Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-05


August Baumgardt's cigar shaped life
boat has been tried twice in Racine and
failed twice. The inventor is a Nebraska
farmer.
For striking his aged mother William
Grimes Of GAINESVILLE was given fifteen
days in Jail. In defense he said that he
was intoxicated.
Henry Jansen, Jr., of Buchanan, who
mysteriously disappeared after coming
to Appleton with his bride-to-be to OBJ
tain their marriage license, has returned
home
Henry Morrison was convicted of MUIR
der and sentenced to life Imprisonment at
Waupun. Morrison was found guilty of
killing his wife and daughter at Wood
stock on April 26.
The safe of E. Morgan in Downing
was blown and about 5000 in money and
notes taken. Mr.. Morgan had. just closed
out his business and had much of the
proceeds in the SAFE
While attending his wife, who suffered
paralysis, William Ross, a farmer near
Appleton, was himself stricken. An in
valid son managed to crawl half mile
to notify a neighbor.
The Postmaster General has issued
an order establishing city delivery 1t
Menomonie Oct. 1, with two carriers, one
substitute, ten letter boxes, one pack
age box and six steel posts.
Hugo Heymer, young man Of Chill
ton, was shot in the back while hunting
rabbits. Two charges of shot took eff
feet, luckily, however, without inflicting
more than deep flesh wound.
The body of George Johnson was dis
covered on the back porch of a saloon
near the Omaha depot in Bayfield,. The
coroner's jury returned verdict of heart
failure. He leaves a wife and five chill
dren.
Silver is said to have been discovered
on the farm of John Kirkland, Red Ce
dar. The dirt assays 500 to the ton.
Mr. kirkland believes the vein is an old
mine that was worked by the Indians in
an early day.
Leonard Herziger of Little Chute was
buried at Riverside cemetery without
priest or preacher. No services were
held either at his home, at church or at
the grace. His only survivors are his
widow and son.
Harry Dwyer of Peshtigo has returned
with fortune. A year ago his brother
died in Ireland, leaving a portion of
large estate to him. He returned with
SoO,OOO in cash. He was formerly log
storage Waterman.
Fire destroyed the sawmil of Fish
4 Mullen Lumber Company, located at
Elcho. The mill was valued at $4,000
and carried insurance of $4,000 The
yards, containing nearly $4,000 worth
OF lumber, were saved.
Eastern heirs of Col. Gabriel Bouck
have filed an appeal from the decision
Of County Judge G. D. Cleveland of Osh-
kosh admitting the will to probate There
is much likelihood of a long legal fight
before the estate is finally disposed of.
John G.. Learned, who six months ago
was sentenced from Racine to serve
eight years in Waupun prison for en-
bezzling $1,000, the property of his ward
and niece, Lillian Koehn, died suddenly
the other night. When arrested Learned
was night clerk at the Atlas Hotel Mil
waukee.
1t is impossible for deadbeats to OBJ
tain credit at any grocery store in APP
pleton. The Grocers' Union has made
out complete list of those considered
in that class and hereafter they will be
obliged to pay spot cash. 1t is under
stood that the names turned in by each
grocer averaged twenty-five, although a
number appeared on the books of nearly
every grocery store in the city.
The Milwaukee life-saving crew went
out into the lake in response to a call
for assistance from a waterlogged lunl-
Der barge which was rolling heavily in
rough sea. The barge was brought
near the harbor piers and then two tugs
went to her assistance and tOwed her
slowly into the river. She was lying
very low in the water and it is believed
could not have weathered the storm
much longer.
John Reilly of Bowling Green, KY,
charged with stabbing Dan M. Schaefer,
was brought before Justice Watson in
Fon du Lac and on plea Of not guilty
was bound over for trial. Reilly acted
as his own lawyer, and pleaded self
uCAOAoC, say iHS CHdI CCuieleT started the
trouble, hitting him and then drawing a
knife. He added that he was intoxicated
at the time, and claims that the saloon
keeper tried to take advantage Of his
condition.
Fast freight No. 1O5 on the Ashland
line of the Omaha road crashed into
special freight at Superior Junction, in
stantly killing Fireman Sundberg Of st.
Paul and fatally injuring Engineer John
Williams of Altoona, both being on the
Ashland train. The engine and several
box cars were demolished. The wreck
was caused by Engineer William failing
to stop at Superior junction on account
of hard rain storm preventing him from
seeing the signals.
Unconscious as the result of an acct
dent the Rev. G. A. Scott of the Grand
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in
Milwaukee rode on a bicycle down
Grand avenue at the busiest time of day.
Later he wandered about the street up-
til friends found him. Mr.. Scott had
been riding wheel and collided with a
wagon, suffering conclusion of the brain.
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