Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-25
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The other afternoon the center pier of
the Mason street bridge over the Fox river
at Green Bay caught fire, and soon after the
draw fell, complete wreck Loss 81, Goo
At a meeting in Milwaukee the other
evening it was decided to continue prepar-
ations fol the q A. Il. encampmcnt, with a
determination TO have the gathering held
in that city. Mayor Brown had condition
ally signed the ordinance appropriating
$4,000 for tents.
Lightning near Barton the other day
killed fourteen sheep on the farm Of Mr.
Barnes
Mike Cassiday, an Irishman fifty years Of
age, of GAINESVILLE, has fallen heir to $4,000
by the death Of a rich relative in Ireland
The pine land Of the H. W. Webster es-
tate on the Chippewa river has been sold
for s3s 100.
Parties have advertised ana sold as ele-
giant residence lots a plat OF sterile land
nearly five miles from Eau Claire, calling
the same the East Lawn addition to Fan
Claire. Several thousand dollars were
made by the enterprising swindlers who
reside in Minneapolis There is much in
dignation at Eau Claire.
About two Thousand people attended the
recent camp meeting ON the fair grounds at
Depere.
A malt house in which two hundred
thousand bushels can be handled annually
is being built at West Bend
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
directors recently declared semi-annual
dividend of three and one-half per cent
During a quarrel at West Salem recently
between Hughes, county superintendent OF
schools, and the Northwestern station
agent, Hughes was knocked down and
more or less disfigured. After he came out
of the depot the crowd hooted him threw
eggs at him, and finally hung him in eftgy
The cause of the trouble could not be as
certained
A barn on the farm of Hrs n. Reed. three
miles south Of GAINESVILLE, was burned re-
Gently together with its contents incud-
ing $500 worth of tobacco The loss was
about $500 above insurance for So 600
The State scheutzen fest, which closed its
annual session at Oshkosh the other night.
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing year President, W. Arnemann, Neenah;
Secretary, II. T. Dauleen, Oshkosh.
Relatives of young man by the name Of
Austin Nudge, formerly living at Leon, re-
Gently heard of his death on the prairie
near Watertown, S. d. The report said he
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The Academy OF Music, West Superior's
first legitimate theater was opened to the
public the other night with the Celebrated
Case" The dedicatory address was deliv-
cred by A. W. STOW.
Mrs. Sophia Pietsch, wife Of Otto Pietsch.
well-known Milwaukee citizen, took
morphine powder recently to quiet her
nerves, as she was subject to nervousness.
The drug caused her to fail asleep and she
could not be aroused and died within
few hours.
Governor Hoard recently appointed Cal
vim Morse. of Monroe, game warden Of
Southern Wisconsin, to succeed IL ID. Far
quharson, deceased.
A committee of the Board OF Educati on
at Waukesha has secured an option on an
acre of land near the Hyde Park Hotel and
about $4,000 is to be put in building.
fire the other night partly destroyed
large tenement house at Porterville There
were ten families in the house and five
were burned out completely
The city of Fond du Lac has abandoned
her suit against the Government for $50
600 damages caused by the overlooking Of
Lake Winnebago as it was found that only
plaintiffs holding property in fee can re-
cover.