Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-18

AndfeW cooper, superior, IOuHd
guilty of burning a house of which he
was caretaker to collect insurance,
was sentenced to three years at Wau
pun.
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shipment Of six car loads Of
blooded Holstein cattle purchased at
Neenah is to be sent to Montana. A
part of the shipment will be for the
agricultural school Of that state
1000
Louis Stromm, farm hand, Go
years old, employed on the Summer
r. Waite farm near Oshkosh, was
smothered by ensilage which dropped
upon him as he was securing feed in
the silo.
A girl giving her name as Florence
Patterson and her home as Milwau
kee is in the La Crosse county home
under the care Of physicians. She ap-
pears to have lost her memory, being
unable to give the names of friends
or relatives
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Louis Smith of Delavan, on trial at
Elkhorn, charged with wife murder,
was found not guilty by a jury in
Circuit Court Mrs. Smiths body had
been found hanging from lamp hook
in the Delavan home, the defendant
claimed, and his defense was that his
wife committed suicide.
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Chas Schulka of Prairie du CHEN,
was arrested by federal game ward
en- for killing three ducks out of seas
on. When taken before Judge Tiche-
nor he was fined SIS each for the three
ducks and S. for violating the law; on
top Of this the costs were 1925. The
three ducks cost him $22.25.
1000
The breaking of the handle Of q
china pitcher caused hot milk it con-
tanned to spill over Henry Bentley Jr,
months DID, 467 Sixteenth St., Mil
waukee, scalding the child so severe
ly that he died at the Children's Free
hospital. The mother had taken the
milk from the stove and was about to
pour it into milk bottle.
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More than $4,000 was paid for Hol-
stein cattle in Outagamie county by
large number of Texas cattle breed
ers and dairymen who have been Wis
iting the various farms in the vicini-
ty, securing the best stock possible
Eight carloads have been shipped to
Texas, consisting of bulls, COWS and
calves, pure blood and grades we'll Sc
lected
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Ed Sweet, employed at the Bow
man Dairy company of Clinton, met
with terrible accident last week
while assisting in unloading a car of
ice and piling it in the store room. One
of the men, Otto Neumann, had start
ed to lift a cake of ice when his
tongs slipped off, flew up and one of
the points struck Sweet in the eye.
piercing it so badly that he will lose
the sight of that member.
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Prof. Geo. w. Smith, instructor in
German at the Lake Forest univer-
stty, Lake Forest, ILL.,, was arrested
last week at Stanley, near Chippewa
Fails. because of alleged insulting re-
marks about the government and
President Wilson. Arrival of mar
shall saved Smith from the anger of a
mob. Smith owns farm on the out
skirts of the town and is spending his
vacation there. His wife declared she
had warned him not to voice his sent
iments. Smith will have to answer to
the federal authorities at Eau Claire
1000
The profit in raising pure bred
seed was explained at Prentice by d.
H. Duddleston, in addressing visitors
to the special state agricultural train
touring Wisconsin.
Purchasers of grain for seed an
nually pay Wisconsin farmers thous-
ands of dollars said Mr.. Duddles-
ton. Buyers favor Wisconsin seed
because it has the reputation for high
yields and it is unusually free from
noxious weed seeds. Farmers are
finding it profitable to raise pure bred
seed grain and some have given IN
other lines of farming"
Nell Beaubien told Of the delicious
and cheap dish that could be made Of
Soy beans, substitute for navy beans
and meat.