Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-04-17

his prO-German name. His assassins
are not known
In order to reduce the fire loss of
7, Madison to a minimum, Fire Chief
G. w Haye has enlisted the aid of
the Boy Scouts in educating the peo-
| pie to observe the safety first" rules
in fire protective methods. The fire
chief proposes to award efficiency
badges to the Scouts who do the most
work
Ten years in the bandhouse was
the sentence melted out to Walter
Oleniczak, 22 years, Milwaukee, The
youth participated in freight car and
factory robberies on the south size,
1t is thought the sentence will put an
end to thievery eXtant for some time
past Walter Dragged about his pee
ulations
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Six inch water mains went bad at
Milwaukee as the result Of electricity
sis. The mains broke and it was nee
essary to tear the street up to repair
them. The outer walls were putty
like from the current The currents
sneak from the street car system and
follow the water pipes causing decay
where the current leaves the pipe for
it's rightful path.
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Because his wife refused to return
home to live with him, join Matthew,
aged So, painter living in Kewas-
KUN, shot her in the left side and
then fired two bullets into his own
body at the home of his sister-in-laW
Mrs Aug. Grissman in Fond Gu Lac
The man and wife are now in the
hospital and both will probably re-
cover. The police say Matthew will
be charged with attempted murder
He has two sons by former marri-
age. One of the boys is with the
Rainbow division in France.
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That trouble succeeds trouble is
evidenced by the misfortunes that
have crossed the family life of ELL
wood Soper, a Brentwood farmer
Four years ago Willie Soper, T. was
lost in the dense woods near his home
and never was found, although search
was made for days by large parties
through the swamps and thickets
Shortly after that seven COWS be-
longing to the family were burned
together with a valuable crop of hay
and many chickens. A week ago an
other son lost the fingers of his left
hand in an accident, and Friday the
mother died suddenly. During the
intervening period different members
OF the family have been i'll with rheu-
matism and other ailments
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When the train left, carrying Mike
Standingwater, an Indian 10 years
old, Of Mather, to a cantOnment in
the United States for tt aining as a
soldier of his country, his parents
sat for hours on the track and NUT
tered sadly to themselves, "Mike will
never come back" Now they are in
possession of a cablegram announce
ing their sons death Somewhere in
France" The youth was the fourth
soldier from Monroe county to die in
defense of the Stars and Stripes. He
was enlisted man, having been a mem
Der of Co. D, of Mansion. Mike was
an only son. He trained while in the
United States at Camp Douglas, go
ing from there to Waco 1t was at
the time he left for the latter place
that his parents made the prophecy
which has just been verified.
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Fire starting from the explosion of
a gasoline tank in the garage Of John
Backhaus at ST. Nazianz, swept the
business block of that village, de-
stroying seven dwellings,, the state
bank building, butcher shop, confec-
| tionery store and a general store in
which the telephone exchange was
housed. The fire ragged all day, and
was famed by brisk wind. The
fire gained Roadway when a bucket
brigade failed to cope with it and the
lack of water prevented fire depart
ments from Kiel, Valders, New Hol-
stein and Manitowoc, which went to
give aid, to check the fire. Water was
obtainable only from small lake
st. Nazianz is the seat of a catholic
seminary, which, however, was not
touched by the fire.
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The white grub, which levied a
heavy tax on the farmers upon it's last
visit to the state, is due to make an
other call this season. H. F. Wilson
! of the Agricultural exneriment sta
ton, predicts that the pests will ap-
pear in greatest numbers in those
sections Of the state in which they
inflicted the heaviest damag in 1915,
the year of their last visit. The pest
has life cycle of three years; one
year it is a beetle and lays eggs, the
next year it is the white grub and
feeds upon roots, while in the third
year it lays off, while it is chang
ing back into June bug or "May
beetle" It's most destructive stage
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