Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-08-02
State News.


mined by the school census, is 11,112,
against 10, 09l last year.
A little daughter of Alexander Thi-
ron, of Oconta Falls, was badly disfig-
ured by lighting powder that boy had
poured upon the ground.
The grand-stand of the Sheboygan
Driving Park is to accommodate 1000
persons. An exposition hall that will
cost about $4,000 is to placed on the
grounds.
The friends of DIR. j. l.. Mcdonald,
of La Crosse, are importuning Gov.
Rusk to pardon him. 1t is said that
the prisoner is sick and threatened with
consumption. He was sent up for three
years.
At the election in Superior TO decide
the question of issuing 100000 village
bonds for public improvements, SAT
votes were cast and the proposition was
defeated by III votes. All contract
work on the streets and public parks
has been ordered suspended owing to
the shortage of village funds,
During a storm the depot at Shell
Lake was partially wrecked by light
ming that ran in on private wire from
the Shell Lake Lumber company's
office.
Dennis Smith, log-driver from
Wausau,- drowned in the rapids at
Rhinelander.
Lightning completely destroyed
barn on l.. SchiveleY's farm, north of
Evansville.
The Hosmer Hospital company, of
Ashland, filed articles of association,
with capital stock Of $4,000.
Rowell q Co.'S Pillow Mandatory, at
Hartford. was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000
The Hudson Star and Times reports
that Lake Mallalieu has been emptied
by the dam gates of the Willow River
Mills.
The First Regiment broke camp, at
Madison, Saturday, after q successful
week of drill and discipline.
Ellsworth has a loan and building as
ISOLATION.
Cbas. L. French, druggist at Ash
land, has assigned his business to his
brother, w. G. French.
James Murphy, an old farmer at
Fountain City. fell into the gearing of
his binder and received serious if not
fatal injuries.
A bondsman of the defaulting treas
urer of the town Of Gale. Trempealeau
county, are suing for S4,070.72, which
had been paid over to the town, on the
| ground that the defalcation did not
occur while they were such bondsmen.
At meeting of the Milwaukee Sea-
mems assembly it was decided to raise
seamen's wages from $3.50 to 81 per
day.
A front porch will be erected on ST.
Paul's Cathedral, Fond du Lac, in men,
ory of the late Bishop Brown Mrs.
Gertrude Golden Ruggles Rose has o.
dered windows costing $3.50 for tn e
chancel of the cathedral as memorial
to her father, the late A. G Ruggles.
The Phillips Lumber company is
building twenty mile railway through |
800, 100000 pine track.
Bears are so numerous at Irma, near
'Chmahawk, that the station agent fire. |
quently gets up in the night to drive the
''varmints' from his place with a rifle.
North La Crosse Fidelity lodge of
Good Templars celebrated its twenty
first anniversary on Saturday last.
August Martz, of Beaver Greek, Mari |
nette county, lost thirteen head of cattle
by careless strewing of paris green.
Three vestibule passenger coaches
haye been built at the Burlington shops
in La Crosse. An entire train of them
is to be furnished.
A telephone line is to be put up be-
tween Johnstown Center and White
water to shorten the distance between
Whitewater and Milwaukee.
Palmyra is to have another news
paper. / A. Banks. of Milwaukee,
having decided to establish newspaper
and Job Office at that point
Burlington has from ten to fifteen old
gentlemen who voted for Harrison in
1910
Lindberg u Johnson. dealers in mil
linery at Washburn, assigned their bust
ness to "A. M. Warden.
G. IL Clapperton, the head OF a drug
business at Hayward, was fatally burned
while filling an alcohol lamp.
w. p. Lewis killed nine rattlesnakes
while moving in his meadow at Rodolf s
Mills Several of the reptiles were six
feet in length.
Henry Stelter, of Sumpter, Sank
county, lost four cows by lightning.
The thunderbolt Travelled along barbed
wire to where the animals Wore grazing.
The La Crosse Drivinr p rk associa-
ton has been reorga nz ! with the fol-
lowing officers: Pr III, B. G. Heath;
ce-president, W 4 Lockerby; secre-
tary, DIR. G. b. Thompson; treasurer,
|. N. Perry.
George Honey, of the town of Mont
pelier. Brown county fell before the
sickle-bar of his reaper and was so ter
ribly lacerated that his recovery is
doubtful. His right arm and ear were
cut off and his body deeply gashed.
1t appears that 5000 carloads of rock
to be taken to Chicago FROM DEVILS |
Lake, is to be used in Bessemer steel |
Heretofore this quartzite has been pro-
cured ut Lake Superior 1t is valuable |
in the process of steel-making on &C
count of the silica it contains. The |
best English stone contains 90 per cent. |
of silica, the DEVILS Lake product 90 |
per cent; thus the latter article heads
the list.
Prospectors, at work near Eau Claire
River, about twelve miles from that
city struck rich finds of gold and silver
bearing quartz, and are confident that |
they have big thing. Several months
ago ore from these properties, which |
L. 4 r \ eaeRl
to the ton in gold ard silver, since
which time operations have been going
on. g. G. Parker, Butte NJ I. miner |
pronounces the find one of the richest |
he ever saw. There is good deal of
excitement. Most of the land in that
vicinity is owned by Wabasha, MINI.
and Eau Claire men.
Regular Rates.
Time: Whats my bill?" inquired |
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