Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-02-25

Y railroad five miles long from Union
Center. in juneau county. to Hillsboro,
ernon county. is to be built
The 4. Fuermann brewery made an
assignment in Watcrtcwn to w. II.
Woodward with liabilities of $4,000.
Paul Wagner, aged is. and his wife
Frederick, aged 81, were suflocated by
coal gas at their residence IL Mil
waukee.
At West Superior the State trust and
savings bank closed its doors with liza
bilities of $4,000.
Hotel Malavey. at Itasca. was burned,
the loss being $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
Jacob Hirsch, a clothing dealer in
Milwaukee, made an assignment TO
Philip Hirsch, VINO gave bond for
$4,000.
The license of the National Mutual
Life Insurance association of Mime
apolis, in this state, was revoked Mon
cay by Insurance Commissioner Fricke
Charles Lembrich was caugf' in the
freight elevator shaft at the Blatz brew
cry in Milwaukee and his head was
crushed.
There was born TO Mr.. and Mrs Walker
at Cataract girl having two we'll
formed front teeth in her lower jaw.
Edgar c. Jennings, for more than 30
years cashier of the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance company, died sud
denly in Milwaukee of paralysis, aged
rs years.
W. Peplinski, postmaster at Pulaski,
was arrested, charged with abstracting
money from a registered letter adj
dressed to Armor & Co, Chicago.
The Reedsburg wooden mills, the
largest in that part of the state, have
opened on full time.
The fax and feed mill at Union Grove,
owred by Henry Box, of Evanston. H..
vas burned, the loss being $4,000; no
insurance.
The sheriff attached the E. A. Ellinger
&. Co. cloak factory in Racine on claims
Of over $4,000.
H. 3. Hinckley, well known in foot
ball circles and captain of the Beloit
team of 1896, was attacked by savage
dog in Beloit and badly bitten.
Gen. Edward 5. Bragg celebrated his
10th birthday at his home in Fond du
Lac.
Mike Neganup, a half-breed, in a
drunken fit of jealousy stabbed his
brother John through the heart with
hunting knife al Spooner.
Christian Malschner. aged 60, an in
mate of the poorfarm at Sheboygan,
committed suicide. His home was al
West Superior.
The bequest of $4,000 left by Father
Ritter, who died at st. Joseph's, has
been received by St. Joseph's orphan
asylum, his estate, amounting to Sl5,-
600, having just been settled.
John Ebell, farmer in the town OF
Marion, was accidentally shot and
! killed.
Glen Lindke, saloon keeper at Man
ston, was found guilty of having a rifle
in his possession belonging to the state
ard was fined $45 and costs.
AT Richland Center Mrs. Jewell.
an old lady, found 5000 in tin can
while looking through an old cup.
board. She remem bers having hid the
money about fifteen years ago, but
supposed that it had been lost OF
stolen.
Mr.. VIM Harvey of Hazel Green
died at his home Fob. 10. Mr.. Har-
vey was an old settler of Hazel Green,
having resided there most of the time
since 1871. He was prominent in the
Methodist church and highly regarded
by the community.
Brother Brooks of the Blooming
ton Record begins to feel more rail
roads pointing toward his town. We
hope they may arrive. Bloomington
is one of the fairest towns in the
county and a railroad would put or
finishing touches in the way OF lustre
Mr.. j. C. French of Meridian, Ia.
one of the HERALD's esteemed patron.
visited the editor in his sanctum the
other day in company with his brother
from Potosi. Mr.. French is a we'll
informed gentleman whom it is Q
pleasure to meet. He is visiting foi
few weeks with old-time friends and
relatives in this county.
The sensational divorce case Of
Lena Smith against f. b. Smith Of
Platteville has been withrawn, A
considerable percentage of Platteyille':
population had been subpoenaed and
were on hand Wednesday forenoon
when the case was dropped. There
was a big sigh of relief when the wit
nesses learned they would not have tc
testify. The case ia di fferent form
will come up as court case before
the Judge.
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