Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11


the knee by Martin Jorstad while hunt
ing at Baldwin. 1t is feared amputation
will be necessary
The mine at Meekers Grove is closed
on account Of trouble between the lessee
and owner. About thirty-fve men are
thrown out of employment.
G. Buchs, Of Palmyra, while working
near a wall under which an excavation
had been made, had both legs broken by
the wall falling down on him.
Burglars entered the postoffice at Jew
ett's Mills and blew open the strong box
with nitroglycerin. About $50 in cash
and $50 in stamps were secured. No
clue to the thieves was found.
August Toole of Three Lakes accident
ally shot his son while cleaning a gun
which he supposed was not loaded. The
charge passed through the wall of the
building before striking the boy and did
not kill him.
The coroner's jury YVES unable to agree
on verdict as to the death Of John
Goerke, whose body was found hanging
in the woods near Logansville, 1t Is
claimed by some that there are indica-~
tons o. foul play.
Louis Tice hanged himself from tim
Der in his barn near Omro. No cause
is known for the act, as he was hard
working man and getting along we'll. He
leaves a wife and two small children. He
was about 80 years of age.
The body of Robert Brightman was
found hanging from the barn rafters by
his father at the farm, three miles north
Of Milton Junction. Young Brightman
was % years old and well known. No
cause for the suicide is known.
Bernard Zoesch, an employee of the
Flambeau paper mill i'll Park Falls, was
terribly burned by escaping steam, while
he was attempting to clean out the boil
ers. Although scalded from head to foot,
it is thought that he may recover.
In Racine Charles Nelson, arrested on
the charge of burglary, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to serve four years
in prison at Waupun. On Oct. IA he
entered the S. & H. department store and
carried away $500 worth Of goods.
Officers returning from Ishpeming
brought back the two men thought to
have been implicated in the postoff1ce
robbery in Superior. Marked money,
which was in the postoffice before the
burglary, is said to have been traced to
these men.
Michael Brophy, a La Crosse stock
dealer, arose in the middle of the night
preparatory to a trip in the coun-
cry. He slipped on the stairs and fell
to the bottom, fracturing several ribs,
couple of which penetrated his lungs.
Ills recovery is doubtful.
In GAINESVILLE Miss Stella Pearl, 10
years old, asked permission from her
parents to attend dance. The request
was refused and now the girl is dead,
the result of having taken an ounce OF
silver polish with intent to commit sui
eide because of her disappointment.
Sweethearts may continue their
"spooning" on the school stoop at night
at any of the public schools without inter
ference by the police, says the GAINESVILLE
City Council. The decision is victory
for Alderman Edward Cornell, who has
championed the cause of young lovers.
The brick wall of building immedi-
ately adjoining the La Crosse palm gar
den caved in and the debris crashed
through the roof of the amusement hall,
smashing the furniture Had it been an
uOuT GdTIleC, Wlleu LIl0 SuIucA w do SLOW0-
ed, many people might have been injured.
News has become public that at Me-
nominee Mich, Oct. 20, Mrs. Clara A.
Gerry Of Appleton, widow Of George w.
Gerry, q wealthy lumberman, was mar
ried to her coachman, Frederick Lappen.
Mr.. Gerry died several years ago, leaving
his widow a comfortable fortune. Lap
pen has been in her employ several years
as a coachman and general factotum.
The couple will make their home in Mil
waukee.
A Wisconsin limited train had mar
row escape near Stanley and was saved
by the efforts Of q farmer living near
the tracks who discovered that the
bridge over the North Fork river was in
flames and tagged the train in time. AS
the bridge is at the bottom Of a steep
grade, the engine and cars might have
gone down the steep embankment and
into the river before the engineer could
stop, had it not been tagged.
A movement has been started among
Milwaukee city officials to abolish parlor
matches. Chief Meminger Of the fire de-
partment said that he would ask the city
attorney to prepare an ordinance pro-
hibiting their sale or use and submit the
ordinance at the next council meeting.
It is claimed by the fire chief that an
average Of one fire week is caused by
parior matches. His measure is favored
by the fire and police commission.
Samuel Harris and Merritt Stoner,
who have been in Jail in Whitehall since
July awaiting trial upon the charge Of
assault with intent to rob and steal,
pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court end
were sentenced to serve a term Of one
year each in State prison. The crime
was committed at Galesville July TO- and
their victim, Charles w. Bidwell, a
young man, was struck down in a dark
alley and relieved of SIS and jackknife.
A long-stanGing enmity between Prin-
cipal Ellis of the Elroy high school, his
assistant, Mr.. Clark, and the students Of
the upper classes, eliminated in fist
fight In which Mr.. Clark and the older