Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-11-10

eSS picked up an iron SAFE III CHe
500 depot at Rhinelander, and carried
it 300 yards down the track where
they blew it. They obtained $15.62 in
cash and less than a dollars worth OF
revenue stamps. The explosion vas
heard all over the city.
Frank A. Ross Of Madison, is said
to be the youngest student at The Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Ross is Only
fourteen years old and received special
training from his mother iIstea1 OF
going to public school. He is the son
of Prof e. A. Ross of the university
department of sociology.
John Malchunik, until recently an
employe of the Wisconsin River Pa
per and Pulp Co., of Stevens Point,
has sued his former employers for
damages amounting to $4,000. Nal
chunk alleges that he was forced to
work in a damp part of the mill and
as a result contracted a disease known
as osteosarcoma, or decaying of the
bones.
Rev. Jacob Schadegg, a pioneer
Lutheran minister of Prescott, was
found dead on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi river near his home by body
of his Pensioners who were search
ing for him. The congregation had
waited faithfully for him at the church.
He had preached in that vicinity for
more than fifty years. No reason can
be given for his death.
A committee of three has been ap-
pointed by the Rhinelander school
board to decide whether dancing is a
harmful or wholesome pastime. This
follows a dance held by the high
school students in the new gymnasium
after which a body of clergymen pc
titioned the board that no further
dancing be permitted. The board
passed the buck to the committee.
Mrs. George Tews of Padoine, Colo,
on a visit to her parents at Brook
field, near Waukesha, was burned ter
ribly when a can of alcohol she was
using to fill lamp with, exploded
and set fire to the room and her cloth
ing. She was taken to the Municipal
hospital at Waukesha for treatment.
Mrs. Tews came from the West re-
Gently to care for her sisters child
rem who had been left motherless.
George Epping, a trusty in the She
boygan Jail, recently saved the life
of Deputy Sheriff Goodell of that city.
Goodell had gone to scrap yard to
serve a writ of replevin on load of
iron. Two women were in charge of
the load and while Goodell's back was
turned one of the women slipped up
behind him to strike him on the head
with an iron bar Epping saw the at
tempt and interviewed just in time to
save the officer from serious injury
or death.
Vernon Topp, aged IT, of Madison,
went hunting with two young friends
and received a gunshot wound in a
manner that has not been explained.
The two other boys, named Tom Ma
for help when the accident occurred
and left young Topp at the side of the
road The injured youth lay there for
an hour or more and lost so much
blood that he died shortly after. His
companions had no knowledge of first
aid.
John Beer, aged 20, living on farm
near Willow Springs in Lafayette
county, was shot and killed last week
by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun. His neighbor, young man
named Levi Partridge, had been visit
ing with him on a hunting trip and
upon leaving put his gun against the
fence while he helped his dog through.
In some manner the gun was dis
charged the shot striking Mr.. Beer and
injuring him SO that he died a few
hours later. Mr.. Partridge is pros
trated over the affair.
Elsie Mccarthy, rosy checked lass
of eighteen years, was arrested at the
farm home of c. r. Bristol near Della
van where she asked for drink of
water and food Miss Mccarthy was
wearing boys attire and stated that
she was beating her way from Lans-
ing, Mich, to Circle, Mont, where her
father owns a ranch. She was detain-
ed for a day or so but upon the district
attorneys advice that she could be
charged with no formal offense, was
released from custody and at once
given employment in private family.
Fon du Lac gets new industry. The
United States department of Agricul-
ture has been experimenting in the
raising of plants for drug purposes
and now has contracted with Karl S.
Smith, who owns an eighty-acre farm
near Fon du Lac, to raise a large
number of useful plants, the govern
ment furnishing the seeds and plants
and supervising the planting, cultiva-
ting and harvesting Mr. Smith was