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

got on drunk and proceeded to make
merry Patrolman George Schoeperle
lcame along and put Nelson under ar
rest, but he was unable to make him
walk to the station. A fireman named
Martin Van Eimern happened along
and volunteered his assistance. He
him, but sat down suddenly as one OF
the limbs gave way in his hands. Neil
son was wearing wooden leg.
Miss Inez Hubbard, a dentists at
Itendant in a Lacrosse office related to
the police a story of how two men
had entered the office during the doc
tors absence and while one held her
hands the other gashed her arms with
sharp pointed instrument. After
doing this they rubbed her arms with
a black liquid. The police arrested
one man, who the girl identified as
one of the assailants, but he later
furnished an alibi. The dentist found
her in a hysterical condition after his
return from lunch.
young man accused of dynamiting the
home of neighbOr named Williams,
has had his case continued until the
spring term of court and is out on ST.
500 bail. The state failed to prove its
case against Robert Ferguson, who was
charged with completely in the case
and the jury returned verdict OF
not guilty. Dalton, another principal
in the affair, has already been sentenc-
ed to Green Bay reformatory for three
Years.
| The university has handed out a
bulletin regarding the handling of
corn which has been frosted. The
statement advises the use Of the silo
but suggests that the corn be allowed
to dry before being cut up and run
into the silo. The frosted corn con-
tains a larger per centage of acid than
corn that has matured properly and
has not the same proportion of feed
ing value. Green clover of the sec
ond cutting placed with the corn in
creases the quality of the ensilage.
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| Alexander Satka, Lacrosse citizen,
borrowed a gun from a neighbOr and
took shot at cat sitting on the
fence in the back of his yard. The cat
had been stealing chickens. The bull
| let missed the cat but went further or
through a shed where his neighbor,
Bambenek, cigar salesman, was
working at his trade. Bambenek was
struck in the stomach by the ball and
critically injured. He is in the hOspi-
tai and Satka is held by the police
awaiting developments.
Madison residents are having live
lly argument over the location of the
proposed Farmers Cooperative Pack
| ing plant. The company has asked
permission toll ocate their plant in East
Madison and everyone is agreed that
this is a good location except some
lof the residents of this locality. They
claim that they are for the industry
and only object to having it located
in their immediate neighborhood. For
NAL protests have been filed by the res
idents and business men of East Mad
isOn.
Davis Stanley, of Athelstane, Mari
Inette county, lives on the bank of the
Wausaukee river and ordinarily farms
his fields. This year colony OF beav-
ers which is under state protection
damned the river below his farm and
the waters have flooded the place ever
since. The conservation commission
has furnished Mr.. Hanson with dyna-
mite in unlimited quantities to blow
Iup the beaver dam but as fast as he
destroys it the beavers get busy over
lever. Mr.. Hanson says he cannot af-
ford to fight the battle any longer
and if the state wishes to keep the
beavers, it must pay for his land.
Sewell A Peterson, aged 65, former
ly state treasurer, accidentally shot
himself while hunting at Rice Lake las
week. Mr.. Peterson was alone wheI
the accident occurred, but his son anC
a young companion who were hunting
NEARBY heard the shot, and hastened
Ito the automobile where they had left
the senior Peterson, to find him mort
ally injured. A physician was sum
moned, but Mr. Peterson was deaC
when he arrived. Mr.. Peterson was
Ielected state treasurer in 1894 and was
prominent at one time in the affairs
of the republican party in this state
|
George Adler, the Waukesha jail
breaker who led the sheriff a merry
chase, and bears criminal record
extending through many states, has
thrown up the sponge and entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of ut
tering forged mortgages and attempt
ing to dispose of them. Adler carried
on life of wrong for many years
and deceived even his wife, who sup
posed he was a rich country banker.
His game was to operate city after