Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-11-17

Miss Anna Noelyer of near Berlin
was knocked unconscious by a thief
who used a broom handle and after
gagging and binding the young woman
ransacked the house, obtaining $40 in
cash. Miss Noelyer summoned the
members of the family after she re-
gained consciousness by struggling to
her feet and placing her chin over
the rope of the dinner bell and ringing
it. The thief has not been apprehend-
ed.
Mrs. Charles Grassman of Ithaca
and her four year old son are both
badly burned and her two year old
boy dead as the result of an explosion
of a gasoline can. The children were
playing on the cellar floor near the
furnace and in some manner tipped
over the can of deadly fluid which be-
came ignited. Mrs Grassman hearing
the screams rushed to the rescue, but
the youngest was beyond aid. She and
the elder of the children are under the
care of physicians and may recover.
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in the Richland county Jail on a charge
of burglary, effected his escape, taking
with him a coat and all the cash be-
longing to Mack Bugdo, who is confin
ed on a charge of manslaughter. The
morning after the escape the sheriff
found a bar sawed away, the screen
torn off the window and a block of
wood resting against the outside wall
of the building. Bender was traced
as far as Blue river by the blood
hounds, the trail finally being lost. He
halls from near BoscObel.
A Richland county farmer conceived
the idea of painting his cattle with
kerosene oil to rid them of vermin, and
few days later not feeling satisfied
with the progress of the germicide, APP
piled a match to one of the COWS. A
minute later glossy" was running bel
lowing around the field her hair ablaze
and the farmer following endeavoring
to put out the flames. He finally sue
ceeded after both he and the COW were
badly singed.
Hamburg in Marathon county, is the
location of fox farm that contains
about SO foxes of the black, patch and
red breeds. Five brothers named
Fromm are the owners of the novel
farm and they have developed many
methods of successfully propagating
these valuable animals. The black fox
pelts bring upwards of $4,000 and as
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they escape, very substantial woven
wire fencesa re built around the farm.
Ten detectives were sterilized at
the Chippewa Falls home for the
feeble minded last Wednesday. The
subjects operated upon were all males
whose ages ranged from fifteen to fifty
years. The operation lasted twenty
minutes, Dir. J. " Lyman, assisted by
DR.. John Ziegler of Eau Claire, doing
the work Consent in writing was OBJ
tanned from the parents or guardians
of each patient before the sterilization
took place.
The state board of health has issued
precautions calling to the attention
of organizations planning to hold sales
the danger of spreading infectious dis
ease through the articles offered for
sale. The board advises that the local
health authorities also to be consulted
prior to arranging such sales, so that
specific directions may be issued for
handling the articles to avoid the
transmission of disease. The board
suggests the fumigation of goods don
ated for sale.
Racine cabbage farmers are up
against a bad condition this year fol-
lowing a record breaking crop of the
vegetable. In 1913 the crop sold
for around SIS ton and last year
went as high as 81 and 8. This season
the rates are $3.50 and $500 and while
the crop runs around 20 tons to the
acre the care of the plant is SO great
that a price of at least 81 per ton is
. necessary for the grower to come out
on it, Many tenant farmers have
abandoned their crops.
Hugo Vented, aged %, of Milwau-
kee, has gone back to Louisiana to
serve a sentence of twelve years in the
Baton Rouge penitentiary. Vented
was convicted on a charge of having
stolen a necktie from a New Orleans
store and escaped from the Louisiana
institution last July coming back to
Wisconsin. Since then he has fought
extradition and this failing eluded the
officers for some time. Before captur-
ing him the detective searched the
house for two hours finally locating
Vented unconscious in bookcase.
Richard Becker and william Bill
nowski of Milwaukee, received senten-
ces of thirty years each, in the NUM-
cipal court administered by Judge
Backus The two men had robbed sew
eral saloons and stores in company
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