Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-18


John FRAGILE, OF Eau Cloire. dropped
dead of heart disease in church recently.
Louis Burke, of High Bridge, the slayer
Of Alex Montgomery, was sentenced re-
Gently to four years in Waupun. Burke
was convicted of manslaughter in the third
degree
The cornerstone of the new Episcopal
church at Oconomowoc was laid few days
ago.
A GAINESVILLE lad took Rough on Rats re-
Gently because his father whipped him. and
was with difficulty saved from death
Mr. and Mrs b. f. Moore, of Fond du Lac,
narrowly escaped drowning in Glacier bay.
Alaska, recently while there on pleasure
trip.
Frank Acres, of Menomonee, was recent
ly sentenced to term of one year at Wau-
pun for an assault upon his wife.
Martin Detienne, Of Wausau, died a few
days ago of blood poisoning that was caused
by contact of his right hand with sharp,
rusty nail
The Western Yeast Company win locate
its factory at Beloit
On recent Sunday Rev Gilbert l. Fritz
zell, of Eau Claire, fell dead from heart
disease while on his way to church His
age was eighty four years
Gus Johnson, formerly of Eau Claire, is
under sentence of death at Deer Lodge,
NJ. T., for killing a man who made an at
tempt to enter q saloon which Johnson was
keeping at the time
William J. Melvin. who had his right arm
blown off while firing the National salute
at Madison, died few days ago
The eleven-year-old son of Dr.. Reed of
Evansville, was drowned recently while
swimming in a mill pond
horned toad was recently caught in
WATERFOWL. AS the horned toad is sup
posed to only exist in the South, this
specimen is a rare ono for Wisconsin.
John Bellew committed suicide at Wauke-
sha the other day by shooting himself
through the head No cause was assigned
Carl GoIdammer, a farmer of Farming
ton, was seized with a fit while moving re-
Gently and fell on the sickle in such a way
as to be horribly mangled Death ensuea
The Capital Tobacco Company of James
vile failed recently. The liabilities were
estimated at $4,000; assets unknown
At Madison the other day Herman Frisch
was sentenced by Judge Stewart to twenty
years in the penitentiary for assaultfng a
six-year old girl at North Leeds in April
Peter Erickson treasurer Of the town Of
Garfield absconded recently with 5000 of
the town funds
The Inter-County Medical Association
held its annual meeting at Eau Claire the
other afternoon with thirty members
present, mostly from Northern Wisconsin
counties. DR. Harold Graf, of Eau Claire
was elected president
Andrew Hart, of the town of Easton, a
pioneer OF Northern Wisconsin, died the
other day, aged seventy-six years
G. W. Gerry, one of the bondsmen of the
Ascending clerk of court of Brown Coun-
ty, Fredericks, has been appointed clerk by
Judge Meyers to fill the vacancy. Freder-
ticks had returned
The City Council of Appleton has adopted
the Gaynor fire-alarm system, and eighteen
boxes would be put in at once. )
The West Superior Company is building
an opera-house and other buildings that
win, in ALL cost about 100000
Henry Kleinpel, who, while State Treas
urer agent at Madison nine years ago alb
seconded owing tho State several thousand
dollars. died in Kansas City the other day,
aged fifty-five years His bondsmen made
up the shortage.
Tho weekly catch of fish by the Booth
Company of Bayfield, averages one hun
dred tons. The largest part is shipped
fresh The freezing capacity of its re-
frigerator is ten thousand pounds a day.
The company employs four tugs ana fifty
seven smaclls and about two hund4ed men.
H. X Loomis, of SheboygaH Falls, has
been appointed Deputy State Dairy Com
missioner, at salary of II 500 per year.
He is a practical cheese-Diaker.
Mrs Honore Toole WIS found dead in her
bed at Madison the other morning. She
was the mother of !. X. Toole, president of
the Montana Constitutional convention
The sheriff closed the dry-goods store Of
NJ Koplemaa, at Medford, few days ago
on the suiG of Chicago creditors
lah0rer at the Iron Belt mine near Ash
land fell seventy. five feet to the third
level recently, at the bottom of which was
zen feet of water When the body was re-
covered there was not a sign of bruise
upon it, the man having been drowned
He was a Finlander, name unknown.