Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-23
A grand jury to investigate county
and city affairs has convened at James,

passed an anticipating ordinance, making
the offense punishable by fine of So or
ten days Imprisonment. An anti-smoke
measure also was adopted.
Miss Frances Wadsworth, private Sec
rotary to President Van Hise of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, has been taken to
the Mendoza asylum, suffering from tem-
porary insanity due to overwork.
Fred Moll, a well-known citizen Of
Cylon, was run down by q locomotive
on the Wisconsin Central near the Elmer
aid station and received injuries from
which he died few hours later.
The body of dead infant was found
in satchel at a house in Watertown,
where young woman named Anna
Schulz was staying over night. The
child had evidently been dead more than
two weeks.
John III. Thayer died of paralysis at
Sparta. He was high degree Mason
and had Travelled many years for Smith.
Thorndyke & Co. of Milwaukee. He
leaves his wife, one son and three daugh-
tiers surviving.
Two Wisconsin Central freight trains
came together head on between Hewitt
and Auburndale. Three trainmen were
killed and another fatally injured. Fire
man Kelly and Brakeman Burt McCar-
ty, who were killed, lived in North Fond
du Lac.
The Pewaukee postoffice, large barn
and several small buildings were de-
stroyed by fire. They were all owned
by William Jones and valued at $4,000.
The contents of the postoffice were saw
ed, but five valuable horses were burned
i'll the barn.
Sam Woods, who resided seven miles
cutting his throat with razor at the
house Of his daughter, Mrs. Dwight
Bowen, while she was standing behind
him in the same room. He was buried
at New Centerville.
James Cawley, the oldest resident in
Racine County, is dead. On April 20 he
would have been 101 years old. He was
born in Ireland and came to this country
sixty-tWo years ago. He was the first
Racine and Milwaukee.
Reports have been received from Win
sted, Wash, stating that Mrs. Addie
Downs, wife of Rev. Thomas Downs,
former pastor Of the Methodist Church
Of Racine, has eloped with Carl S. AL
word, blacksmith residing at Win
look, Wash. She met him at cantata.
both taking part in the performance, and
week after that they are said to have
al h0 rto hrc hoy nd fuo
children and he deserted young wife.
The postal authorities are trying to
locate several pouches Of valuable mail
which were either lost or stolen one night
recently OH the Northwestern road. The
regular train was blocked by snow near
Ishpeming and a special was sent on to
take it's place. The special had no mail
car, but picked up the pouches at the
various stations and put them in the
baggage car. One sent from Marinette,
containing several thousand dollars in
valuable paper, is gone, it is said, and
several other pouches are missing.
A coroner's jury, sitting in the case Of
Mike Whisky, an old man found dead in
his home about six miles from Augusta,
decided that he had been murdered. The
mans head had been crushed in and the
house had been set on fire. Vernon
Whisky, aged 10, was arraigned, charged
with numbering his father. The evil
dence indicates that the deceased was
beaten on the head and shot twice and
that the house was set on fire. The half
burned body was found in the ruins. The
boy pleaded not guilty and the examina-
ton was adjourned.
The courts of Racine are to decide as.
to the question Of ownership Of the set
of furs valued at SIS, claimed by par
ties prominent in society. The furs are
replevined them on demand Of Miss Mat
tie Stoffel, when they were in the pos
session Of Miss Addie Williams. It APP
pears that at dance given in the city
some months ago, furs belonging to Miss
Stoffel were taken from Guild Hall and
some weeks later writ of replevin was
issued and the furs in the possession Of
Miss Williams were taken, Miss Stoffel
believing that the furs belonged to her.
John Eggert, farmer Of the town Of
Center, failing to get neighbors to shoot
an old horse which was useless and not
daring to do it himself tied dynamite
around the horses neck and took the
animal to field. After attaching the
explosive he touched off the fuse and
started to run. The horse started to fol-
ow. Eggert had not thought Of this
md was terrorized, expecting to be blown
Up any moment. He reached a wire
fence in his wild scramble, crawled
through it and ran about two rods, when
lie heard terrific explosion behind him.
Looking back, he saw no horse and no
fence and the ground was torn up for
Yards around.
The jury in Whitehall found Olaf o.
Aabakken guilty of manslaughter in the
second degree. He was charged with
he murder. Of John Wellan, a farmer
ICED about 60 years, on the night of May
30, 1908, at tie, home Of Isabel Borst,
/ widow, a few miles from Whitehall.
Mrs. Borst testified that Aabakken had
made threats to- "dbv his soa-in-law, Ole
Brown. Aabakken was boarding with
Mrs. Borst at the, time of the killing of
Nellan. The body of Wellan was found
, few rods from the house with gun
hot wound In the abdomen, evidently