Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-30

Governor Philip has signed the
war bonus bill. The matter goes be-
fore the people this fall at special
election
| oliver G. Munson, Viroqua, Chief
Clerk of the senate, is a candidate to
succeed Merlin Hull as secretary OF
Estate Both are newspaper men.
i County Agricultural Agent Paul O.
Nyhus, Waupaca, reports that $4,000
i feet of drainage tile has been ordered
i for use by farmers for draining in
that vicinity. He also reports that
/ other farmers have requested drain
i age surveys and are eager to bring
into cultivation their poorly drained
lands
i Andrew Mason, 70, walked into a
saloon, ordered near beer and fell
dead as he was raising the glass to
his lips. He was a pioneer resident.
Howard Hawkinson, IS months, OF
Stoughton, was fatally injured when
a team ran away. The child was
kicked in the face by one of the fright
ened horses. His brother, Clarence,
was also severely injured.
Two men were killed by the explo-
sion of oil and cement at Chetek in
vulcanizing plant. Calvin Hayward,
40, died day after the accident. Ed.
! Davis, "a, helper, was almost in
stantly killed. They both leave large
families.
Louis Anderson, %, Racine waiter,
! fell from the high railroad bridge in
to shallow water and was killed. Two
men heard the splash as the body
struck the water. w. M. Roberts
rowed out and recovered the body. Eff
forts to revive Anderson failed.
The electors of the Darlington
school district moved for male SUI
! perintendent of schools and that the
wages of the teachers should be in
creased. State Supt. Carey has ruled
i that the electors action is illegal as
i these are matters to be settled by the
school board.
j Lightning struck the Lutheran
church at Elmira causing a huge gap
but did not ignite the building. One
man was stunned but regained life
after several hours. People picnick-
ing in the park nearby sought shelter
in the church when the storm broke
and were badly frightened.
"You owe me 5 cents that you coll
4 lected from me seven years ago and
want it back" said Mike O'Connor,
SO, Stevens Point, Wis, to the toll
keeper of the Douglas-st. bridge which
connects Omaha with Council Bluffs,
] I$a. The toll keeper said he did not
remember the circumstances, but was
willing to correct any grievance.
! O'Connor said he was going home to
die. A benefit fund of S. was col
lected at the police station.
Mrs. Geo. Wyse shot and seriously
wounded her husband and then killed
herself at Adams. The deed is said
to have been prompted by Mr.. Wyse
returning home at 4 a. M. from a
dance at a roadhouse. Mr. Wyse was
rushed to a Milwaukee hospital and
the bullet removed. His condition is
serious. He is employed as brake
man for the Northwestern road. The
principals of the shooting have a
child of g.
John Theiler, formerly editor of the
New Glarus Post, has been in Chicago
! to buy machinery and make other ar
rangements for the opening of a Swiss
Embroidery factory in New Glarus,
capitalized at $4,000. Two of the
latest machines, each valued at $13,-
900 are now on the way from Swift
zerland and it is expected that the
factory will be in full operation with
in few weeks, with a capacity of
a thousand yards of fine lace per day.
Postmaster Alger G. Pearson, Bar
aboo, 24-year-old son of the late State
Senator Charles L. Pearson, was IA
tally injured and companion, Lieut..
Harry Tudor, also of Baraboo, was
! slightly injured when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by train at Crawford's crossing near
Baraboo. The two young men, both
of whom had recently returned from
service in France, were on their way
to their camp 1T Devils lake. Pear
sons neck was broken and he lived
only few minutes after he had been
taken to the Baraboo hospital. The
crossing is dangerous one, approach
! ing trains not being visible until the
top of a steep hill leading up to the
| tracks is reached. Trees line both
sides of the road.
Every eight-hour bill introduced at
this session of the legislature has
been killed. The last to meet death
at the hands Of the assembly was the
/ Masiakowski bill providing an eight
hour day for women in commercial
establishments and limiting amount
of overtime to four hours week.
This had passed both houses, but on
motion of Assemblyman p N. Ander-
son, Kenosha, was recalled. He said
he desired. to offer an amendment pro-
viding that the bill should not take
effect until Jan. l, 1920. Friends of
the bill agreed to recall the bill for
this purpose. A new amendment was
then offered exempting printing estab-
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adopted. The bill was then killed %
to 3S. Assemblyman M. E. Johnson,
Madison, Immediately asked recon-
sideration and moved a call of the
house. He said the bill had been re-
called for slight amendment and not
| for killing it. The assembly was tied
] I'D for hours over this mattcr