Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-11-03


farmer of Marinette, and bar Of soap
they took led to their undoing. Two
farmers hunting for the thieves the
morning after the robbery found the
two young men washing themselves
at a stream.
Fon du Lac celebrated Dollar Day.
last week and shoppers came from
the country and neighbOring cities
and spent their dollars. Elaborate
displays in the shop windows, band
concerts, yellow flags bearing dollar
marks, special displays of dollar
goods in the stores and big cOmmun-
ity dance at night, were features Of
the novel commercial idea.
o. H Elaison, state veterinarian,
states that it would be possible to
practically wipe out the scourge Of
hog cholera in Wisconsin. Mr.. Elai-
son figures that the disease costs the
wisconsin farmers between SIZE, 900
and 100000 yearly and that with an
appropriation of $4,000 the depart
ment could reduce the losses to $10,-
900 a year.
John K. Land, an engineer in the
Stevens Point brewery, took friend
to a wedding Sunday week ago, and
upon his return home lost control of
the machine he was driving while
crossing the river. The car turned
turtle throwing Mr.. Land into the
water and drowning him. The body
was not recovered until Tuesday when
a man driving along the stream saw
a hand sticking out of the water.
Members of the Methodist Episcopal
church have been active recently in
raising funds for the chapel to be con-
structed for the Methodist students of
the University of Wisconsin at Madi-
son. Nearly all the other churches
have already erected chapels and the
Methodists claim that the Lie pupils
of their faith should have place of
worship. The structure will cost $780,
900 when completed and $4,000 has
already been subscribed.
Robert Black, of Monterey, near
GAINESVILLE, high school boy, Tipped
car on a freight train and was
nearly killed Black, in company with
another boy caught fast freight in
the yards at GAINESVILLE and the boys
were climbing up the rungs when
young Black fell off. He managed to
grasp a truck and hung on until the
train passed a switch which caught
his body and broke his hold, but not
before tearing and mangling him con-
siderably. The hospital authorities
think he may live.
Henry Krug, a Waukesha machin-
list received stab wound in the back
that may cause his death. Max Plehn
Jr., Is years, is charged with the
assault and he it is alleged struck
Krug in the back with an eight-inch
file, breaking the weapon off in Krug's
body. The file was later removed by
operation. The trouble grew out of
bad blood between the Krug and Plehn
families, and young Plehn claims
that Krug and his three sons had beat
to work. Krug has family OF nine
children.
Ala Cody has stirred up the people
of WatertOwn where he resides by his
insistent prosecution of the Sunday
closing law. He forced the states at
torney to take action in a number of
he of nf LIONS
and taverns were violating the state
law with the tacit consent of the citi-
zens. So many cases have been tried
and changes of venue taken, that the
county has been put to large expense
and now some of the heavy taxpayers
are asking the attorney to at least try
the cases in the city where the alleged
offenses were committed.
Louise Nelson, Esther HalcrO and
Grace Green, three Rockford society
women were convicted in the James
Vile courts of shoplifting and SEN
fenced to serve eighteen months in
Waupun prison. Two of the women
had children and the bystanders at
the depot when the prisoners boarded
a train for the penitentiary expected
to see a sad parting. Instead of that,
however, the matrons were handsome
ly goWned and had their faces wreath
ed in smiles. 1t is said they expected
to receive lighte sentences or reETA
to receive light fines or release on pa
role, and seemed unable to realize
that their sentences were real.
The Panama Pacific exposition has
asked Governor Philip to name Wis
consins most distinguished citizen,
and the Governor has appointed
commission to name the man who
should bear the title. Charles H.
Roehmer, of Rubicon, a neighbor OF
the Governor has written to the Mil
waukee Journal as follows: