Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
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each sentenced to six months in the coun-
ty Jail on charge of manning an Off
Ger.
John Reider was buried under four
tons of stock at the Racine paper mill
in Appleton. He is in critical condi-
ton.
Dr. w. L. Green, one of the able Pres
byterian ministers and educators of Wis
consin, died at his home i'll Poynette at
the age of rs years.
The banks of Appleton have announc-
ed that they will pay per cent interest
on all deposits in their savings depart
ments from July /, 1908.
Signer, Crsler & Co., owners of the
Rice Lake sawmills, have purchased 1OO,-
100000 feet of timber on the Lac Courte
Oreilles Indian reservation.
At Prairie du CHEN Gilbert Nelson fell
from a platform in front Of a moving
train and suffered the loss of leg. He
is So years old and may die.
George Cover, grocer of Oshkosh,
was kicked in the face by horse and
will die He was endeavoring to rescue
dog from the horses heels.
Charles Morris of Scranton, ILL.,, was
sentenced to sixty days in Jail at Mani
towoc on conviction of larceny in operat-
ing a short change game by which it is
said he secured $15.
Peter, the 11-year-old son of Mrs. CAST.
mir Chilla of Stevens Point, was taken
with cramps when in bathing and sank
within sight of several boy companions.
The body was recovered.
While attending a dance at Degten's
Hall at Newton and at the conclusion OF
waltz, Mrs Albert Mueller a we'll
known resident, fell dead on the floor.
Mrs. Mueller was 45 years Of age.
Mrs. John Knebel, aged "a, and her
11h-year old baby girl were burned to
death in the town of Granville. The
fire was caused by the woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove. The
house was burned.
The 2-year-old son of James Tydemap,
a farmer living about three miles from
Waupun, was drowned in a water tank.
How the accident happened is mystery
as the tank was covered with a heavy
wooden cover, which the child could not
have lifted.
Mrs. John Knebel, "A years of age,
and her year and half old baby girl
were burned to dea6h at the Knehel
homestead in the town of Granville. The
fire was caused by the woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove when she
supposed the fire had gone out.
Allan d. Conover of Madison has been
appointed by Gov. La Toilette member
Of the State board of control to succeed
Judge William Lyon, resigned. Mr.. Con
over is an architect and his services will
be specially valuable in view OF the i'm
provements constantly going on upon
buildings at State institutions.
A. G.. Lee, a citizen of Denton, Texas,
writes that if the city of Stevens Point
will change it's name to philanthropy
he will secure a location there for two
philanthropic institutions of worldwide
interest, backed by unlimited capital and
which will mean the expenditure of ST.
600, 100000 first and last" He calls the
institutions the International Political
Specialists School and the Worlds Dia-
thetc Institute.
Dr. Truman L. Parker, a young doc
tor employed in the hospital Of the Ply
sicians' and Surgeons College in Chi
cago, stepped on a banana peel while
walking from the smoker into the day
coach of Northwestern train bound for
Chicago He slipped and fell with such
violence that he was thrown from the
platform His left hand went under the
wheels and two trucks passed over 1T,
mangling it so that amputation was nee
esSsary.
The allowance of water to be drawn by
Fox River valley millmen from Lake
Winne5ago for hydraulic power has been
cut by the Neenah and Menasha Water
Power Company, which controls the flow
for power purposes, from IS per cent OF
the natural flow Of the river, which was
the allowance all the previous week, to 90
per cent Even on this allowance, plus
the natural leakage, the majority Of mills
will be able to run at practically full ca
pacity without resorting to steam power.
After being tossed about in a storm on
Lake Michigan all night in a little dis
abled yacht, three men were rescued from
the Gingo of the Kenosha Yacht Club
fleet by the life savers. The rudder OF
their little craft became disabled early
in the night, and when taken aboard the
surf boat they were exhausted by their
efforts to reach the beach and nearly
drowned by the seas which had broken
over their craft. Their cries for help
were heard by the members of the Ke-
noaha life saving crew and the surf boat
was launched only after hard fight.
Six members of the commission to Sc
lect and have charge of the plans for the
building Of an addition to the State cap
itol, as provided by an act of the last
Legislature, have been appointed by the
Governor. BESIDES himself they are: JUS
tice J. B. Winslow, member of the Su-
preme Court; Justice r G. Marshall,
member of the Supreme Court; w. II.
Chynoweth, attorney, Madison; Edwin
f. Reynolds, superintendent of the Allis-
Chalmers plant Milwaukee; .. IL. In
gram, manufacturer Of sash, doors and
blinds, Eau Claire, Wis; John A. Van
Cleve, banker, Marinette.
Mrs Mark Wulf, the wife Of a saloon
keeper just outside Milwaukee, nearly
killed q tramp who came into the saloon
where she was alone and assaulted her.
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