Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

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Burglars broke into the 500 depot at
Osceola. After ransacking the Office they
secured but so cents in cash.
Louis. Ikert killed fox with club
in the residence portion of La Crosse,
not far from the business district.
The E. j. Vodrneil Canning Company
at Two Rivers will begin the seasons op-
erations within few days. They are in
need of 200 hands.
The NJ. Ziegler Brewing Company's
icehouse and barn in Mayyille burned to
the ground. Loss about $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
The first annual commencement exer-
cises of the Wood County normal were
held in Grand Rapids, twenty-five young
ladies being graduated.
1t is reported in La Crosse that the
slayer of Sheriff Harris Of St. Croix
County escaped through the picket lines
in the darkness and was seen in the
fields near Holman.
A wind and hail storm passed over La
Crosse. A building at the Interstate
fair grounds was wrecked and huge trees
in Myrick park were uprootcd. The
damage to crops will be heavy.
Albert G. Babe, former supervisor Of
the Seventh Ward in Milwaukee, plead
ed guilty on charge of petty bribery.
He was sentenced to pay fine of $500
or serve six months Imprisonment.
A well-dressed man with notebook
marked Henry G. Brandt, supposed to be
from Chicago, committed suicide by
jumping from the dock into the river at
Sheboygar. A paper in his pocket reads:
my wife, Meta, Chicago"
Robert Henry, an 11-year-old Kenosha
boy, saved John Petersen, child Of 3
years, from drowning in Lake Michigan.
The little boy fell off the breakwater
and was carried far out by the surf.
Henry leaped into the lake with his
clothes on and saved the child.
Fred Billings, who recently left Man
itowoc to take up his home at Sterling,
has been left a fortune Of $4,000 by
George Keller deceased, whom Billings
befriended. Keller owned the house in
which the Billings family resided and
was cared for as one of the family.
When August Hussmann Of Seymour
was coming out of his barn, he was stop
ped by Charles Uecke, who is slightly de-
mented, and who wanted to know why
he was telling lies to the priest" Be
fore Hussman had time to answer Uecke
pulled out revolver and attempted to
shoot. Hussman grabbed him and held
him on the ground until Uecke's mother
appeared. She was able to pacify Uecke.
A broken collar bone is the result Of
Henry Bitter, a 1O-year-old Appleton lad,
trying to initiate the bicycle feat per-
formed in Ringling's circus. The young
lad in company with several playmates
constructed an incline, leaving a gap
at the bottom over which they were to
jump and make landing below. Young
Bitter started down the construction on
an old velocipede. He failed to clear
the gap.
Mrs. M. Robersman Of Madison was
found unconscious in her room at the
Sherman House in Chicago. Two ply
sicians were summoned, but after work
ing over her for more than an hour she
died. A bottle which had contained med
icine was found beside the woman. 1t is
not known whether she committed sui
eide or took an overdose Of the medicine.
When the physicians asked her she said
it was nobody's business but her own.
The vacant icehouse of the Knicker-
booker Ice Company at Lake Geneva was
discovered on fire late the other night
The flames spread to the Chicago and
Northwestern freight house, half a dozen
freight cars, J. H. Moore's horse car,
marble shop, small residence, the
Standard Oil house, and stock yards, all
Of which were destroyed. The loss will
be $4,000, with practically no insurance
1t is believed to be the work of an in
cendiary.
Believing that he was the victim Of an
attempt to murder, Joseph Prosec has
communicated with relatives in Chicago,
with the view Of procuring money to go
back home, to give the police evidence
which may lead to the finding of the
murderer Of his mother. Prosec claims
he was bound and brought to Fond du
Lac from Chicago, on freight train the
other night, and also on reaching the
city he was thrown off the train while
crossing the Fond du Lac river and near
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The largest personal injury verdict
ever secured at the head Of the lakes
was that obtained in the federal court in
Superior by Dell See, who was awarded
$4,000 against the Brown Hoist Com
pany Of Cleveland. He sued for $780,
0O0 He was working on a coal dock
where the company was installing ma
chinery for unloading boats and was
caught in a clamshell bucket and lost
both legs below the hips. He gets
around now by riding on a cart which he
pushes with spiked sticks.
John L. Mitchell former United States
Senator, is dead at his home, Meadow
mere, in the town Of Greenfield. The
end, which was not unexpected, came af-
ter forty-eight hours of unconsciousness
Death was due to intestinal trouble. Sen
ator Mitchell was i'll since January and
in March underwent an operation. He
rallied from this, but experienced a sud-
den relapse heart failure complicating
the original trouble. His family was at
the deathbed. Besides the widow, there
are Captain William Mitchell, u. s. A.;