Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-12

The News Condensed.
Ex-Postmaster John Pepper Of Bos-
cobel is dead.
Jacob Kohlrus wife beater, at
tempted suicide in La Crosse jail.
Lightning rod agents are accused of
swindling farmers near Palmyra.
Fire destroyed the single and lum-
Der mills of the Arpin Lumber com
pany Al Arpin. the loss being $50, 600
Sheriff Dunn, ii Milwaukee, chased
escaping prisoners across Lake Mich
igan, but was unable TO overhaul them.
Albert Chrisnicke was accidentally
shot and killed by a companion in a
deer hunt near Romeo.
The Curtis 81 Yale company of Wau-
sau lost $50, 600 feet of lumber by fire
at Marathon City, valued at $4,000 1t
was the work of an incendiary.
A burglar entered the residence of
Thomas Emerson at Racine and stole
$500 in jewelry and money. In at
tempting to escape he was fatally shot
by Officer Bassinger
Thompson. and Hart. sons of promi-
LeI citizens of Eau Claire. fought in
a ring pitched half mile west of the
city limits. Hart was knocked out and
his people threaten trouble.
Seventeen engineers have gone north
from Shawano, locating a branch Of
the Northwestern to interseet the
Watermeet and Power branch.
At the GAINESVILLE blind school the
boys are taught 10 make liam, locks.
fly nets. fish nets, etc. and TO cane
chairs The girls are instructed in
housekeeping and dressmaking.
Rev Luther Clapp. Congregational
list, Of Wauwatosa, is dead.
The international hotel at LA Crosse
was sold under foreclosure.
4 Milwaukee florist produces lilies Of
the valley every day in the year.
John Kafer, of Monroe, was found
dead hanging in his barn.
Five little Oneida Indian boys have
gore to attend school at Carlisle, Pa.
Mrs. Henry Morgan, an old and re
spected resident of the town of Star
Prairie, dropped dead.
Wisconsin was beaten by Minnesota
in the eight-oared race between crews
of the state universities on Lake Min
netonka.
Rev. Luther Clapp, Congregations
clergyman who had preached in Wis
consin since 1915, died at his home in
Wauwatosa.
Lightning struck a farmhouse near
Sugartovn and killed two men named
Brurm mend and HagedOrn, asleep in
the same bed.
Sailors found the body Of Q. D. Pax
ton in the lake near Racine. Hc was
member of the Chicago board OF trade
and had been missing since March.
At the meeting Of the State Bank
ers association in Milwaukee d reso-
lution recommending creation OF
state bank examiner was adopted.
The festival Of the Northwestern
sangerbuud viii be held in La Crosse
July IL. 13 and IA in hall that ac-
commodities 5000 people.
Belmont where was located the
original territorial capital. is to be in
corporated. It las never recovered
from its disappointment,
Tie new president Of the University
Of Appleton. Rev. DR. Samuel Plantz,
graduated at Lawrence and the Bos-
ton school Of Theology. He also studied
ia Germany
Prof IL d. Sleeper, instructor Of
music at Beloit college, las accepted
position in the Georgetown Ky col
lege
The Plankinton Packing company at
Milwaukee in one day killed 800 hogs.
two carloads Of sheep and three car
loads of calves.
A cousin Of Assistant Secretary Of
State T. b. Leonard was drowned at
St Paul
John " Hallister. the college atar
lete, has been engaged as professor in
physicuitnra AT Beloit Charles Husc-
MAJ, and IIenrg Hay who were drowned
recently, were voted diplomas.