Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-01

shot deer while hunting near Coud~
cray that had in addition to it's regu-
lar set of five-point prongs, a branch
ing spike six inches long protruding
from the center of the skull.
Father Walter Fardy, for thirty
years priest, for twenty years pastor
OF Sacred Heart parish and for sew
eral years vicar general of Superior
diocese, was buried recently with a
plumbers wagon as a hearse and a
coarse pine box as coffin. The fun
eral was carried out in accordance
with his will.
Four cigarette dealers of New Rich
mOnd, have been arrested, charged
with selling cigarettes to minors.
Three of them pleaded guilty and paid
their fines, the other pleading not
guilty and having had his case con-
tinued. The school officials have been
active in investigating the use of the
weed among young pupils and the ar
rests followed.
Thomas Kelly, bogus evangelist,
went to the house Of Mrs. Martha Enos
OF Racine, and engaged a room for
two weeks, telling Mrs Enos he in
tended holding meetings Mrs. Enos
went out and borrowed money to give
Kelly his change amounting to Sc. At
ter receiving the money Kelly kne1t
down and said prayer for the family.
The check was later found to be spur
ious
Attorney General Owen has ruled
that retired minister may perform a
marriage ceremony even though he is
not in active charge of parish if he
has maintained communion with
his religious organization. Some ques-
ton as to the validity of a marriage
performed by Congregational minis
ter at Green Bay arose from the fact
that he was not in active charge of a
parish. The fact, the attorney gener-
al said, did not deprive minister of
authority to perform marriages, pro-
viding he complied with requirements
of the statutes
Barber, states that the buck law is
working out fine and that the reports
OF female deer being slaughtered and
left in the woods are largely fakes.
Mr.. Barber claims to have interviewed
number of returned hunters who
have been reported as having seen
large numbers of illicitly killed does
and received assurance that the news
paper stories attributed to them were
untrue. Mr.. Barber also says that
the law protects the hunters from
being mistaken for deer and shot.
The ravages of smallpox as a dis
ease have been checked by the state
board of health in cooperation with
the local health authorities. A bulletin
from the state board of health says
that for the first ten months of this
year, 1,415 cases were reported. In
the first nine months five deaths were
recorded. Last September only twen-
ty-three cases were reported, and in
June Sc. Not for several years
have the monthly reports of cases
been so few.
M. L. Gjestrum, a grocer and timber
land buyer of RhineIander, nearly met
his death last week when he was lost
in the woods near Hawkins in blind
ing snowstOrm and wandered for hours
in circle. Gjestrum had entered the
woods with guide to look for spruce,
but became separated from him. The
en- fn in nd M.
tempted to light a fire but all his
matches were wet and refused to burn.
The next day after a night of wan-
dering he found hut with a stove,
paper and three matches in it. He
built a fire and revived himself suf-
ficiently to start in the direction of a
train whistle that he thought came
from the near distance. On the way
to the railroad Gjestrum was COM
PEELED to ford a stream that contained
icy water, to his armpits and after
emerging had his clothes freeze to
his body. Near night of that day, hay
ing missed the train he came to a set
tiers cabin and fell selseless at the
doorstep. The WoOdsmen worked over
his body for hours and finally brought
him back to life. Gjestrum is con-
valescing at his home and reviewing
his three days adventure.
Early in January the railroad COM
mission will sit on the hearing of
freight rates involving increases on
lumber, sugar beets, sawlogs, seeds,
slab wood, live stock, fuel, ice, leather
and wood that have been filed by the
railroads. The Freight Rate Relief as
ISOLATION of Oshkosh, has filed a COM
plant against all the roads in the
state asking for reduction. This
complaint includes number Of Fox
river valley towns and some Of the
northern cities. The La Crosse ship
pers have also filed a complaint against
all the roads in that territory. The
commission has sent copies OF the