Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25


Worrying over an insurance case in
which he was a juror, John A Borquist,
Madison tailor, aged AZ, committed
suicide by jumping into the river.
Albert Schmidt of Racine, aged 81
years, was sentenced to serve three years
in State prison. Schmidt stole two shot
guns, fur overcoat and q bicycle.
HOLSTER Brothers lumber yard, near
Thorpe, containing about 100000 feet of
lumber, was destroyed by forest fires.
The lumber was covered by insurance.
The estate of the late Peter Held,
stepfather by adoption to Cashier Leimer
Of the Princeton bank, is a loser to the
extent Of $4,000 by his alleged defalca
tionsf
1t is believed that the Cushman Mo-
tor Company OF Lincoln, Neb., will es-
tablish a large factory in Racine and
manufacture motors for boats and auto
mobiles.
Rev. L. M. Fenwick, white pastor of
the African M. f. Church at Milwaukee
was found not guilty Of the charge that
he had signed petition for the estab-
lishment of saloon near his church.
Seventy-fve Of the younger business
men were present at the first banquet Of
the season Of the Social Union Club in
GAINESVILLE. Addresses were given by A.
e. Matheson and other well-known men.
Thirty days in Jail for not sending his
children to school was the sentence inn
posed on Stephen Mensell of Superior.
Judge Haily of the municipal court pass
ed the sentence and he refused to COM
mute it to a fine.
The so-called sand lots" in Two Riv-
ers, which for years could be purchased
from the county for the taxes, have be-
come valuable property and owing to
their low prices have been sought lately
for building purposes.
The oratoricaI contest at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin for the selection Of an
orator to represent the institution at the
Hamilton Day celebration of the Hamil-
ton Club of Chicago was won by d. r.
Griggs of Kewaneee, III.
A large railroad meeting was held at
Sandusky for the purpose of taking steps
towards organizing a company to con-
struct and operate a railroad from Lone
Rock via Plain, White Mound, Lime
Ridge, Cazenovia, Sandusky and Ironton
to La Vale. Sufficient money was sub
scribed on the spot.
The Superior Board of Review, after
an all day session, has decided to put on
the schedule OF assessments, grain held
in elevators. Grain dealers have opposed
such action, maintaining that the grain is
in transit and therefore exempt in &C
fY1o nf inf
commerce. The matter will no doubt be
carried into the courts.
Joe Roepke of Grand Rapids is dead
from hydrophobia, having eaten meat
from cattle which had been attacked by
mad dogs, then slaughtered and fed to
the family. The raw meat was also fed
to pigs and chickens, all Of which died.
The effects came slowly upon Roepke, his
arm first being paralyzed, and the nerv-
GUS system showing effects later. lie
died in great agony.
The town Of Oregon is stirred up over
an effort to kill scores of people by wreck
ing the Grand Central Hotel. The ex-
plosive was a mass Of dynamite which
filled a cigar box. The package had been
placed underneath the clerks desk in the
office Of the hotel and contained enough
Of the explosive to demoliSh the building
with it's sixty guests. No motive can
be assigned for the attempt at wholesale
murder.
B. 3. Northrop, cashier Of the Manu-
facturers' National Bank of Racine, in
an address to business men, stated that
in his thirty years experience he had
mover known a person to become wealthy
engaged in the banking business, but
bankers became wealthy because they
were promoters or spectators. He de- !.
clared the banking business is not pro-
fitahle. and bank not a necessity but a
George Moore, aged Is years, died in
Rhinelander from the effects Of rifle
ball in the head. The boy was accom-
panied by "a companion named McIn-
tosh. They were hunting with small
caliber rifle, which they jointly owned.
They were shooting at a mark when
Moore stepped between the gun and the
target. The bullet entered the back Of
his had. Moore was carried nearly five
miles to his home on the back Of his
A romance Of thirty years standing
eliminated in the. wedding of George AL
len Of Freedom township, aged go years,
and Elizabeth Doxstader, an Oneida In
dian squaw, who were married recently
by County Judge Kreiss Although the
two had been sweethearts in early days,
she had married an Indian in Difference
to her fathers wishes, and he had
welded a Massachusetts woman to
please his father. Both became free
about a year ago.
The decision Of the Court of Appeals
Of New York in the matter Of the will
offered by A. t. Patrick, convicted of
the murder Of Millionaire Rice, whereby
the alleged will was declared a forgery,
is Of especial interest to the residents
Of Norway Ridge, for two near relatives
Of the dead millionaire live there. They
are Calvin Rice, a brother, and Mrs. Levi
Davis, a niece. They are said to be the
nearest of kin and the natural heirs to
the fortune Of 100000 left by Mr..
Rice.
David McKerlie has won the first
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