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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Dead Man Drives Horses.

While John G. Gerritsen sat dead
but bolt upright on the wagon seat,
the lax reins hanging between his
stiffened fingers, his team of horses
travelled safely for more than two
miles the winding valley road at the
foot of Carrot mountain from Lodi to
Richfield, n. J.
Gerritsen, 81 years old, of Lodi, was
one of the largest contractors in that
vicinity some years ago. He started
to drive from his home to the Marley
stone quarry at Richfield. Often his
team has passed over the road to the
quarry. At the familiar end of the
Journey the horses stopped.
Men at the quarry saw Gerritsen
seated on the box, silent, mOtiOnless.
Was he asleep? They spoke to him,
they shook him, they lifted him from
the wagon. County Physician Arm
strong said heart failure had been fat
al to Gerritsen half an hour before his
horses drew him up to the quarry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,, Grant coun-
ty Court-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
Sails, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate
of Jacob Sails, having been issued
to Albert Sails, of Waterloo, in Grant
County, Wisconsin.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
the creditors of said Jacob Sails, de-
ceased, are allowed and limited by
order of this Court until and includ-
ing the End Tuesday of January, 1916,
being the 18th day of said month, to
present their claims and demands
against said Jacob Sails, deceased, to
the County Court for examination and
allowance.
NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY CIV
EN-, That the claims and demands so
presented will be examined and adj
justed by this Court, at the office Of
the County Judge, at the Court House,
in the City of Lancaster, in said coun-
ty, on the 4th Tuesday of January,
1916.
Dated this 7th day of September,
1915.
BY THE COURT
E. B. GOODSELL,
County Judge.
Brown, Brennan e Carthew. 3Ow3t
Attorneys for executor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Buried Under Peaches.

Thrown into the street from a jit
ney and buried beneath a load
peaches dumped from a huckster'S
wagon when the car collided with the
wagon, Miss Mary Stitcher, of Chester
Pa, had her right leg broken, hel
head badly injured and was severely
bruised about the body.
With Miss Stitcher as passengers
in the car were her sister-in-law. Mrs
LentOn Stiecher, and her aunt, Mrs
Sarah Smith. These two women es
capped serious injuries.
The accident was caused by Rob
ert Jordan, the jitney driver, attempt
ing to cross the street in front of the
wagon in charge Of Joseph Zeldon,
the horse becoming frightened.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Rabbit Has Horns.

A. A. Alter, of Roscoe, Tex, has
found something new under the sun.
West Texas is noted for growing horns
and thorns. Nearly everything that
grows there has horn, a thorn or
singer. But never until now did any
one ever hear of a timid, modest lit
tie molly cottontail with horns. Mr..
Alter killed one of these little animals
a few days ago and to his amazement
found a nice pair of horns about two
inches long protruding from the head
just back of the ears, where all well
regulated horns ought to grow. In or
der to satisfy those who questioned it,
he removed the scalp of the rabbit
and took it to Roscoe, leaving it at the
Roscoe Times office. After close Scrut-
my it was concluded that these horns
were not very formidable weapons,
either for offense or defense, but if
the ribbit didn't use them for either
of these purposes those who examined
the scalp were unable to figure out
what use they could have been to her.
At any rate, they warned all rabbit
twisters that hereafter they must be
careful lest some desperate cottontail
should some time turn upon them with
her horns and rend them. Dallas
(Tex.) cor, st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Diadems.

The diadem now worn by royalty
and the aristocracy of both sexes was
originally a sort of ribbon or fillet,
woven of silk, thread or wool, more or
less broad. 1t was tied round the tenn
pies and forehead, the two ends being
knotted behind and let fall on the neck.
1t was usually white and quite plain.
though sometimes embroidered with
gold and set with pearls and precious
stones. Pliny relates that Bacchus
was the first inventor of the diadem.
Athenaeus says that topers first made
use of it to preserve themselves from
the fumes of wine by tying it tight
around their heads and that it long
afterward came to be royal orna-
ment.-London Spectator
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
NOTICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, County

