Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02

DR.. Hugh j. Edwards, a prominent
physician, was found dead in his Mil
waukee home with his throat cut and
razor lying near him.
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The population report of the state
board of control shows the insane
population of the state is increasing.
While the percentage is slight, never
theless the figures give total in
sane population of 8,120 as compared
with 8,804 one month ago. There are
4,544 male and 1876 female patients.
There are 1900 insane being cared
for in the state hospitals; 100 in the
central hospital; GIT in the Milwaukee
hospital and 6,203 in the county hos
pitfalls for the chronic insane. The
report shows that the school for the
deaf has a population Of 1856; school
for the blind, 1913; industrial school
for boys, 416; state prison, $685. state
public school, 218; home for the feeble
minded, LAO, and the state reforma-
tory, 273. There are 1913 persons re-
ceiving treatment in the tuberculosis
sanitariums, of which 515 are in coun-
ty tuberculosis hospitals.
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Payers in a suit for $4,000 damages
against G. w. Carpenter of Brodhead,
were filed at Monroe last week. The
trial will go over until the February
term The plaintiff is Frank J. Schu-
bert, shoe merchant in Brodhead
last year. and the grounds of the ac-
ton are the alleged alienation Of his
wife's affections by the defendant
which resulted in Mrs. Schubert Sc
curing divorce. The complaint con-
tains many sensational statements
relative to the conduct of the defen-
dant and Mrs Schubert, knowledge
Of which did not come to the plaintiff
he says, until recently. The Schu
berts were married in 1910 and moved
to Brodhead in 1916 Reference is
made to frequent auto rides and visits
Of Carpenter to the Schubert place of
business. The defendant also advised
the plaintiff, the complaint says, not
to contest the divorce action brought
by Mrs. Schubert in circuit court here
Mr.. Schubert is located in Missouri at
present. Mrs. Schubert is living at
Appleton. 1t is understood that she
would be the plaintiffs principal wit
ness. Mr.. Carpenter is prominent
resident Of Brodhead
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A graduate Of the university agricul-
tural college writes the following let
ter on the value of a college educa-
ton: while on my vacation l went
back to the old home town and an
nexed eighty acres of land near there"
he said. ut has on it some good farm
ing land, some gravel hills fringed with
oaks and bald of grass, some gushing
springs, some good old boys, like we
used to run in when we were kids
some springy, spongy peat and some
glorious views; also bed Of mari that
at a conservative estimate contains
not less than $4,000 tons of mari and
upon chemical analysis shows very
high percentage Of calcium carbonate,
magnesium carbonate and calcium OK
ide, as good or better than the ordi-
nary agricultural limestone used in
large quantities in Illinois Dad ask
ed the owner if there was any place
on the farm where crops didn't seem
to do well; he pointed out just one
place where that sticky white stuff
comes out of the ground. The owner
considered it the biggest detriment to
the farm, whereas it is the farms big
gest asset. Right when | discovered
that bed Of sticky white stuff l paid
for my college education and then
some"