Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-29

A near riot was caused when light
ming struck the Norwegian Methodist
church at Sheboygan while the Gold
en- Rule Society was holding a meet
ing. The women rushed from the
building, which was slightly damag-
ed by the bolt
Mrs. Andrew Frydenlund, of De-
| Forest died from sleeping sickness.
She slept uninterrupted for almost
ten days, having lapsed into state
or unconscIousness WAY 81, IonoMng
/ a seven-day illness. DR.. Carlton, her
| physician, says it is the strangest
case he has ever attended.
| Two we'll known professors at the
University, o. J. Campbell, OF the
! English department, and E. A. Gill
more, Of the law school, will leave
| the U. w. at the end of the present
school year, according to rumors on
the campus. 1t is reported that Prof.
| Campbell has received an attractive
/ offer from the University of Michigan.
Prof Gilmore will leave the UNIVERSE
/ ty to go to the University of Illinois.
! is the report.
rev. F. T. Roberts, aged 40, self
/ confessed thief, for nine years pop
ular pastor in Randolph, left for
Canada on an enforced vacation with
/ his wife and 15-year old daughter.
Roberts confession came after cir
! cumstantial evidence pointed to his
connection with a long search OF the
( thefts from the tills of village stores,
police said. To the deacOns of the
Welsh Presbyterian church he adj
mitted he had taken money while
| left alone in the stores by store
keepers who trusted him. The sum
was trivial, the police said. His res
| ignation was accepted and on his
| promise to leave the United States
Immediately, accusers agreed not to
take legal action.
! Three members of school boards in
Stevens Point have been forced out of
office by a recent ruling of the inter-
state commerce commission, which
provides that railroad employees can
| not hold public office, either rural or
suburban, and that membership on
a board of education is considered
public office. If the railroad employee
! continues to hold office he cannot
accept transportation for himself or
his family, even though making a
trip for the company by whom he
is employed. The rule resulted in the
1 designations of W. J. DumbletOn and
E. A. King from the city school board,
and Harold McCallum from the voca
tional board. Mr.. Dumbleton had
served 81 years and was chairman of
the committee on teachers.
! Madison lakes claimed their fourth
victim with the drowning of Gerald
Bean, of Des Moines, Iowa, near their
cottage across Lake Monona. The
body of the boy was found in one foot
OF water by A. G. Deming, who was
at his cottage near the scene when
the boy disappeared The boy lost his
/ life in trying to initiate his elders
Mr. Bean, who is a travelling sales
man, was out Of town. Mrs. Bean
missed her son at about two O'Clock
and search was instituted. His
body was found in foot of water
near the shore. A fish pole lay in
the water nearby, and it is believed
the boy drowned when he went to the
shore to try to fish. He is believed
to have climbed onto one of the
stones that line the shore and to have
slipped into the water Lakes Mon
ona and Mendoza have each claimed
two victims this year. Esther WEEP
king and Melvin Engler drowned in
Lake Mendoza in canoeing accidentI,
and Mrs Esther Buley drowned in
Lake Monona two weeks ago when
she fell out of row boat.
Lyman Parish, 500 line brakeman
of Fond du Lac was killed instantly
at Rugby Junction while setting out
cars on freight train enroute to