Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-03


state aid system of road building un-
der the old plan and will adopt the
trunk line system. Committees have
already selected the routes which it is
expected will be approved by the
county board.
Joseph Kaminiski, 60 year old farm
er Of Marinette, was arrested charged
with striking his % year old bride of
five months over the head with the
handle Of a pickax A quarrel over
money, the husband said, was the
cause of the blow.
-O-O-O-
An eight-day trip through Illinois
was made by the Glee and Mandolin
clubs Of the University of Wisconsin
during the Christmas vacation. The
trip included concerts in Chicago, IN
dianapolis, Bloomington, Springfield,
Decatur, Rockford and Peoria.
Twenty cases of scarlet fever are
prevailing in Madison. Three new
cases were reported to the health de-
partment in one day. One of the ward
schools has been closed on account
Of the prevalence Of the disease, and
will probably not be reopened after
the holiday vacation.
-O-O-o-
Sensational rumors of another at
tempt to wreck the fast North West
ern train, No. Ill, Milwaukee to Ash
land, recently, proved to be without
foundation, although the switch ada
cent to the passenger station was
thrown and the train was carried on
to a siding for three blocks.
-O-O-O-
The state oil department has Melted
a profit Of Sal ,178.O3, according to the
statement Of B. M. Moran, state oil
inspector, recently In the statement
which he is about to send to the gov
ernOr, he says the total receipts Of
the department during the last year
are $1O4,1O5.6S, and the expenditures
were $62,92765.
-O-O-o-
Charles Frederickson, so years old,
superintendent for Brown Bros. Lun-
Der company at Rhinelander, was in
train one day last week. He was
checking the lumber in a pile along
side the railroad track and stepped
back to get better view when the
train hit him.
Charles Bartle of Dodgeville, lost
one of his eyes in an accident recently.
He was engaged in his work at the
Standard Oil house and while remov-
ing the top from an oil tank his knife
slipped and the blade struck him in
the eye, nearly cutting the eye from
the socket. A physician took the in
jured man to Madison Immediately in
order to have everything possible done
for the optic.
eff you hadn't stopped me I'd have
Olga Dahl's assailant in JAIL" said
Joseph Meyerhofter of Ironton, Mimi,
as he paved fine of $40 and costs
at Ashland for carrying concealed
weapons. Meyerhofter had told the
police Of having located the Grand
Rapids, Mimi, school teachers assaiI-
ant at Butternut, Wis, but when offie-
ials arrived at Butternut he said he
himself was the assailant and was ar
ested.
On a small tract Of land recently
purchased, a rich sheet of black jack
was brought to light at DOdgeville re
Gently. Edward Bergman is the lucky
man. He bought two a quarter acres
from the BenOy estate last fall and
on it was a we'll Is feet deep. Mr..
Bergman wanted it deeper, and Hans
Gaarder, who was doing the work, had
drilled down 20 feet farther Saturday
when he struck the sheet of jack. 1t
is reported as being fourteen inches
thick.
Gov E. L. Philip will not appoint
a private secretary to succeed Lawr-
ence G. Whittet, according to his
statement Mr.. Whittet will necessar-
lily leave the governors Office when
the legislative session commences. "I
will not appoint a secretary" said the
governor. 'Mr. Whittet will only be
out of the office a few months and it
would not be worth while to put an
other man in here. [ guess we can
worry along without another ap-
pointee."
-O-O-O-
Meetings which may add to the
states meat supply and at the same
time develop a most profitable side
line to general farming in Wisconsin
will be started when the first baby
beef institute convenes at New Rich
mond, st. Croix county, on Jan. 3.
This will be the first institute of its
kind arranged in Wisconsin which US
ually is noted for it's dairy activities
rather than it's interests in meat pro
duction. Promoters of the government
believe the state soon will have as
high ranutatiOn in raising cattle as