Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Willie Molberg, aged II years, was
drowned in the lake near Perley.
William ]. Bryan, it is announced, will
stump Wisconsin in the coming cam
paign.
Henry Cormie of Spooner was adjudg-
ed insane and committed to the State
hospital at Mendoza.
Charles Hintz OF Milwaukee was SEN
fenced to fourteen years in States prison
at hard labor for killing Mrs. Augusta
Piskie at Muskego last August.
Two young sons of A. Gardner of Be-
lott got hold of bottle of carbolic acid
and drank some Of the stuff. Both will
recover, although the dose nearly proved
fatal to one of the boys
Charles Francis, aged %, son of the
pastor of the First Congregational
Church at McGregor, was drowned in
Sturgeon lake, opposite Prairie du Chen,
while fishing from canoe.
A man giving the name Of John Brown
has been arrested at GAINESVILLE, charged
with robbing the ST. Paul Railway
ticket Office at Delavan. He had tickets
and conductors punch in his pockets.
At the annual school meeting at
SDooner it was the unanimous vote Of
the citizens that the school board proceed
at once to borrow $4,000 from the State
for the purpose of erecting new school
building.
wheel from a toy cannon was dis
covered in the stomach Of the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Longhurst
of Neenah by the use of an X-ray ma
chine. 1t was swallowed on July 4. An
operation may be necessary to remove II.
Reports from Ashland say there is
great danger of forest fires on the south
shore Of Lake Superior. The great bank
of smoke hanging over Chequamegon bay
is caused by large forest fire between
Bayfield, and Port Wing, which are I'M
der pail.
Owen Derreg, woodsman, died from
kick in the side received during a
quarrel with A. Labinsky another woods
man, at the saloon of James Olmstead
at Clifford. A coroner's jury rendered
verdict holding Labinsisy responsible
for Derreg's death.
John Check, aged IA, of Eastman, was
seriously injured, his skull crushed by
stick Of timber thrown from the roof Of
house. He did not lose consciousness
until the doctor began to remove piece
of bone containing nearly three square
inches seventeen hours later
The total valuation of city property
in Manitowoc, as fixed by the assessors,
is $7,673,910, an increase Of nearly
million and a half over last year, the
percentage being 20 per cent throughout
the city. Many complaints are being
made to the Board Of Review.
John Matuzczak, a farmer living a
few miles from Clintonville recently shot
a dog afflicted with hydrophobia. One
ten by the dog, and attacked its mate,
biting it very severely. The animal died
after suffering an hour or two.
Hans Wang, the eldest brother Of
Chairman Ole Wang of Shell Lake, and
his wife are presumed to have been lost
in the wreck Of the Norge. They had
been visiting at Mrs. Wang's old home
in Norway and were intending to take re-
turn passage to America on the Norge.
Word received from Major Warren.
United States engineer stationed at Mil
waukee, said he had made application for
an appropriation from the general emer-
gency fund for money to be used in
dredging Racine harbor and clearing
away the sandbar fifty feet wide and
which extends across the harbor and will
not allow the boats drawing over seven
teen feet six inches to enter.
Brought to a realization Of his guilt
by studying the Bible J. Stevenson of
Pullman, Mich, purchased of the Bur
lington agent in La Crosse a ticket to
st. Paul and then before the astonished
agents eyes tore the pasteboard into
bits. The man explained that twelve
years ago he beat his way from La
Crosse to st. Paul and that he had not
cleared his conscience. He came all the
way from Michigan to buy the ticket.
Weather has been favorable for grow
ing crops, but frequent showers detri-
mental to haying; corn making good pro-
gress, but still backward; winter wheat
and rye satisfactory, cutting delayed by
rains; meadows and pastures improving;
heavy crop Of hay; some smut on spring
grains, but conditions satisfactory; out
look for early potatoes satisfactory: to-
bacco very good; apples very promising;
small fruits and berries fair; minor crops
satisfactory.
Judge Belden of the Circuit Court in
Racine has granted a divorce to Matte
j. Spaulding from DR.. J. Spaulding, one
of the most prominent physicians of Ke-
nosha. Mrs. Spaulding was married in
1908, and she alleges that within one
year her husband began to i'll treat her.
One charge is that he forced her to cook
a cat which he killed, claiming it was a
rabbit She claimed her husband earned
a salary of $3.50 month and had per-
sonal property amounting to about $12,-
OO0
Three lives were lost in a fire near
Walworth, in which the amount of prop
erty destroyed amounts to little over
$500. Carelessness in an endeavor to
replenish kitchen fire by the aid of
kerosene started the blaze, burned a
young woman who was at work over the