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County
Court, Grant County-In Probate.
In re estate of Peter Langkamp, de-
ceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
at the special term of said court to be
held on the fourth Tuesday of October
A. D., 1915, at the Court House in the
City of Lancaster, County of Grant
and State of Wisconsin, there will be
heard and considered, the application
lof Elizabeth Langkamp, for the APP
pointment of an administrator of the
estate of Peter Langkamp, late of the
town of Paris, in said county, de-
ceased;
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER
GIVEN, That at the special term of
said court to be held at said Court
House on the fourth Tuesday of jan
uary, A. D., 1916, there will be heard,
considered and adjusted, all claims
against said Peter Langkamp, de-
ceased;
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FUR
THEIR GIVEN, That all such claims
for examination and allowance must
be presented to said county court at
the Court House in the City of Lancas-
ter in said county and state, on or be-
fore the 21st day of January, A. D.,
1916 or be barred.
Dated September Dist, 1915.
BY THE COURT:
E. B. GOODSELL,
31w3 Judge.
Brown, Brennan & Carthew,
Petitioners Attorneys.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
AppIejack Flavor Increases Water
Consumption.

READING, Pa.-For some weeks the
city water bureau has noticed an
amazing increase in the water used
in this city. Inspectors and regis
trars alike were unable to account
for it. People who seldom used water
except to wash in have been seen in
dulging in amazing quantities. Men
who have not used it as a tipple for
a long time have been fOrsaking bars
and clinging to water attachments in
public places in lieu of pumps.
Analysis of the water discovered a
peculiar taste. 1t was like three fling
ers of Bourbon diluted to the eighth
degree. This failed to solve the mys-
terry, however, as no one supposed for
a moment that a distillery had been
located near any of the reservoirs.
By accident the key to the puzzle
has Just been found. One OF the IN
spectors of the state board OF health
patrolling the water shed found sew
eral cider mills along the Maiden
creek. which supplies the city, were
dumping the waste and pulp from the
apples used in making cider into the
stream. This pulp, fermenting in the
shallow places, produced the alcoholic
Juice that lent its peculiar applejack
flavor later noticed in the city water.
Even the fish showed the effects.
Fishermen reported that fish would
not bit, but seemed to be running
around recklesslv in the water and in
dulging in antics that no fish in its
right mind would think of.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Laughs Two Hours.

Betsey Green, "stout" negress, liv-
ing in Kansas City, Kans., stood beside
a large fat man at the Riverview sta
ton. A puff of wind came sailing
down the street and neatly removed
the fat mans hat, sending 1T sailing
down the line.
Everyone smiled as the fat man
gave chase as best his avoirdupols
would permit.
"Yah. yah. yah, yah, hobo ho-golly,
golly," laughed Betsy
The teasing puff of wind rolled the
hat farther and still the fat man trun-
died on. Betsy laughed and laughed.
And when the fat man stepped ker-
pIunk in the middle of his Panama,
Betsy's mouth gaped wider and she
held her sides and peal after peal of
laughter, issued.
''Yah, yah, yah-O, golly, golly, gol-
ly," she walled
Then she staggered over to a bench
and fell into it laughing laughing,
laughing. Pedestrians stopped to
laugh with her and others to laugh
at her.
Finally her laughing became a ser
ious proposition and some tried to
calm her She only laughed the hard
er. She laughed for an hour. Her glee
was so great an ambulance was called.
At the Emergency hospital in Kansas
City, Mo-, she laughed for another 81
minutes.
DR.. George H. Hobson, police sur
geon listened to her laugh for i've
minutes, then gave her dose OF NOR
phine. When the negro woman tlnal-
Iy stopped laughing it was an hour
and forty-five minutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06

Estate of Anastasia Schmidt, deceased.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, County
Court of Grant County-In Probate.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
at the special term of the County
court, to be held in and for said coun-
ty, at the Court House, in the City of
Lancaster; in said County, on the 4th
Tuesday of October, A. D., 1915, being
the Goth day of October, 1915, at the
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
the following matter will be heard
and considered:
The petition of l.. G. Edwards, exc
cutor of the estate of Anastasia
Schmidt, late of Potosi, Wisconsin, de-
ceased, for the examination and allow
ance of his final account as such ex
ecutor and for the determination of
other matters set forth in his said pc
tition and for an order of said court
assigning the residue of said estate to
such other persons as are by law and
the last will and testament of said de-
ceased entitled thereto, and for his
discharge.
BY ORDER OF THE COURT:
E. B. GOODSELL,
31w3 County Judge.
Brown, Brennan & Carthew,
Attorneys for estate.
Dated September oath, 1915.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06

