Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-13

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| The infant son Of Clifford Cease. who
/ lives about four miles west of Brandon,
| while playing about the cistern in some
way succeeded in removing the cover
and fell in and before discovered was
| drowiw d. He was about Is months Of
! age.
/ Hudson-The New Richmond White
| Cap examination resulting from the
tarring and feathering of Mrs Peter
Dunbar. aged 6s years. is in progress at
! the court house. About twenty-five
! New Richmond men are supposed to
have beer implicated in the outrage
| Acknowledgment r. Dix had not
! been released from custody five min
| utes and had just emerged from the
/ courtroom when he was arrested on a
| charge of embezzlement preferred by
| the Armour Packing company
| The synod of the eastern district of
| the Norwegian Lutheran church II
America was in session in Lacrosse
last week.
omro-Burglars entered the post
/ office here. making a clean sweep of the
safe, which was blown open, taking $340
/ of stamps and $50 or more of cash The
/ drug store OF c. u. Bowman was also
entered and about $50 extracted from
/ AAE Cash dIdMEts UcSlutS q quantity OF
cigars An attempt was made on the
| 1ewelry store of Charles Chase. but the
/ burglars were apparently frightened
away before effecting an entrance
/ Mellen-W. c. Horton was shot and
seriously injured by Peter McNabb. his
neighbor. He was about five or six
rods from the road in the woods aud
McNabb mistook him for bear
Eau Claire-George Fl. Thompson,
| cashier of the Chippewa Valley bank,
says that the $4,000 note that was in
the bank bearing the signature OF WILL
| lam H. Dulaney of Hannibal Mo. was
sent to Hannibal and was paid. and
that the bank Is fully satisfied James
/ G. Dulaney of Rice Lake, for whose ar
rest the bank secured a warrant, is still
here and is preparing a letter for pub
| lication. The prosecution has been
| dropped.
Milwaukee-Annie Kalt. aged FIVE
years, was run over by an electric car
| on Broadway and almost instantly
killed. The accident happened near
/ the police station and the motorman
and conductor were placed under ar
rest. but they were released, as it APP
peared from the evidence OF those who
saw the accident that they were not to
| blame.
| Black River Falls.-George Black
| hawk. the Indian who was cut by Jim
/ Swallow two weeks ago. died from the
effect of his wounds. Swallow will be
| formally arraigned on a charge of muir
| der. but will plead seir-defense The
| trouble occurred at the Indian reserva-
! ton near this city on the evening OF
| May Is. Blackhawk and Swallow be-
| came involved in a quarrel. II is al
| legged. and Blackhawk was literally cut
to pieces George Blachhawk was a
son OF old Blackhawk, the ex-chief of
the Winnebago tribe. and was we'll
known in all the western Indian -eser-
vations.
Milwaukee--Mrs.A Anna Howard who
lived at 312 Chestnut street. has not
been seen since Saturday night. when
she left note pinned on her door say
Ing that two people would die that
night. The police think she has COM
rnitted suicide.
SheboyGan.-Them manufacturers have
| called on the sheriff for protection for
| the men who desire TO work The fall
ure of Mayor Born to enforce his pro-
clamation and grant protection when
asked has caused this step The sheriff
is at present engaged in swearing in
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grave aspect. and there is much com
ment on the inaction Of Mayor Born,
who is also colonel of the I'd regiment
of the national guard. If these under
sheriffs are unable TO quelI the disturb
ance the state will be asked to send an
outside company TO this city
Racine.-The body OF Louis Chris
topherson of Washington avenue. who
disappeared from his home on the morn
| ing OF May 4. was found floating in the
lake the other night An inquest was
begun and the evidence showed that
/ on the morning OF his disappearance
Mrs. Christopherson came home at 2 a.
m. AT o'clock she awoke and her hus-
band was gone. but he had left all OF
his money in a pocketbook upon a
stand. This was all the wife could tell
about it. The brothers of the deceased
testified that the husband and wife did
not live happily together and quarreled
much. One brotl err said that the de-
ceased had informed rim before disap-
pearing that e he should die suddenly
thorough investigation should be
made as TO the cause OF his death, as
he was afraid that his wife would kill
him. DR.. r. Simms made an examina-
ton of the body and testified that the
htSb was iIul UEOWNeu. out was dead
before his body entered the water. as
the lungs and stomach contained very
little water He found long mark ex-
tending over the right eye which was
reduced before death The notice
authorities believe that the man was
murdered. and the inquest was adj
Journed to Friday next in order that
evidence might be secured Christie
pherson was 80 years Of age and a
temperate man and belonged 10 the
Baptist church. Ugly reports have
been in circulation in regard to the
mans death. but as yet the police have
been unable 10 produce any definite
evidence.
Gov. Upham has named r. II. Ed
wards OF Oshkosh and Richard Jear-
deau OF Milwaukee as two members Of
the new state board OF arbitration.