Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
The new edition of the Wisconsin Blue

FrOStS nave injured the tobacco crop
to some extent in exposed places.
| Jacob Sem of Greenfield hanged him.
self. 1t is believed that he was insane.
James Kommerstad, wealthy resi-
dent of the town of Hale, hanged himself.
He was insane.
George Dale, a farmer of Whitehall,
dropped dead of heart disease, He was
10 years of age.
William Hopper had his thumb and
one finger cut off while working in
Bolle's mill at Pound.
Archie Felix, aged IS, and John Me-
ner, 16 years old, drowned in the Eau
Claire river at Chippewa Falls while
attempting to cross.
A contract has been let by the Hazel
Green Mining Company for . $4,000
concentrating mill on their land three
miles west of Benton.
The life-saving crew found the body
of Andrew Bartleson floating in the Root
river at Racine Barteson committed
! suicide. He was II years of age.
The Jacob Skinner sawmill at Pine
River caught fire, from some unknown
cause, and was destroyed. The loss is
about $4,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
The unsanitary conditions in the vii
lage of Corliss are causing alarm, and
the State board of health will be called
upon to insist that the drainage be inn
proved.
The body of II. W. Ibbngs Of Madi-
son was found near Ashland, Ore. He
had been a student at Rush Medical Col
lege in Chicago. 1t is evident that ne
was murdered.
A valuable letter was found on the
street at Appleton by DR.. w. H. Chill
son. 1t contained a draft for $427 which
had been lost for week. 1t belonged
to d. w. Dean & Co.
Matt Aubrey, formerly son-in-law of
Chief Justice Fuller and at one time a
resident of Chicago, was sentenced at
Milwaukee to serve four years i'll the
State prison for forgery.
Arthur Everson, aged 10, from North
st. Paul, attempted to jump from a NOV
ing train in the yards in GIenwood, and
must have his left leg amputated below
the knee. He will recover.
Burglars entered the store of Wilter-
ding & Westerfeld at Hatley, blew open
the safe and carried away the money
box, which contained about $3.50 in cash.
Four men were in the gang.
Hiss Coda Thomas eloped with Roy
Kincade from Pound. They drove to
Menominee, Mich, and were married
there. The bride is a girl of 16 and her
parents were strongly opposed to the
match, but they made no chase.
nhn Nnln fran
Waukesha industrial school, was captur-
ed at Bass Creek. His father is under
arrest on a charge of aiding him to es-
cape. The lad had been allowed to go
home to attend the funeral of his mother.
The Western Wisconsin Modern
Woodmen Picnic Association held its an
nual picnic at Trempealeau and it was a
decided success in every particular. Ad-
dresses We're made by District Attorney
Cowie of Whitehall, Senator Gaveney Of
Arcadia and Attorney Donovan of La
Crosse. The baseball game between
Galesville and West Salem resulted in
victory for Galesville by a score of
8 to 3.
An attempt to wreck the Chicago and
Northwestern train was made the other
day. The train struck a pile of ties and
heavy planks north Of Brooklyn. The
trainmen went back and found the south
bound track piled with the same mate
rial. Later a freight struck the same
timber, it having been again placed on
the track. A third attempt was made,
but the trainmen saw the obstruction in
time to bring the train to a standstill.
The State board of control has an
nounced the following new teachers in
the State school for the blind at James
vile next year: Tavern Brooks a gradu-
ate Of Lawrence University; Principal
Boetz of the Albany schools; Miss Liz
zie McGrath, and Miss Elizabeth Kor-
rer of Fond du Lac Frank Froelich of
the Oshkosh normal; Miss Helm of De-
troit. Superintendent G.. r. Schowal-
ter was reappointed. Ten of the old
teachers will remain.
Joseph Barber, reputed to be an es-
capped convict from the Iowa State pris-
on, was arrested at Neenah, after
struggle with Chief of Police James
Brown, Andrew McCabe, an Oshkosh de-
tective, and Barber nearly lost their
lives. In attempting to take Barber
from houseboat on which he was liv-
ing the officers were pulled into Lake
perate struggle that they were able to
overcome Barber and place him in a
naphtha launch. Barber is wanted in
Oshkosh on q charge of larceny.
The assistance of his Scotch collie dog
saved Frederick Williams, a Waukesha
farmer, from being killed by an enraged
bull. While he was crossing a field VIII
liams was attacked by the animal, which
fortunately had been deborned, but which
was making short work of him until his
collie interfered and made such fight
that, injured as he was Williams was
able to climb a tree. The dog kept the
bull busy for several hours, but could not
drive it away from the tree, where the
farmer remained until his hired man, re-
turning from town, found him. Three of
Williams ribs and one arm were broken.
Another bandit of the Holzhay type
has showed up. Nine men employed in