Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

zeal condition as the result Of a runaway
at Seymour.
IL. l.. Tibbitts, agent of the Wiscon-
sin Central railroad at Stanley, has been
transferred to Neenah.
Mrs. William Hemlock celebrated her
one hundredth birthday anniversary at
her home in the town of Cedarburg.
Sanford Soverhill of GAINESVILLE has
sold 5000 cases of leaf tobacco to Eu-
Iopean buyers for immediate shipment to
Antwerp.
Peter u. Muda, the rejected sutton who
shot and badly wounded Mary Custom
SKI last June in Stevens Point, was Civ
EN- twelve years in prison.
Mayor James German of Kenosha, in
special message. favors the city owning
ana operating it's own electric lighting
plant. lie says it can be done.
ID. II. Dixon. night man at the Fair
banks-Morse plant in Beloit, was badly
scalded when a steam pipe burst. He
dropped from ladder and broke his leg.
The Hyde Elevator Company of La
Crosse has sold to five firms at Madison,
). d., thirteen grain elevators located at
different cities and villages in South Da-
kota.
Mortimer Sunderland, aged II, shot
himself by pulling a gun toward him
while hunting near Kilbourn. The charge
entered his jaw and the wound is a seri-
Gus one.
John Hart of Steuben, charged with
assault with intent to kill Village Presi-
dent James Campbell, whose head he
split open with Il hoe last March, was
sentenced to one year in the county Jail.
The Chippewa county board raised the
bounty on wolf pups to &c. the same as
on old ones. 1t was deemed necessary
on account of large number of sheep
being killed and as the farmers have re-
fused to hunt wolves unless the bounty
was raised.
Horace Simms, son of DIR. J. r.
Simms, narrowly escaped being electro
cuted in the laboratory of the American
Skein and Foundry Company at Lake
side. With an electric light in one hand
he caught hold of a charged pipe, form
ing circuit.
Herman Burghart, young man of 20,
committed suicide at his step-father's
home in Sheboygan. Carbolic acid, TAX
en- in glass of beer after he had got
into bed, was the means used. The po-
lice claim that he was a victim Of the
suicide mania.
DR.. J. r. Currens of Two Rivers,
president of the Wisconsin Medical
Board, has decided to open hospital in
Two Rivers, and has purchased one of
the school buildings which will be moy-
ed to the northern part Of the city and
remodeled for hospital purposes.
James Smith, serving five months
Jail sentence for larceny, and Mike Per-
zebylski, awaiting sentence for grand lar
ceny, escaped at Stevens Point, and are
still at large. Charles Smith, fellow
prisoner, refused to go. James Smith
picked the Jail lock with piece of wire.
In order to abolish the office of county
supervisor of assessments, the Racine
county board decided to fix the salary
OF the Office at 30 cents day after Jan.
l. The office now pays salary of 81
day, but the county board declares that
the Office is a useless expense to the
county. All the candidates for the posi-
ton withdrew when they learned that
such low salary had been fixed.
The loss of two barns filled with hay
and machinery, together with all his
straw, was suffered by Charles Harris,
farmer living near Galesville. The
fire was caused by children playing with
matches. Nothing could be done to check
the flames and the other barn containing
all the farm machinery was soon con-
sumed. From there the fire spread. to
the straw stacks. The loss is $500,
with insurance of 81, 200. 49,
The mystery of the whereabouts of
John Nelson is the absorbing topic at
Elcho. He started from the logging
camp, but few miles from home, with
the intention of spending Sunday with
his family. Night found him at small
lake which had to be crossed. The next
morning the boat was found bottom up
on the opposite shore Of the lake. Much
dynamite has been used in the lake, and
dragging has continued without success.
Neither has any trace of him been found
near the lake.
James Dunno, Jr., of Utica was SEN
fenced to two years at hard labor in
the State prison at Waupun ON charge
of manslaughter in the third degree.
Claude Gaskell, a brother-in-law, who
was with Dunno the time the crime was
committed, was released both being held
for the murder of Andrew Overberg, who
was killed last February by splitting
open his head with heavy drag tooth.
Judge Clemenson ordered a stay of ex-
ecution of sentence until the Supreme
Court shall pass on the case.
-Four weddings occurred at the home of
John Nelson, father of three of the
grooms, in Chippewa Falls. After three
couples were married Rev. G.. j. Erdman.
who performed the ceremony, surprised
the guests by asking one of the grooms,
Rev. Mr.. Nelson, to unite him in mar
rage. Those married were Rev. e. M.
Nelson and Jessie Johnson, Andrew Mel
son and Amanda Johnson, Charles Mel
son and Clara johnson, Rev. G. j. Erd-
man and Nellie Jordan. The brides of
the Nelson brothers are sisters.
If the higher courts of Illinois sustain
the ruling of Judge Dunno of the Cir
cult Court of Chicago, that the marriage
of first cousins in Wisconsin is voidable,
Il,