Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-07-19
State News.

and was crossing the track laden with
bundles. She leaves four sons and four
daughters.
Pratt's logging road, sixteen miles
long, from Port lake TO Pratt lake, in
Oneida and Forest counties, has been
sold to the Lake Shore q Western
company The road cost 100000 and
is reported to have been sold for $780,
900.
The Catholic Knights of Wisconsin
was in session at Eau Claire last week,
nearly all the lodges in the state being
represented.
i At Kerrick 81 Watson's bridge camp,
at the crossing of the Nemadji river on
the line of the new Eastern railway,
twenty-eight men were poisoned by
eating corn beef hash made out of meat
unfit for food. Prompt treatment saved
their lives.
Measles are prevalent at Baraboo.
One hundred cases being reported.
Henry Stenbury, an elderly farmer
of Eau Claire was killed, by falling from
the roof of house he was repairing.
Bills have been posted around Mil
waukee advising a boycott against the
Burlington road.
John Zachar, living near Racine and
known as ''The Caladonian wonder
after fast of fifty three days concluded
to live and has taken to eating again.
F. Ii. King, instructor in the River
Falls normal school, has accepted the
chair of agricultural physics in the State
university.
James Wallate, one of the pioneers of
Waukesha county, died at Algona, Ia,
aged so years.
Chinch bugs are doing great damage
in Chippewa county.
Edward Jones, resident of Racine
county since 1912, is dead, aged 80.
Robert Clauder, aged II, was drowned
at Manitowoc while his father was
trying to teach him to swim.
New pensions; Original invalid
Horatio o. Pratt, Boscobel; Ole Peter
son, Amherst; Jos. w. Hall, Mauston;
Geo II. Rounds. Belle Center. Increase
Patrick McCloskey, National Military
home; Richard b. Rose, Kilbourn City;
VIM. McFarlan. Newchester; Ole Oleson
Mosinee; Aaron c. Hotchkiss, River
Falls; VIM. Jones, National Military
home; Anon X. Jellesvig, Berne; VIM.
N. Wilcox, Sparta. Reissue and in
crease-Jas. Y Roe, Pcshtigo Reissue
--Saml. c. Plunmer, Mansion Orig
inal. widows, etc. Minors of Geo. w.
Pollock, Oak Center.
The school census for Madison has
just been completed for this year and
shows a total of 1889, an increase of
los over lasty year.
The West Superior Brick CO., of
Superior, have started up their machin-
cry and are manufacturing brick in
large quantities.
School District No !, East end
Superior have voted $4,000 for the
erection of a new building.
The loggers on Black River refused
to sell logs to the citizens of Melrose
with which to repair the dam recently
swept away by high water. The citi-
zens held an Indignation meeting and
will appeal to the State Board Of Health
as they are afraid of pestilence from the
low state of water.
Louis j. FiDdley, of Milwaukee, who
tried TO pour laudanum down his wife's
throat while she slept, pleaded guilty to
attempted murder, aud was sent to the
House of Correction for three years.
Saturday, July 9TH, Gus johnson, of
Worcester, tied his tcn-year-old son to
q post with chain aud gave him hor-
rible flogging, keeping him prisoner
until Monday night, when the boy sue
ceeded in making his escape to the
woods. He was found on Wednesday
night nearly famishcd with hungar and
as frightened as wild animal. He re-
ported his fathers cruelty 10 some sec
ton men who waited on johnson on
Thursday night with a rope and pro-
ceeded to string him uD TO the limb of
tree, but he begged so hard and so
pitifully promised not to whip the boy
again. that he was lower 10 The
ground and after receiving sound
thrasbing. consisting of kicks and cuffs,
was marched to the railway watertank
and given good, cool bath. IL has
since come to light that johnson has
been in the habit of tying his son with
lock aud chain for weeks at time.
feeding him on bread aud water and
administering whipping every day
The boy is now being taken care Of by
people Of the village.
The large sawmil near Wilhee, on
the Wisconsin Central. was destroyed by
lire Friday. Loss $50, 900.
M. o. Him, well knowG citizen of
Waukesha, died from injuries received
by falling from wagon.
Work has been begun on tho pre-
lemnary survey for the Sault ST.
Marie & Southwestern railway from
Tomahawk to Winty. The road will
also run from Tomahawk t. Rhinelan-
der.
A lad named John Henderson. living
near Racine, shot a large eagle weigh
ing twelve pounds and measuring six
feet five inches from tip to tip.
The Eau Claire Free Press says the
Onalaska boom is cleared and closed.
The output was 80, 100000 feet, about
half the amount expected.
The Y. NJ. C. A. rooms at Appleton
have been supplied with a complete
outfit of gymnasium appliances.
Gov. Rusk has appointed Otto j. Kir-
chensteiner as register of deeds for
Jefferson county in place of James
Clarity, deceased.
Prof. Leach has resigned his place as
principle of the Kenosha High school to
accept position in one of the public
schools of Chicago.
Peter Hammes was instantly killed
by falling from the dock tramway at
Murphey's mill, near Green Bav. A
board he had in hand knocked Joseph
Gross senseless.
Menasha is to have frog farm. One
of the interested parties said of the en-
terprise; 1--WE have leased good sized
piece of ground or marsh which lies low
and can easily be converted into frog
pond. The capital required is small
and the profits enormously large.
There is less trouble raising frogs
than almost any other animal. We
will put on, say dozen of Calumet
breeders. There is waste sufficient at
our markets and hotels to feed them
and in harvest time net profit of Sl0,
600 at least will reward u.s."
John Weintlandt's brewery at Bloom
er was destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Oscar Ginon was killed by a flying
piece of plank in the saw mill of 5. j.
Murphy & son at Green Bay.
The Three star Ice and Fuel company
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