Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-14

Because of the damage done by
frost to sugar beets, the Rock County
Sugar company on Wednesday closed
the plant.
Louis Bisch shot silver grey fox
whilo rabbit hunting in sheboygan
county. This is the first silver grey
fox seen there in many years.
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Frank Weber, alien, proprietor of
a Horizon hotel, was arrested on a
charge of using abusive language
against President Wilson. He was
given sixty days in the WOrkhouse.
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The firemen and the police patrol
men of GAINESVILLE, have been granted
a raise Of So a month by the city
commission. The night police captain
and the fire department. captains also
received SIS raise.
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Ade1ine Holton, aged years, of
StOughtOn, was operated upon last
week for spinal assesses resulting
from the effects of infantile paralysis
incurred several years back
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BY an order from District Attorney
D. K. Allen, the raff1es of chickens,
ducks, geese and turkeys, held in
Winnebago county for many years
past, must stop.
John Oberginer was drowned while
duck hunting on lake northwest of
SpOOner. His boat capSized and he
was unable to save himself Obergin-
er was a farmer and left a wife and
seven children.
A County Federation of Farmers
Clubs with which will be affiliated fif-
teen farmer clubs in Bayfield, county
has recently been formed and the first
big meeting of the organization was
held Nov. IL.
George Van Treecks, a prominent
farmer in Sheboygan, had a miracul-
Gus escape from death when his shot
gun was accidentally discharged
while hunting. His right thumb and
index finger were blown off.
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HI. Schroeder, of Greenville, planted
five potatoes and produced six bush
els and one peck of excellent tubers.
The five potatoes were sliced into
cubes, each cube having a single eye.
AhuO 1OC Hills Wei . p1dnl GU
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Norris Catman of Brentwood shot
a hole in the bottom Of his hunting
boat and was forced to stick his foot
through the opening until he could
paddle to land. He reached shore just
as the skiff went down.
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VIM. H. Layland of Middleton, Wis,
was taken to a Lacrosse hospital,
with knife wounds in his back in
fiicted by Emil Bickow. The latter is
held awaiting the outcome of Lay
lands condition.
Leo. and Peter Kiefer of Cashton,
brothers, went insane within two
days and were taken to the Mondota
hospital for treatment The men
acted up and alarmed the neighbors
with their insane pranks.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Bray of Darling
ton, celebrated the sixtieth anniver-
sary of their wedding Friday Mr.
Bray was formerly president of the
Lafayette equity Fire Insurance socie-
ty for years.
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Several hundred Chippewa Indians
al . DA0y S0clCuSl ING uICGSS pine
through the woods near the reserva-
ton. The small green's are shipped to
the cities to be used for Christmas
decorations.
Evansville is the center of agita-
ton owing to the display of movies
on Sunday The manager showed
patriotic and religious films but this
failed to appease the church people.
hot fight wages in that city over
the matter.
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Ralph Hagner, of West Bend, was
accidentally shot with a shotgun while
hunting. His right arm was badly mu-
tilated and several Of the pellets en-
tered the abdomen. Mr.. Hagner step
ped in front of charge when one of
the party about forty feet away fired
at a rabbit
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ID. d. Crawford, Madison, is in the
hospital with a bullet wound in his
thigh and Ben Vallee, is in Jail on a
charge Of shooting Crawford met Val
lee at Middleton and asked the latter
for ride to Madison On the way in
a quarrel arose over the ownership
OF the rig and Crawford in some man
ner was shot. Both claim the other
did the shooting.