Unknown Lot 80, Viii
Iage 2.7O
Jas. Car Lot "a and
mody rs, Village 3.67
TOWN OF MT. HOPE, T6, R 4, West.
Whalen Est SWA, SW
4 10 6 1924
Whalen Est SEA, SEA IA 1917
TOWN OF GLEN HAVEN T 4, r 5.
Village of Glen Haven.
c. P. Good Lot 16 and
rich Est IL 800
C. P. Good Lots IA and
rich Est 145 $50
JOS. S. Kidd Lot 149 2.59
c. P. Good Lots 153 and
rich Est 154 2.SO
c. P. Good Lots 159 and
rich Est 160 $50
C. P .Good--Lots 207 and
rich Est 20S 2.91
TOWN OF PATCH GROVE T 5, r 5, w.
Susan Bid NE cor. of
we'll Est NEA of SW
4 5 1898
TOWN OF MILLVILLE, T 6, R 5.
Thomas
Sloan Lot 1 6 11.51
George
Pearson NWA, SWA,S 6 1857
Authorizations: Feast; W-west; NJ
north; S-south; SE-southeast; Me-
northeast; SW-southwest; NW-north-
west; Effect; Cor-corner; st; street,
Given under my hand at the office
of the County Treasurer of Grant
County and State of Wisconsin, in the
City of Lancaster, on the 18th day Of
September, A. D., 1915.
w. G. LIVINGSTON,
County Treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County of
Grant, IS.
In Circuit Court.
John McKelvey, plaintiff.
VS..
CLYDE Reighard, and Mary Reighard,
his wife, Henry Nelson, and Mrs. Hen
ry Nelson, his wife, and Buffalo Pitts
Company, a foreign corporation, de-
PENDANTS.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
by virtue of and pursuant to Judg-
ment of Foreclosure and order of sale
made in the above entitled action, at
the regular February term thereof, for
the year 1914, held at the Court House,
in the City of Lancaster, Grant County,
Wisconsin, said term commencing on
the 10th day of February, 1914, said
judgment and order bearing date the
4th day of September, A. D., 1914, and
the time allowed by law for redemp-
ition having expired, and no redemp-
ton having been made therein, | will,
on the 26th day of October, A. D.,
1915, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
of said day, at the front door of the
Court House. in the City of Lancas-
ter, Grant County, Wisconsin, offer
for sale and sell at public vendue, to
the highest and best bidder or bidders,
for cash, the following described mort
gagged premises or so much thereof
as will be sufficient to raise the
amount due on said judgment, inter-
est and costs, together with expense
of sale, to-wit:
The west half of the northwest quar-
ter of Section twenty-five (25) town
six co north of Range five go west,
in Grant County, Wisconsin.
Dated Sheriff's office, Lancaster,
Wisconsin, this 9Th day Of September,
1915.
F. HE'LL,
Sheriff of Grant County, Wisconsin.
BY F. B. Calls, undersheriff.
S. H. Taylor, plaintiffs attorney.
Lancaster, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
Age. LOG: Height. %.

Mrs. Jeanette Schwartz, LOG years
old, who weighed less than twenty
five pounds and was only 2 feet 6
inches tall, is dead at the Brooklyn
Hebrew Home for the aged. She was
born in Germany.
On May 20 her birthday party was
celebrated at the home by a party at
which she gave recitation and was
helped to her feet by the manager and
nurse while she did a few dance
steps. Of recent years she has often
awakened during the night and asked
for a glass of beer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant Coun-
ty COurt-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Louis
PlimptOn, deceased.
Letters of administration on the es-
tate of Louis Plimpton, deceased hav-
ing been issued to William Plimpton,
of Mt. Hope, in Grant county, Wis.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
the creditors of said Louis Plimpton,
deceased, are allowed and limited by
order of this court until and includ-
ing the 3rd Tuesday of January, 1916,
being the 18th day of said month, to
present their claims and demands
against said Louis PlimptOn, deceased,
to the County Court for examination
and allowance.
NOTICE is ALSO HEREBY GIVEN,
That the claims and demands so pre-
scented will be examined and adjust
ed by this court, at the office OF the
County Judge, at the Court House, in
the city of Lancaster, in said county,
on the 4th Tuesday of January, 1916.
Dated this 10th day Of September,
1915.
BY THE COURT:
E. B. GOODSELL,
3Ow3 County Judge.
Brown, Brennan e Carthew,
Attorneys for administrator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
50 Year Sentence; Fine $1,OO0,0OO.
If I'm alive SO years from today
I'll do it all over again.

