Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-10-25

A farm house owned by Evin Har-
ley, of Coleman, would nave been de-
stroyed by fire last week but for an
alarm given by the Harley house dog.
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Mrs. Minnie Miller, so years old, Of
Stevens Point was attacked in her
home and choked. She caused the ar
rest Of Joseph Marcisz, on a charge OF
assault
The KenOsha gambling squad Of the
police department was busy last week
and as a result of four raids fourteen
men were arrested on charges of
gambling.
While playing indoor baseball Ben
H. Leroy, Marinette was seriously in
jured when a bat slipped from the
hands Of a teammate and struck him
on the side of the face, fracturing his
upper jaw.
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Five year old See Reinhart, son of
Ray Reinhart, of Stevens Point, was
terribly scalded one day last week,
when he fell backwards into a tub of
boiling water his mother had set on
the floor for scrubbing.
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F. T. Stafford, who has had charge
Of the new golf course at Oconomowoc
fell from the second story window of
the Anderson cottage. into which he
and his family were moving, one day
last week, and fractured his shoulder.
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The town hall of Waukau, near Osh-
kosh, burned last week, following a
democratic rally. A neighboring res
idence was also destroyed, but a buck
let brigade saved the postoffice and a
church building. The loss is about
$4,000
The attorney general on Friday Of
last week advised District Attorney c.
~. TIE Selle of Amigo that a member
OF a county board was not eligible to
election to the Office Of county high
way commissioner while a member of
the county board
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Harvey Caldwell went into a woods
near Pound to hunt small game, leav-
ing his automobile near the road at
the edge Of the woods When he re-
turned, he found only the charred re-
mains. His machine had been burned
by a small forest fire.
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Rudolph Meyer, Two Rivers, who
suffered a broken neck when he was
thrown from colt on his farm near
Manitowoc, died at the hospital two
days after the accident. He was AZ
years old and is survived by wife and
one child.
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The first formal action Of Fond du
Laos reorganized association Of COM
MERGE was to pledge it's united appro-
val Of q $4,000 bond issue, proceeds
from which are to be used on parks
and Fairgrounds. Fond du Lac will
vote on the proposed bond issue two
weeks from yesterday.
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A student senate will hereafter gov
ern student activities at the University
OF Wisconsin. The old conference
system was supplanted last week when
! 1,459 votes favoring the senate were
received in the postcard referendum
election. One thousand votes were
necessary for the change.
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Rev Alexander McMulIen, pastor of
the Presbyterian church in Bayfield,
and Miss Maude Curtis of Horizon
were married at the home of Mrs. Os-
car Hemenway in New Richmond. The
marriage marks the elimination of a
romance that dates back to the college
days OF the bride and groom at Car
roll.
County Clerk Carl Anderson of Men
Ominee, Mich, last week refused to
grant Miss Theresa Selewitschka, 49,
white, and William Reed, %, colored
both Of Oshkosh, a license to marry
last week, saying that he did not be-
lieve it would be to the best interests
Of society to sanction such cere-
mony.
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At the meeting of the Eau Claire
county board at Eau Claire next
month resolution will be introduced
providing for bond issue Of $4,000
to be expended for highway work in
that county and a member who claims
to have canvassed practically every
member Of the board says that it is
going to pass; that a majority are for
it,
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After being quite speechless for two
weeks, since her voice suddenly broke
while she was hitting a high note for
class Of pupils, Miss Mary Drolling-
er, Marshfeld, Wis, student in the
state normal school at Stevens Point