Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21
The News CONDENSED.

Governor Peck has issued proclama-
ton naming April 90 as Arbor day.
Wheat is reported in good condition
in 90 per cent. of the counties of Wis
consin and poor in 40 per cent.
Thomas Hoag. while telling timber on
his homestead near Washburn, was
struck by falling tree and received
fatal injuries.
The City hotel was burned at Kill
bourn City. Loss, $1,000 This hostel
ry was the principal one at the DELL
and known to many summer resorters.
The logging season is over in the
Merrill section, the total cut amounting
to about AIS, 600, 900 feet on the Wis
consn.
A valuable lot has been leased in
Baldwin upon which to build another
brick bank building for Mr.. Carr, of
Sioux Falls, S. d.
The second trial at Green Bay of
Matthias Van Delaanen for the murder
of Charles Vieu resulted in verdict of
not guilty.
James 5. Baker, aged II years, died
at Green Bay. He served for two years
as state bank comptroller and for many
years he had an abstract office here.
The butter factory owned by Hutch
ms & Harvey, located at Aztalan,
was Destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
suranc, 600. 1t was the largest fac
tory of the kind in the state
The school for the blind at GAINESVILLE
was badly damaged by wind storm.
The roof of the main building was torn
off. The loss will reach $500.
The official call for the state conven-
ton of the union labor party has been
issued by Chairman Robert Schilling.
The convention is to be held in Mil
waukee May "a.
A. J. Blair, brakeman, was killed
while coupling cars at Marshfeld
Mrs. Charles Shirley, of Ashland, has
fallen heir to quarter interest in a ST.
100000 estate in New York city.
Capt Charles King, the story writer,
of Milwaukee, has been engaged as
commandment of the Michigan military
academy at Orchard Lake.
Mrs. Spear, of Chicago who was I'M
dergoing treatment at the Pennoyer
SdulJdTlutu dJ hcHOSud COuullbltu SUI
eide by suffocation from gas
While Walter Preston, son of Samuel
Preston, of Green Bay, was duck hunt
ing his boat was caught in a squall and
capsized, and he was drowned.
The Black River house, one of the old
landmarks of Black River Falls, owned
by Mrs. Fred Gebhart, caught fire from
defective flue and was partially de-
stroyed. No insurance.
Arial Barnes, a resident of Hebron
| for thirty-seven years and the Oldest
representative of five living genera
/ tions, died at the age of 90 years
| Frank II. Briggs. found guilty of bur-
! glary in the circuit court at Green Bay,
was sentenced to one year imprison-
ment in the state prison at Waupun.
Harry Hayes, proprietor of the Good
win house at Beloit, pleaded guilty to
4 selling liquor and was fined $50 and
i costs.
Elwood Addison, aged q, son of Will
i liam Addison, of Addison'S hack line,
committed suicide in Hudson with laud-
anum. 1t was caused by disappoint-
ment in love affair.
Frank Kane. of Durand, a member of
D. McMahon's driving crew on the
north fork Of the Eau Claire, was
drowned at point about Is miles north
of Thorpe.
BY a premature explosion of powder
at the lime kiln of Henry Straw at La
/ Crosse, Albert Erickson and Sever
Knulson were seriously, if not fatally,
injured.
Fred Ganeng, logger, arrived in Eau
! Claire from the woods with $1,000. He
/ deposited all except about $500, and at
10 o'clock at night started for home.
When passing under an overhead rail
road bridge he was held up and all he
had with him was taken by footpads.