Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-05-09
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS CON-
DENSED TO DATE.
Religious. Political. Obituary, Criminal
and Miscellaneous-Happ as Re-
ported from Various Sections of This
Commonwealth.

Ex-County Clerk Allan T. williams
was bound over to the circuit court on
a charge of embezzling funds of the
county. He is in jail at Washburn.
Mrs. Fisher, alias Pollys. confined in
the county Jail at Juneau for obtaining
money under false pretenses, made her
escape, but was recaptured.
Mayor Atkins of Fond du Lac, has
commenced his war on stall saloons
and has issued an order for the removal
Of all stalls within six days
Milwaukee-Alonzo Colgan was placed
under $500 bonds to keep the peace. Two
weeks ago Henry Sabathne came to
this city from a small town in Pennsyl-
vania, bringing with him his daughter
Clara. His object in coming west was
to get away from Colgan, who had been
paying court to his daughter. On Tues
day Colgan rode up to his house and
asked for Mr.. Sabathne. When told that
he was not at home the young man re-
piled that he would wait and then kill
both the father and daughter. A MEM
Der of the family slipped out and noti-
fed a policeman.
Racine-At the old home of the brides
parents in this city Miss Helen Erskine
was united in marriage to Archibald o.
Coddington of Chicago. The bride is the
daughter of George i. Erskine, the
Fargo. N. D.. and Crookston, Mimi,
banker, while the groom is the princi-
pal of the Knickerbocker school of
Chicago. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Joseph Rowley of Chicago.
Janesville-Grace Mcfarland, aged
and GlaxvSo~ who
eloped from Stoughton, Dane county.
and came to GAINESVILLE pursued by Mrs.
Mcfarland. the girls mother, were
married at Beloit Mrs. Mcfarland has
returned home, having forgiven the
young couple.
Milwaukee-The funeral Of Emil San
ger. who was killed by his brother-in-
law. Robert Luscombe. Saturday night,
took place the other afternoon and the
body was buried at Forest Home ceme-
terry. The funeral was attended by
members of the family only and took
place in the chapel of the cemetery.
Eagle River-The remains of DR.. c.
L. Dixon, who was lost in the woods
last winter, We're found by searching
parties seven miles from the starting
point. The theory is that he died from
exposure.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was made by
several of the stockholders of the Kau-
kauna Electric Light company for a
receiver for the company.
Ashland-M. Thrush is still alive. al
though the bullet he intended to end
his life passed through his brain, enter
ing at the roof of his mouth and COM
ing out at the crown of his head. His
&c Inf The
theory that he shot himself in a SOM
nambulistic state is largely credited.
LaCrosse-The grand commandery Of
Knights of Malta for Wisconsin was
instituted here after three local COM
manderies had been organized With a
membership of fifty members each. The
principal officers are: Commander. M.
A. Wolcott; general, S. II. Warren; cap
tain-generaI. c.. II. Short; prelate, l..
w. Gosnell: treasurer, C. A. Bartz; re-
corder, T. w. Lawrence.
Milwaukee-The real estate of the
Louis Coorsen estate was sold by the
sheriff in accordance with decree of
court The coal yard property on River
street sold for SCI, 100 to H. NJ. Benjamin;
the house and lots on the northwest
corner of River and Martin streets was
bought by DR.. Jacob Lang for $1,000;
the manufacturing property on the
| southwest corner of the same street
sold for $4,000 to H. Panty; the two
story house and lot on Cherry and
Third streets went to +. L. Adler for
SIT. 500; the homestead at the corner of
Holton street and Garfield avenue was
bought by George Strolmeyer for $780,
900.
LaCrasse-LaCrosse and Winona
lumbermen have organized a freight
rate association. It's object is to main
tain uniformity of grades and prices
and to look after freight rates.
Whiteball-Edwin Andrus, the Law
renee university student who is charged
with being an accessory to the murder
of his sisters child. was brought from
Appleton, and examination set. Both
father and son are in JAIL and say the
charge is trumped up and that they
cannot be convicted.
Milwaukee-B. b. Verlege was arrest
ed here on a charge of forging checks
on Claude c. Seymour, his step-brother.
of Chicago. At the Pfister few days
ago Verlege paid his bill and had a
check cashed for $50, receiving the
change, He did the same thing at the
Plankinton, and Frank Furlong in
dorsed a SIS check at the First National
bank. Verlege's relatives live IN Chi
cage and are very respectable.
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