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

James Stafford aged six, was acct
dentally shot and fatally injured by
| his brother Charles last week. The
boys had been playing with a revolver
belonging to their father, neither
knowing it was loaded James was
taken to Grand Rapids following the
accident and placed upon the Operat-
| ing table where twenty holes in his
intestines were sewed up and piece
six inches long removed. The bullet
path was traced through the liver and
| lungs. He was unconscious until the
end and pathetically asked his heart
broken brother to tell the teacher he
| When the end came the little fellow
was repeating "piece" he had
learned to speak at school.
Basil Worthington, formerly Of
Chippewa Falls, was recently arrested
at Minneapolis, Mimi, on charge OF
having stolen two valuable diamond
rings from Mrs. l.. Williamson of Cor
nell, Chippewa county. Mrs. William
and had no trace of them until the
other day when she noticed ring val
ued at $3.50 resembling one of hers,
on the hand of Cornell young lady.
An investigation disclosed that the
girl was WorthingtOns fiancee and
that he had sent the ring as an en-
gagement token A warrant was
sworn out by Mr.. Williamson and
Sheriff Gillette of Chippewa county
has gone to Minneapolis to bring
young WorthingtOn back home.
The Milwaukee water department
now has an automatic fog bell in
which a wOman's hair controls its
operation. The invention is placed at
the outer crib of the intake tunnel.
Roland E. Stoelting, an emplOye in
the city engineers department, is the
inventor of the fog bell.
The instrument is so delicate that
it takes immediate account of any
moisture in the air. The human hair
is most susceptible to moisture,
stretching when wet and contracting
when dry, Upon this principle the
hair hygrOmeter, as it is called, was
constructed.
The dampening of the air permits
small piece of metal to fall, forming
a contact" thus completing an cleo
trical circuit, and ringing an electric
gong. This is controlled from mot
or automatically operated by the rush
q 49, l. T,asall
eliminating operating expense.
When the fog rises and the moisture
leaves the air the hair dries, the metal
is lifted, the circuit broken, and the
bell stops ringing
When air is unusually damp, even
though there be no fog, the bell may
ring, but when there is a fog the bell
is certain to ring as long as the APP
paratus is in working condition.
Chapter 597, laws of the last legis-
lature, governs the licensing of butter
meeting held in the office of George ].
Weigel, commissioner of the state
dairy and food departments, a great
many makers and proprietors APPROX
ed of the rules and regulations fOrmu
lated under the statute by the depart
ment The bill met vigorous oppOsi-
ton in its passage and the department
feels highly gratified that the makers
themselves now accept its provisions
so cheerfully.
The rules for the regulation of
buildings and equipment require
cleanliness first with ample light,
watertight floors, whitewashed walls
and absolute absence of dirt or filth.
Floors and utensils are to be clean at
the beginning of each days work. No
cesspools are permitted, all surfaces
with which products come in contact
must be without open joints or seams
and all metals are to be kept free of
rust After Jan. l all followers used
in cheese presses are to be made of
metal Perfect protection from flies
and rodents is required.