Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

1He Judge ana district attorney on
the case are both poultry breeders.
Hiram w. Stone of Waukesha, aged
81 years, is dead following the inhal-
alton of coal gas while sleeping in his
own home. His wife is confined to the
city hospital where her condition is
precarious.
Cheese Day. the annual celebration
at Monroe, has been the cause Of rich
benefits to farmers and stockmen in
the sales of dairy cattle. A recent
shipment to Kansas comprised 400
head.
Ed Parke of Richland Center, re
Gently paid Judge McCorkle of that
city fines amounting to $3.50. He was
arrested with some other men in a
local hotel room where the "boys"
were shutting the pasteboards.
North Western railroad traffic at
Brentwood was recently tied up for
several hours, following the collapse
of a bridge while a heavy log train
was passing over it. Many cars were
derailed and the logs thrown into the
stream No one was injured.
A clever woman forger who passes
under the guise of incorporating
foreigner and wears shawl thrown
over her head, has been victimizing
Kenosha merchants for some time
past. Four worthless checks were
passed by the woman.
Miss Asia Lund of La Crosse, a
prominent society woman, was slugged
| by an unknown assailant while walk
ing to the home of friend in the even
ing and suffered bad scalp wound.
No trace has been found of the guilty
party.
| The Du Pont Powder Company at
Barksdale near Washburn, caught fire
last Thursday and for a time the lives
of 800 workmen and the entire prop
erty were in serious danger. The
ames were finally cut off from a build
ing where a large quantity of nitro
! glycerine was stored, and subdued.
A youthful thief, said to hail from
| Milwaukee, stole $4,000 in currency
and valuable papers from the home Of
Frank Becker who resides in the town
of Belgium, near Port Washington.
The theft took place while Mr.. Beck
er was in the barn and during the time
Mrs. Becker ran to notify her husband
the robber got away.
I E. Thompson, of Marinette, boat
manufacturer, was badly injured by a
bull which he was attempting to lead
into the barn at his home. The bull
tossed him into the air several times,
but Mr.. Thompson finally ran into a
shed and shut the door. He had one
rib fractured and his body bruised. He
Z. III recover.
Raymond Morehouse, a Racine mail
carrier, recently inherited 100000
through the death of an uncle in Cali
fornia. Morehouse at first said he
would stick to the job, but later re-
signed saying that he intended to take
life easy. He will go to California to
manage his property. He claims to
have walked $4,000 miles carrying let
tiers.
William Libow of Sheboygan, ran
away from home five years ago follow
ing his arrest for shooting insulators
off the telegraph wires. The other day
his parents found him in the Fon du
Lac jail where he was serving a thirty
/ day sentence for stealing lead. His
mother pleaded with the authorities
and finally was allowed to take her
boy home. LibOw is Is years of age.
Mrs. Bertha Gaarder, an aged resi-
dent of Union Mills, died December Fl
at the home of her son, Peter Gaarder.
Mrs. Gaarder was SO years old and
was born in Norway. She came to
America and Wisconsin in 1867 where
she has lived ever since. Seven child
rem, twenty-six grandchildren and sew
enteen great grandchildren survive
her.
son brothers are incarcerated on a
charge of having stolen copper wire
cable from the company which is in
stalling the ornamental lighting sys-
tenn in the capital city They were
discovered by patrolman while
wheeling the metal away. One of them
is married and has five children.
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Judge Goodland of the tenth circuit
court resigned his position on the
bench last week after twenty-four
years of service. The judge is "a
years of age and hale and hearty. The
judge has a record of trying and dis
posing of nearly 1900 divorce cases
during his long service, granting
twenty-four divorces in one day at the
Shawano court during a session there.