Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08


cement sidewalk in the yard of his
Cross Plains home, receiving a frac-
tured skull. He died later.
The residence of Rev. o. F. Davis
of New Richmond, was entered by
thieves and silverware and furs val
ued at $500 taken The robbers got
away.
Edward A. Hearted of Portage,
dropped dead while on fishing trip
with several friends. Hearted was a
pioneer engineer and ran between Por-
tage, Horizon and Milwaukee in the
early days.
Fifty people being quarantined at
Almond near Stevens Point for dis
ease, declared by the physicians to be
chicken pOx, has caused a wave Of
alarm to spread over that region. The
cases are severe and some people call
it smallpox.
Thieves at night entered various
rooms in the Globe and Washington
hotels in Appleton and took the guests
clothing from the rooms. After re-
moving the change the thieves left the
trousers in the Railways where they
were found the next morning.
The 12O seniors at the Stevens Point
normal will give mardi gras festi-
val March Z, with two dances, a sup
per, two plays, one written by the nor
NAL dramatic club; side shows and
various special attractions to close the
social season before lent.
Leo, the 5 years old son of Mrs.
Edward Dibble of Corliss, died in his
mothers arms while she was taking
him to Racine for throat treatment.
When the physician examined the child
in his office he discovered it's condi-
ton. Up to that time his mother had
not known.
Thomas Jefferson Edwards of Viola,
recently celebrated his Tooth birthday
and 300 neighbors and friends gath
cred at his home. The civil war veter-
ans and others We'd in paying him
honor. Mr.. Edwards was born in Mis-
souri, 100 years ago and served in the
civil war.
Mrs. Pauline Lipps of Milwaukee,
sued the street railway company, al
leging that injuries received three
years ago in an accident, caused her
unborn child to have epileptic fits.
Circuit Judge John Gregory decided
against the plaintiff The action was
for 100000
Two clerks in the office of Register
of Deeds, of La Crosse, has COM
pleted a two years task of copying
an old volume of deeds. The book
was so badly worn that it could not
be rebound or repaired and the depu-
ties worked at spells day after day
transcribing the record.
Mrs. Jennie L. Hanson of Racine
has received $1,000 damages from
the owners of the steamship Titanic
| Mrs. Hanson's husband, Peter Hanson
lost his life in the disaster and Mrs
Hanson was severely injured by the
exposure she endured. She also re.
ceived $4,000 personal damages.
Glen LaBelle was caught between
two piles of lumber on a fiat car il
the Stevens Point freight yards ant
his cries of pain attracted workmeT
who had to unload the car before the
man could be released. With a com
panion named William McCarr, La
Belle was beating his way from Inter
national Falls, Mich, to Milwaukee.
]. F. Johnson, president of the
Johnson-Field Manufacturing company
right hand removed following infec
ton received from a burn. Mr.. John
son picked up a cigar by the lighted
end and received burns, the infection
setting in later. The physicians still
fear complications.
w. M. Crawford, a justice of the
peace and V. Duke, town constable, O.
Ruby in Chippewa county, paid fines
of $50 each for violations of the Wis.
consin game laws. Crawfoot anC
Duke were found guilty in the Chip
pewa Falls courts of having transport
ed venison and cartridges. The arrests
were made by Conservation Wardens
Asmuth and Elliott
Edwin School of GAINESVILLE, aged
was knocked off the bicycle he was
riding by an automobile driven by Roy
Kemmerer. Kemmerer did not see the
youth as his view was INSTRUCTED by
wagon, until it was too late and ther
endeavored to run into the curb with
his car. The bicycle was ruined, g
wheel broken on the car and the lac
received bruises about his face and
body that required surgical attention
Mrs. Ella Chief, a white woman
travelling through GAINESVILLE with g
chouv Woo Orontod q divOroo from N.