Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-26

Jerry Haley. a wel-knOwn logger, was
run over and killed at Pratt junction by
a passenger train on the Omaha road.
Thomas F'lannery, prominent farmer,
and believed to be the oldest man in
western Wisconsin, died at La Crosse,
aged 101.
Gov. La Toilette has approved the ac-
ton of the State board of control to es-
tablish an artisan school for the blind at
Milwaukee.
Frank Smith and Charles Tulver, from
Madison. were arrested at Bloomington,
ILL.,. while i'll possession Of horse and
buggy stolen in Joliet.
Miss Maude Weeden of Woodstock,
while on a train on the St Paul road
took q dose of carbolic acid. The cause,
SO far as known, is love affair.
Dennis J. Daley and Mrs. Catherine
Whalen of Chicago were married in Ke-
nosha and brought to an end the quarrel
which deferred the ceremony just thirty
years.
Worpel and Zimmerman, two farmers
and neighbors, residing near Marshall,
quarreled over some poultry. Mr.. Zim-
norman is said to have struck Worpel
over the head with an ak, inflicting a Sc
rious wound.
The Parker Pen Company of James
vile will give to the women and girls
who have been, in it's employ three years
SIS, and $50 after five years service.
The move is made to discourage the girls
from getting married.
The allowance of water to be drawn
N Ann1otnn Toly Winnnhoun for
power purposes is restricted to 60 per
cent of the normal flow. This indicated
that the proposed repairs to the upper
dam are abandoned for this season.
The remains of the late John NJ. Ew-
ing were laid at rest at Wildwood cene-
terry in Sheboygan. The services at the
home, which were simple and unostenta-
tious, were conducted by Rev. ]. w.
White of the Congregational Church.
William Herring, a farmer near Spar
ia, was blown to pieces by dynamite in
his house. He was standing by the
kitchen stove with three sticks Of dyna-
mite in his hand when the explosion oc-
Cured. His sister was in tLo same room,
but escaped injury.
All the print paper mills in the Fox
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West shut down and remained down
three days on agreement for the frankly
announced purpose of curtailing overpro-
duction and preventing the slump in the
market price which would result from
the piling up Of the stock.
Lars Engelbretson, a farmer residing
near Lanesboro, who has been missing
for a week, is dead. His body was
found in a field near his home with ev-
cry indication that he had been MUIR
dered. The remains were mutilated and
footprints not his own were found in the
vicinity, as we'll as blood stains.
The ice racing yacht Comet, one of
the fastest on the upper Mississippi; the
warehouses of E.. H. Pfaff and several
other buildings and many carloads of
produce We're BURNED at Pepin by fire
Of mysterious origin Several less speedy
yachts were also destroyed. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000, without in
surance.
Three men working under the heavy
iron beams on the Burlington bridge
three miles below. Prairie du Chen near
-ly lost their lives when a staging broke,
precipitating all three to the rocks and
ice below Martin Ducharme, a carpen-
ter, fell on his head on a pile of rock,
crushing the skull and inflicting internal
injuries. His condition is serious.
AS the result of the commercial trav-
elers employed by the bankrupt Mons
Anderson Company of La Crosse getting
the worst Of it in the division of the es-
tate, Congressman John ]. Esch has in
troduced into the House Of Representa-
tives at Washington a bill providing that
travelling statesmen shall receive their pay
in full, not exceeding three months prior
to the bankruptcy and not exceeding
$500.
T. w. Morgan's 100000 stock farm
near Beloit caught fire. The fire started
i'll the $4,000 barn and the buildings
were all threatened with destruction. A
high wind and the cold made the fire
hard one to fight This is one of the
finest stock farms in the world and is
owned by Fred w. Morgan of the Nor
gan & Wright Company of Chicago. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 on the build
ing and $4,000 OH hay, grain and imple-
ments.
Judge Bum in the United States Cir
cult Court at Milwaukee made an i'm
portant ruling regarding the life Of trade
marks. The suit was brought by the
Warren Featherbone Company against
the American Featherbone Company.
The Warren company claimed the sole
right to use the word ''featherbone." The
claim that the right to a trademark ex-
pired with the patent on the article was
not allowed, the decision being that
trademark lasted indefinitely.
The Fair store, one of the largest de-
partment stores in Sheboygan, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is 100000.
Edward Gerber, fireman, was struck
by falling wall and suffered a fracture
OF the skull and three broken ribs. John
Gerber, a brother, fell through d trap
door in the fire engine house and his skull
was fractured. His condition is serious.
The store was owned by David Nadel-
son and Max Winnick, and the building
by the Geele Hardware Company.
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