So Mandy Simon of MuskOgee, which
is in Oklahoma, carolled as she enLer-
ed the Jail down there. And the song
wasn't any joke, either.
For Mandy is under sentence to sit
in a cell for period Of ninety-ni1le
years. When she has done that, she
must pay S1,OOO,OOO fine. After that
Mandy can go forth and "do it all over
again"
Doing it all over again" was what
made the trouble for Mandy. 1t seems
that Mandy, who is an Indian woman,
got into the habit of looking ION the
wine when it is red the federal laws
prohibiting the sale Of liquor to In
dams to the contrary nOtWithstand-
ing. She not only looked at it, but
swallowed it. Result: She landed be-
fore Judge Williams, down in Musko-
gee, weekly on charges of being drunk
and disorderly.
For long time the judge tried to
reform her. He extended leniency.
But Mandy kept clogging up the court
calendar, and at last Judge Williams
slapped on a sentence that will ''hold
her for a while"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
QUEER EVENTS THAT
MAY HAVE HAPPENED
Odd Things Told by the Tele-
graph Wires.
Some Are False and Some Are True
Believe Them All Ii You
Want To.

FREDERICK, Md.-Queer freaks
were played by a cloudburst which
swept over a section Of Frederick
county.
County Commissioner Frank M. Ste
vens of Creagerstown lost two COWS.
He found one of them in the fork OF
a tree seven feet from the ground.
Samuel Geisbert of CreagerstOwn,
who thought he had taken every NOV
able object from his cellar, lost bar
rel of vinegar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
ECLOSURE. SALE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County of
Grant, IS.
Tn Hirouif Honrf
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
WORK MORE THAN TEN HOURS
Madison Cafe Manager Charged With
Ten Separate Violations of the
Labor Law.

Madison Summons and complaint
by the attorney general of Wisconsin
were served to G. G. CAM, manager of
the Northwestern cafe of Madison, al
leging ten separate violations of the
law regulating hours of labor for wom-
en-. 1t is a civil action and the COM
plant demands forfeiture under the
law upon each of the separate counts.
The minimum penalty is $40 and the
maximum 500, so that the total mini
mum penalty, upon conviction on all
ten counts will be 500 and the maxi
mum $1,000.
The action is begun by the attorney
general under direction of the state in
dustrial commission and is based upon
complaint of three women, employees
under direction of CAM as manager of
the cafe.
The complaint alleges that each of
the three women were compelled to
work more than ten hours per day
and that the required time was not
allowed for meals. The Northwestern
railroad company is in no way involv-
cd in the case.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
NEW LIGHT RATE OFFERED
First Indeterminate Contract Offered
Any City in the U. S. Submitted
to Racine Council.

Racine.-The first indeterminate
street lighting contract ever offered
a city in the United States was sub
mitted to committee of Racine
council by S. B. Way, vice president
and general manager of T. M. E. r.
& L. Co.
In principle the contract comes
about as close to municipal ownership
as it can without providing it. The
terms permit The Electric Co. to make
per cent interest on the money in
vested, prevents it from making any
profit beyond that, and guarantees it
against loss. The price of lights IS
determined by the actual cost of OPP
Grating the service. The price of serv-
ice will be adjusted every year. 1t the
city has ordered expensive extensions
and costly underground work, the av-
erage cost per lamp will be increased
to meet this expense. If no material
changes are made in the equipment,
the tendency will be to reduce the cost
through efficient operation. If lamps
are ordered installed at points where
the expense is not heavy it will reduce
the average cost.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
WANTS DECISION REVERSED
Attorney General Requests Rehearing
IN COMPENSATION Case-Affects
Child Labor Law.

