Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-07-31
GLEANINGS FROM THE STATE
PRESS.

new postofhce has been estab-
lished at Hillsburg, Dodge County.
Measles is the prevailing disease
a: WATERFOWL.
Black raspberries are drug in the
market as WATERFOWL.
Glass maud boards for plows are
already introduced and for sale in
Wisconsin.
The Watertown Journal says the
mercury was 1902 above zero We'd
nesday OF last week.
Florence Caldwell, of school dis
trict No. 8. Rock county, has spelled
through three terms of school with
out missing a word.
An infant child of Mr.. Brnski, of
Beaver Dam, fell in a cistern and
drowned one day last week.
A Norwegian named Christian
Sivertson, aged 20, cut his throat
with a razor at Wa1sau, last week.
The Richland Republican says that
there are few cases of small pox in
Richland Center.
Two cases of accidental shooting
occurred in Racine last week, Meth
er of them fatal.
The Darlington Democrat says
that young man named Woodmus
mysteriously disappeared from New
Diggings last week.
1t seems generally conceded that
Speaker Barron can be the next
senator from the Gath senatorial dis.
trict, if he wishes it.
The Mansion Star says In that
region they never had better return
for their labor than in this years
harvest.
Mrs. Van Cot is preaching at
GAINESVILLE. The Times says her son.
mon didn't amount to much, but
that she looked handsomer than ev-
er
Paul Cradle, convicted last week
of giving whiskey to Indians. at
LemOnweir, was sentenced to three
months in the county Jail.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette, speaking
as one having knowledge, says there
are sixteen licensed liquor saloons
in that city this year against twenty
six last year.
A convention of Wisconsin gram
gers is called to meet at Milwaukee,
en- the 2lst of August Three deler
gates from each grange will be in
att tendance.
The Darlington Democrat learns
that there is great excitement in
Apple River in the Methodist church,
over the masonic question.
The Burlington Standard says
that Mr., Ludwig Neir, living in
South Burlington, had his foot cut
off by his rowing machine last
week.
The Plymouth Reporter says Mr..
Asa Wilson Of that town was thrown
from horse rake last week and had
a leg broken--and that John Muehl,
residing at Bertschy's Mills, had his
thigh broken by piece of falling
timber.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
states that A. G. Pomeroy; of Omro,
attempted to commit suicide in tina
foi mer place, one evening, by taking
laudanum. He was drenched by
force with antidotes, aud saved.
Cause of the act-w hisky.
The Reedsburg Tree Press states
that on Monday night of last week,
the safe Of AbIeman & Watson, in
The depot Of Ableman, was blown
open, and money and papers to the
value Of 50, 500 distracted.
The Brandon Times says the oak
wood House, at Green Lake, is full,
having $50 guests, ard every private
residence in hartford, where they
will consent TO take in strangers, is
full.
The Monroe Sentinel complacently
mentions that two divorce suits and
two or three cases in appeal compris
ed the business of the law term of
the circuit court, which closed the
sittings last week.
The La Crosse Republican and Lead
er says the Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad company appears to have
deserted the job of building bridge
across both the Black and Mississ~
ippi rivers.
Osmon Harrison, Norwegian,
laid down on the track of the Madison
and Portage railroad few evenings
ago, in a fit of intoxlcation and was
run over and instantly killed by
passing train. He leaves large |
family in indigant circumstances |
The Dodge County Citizen says
raspberries have been in market in
abundance this year, opening at Is
cents a quart, and finally came down
TO 8 cents-and that the crop of win
Ter wheat is the largest raised in that
section for ten years.
The Appleton Post says wheat
will be a heavy crop in that region
that farmer named Ganor living
near that place was struck by light
'ning but not killed last Tuesday
hat several workmen at the Sey-
nour coal kilns, were arrested and
ined for drunkenness and fighting
and that Garret Hays was fatally
stabbed in Appleton last Sunday
hight, by.Robert Kriofski, in a drunk
IN qua rrel.
The juneau County argus says all
Kinds Of crops look very encourag-
reports from the cranberry
nars hes are very encouraging, and
! big crop is expected this season,
t frost and insects do not intervene
and that the blueberry trade is
quite lively here at present, and con-