Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10


was destroyed by FIRE. Loss $500, in.
surance $4,000
The Holy Cross Episcopal Church was
consecrated in Delton by Bishop Nichol.
son of Milwaukee.
The 4-year-old daughter of j. Fries OF
Lone Rock fell into burning brush
heap and Vas burned to death.
Louis Vanalstine fell from boat and
was drowned at New London. His com
panions were unable to save him.
Thieves stole fourteen Panama hats
at Brighton beach, near Appleton. The
hats ranged in value from $6 to S25.
Herman Will, demented German at
Ladysmith, placed his left hand on
block and deliberately cut it off with an
ak.
Three La Crosse boys, Leo Mueller,
Fred Besel and Walter Heizerg, have
been admitted to the naval academy at
Annapolis.
BY the breaking of wheel fange ,
on a west-bound extra 500 line freight,
OF steel We're ditched.
Harry Hollister, son of a Madison
druggist, committed suicide in Denver be-
cause the father had refused him aid
after long debauch.
William, the 15-year-old son of Fred
Kositze, an employee of the Patten Pa
per Company in Appleton, was killed by
being caught in a belt
At Superior Judge HALEY sentenced
Frank Hitter and Walter Howard to
ninety days each in the county jail for
killing deer out Of season.
Henry Cass, boy of Is, was sentenc-
ed to one year in the Green Bay reform
atory by-JAdge Silverthorn of Wausau,
for burglarizing the Office of livery sta
BILE.
August Tesch, farmer Of Grand
Chute, was held up by two highwaymen
near Appleton, while on his way home
from Appleton, and relieved of $110 and
a watch.
Mathew Brooch, farmer of Kenosha
County, while driving over a railroad
near Berryville, was struck by q north
bound passenger traips receiving injuries
which may prove fatal
The assembly opened at Battle Island,
twenty miles below La Crosse, on the
Mississippi, is to commemorate perhaps
the most noted battle with the Indians
ever fought by the Americans.
County Agent Charles III. Gonnermann
of Kenosha was called followers lake to
attend young woman dying from the
result Of an operation performed in Chi
cago. She declined to give her name.
Bertha Walvig of Beloit, aged 10
years. has been sentenced to the girls
industrial school in Milwaukee until she
shall be p years of age. The girl ac-
knowledged that she forged several
checks.
Bids for the purchase of the 100000
per cent high school bonds were opened
in Appleton. NJ w. Harris & Co. of
Chicago were the highest bidders, offering
premium of 81, 100, and the bonds were
accordingly sold to them.
Mrs. Catherine Warren of Baraboo,
aged 76, arose in her sleep and walked
off a second-story porch, sustaining in
jures that caused her death. Her hus-
band, the late ex-Mayor Warren, was
one of the early settlers Of Baraboo.
Sheriff Ackley in Chippewa Falls sold
the farm Of Mrs Mary A.. Mohr, on fore
closure This is the farm upon which
Mrs. Mohr is said to have given more
than dozen conflicting mortgages in the
last two years, to various people in that
section.
In Superior Charles Johnson, colored,
was shot in the thigh and right leg by
William Thompson also colored. 1t is
said that Johnson had accused Thompson
of meddling in his family affairs. Thomp-
son is in jail, while Johnson is in the hos
pital. He will recover.
Henry Essler of Newcastle, JOG years
old, is cutting his third set of teeth. He
reads without glasses and is as hale as
most men of go years old. He served in
the Mexican war, was with Fremont in
his trip across the continent in 1S49 and
fought in the Civil War.
An employee Of the Ashland Gas Com
pany lit match to discover a leak in
the gas pipe. An explosion followed and
the flames soon burst out The Mattson
building, occupied by Grand & Maxi,
jewelers., was damaged. The shoe stock
Of the Schiller Company, valued at $4,000
and insured for $4,000, suffered most.
Mrs. John Fasse wife Of farmerlat
Sheboygan Falls, committed suicide by
cutting her throat. Mrs. Fasse, who was
the mother Of five children, has been in
sane for some time, and required con-
slant attendance The other night she
escaped from the house, but was found
near the residence of Congressman
Weisse. Early in the morning she again
made her escape, and succeeded i'll get
ting hold Of the knife with which she cut
her throat.
Hiram Schnebly, Y years old, prorni-
nent in politics and owner Of large flour
ing mill interests, was killed at Green
Lake by a train on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad. He is survived by
widow and one daughter, Mrs Albert
r. Stillman of Fond du Lac. Fifty years
ago Hiram Schnebly went to Wisconsin
from Ohio. He established mills which
had become known throughout the North
west. He has held various offices under
the Republican administration, retiring
recently from politics owing to his de-
clining years. He owned a summer house
at Green Lake.