Madison brief fled by Attor-
ney General Walter C.. Owen, the SUI
preme court is asked to reverse itself.
Last month the court, in an opinion
written by Justice Marshall. in the
case of Clarence Foth, a minor.
against Kenosha manufactures, con-
strued several words in the workmen's
compensation act in such way as to
seriously hamper the state in enforc-
ing its we'll known policy Of restricting
child labor and the Industrial exploita-
ton of minors.
The industrial commission, which
administers the child labor laws and
the workmen's compensation law,
viewed the courts recent opinion with
such grave foreboding that it request
ed the attorney general to ask re-
hearing of the case. The resulting
brief not only asks the court to correct
what the attorney general deems an
obvious error in constituting the Ian
guage of the law, but also reviews the
history of child labor prohibition in
Wisconsin and the long struggle be-
tween the state, as the conserver of
children, and employers who put cash
profits before life and limb of the
states future citizens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
PRENTICE MAN HoNoRED AT
CLOSING SESSION or MARI.
NETTE CONVENTION.
TWO WANT 1916 MEETING
Oneida County Captures First Prize
in EMBELLISHMENTS Loving
Cups and the Art
Banner.

Marinette.-The Wisconsin Potato
Growers association closed a three
day session here with the election OF
j. Fl. Hicks of Prentice, as president;
3. Woodward, Madison, vice president.
and ]. E. Millward of Madison, secre-
tary.
Chippewa Falls and Merrill were
the two leading candidates of the 1916
convention, but decision on this ques-
ton was left with the executive com
mittee.
Oneida county and Rhinelander,
county seat, captured first both on po-
tatoes exhibited and design and ar
rangement of county booth. They were
awarded two silver cups and an art
banner.
Other counties exhibiting took
places in the order given: Waupaca,
Wood, Lincoln, Barron, Langlade, Mar
inette, Forest, Sawyer. Dunn. Oconto,
Taylor and Rusk Oneida county scor-
ed 1914 out of a possible 100 on quality
of potatoes. Senator Stephenson visit
ed the show and ate a dinner made up
entirely of potatoes in various forms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
WOULD ALTERNATE SEASON
NC" Richmond Man Would Prohibit
shooting Deer Every Other
Year.

view Rlchmond.-There las been
nulcAed by the sportsmen in this city,
T. Barnes OF the H. S. Thompson
4'llOer company taking the initiative,
movement looking toward the
'-'nament or repeal of the present
@'' which limits deer hunters in this
s''e 10 one deer and that a buck. Mr..
lanes says that the law prohibiting
" shooting Of does, while undoubted-
y 'Offect IN theory, is not protecting
- aeeF, but it is increasing the num-
- ), Allled and adds that if the present
- is not stopped the deer in
~ northern Wisconsin woods will
",a be eEterminated
M Barnes proposes the repeal of
~ ~ one buck provision OF the present
cav. 1 ana substituting in lieu thereof
N, ss-s real protection for the deer. To
\ NJ 10 ne proposes that the shooting
n ussI' both male and female and of
SIS. ~seS' be prohibited in Wisconsin
,,s. - O'ner year. He would have an
5.ra season OF not to exceed twenty
> 'u' only once in two years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
PLAN NATIONAL CHEESE DAY
ls Every One Get Acquainted With
Value Of Product, Green County
Mems Slogan.

NOnroe.-Monroe boosters are work
hg out plans which will result in the
establishment of an annual national
cheese day, at which time every one
will be urged to make the acquain-
snce Of some kind of cheese. During
4 get together" banquet held here, in
celebrating the success of the second
annual Cheese day of Oct. IL, it was
decided an effort would be made to
pt into touch with other cheese pro-
igdng centers of the country with a
view Of launching an annual cheese
day.
During the last year Green county
lDduced 1889 pounds of American
cheese, 6,1SS,S24 pounds of Swiss,
3M,i65 pounds of Limburger and
l5%7H pounds Of brick cheese from
Tie 1892 COWS in the county, the
dilry products of the county being
Valued at $9,7S5,064.81. 1t is regarded
IS certain that with proper publicity
Still greater returns will be possible,
While at the same time the value of
Geese will be brought more to the
aaentIOn Of the general public and
thousands who do not now use the
Product will be convinced, as is proven
@ tests, that it has a greater nutritive
value than meat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-26
MAY PERFORM MARRIAGES
Question as to Legality Arises From
Recent Ceremony at
Green Bay.

Madison General Owen
advised District Attorney Fred Morrill,
of Green Bay, that a Congregational
minister, though he has not had
charge of parish for seven years, but
has continued his communion with
his religious organization, may lawful
ly perform marriages in Wisconsin
Some question as to the validity of a
marriage performed by a Congrega-
tional minister at Green Bay arose
from the fact that he was not in active
charge of a parish. The fact, the at
torney general said, did not deprive
a minister of authority to perform
marriages, provided he complied with
requirements of the statutes.