Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-02-28

to move away as she feared harm
would come to the 8-year-Old lad as
he played about the tracks. One day
last week little Johnny was clipping
freight cars and fell beneath the
wheels. Both legs were cut off below
the knees and the child passed away
a few hours later. His mother is
heart broken.
If the United States is drawn into
armed conflict, Uncle Sans soldiers
will find that GAINESVILLE women and
girls have done their share to alleviate
any shortage Of hospital supplies. The
GAINESVILLE chapter of the American
Red Cross has seven tons of Sings
and clean muslin bandages ready and
a great supply of pajamas and should
er wraps. Six sewing machines and
six bandage winders are being worked
ten hours daily at the city hall.
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Capt William Galloway, a veteran
lake mariner, died at his Milwaukee
home last week. Capt. Galloway per-
formed several deeds of heroism IN.
of the crew of the bark, Naomi, which
went aground on a bar six miles out
Of Manistee, on November s.. 1869 The
Milwaukee Chamber Of Commerce
awarded him gold watch at that time
for saving six lives. In the fall Of
1871, Capt. Galloway carried supplies
to forest fire sufferers in Kewaunee
and Door counties, although naviga-
ton conditions were terrific. Captain
Galloway was born in England Sc
years ago.
DR.. r. j. Hamilton of Madison. aged
IA years, was arrested last week on
charge of abortion. 1t is alleged that
8 DR.. Hamilton performed an illegal
operation on Mrs. Grace Haskell, age
%, of New London. The woman died
on the operating table in the physi-
clans office. Physicians testified that
death was due to an thrush of air to
i the heart Dr.. Hamilton was not ar
rested at first owing to his, being in
a hospital from nervous collapse, but
later the warrant was served and he
was taken to the county jail in de-
fault of $1,000 bail He pleaded not
guilty.
Now that he and his wife are very
old and without money, friends of
Berndt Frederickson, of Pulcifer,
Shawano county, are endeavoring to
obtain for him substantial fund said
to have been set aside in Germany as
a reward for his extreme bravery in
saving the captain and nine sailors
Of the sinking German ship Amelia
Fredericks in the North sea in 1866.
Fredericks was a sailor on a Norweg-
ian bark. With another man he went
in a boat to the aid of the distressed
vessel. Three trips were made the
last man being taken off as the ship
sank. It is feared that the help will
not come until after the war
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Charged with obtaining from $4,000
to $4,000 from the j. l. Case Threshing
Machine company through fraudulent
manipulation of a section Of the COM
pany's payroll, Wallace Ewens, TWEEN
ty-one and Herman Gregg, nineteen,
were taken into custody at Racine in
company with twenty-one laborers en-
ployed by the concern. Officials Of the
company declare that Ewens and
GREGG had been responsible for the
payment of excess wages to twenty
one men with them and the latter i'll
turned handed over about fifty per
cent Of the unearned wages to the two
foremen.
Thirty-five cents day provides 3
well-balanced meals for each of thirty
women students at the University of
Wisconsin, who are experimenting
with economical living. They are not
a diet squad but are keeping the
cost of food down to that figure, week
after. week, by living together in three
community houses, planning carefully,
and sharing housekeeping work Board
and room cost each woman about
1913 week. Board alone amounts to
$3.50 a week, but since two women
pay their share by cooking dinners
and luncheOns each of the others is
paying slightly more than her own
share Room rent amounts to $110 a
week, plus a few cents more for piano
rent and subscriptions for periodicals.
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Governor Phillip on Thursday a
week ago issued a pardon to Joseph
Routt, aged Is, who was sent to Green
Bay from Milwaukee last fall on
charge of having operated an automo-
bile with the owners consent. Routt
was released on account of bad health.
The governor refused a pardon to Lee
roy Howe who is serving a life sen
tence for the murder of his brother in
Walworth county twenty years ago.
Babe Scheu, sent to Waupun last fall
from Washburn county on a adultery
charge, was granted a conditional par
don. Edward Shaw, Jr. Douglas cOun-