Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-08-09
State News.

State News.
The Sheboygan chair factory is again
in operation
One hundred and fifty employees of
the Manitoba Rrilroad company are on
strike at West Superior for an adj
vance in wages.
The Sheboyganers who squatted on
land condemned for street purposes
have been dispersed. One was taken
into custody for discharging firearms
in the city limits.
The Waupaca County Veterans as
sociation will hold its annual reunion
at Waupaca, Aug. q, p and %, and
an unusually large attendance is looked
for.
The Eau Claire Gun club is prepar-
ing to prosecute hunters for shooting
prairie chickens The open season
does not begin until September LIST.
The chinch-bngs have destroyed
nearly all the small grain in the yicini-
ty of Plover, except winter wheat and
rye, and are now attacking the corn.
Rain fell there just in time to save the
potato crop.
Thos. Leadly, German of the town
of Tilden was fined 800 and costs for
a brutal assault upon young boy.
Being incensed at the boy, he pulled him
| from mower breaking his arm, and
brutallY kicked him.
Fred Roberts, of Woodwork station,
Kenosha county, was kicked by a suck
ing colt and died in a few moments.
He was is years Of age.
The Racine Workmens Cooperative
company has failed.
The thirty-fourth annual convention
of the Wisconsin State Musical Society
will be held in GAINESVILLE Oct to y.
A severe hail storm northeast of
Beloit greatly damaged crops.
The Dells Lumber company sues the
city of Eau Claire and Dells Improve
ment company for $4,000 damages,
alleged to have been sustained by OBJ
struction of The Chippewa river.
Two children OF Evan Peterson, a
farmer living near Little Falls. aged 6
and s respectfully, were killed by light
ming.
Ripon has decided to build water
works. Six miles Of pipe will be laid
and from sixty to eighty hydrants
put in.
Lightning destroyed barn on the
farm of Mrs. Runzle, five miles south
of Burlington, causing loss of 81 800
George Kahl was killed by lightning
while setting up binder in his field
near Mt. Horeb. His brother Jocob
and an agent, Charles LANCE, who were
assisting him, were knocked senseless.
A fire in the Kelly block at Eru Claire
destroyed about $4,000 worth of grocer
les and provisions in the store of Geo.
NJ. Reed
The strike at the Sturgeon Bay saw
mill of Leathem & Smith is for ten
hours instead of eleven. The company
has shut down.
George Aue German seventy years
old, residing at Fort Howard, tied
Grape on the door knob of his house
and then committed suicide.
The Ashland authorities has forbid
den street parades of the Salvation
army.
Lightning struck the depot Of the
Green Bay, Western & st. Paul railway
at Seymour and burned it to the
ground. Nothing was saved from the
building
Afarmer named Phillips, at Wauzeka,
fell against a reaper in such way that
all the fingers of one hand were so ter
riblY mangled that amputation was
necessary.
The Governor has appointed r. 9.
| Archer, captain; j T.. Carney, first
lieutenant and Chas. Nj Garry, second
lieutenant of the Holy Name Guards, a
new independent military company of
| Milwaukee.
Friend p Ferguson, aged 80, died at
his home in Brandon, on Saturday
evening. He was retired farmer and
one of the oldest settlers.
The large yeneering mill at Belden-
vile has been purchased BY the Hudson
Manufacturing company.
| A large number of the citizens of La
Crosse accompanied the Governors
Guard to Praire du CHER, last Sun
day. One of the features was ball
game between teams of the two cities
that ended in favor of Prairie du Chen
by 5 to 6.
| A severe storm at Hudson damaged
buildings and destroyed grain crops.
After several attempts the saloon and
residence of ID. Grevenmick, Milwau-
kee, were burned by incendaries.
William Zeck was smothered to death
at Reedsburg by the crumbling of the
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of family.
DR. G. ID. Spaulding and Miss Moi
| Nichols were married at Rice Lake on
Thersday. The bridcgro in is 80 and
the bride 16.
George Bennett, who represented
Kenosha county in the state assembly
in 1859, and in the senate in 1860 and
1861, died at Ottawa, Ill, aged 49, He
settled in Kenosha in 1887.
The Wisconsin Railway company is
bothered by large bog hole one mile
north of Glidden. Two hundred and
fifty loads of gravel have been thrown
into il without any visible effect, and
now logs aud old ties are being dumped.
For d week everything going north or
coming from the north has been trans
ferred.
A skeleton, supposed to be that of an
Indian. was uncovered on the lake
shore near Port Washington by the ac-
ton of the waves. The bones were
bleached as white as snow.
The fish in the pond at Union Park,
Eau Claire, were killed by alum used
by the water-works company to cleanse
the mains.
A fire in the Kelly block at Eau Claire
destroyed about So, 600 worth of grocer
les and provisions in the store Of Geo.
M. Reed. The building was damaged
to the extent of 1880. The losses were
covered by insurance.
The largest tow. 100000 feet, ever
brought in Chequamegon bay arrived
there last week.
The brakemen on the ore trains OF
the Lake Shore railroad struck for, in
crease pay. They were out about
twelve hours when the company ac-
coded to their demands. and trains are
moving again.
Geo Reinpr prODrietOr of the Ros.