Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-31

George William Rinker, a citizen Of
Omaha, sued the Ringing Bros. cir
Gus for $4,000, alleging that he had
been injured by runaway horses while
watching parade in that city. The
circus was later attached at Nebraska
City Rinker lost his case recently in
the federal court at Omaha where the
case was taken.
Ten petitions were put in circulation
at Kenosha on Saturday a week ago,
demanding that the question of license
or no license be submitted to the vot-
ers at the coming election. Kenosha
had it's last license election six years
ago, and at that time the city went
wet" by two to one vote.
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Miss EVA Jepson is the second stu
dent at the Stevens Point normal to
lose her voice. Miss Jepson's voice
suddenly left her Saturday morning a
week ago, and she has since been I'M
able to speak aloud. She has no cold
and no cause of the ailment can be as
cribed. Miss Marie Drollinger, the
other student previously afflicted,
again is unable to speak.
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George F. Miller, Appleton, a mem
Der Of Company A, ninth United
States Infantry, who was found muir
dered on the Mexican side Of the bord-
er near Laredo last week, was buried
at Appleton with military honors, hav-
ing been a Spanish war veteran. He
| left sixteen years ago and had been
with the regular army ever since. His
family still live in Appleton.
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, Fred NJ Strong, of Beloit, son Of the
late William B. Strong, retired presi-
dent of the Atchison, Topeka and San
ia Fe railroad company, has in his
possession spelling book given his
father by the late Admiral Dewey
they were school boys together at
Bloomington, VT The old book bears
the autographs Of Admiral Dewey and
Mr.. Strong The men continued life
! long friends.
Ludwig Wagner, a farmer of Eau
/ Claire, went to Milwaukee to see the
sights. He was startled upon opening
the door of his hotel room where he
was to sleep with another guest, to
be greeted with volley Of revolver
shots. Ludwig dropped to the floor
and crawled from the room. Peter ST.
monare, the shooter" was sent to the
house Of correction the next day.
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It is believed that Corbett lake, an
/ insect breeding expanse Of water
which covers valuable land near La
dysmith, will soon be thing of the
past. The big ditch to drain this lake
now is completed, and it is thought
that all the water can be carried off.
Fish are being caught by the thous-
ands at the outlet.
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Lumber companies of Sawyer coun-
ty have taken steps to guard against
any invasion of members Of l. w. w.
agitators appearing in any Of the log
ging camps on the Couderay Indian
reservation, will be arrested and hand
ed over to the government for pro-
lection Some 5000 men are employed
in the fifty camps in the southern
part Of this county.
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Sheriff Breckenfeldt of Racine coun-
ty, and posse and lively scrap at
the Case South works where 100 foun-
dry helpers went out on a strike, de-
jmanding raise from 1925 to $3.50 a
day. 7 A small riot followed when the
strikers attempted to prevent others
from entering the. shop, and several
heads were cracked before the mob
was dispersed. Eight arrests were
made.
An explosion in the powder maya
zinc of the WinskilL mine of the Wis
consin Zinc company at New Diggings
shook the country for miles around
The explosion caused $4,000 damage
to the mine, slight injury to two per
sons and minor damage to towns with
in twenty miles. About 1900 pounds
of powder were destroyed. The cause
is believed to have been short cir
cult in an electric heater in the maya
zine.
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Former Senator Isaac Stephenson
has contracted with the Fox River
Granite company Of Appleton for a
magnificent soldiers monument to be
erected on Stephenson's Isle, where
the new park to be presented to the
city Of Marinette, by Mr.. Stephenson,
is located. The monument will be of
Barre white granite twenty-five feet
high. The figure of the soldier is to
be eight feet high and the base is to
be twelve feet square. The cost will
be $4,000.
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John Kennedy, proprietor of Oak
lawn farm near GAINESVILLE, recently
purchased $4,000 w Nrth of blooded