Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-09

I Cu a last ItoiAA
Cyprian Caron, aged So, died at the
GAINESVILLE county farm last week. He
was born in Montreal in 1880, came to
this state in 1857 and piled the Wis
consin rivers as a voyaguer.
Charles Ederstein of Ladysmith,
aged AZ, was fatally injured when a
shotgun accidentally discharged in his
hands. The charge tore away his alb
domen. A wife and child survive him.
John Aide of Mineral Point, en-
ployed at Zehesultprshrdl etaoshrr
ployed at the zinc works, fell from a
fourteen foot stepladder. He landed
on his right side and bruised his arm
and leg.
Joseph Steber, ST., a Menominee,
Mich. grocer, hung himself to raft
er in his barn two hours before he was
to appear in court at the trial of his
son, charged with assault and bat
terry.
| G. w. Weisse, a Green Bay crockery
salesman, collapsed in front of the
clerks desk in a Stevens Point hotel
while paying his hotel bill. He was
carried to a room where he expired.
Weisse had been on the road twenty
years.
! E. G. Helm, secretary of the Beloit
board of education is quoted as saying
that military training will become a
part of the city school curriculum if
the parents of the pupils so desire.
The subject will be presented to the
parents.
Henry Miller, said to have commit
ted 100 burglaries in Milwaukee this
winter, is being held by the police
of that city. When searched at the po-
lice station, Miller had quantity OF
Jewels and money and loaded revol-
yer. He was tracked from home that
had been burglarized, and arrested.
Sam Semivich, a Russian newly
landed, endeavored to vent his animos-
ity toward the hebrew race by drawing
big gun on Mrs. Rebecca Yankosay,
Russian Jewess of Beloit. Mrs. Yank-
osay had Semivich arrested and the
latter drew a fine amounting to $45.S5
from Judge Clarkson of the Beloit
court.
Five boys under II are under ar
rest at Milwaukee, charged with hav-
ing looted numerous homes of jewel
cry and valuables. The boys were ar
rested in Juneau, Wis, and returned
to Milwaukee Many of the articles
stolen were found in the community
i'm which the robberies occurred. Most
of the stolen property was recovered.
The supreme court held last week
that where the holder of a life insur-
ance policy has been gone for eight
years, and his location is unknown,
although a diligent search has been
made for him, that the legal presump-
ton is that he is dead and his policy
becomes collectable. The case involv-
ed was that of Arthur E. Page, hus-
band of Jenny Page who left his home
in Frederick, Wis, in March, 1905 to
sell wood in st. Paul. He wrote sew
eral times but failed to come home
and eventually disappeared. Mrs. Page
kept up his insurance policy until
June, 1913 when she brought action tC
collect the insurance. The jury found
in favor of the defendant and Mrs
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Miss Nellie Drummer of Lacrosse
said to be statuesque blond, who re
Gently sued DR.. Carl Waterson, loca
dentist for $4,000 damages alleging
breach OF promise, received the sun
Of $500 from a sympathetic jury. Miss
Dummer's counsel introduced pile
of 100 letters during the trial said tx
have been written by the dentist t.
Miss Drummer, and 'SnOok" anC
"TOodle" were the most common terms
Of endeaTment DR.. WatersOn testified
on the stand that he only loved Miss
. RUNNER in a way" Miss Drummer
testified that the dentist had sent hel
diamonds, furs and other valuable'
concluding his gifts with bag o
lemons.
Edward Ellingson, a Birch Lake
, farmer, drove through the worst biz
card OF this year to get his son to al
Ashland hospital The boy, who i:
Il years old, was taken acutely il
during the evening. The father tele
phoned the hospital authorities anC
was advised that the case was proba
bly, acute appendicitis and immediate
treatment necessary. The father
strapped his son to the back of horse
and, f1Oundering through the drifts
over a lumber road that is poor ever
in summer time, fought his way
through the storm. He finally reached
railroad track and there built fire
A train coming along was tagged anC
b. making several changes of cars