

BaraDOO, lost 1,OOO bushels or oats dur
ing heavy rain and electrical storm
Mr.. Gasser heard a loud clap of thun-
der and looking toward the field saw
three of his eleven stacks burst into
flame. Neighbors came to his assist
ance and confined the fire to four
stacks.
Carl Durrhammer, and Arthur Ro-
ma, boys of Lacrosse, are dead from
lockjaw following bruises on the feet
which occurred about the same time.
The bruises were received while the
boys were running barefoot, and at
the time nothing was thought of them.
Tetanus later set in in each case and
caused death.
Earl Stettin, of Whitewater, robbed
a Waldo jewelry store and later was
found in a Sheyboygan shooting gal
lery where he was knocking the rab-
bits to pieces. An officer saw him
pull out handful of pennies, and ar
rested him on suspicion. Stettin, who
is eighteen, confessed to several rob-
berries that have occurred recently.
Farmers living in the vicinity of
Pittsville, near Grand Rapids, report
the effects of a new cattle disease
which local veterinaries have been un-
able to classify. Several cattle have
died and numerous others are suffer-
ing. 1t is said the disease begins with
a swelling of the throat, and death Of
ten comes within few hours.
Henry Geiger, young farmer liv-
ing near Belleville, who ATTEMPTED to
ford Sugar river, to give aid to cattle
during the recent flood, was carried
away and drowned. His body was re-
covered last week with one hand clasp
ing a bunch of hair from his horses
name, indicating that he had put up
d brave fight for his life.
Emil Weisse, of State Line, caught
near Watersmeet in the Ontonogon
river, speckled trout that weighed
Az lbs, and measuring 81 in. in length
and 10 in. around. The fish will be
mounted by Chicago taxidermist, and
if as reported, it is the largest speckled
trout caught this year, Mr.. Weisse
will receive a prize of SIS.
Two girls, aged Is, inmates of the
detention home in Milwaukee, climbed
down a fire escape during the night
and went to their homes where they
were later arrested. Supt. Elliott has
now instructed the attendant to re-
move the clothing of all the inmates
after they have retired for the night
and keep it under lock and key until
Then enrolment at the University
of Wisconsin this year is expected to
be above 5000. A medical examina-
ton will be made of all students en-
tering for the first time, and the med
ical department has prepared for MAX
ing 1000 tests. The tests are to- de-
termine the physical and mental fit
ness of the students for carrying on
the school work.
Beloit college faculty has refused
to concede to Archbishop Messmer's
demands and President Eaton's wishes
that Catholic students be allowed to
absent themselves from morning chap
ell services. The faculty takes a firm
stand upon the old established custom
of holding chapel exercises at which
all students must attend. 1t is eX-
pected that some of the students will
leave the college.
George and Dan Martin, % and IS
years, and cousins, have left Stevens
Point for New Orleans in boat. The
boys built the boat themselves which
has a beam of four feet and is twenty
six feet in length. On it is cabin
in which the cousins will live while
floating down the Wisconsin and Miss
issippi rivers. They expect to sell the
boat in the spring and come back by
rail-
Alice Ward, the seventeen year old
Miss, of Rhinelander, who recently fig
ured in a runaway episode with Ar
thur Tardiff, and was apprehended at
Gladstone, Mich, and brought back,
has made serious charges against sew
eral young men in Rhinelander and
two of them were arrested and fined
Tardiff pleaded guilty to a charge of
pandering and is in Jail awaiting the
action of the circuit court.
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George Togstad, aged 13, was acct
dentally killed by his comrade, Clifford
Gallagher, Is years old, while hunting
in the swamps near Madison. Accord
ing to Gallagher's statement, Togstad
was pointing the location of some
ducks and fell against the muzzle of
Gallagher's gun, discharging it. The
load struck the unfortunate youth in
the head inf1icting wounds from which
he died shortly after.
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A car driven by Walter L. Wells, a
well known manufacturer of Kenosha,
containing seven passengers, jumped