Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-10

The Elroy postoffice safe was blown
open by robbers and nearly 5000 In
stamps taken. No clue to the thieves
has been found
The wife of Thomas Cain Of Browns
vile, farmer, offers reward for the
location of her husband, who recently
went to La Crosse and has not been seen
since.
Rev Morton G.. Andrews, rector Of st.
PauPs Episcopal Church at Oshkosh, has
purchased a cafe and will conduct it In
conjunction with his grocery and invest
ment bureau.
Philip Stein, aged II years. was SEN
fenced to the industrial school for burg
larry. The boy was arrested " break
ing into La Crosse meat market ana
stealing several dollars in cash.
Pat J. Crowley, miner in the Allan
tic mine, near Iron Belt, was badly crush
ed by the skip at the bottom of the shaft.
Crowley is 40 years of age. and has
wife and three children. His recovery
is doubtful.
The Western Peat Company, with q
capital stock of 100000, has been organ
lied in Marshall. Several farmers in the
locality have been using peat for fuel
and the manufacture of several articles
with success.
Most Of the private banks in the State
will reorganize as State banks under the
recently enacted banking law. This
means that there will be fully $50 new
State banks as soon as the new law is
in full operation.
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Colo. He graduated at Philadelphia and
resided at Baraboo with his parents for
some time. He had just returned from
a trip to New Orleans and the east. He
was 81 years old.
Mrs. Matt Grossbeier shot and instant
ly killed her husband at Marshfield, the
bullet penetrating the heart. They had
not lived together for a month and it is
claimed he broke into the house and as
saulted her with a pocket knife.
Ten miles of farming. country south OF
La Crosse was inundated and the loss is
heavy. Several clam diggers' houses
have been swept away. Landslides and
washouts are reported on all railroads,
and traffic was practically blocked The
weather bureau predicted rise of two
heavy loss to the farmers.
At Appleton a rag cutter in the rag
room of the Ravine mill of the Fox
River Paper Company took fire, presum-
ably from spontaneous combustion,
though not in operation but full of dust
from recent operation. The fire was pre-
vented from spreading to the building
proper and the damage was confined to
about $780, covered by insurance.
The Omaha road has decided not to
abandon its plan for doubling its track
which runs for four miles through the
heart of the city of West Superior. Con-
demnation commissioners will be appoint
ed June / and work will probably be
started shortly after. The property will
cost the company large sum, but the
traffic demands the increase in facilities.
Under Sheriff Owens of Berlin took
into custody the 5-year-old son of How
ard Sears, formerly of Oshkosh. Sew
eral months ago his father and mother
were divorced, Mrs. Sears retaining the
child. Mr.. Sears, who lives in Chicago,
it Is said, abducted the boy at the home
of the mothers friend in Berlin. The
father will bring suit to recover the child.
Another industry has been secured for
Two Rivers in the shape of a plant for
the manufacture of advertising novelties.
The new company will have a capital
stock of $4,000. One-half the stock was
subscribed for by local parties The old
plant formerly used by the Two Rivers
Manufacturing Company for the manu-
facture of chairs will be used for the
present.
Mrs. Ida Bernd, bride of couple Of
days, was arrested and had to appear in
municipal court 1T La Crosse before
Judge Brindley charged with kicking a
3-year-old' boy in the face because she
was sick of charivari parties. Her case
has been postponed. 1t is said the little
fellow was covered with blood when he
reached home and his face was banged
up and badly scratched.
William Gruetzmacher claims that
warfare has been waged against him by
eight young men Of his neighborhood for
the last six weeks. Gruetzmacher report
ed his troubles to the Appleton police and
claims that the gang has blown up his
fences with dynamite, besides coming to
his home and intimidating the members
of his family by firing off revolvers in
close proximity to his house.
Fire broke out in the plant of the
Mineral Point Zinc Company and in a
few minutes demolished the crusher room
and kiln building. The flames spread
to the roasting plants and crushers and
they were destroyed. The regular fur
naces were considerably damaged. The
loss is reported to be $4,000, partially
covered by insurance No one was in
jured. The cause of the fire is as yet
unknown.
J. L. Van Wormer, formerly the La
Crosse agent of Finley Darrell & Co.,
Chicago Board of Trade firm, was ar
raigned in the Circuit Court on a charge
of embezzling nearly $4,000 of the firms
money. 1t is alleged that Van Wormer
was conducting bucket shop business
in addition to doing legitimate commits
sion business and finally began calling
on the firm to pay losses of which there
was no record on their books.
The preliminary hearing in the case of
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