Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-17

All three of Washburn's big sawmills
are now in operation, and there will be
total cut of perhaps close to 10O,0O0,000
feet.
Henry Kupfer of Waterloo, aged 10
years, died of bleeder's disease, rare
affection, following an attack of pneu-
mOnia.
William Pagel received probably fatal
injuries at the Neenah Paper Company's
mill by falling between two colanders and
sustaining a crushed abdomen.
Lawrence Van Derberger, an inmate
of the State insane asylum at Mendoza,
killed himself by shooting. He is about
80 years of age and on parole for some
months.
The homes of J. III. Shules and D. D.
Shepard on French island, near La
Crosse, were destroyed by incendiary
fires, both families narrowly escaping.
The loss is $1,000.
While working with crew of men on
steam hoist loading logs for the Mil
waukee road near Wausaukee, Henry
Gravel was killed by logs falling from
the side of a car.
Charles Richter committed suicide at
his home in West Bend by taking car
bolic acid. He was % years of age, mar
rled and had two little children. Richter
was employed in the pocketbook factory.
George Legler, six miles south of Blanch-
ardville, all but one were found to be
suffering from tuberculosis by State vet
Urinary officials. The diseased cattle will
be killed.
Union carpenters and plumbers walked
out in Sheboygan. The carpenters are
demanding an increase in wages and the
plumbers have agreed on wage scale,
but want the contractors to cut out
steam fitting.
Night Officer McNally of Ladysmith,
with the aid of two physicians who hap
pened to be available, captured three
burglars at / o'clock the other morning
after completing the job of footing Deck
er's saloon. They were landed in Jail.
John Ford, stranger is under arrest
on charge of attempted hold-up and
highway robbery on George Dalwig,
prominent coal dealer of Manitowoc.
Ford is also charged with the theft of
watch from a sleeping companion. The
prisoner is held in $500 bonds for trial.
William Dahl, brakeman on the To-
cal freight of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway Company, had his
right leg taken off at Fox Lake by the
train. His foot was caught under the
guard rail on the side Of the track and
seeing he could do nothing to release it,
he threw himself to one side and let the
train go over his leg, severing it between
the ankle and knee. He is 35 years of
age and unmarried. His home is at
Horizon.
Bound hand and foot with a clothes
line, and bleeding from dozen wounds
on his face, James Maloney, an amateur
burglar claiming Milwaukee as his home,
was turned over to the Kenosha police
at 2 O'Clock the other morning. Maloney
had entered the home Of Mrs. Anna
RotEer with an alleged intent Of burg
larry, but being discovered by Mrs.
Rother and her 17-year-old daughter, the
man was set upon by the women and ter
ribly beaten.
In order that he might marry Eliza
beth Treubner, young woman to whom
he was betrothed i'll Germany, Albert
Wartz appeared in the county court in
Kenosha and asked that a special guar
dian be appointed for him. Miss Treub-
ner came from Germany and happened
to arrive a week earlier than she had
expected. Wartz will not be q for an
other week and in order to have the mar
riage performed he made the petition.
The guardian was appointed and the cou-
pie was married.
John Kane, aged 35 years, residing
near Stanton, was struck in the face by
a seven-pound rock and will probably die.
His assailants are not known, but Ed
and John Sweeney, two young men llv-
ing three miles east of New Richmond,
are under arrest. Kane and the Swee-
neys were attending a dance, and after
II o'clock the former, accompanied by
two other young men and the SWeeneys,
left the hall. While walking along the
street the rock was hurled at Kane,
striking his face, smashing his nose and
fracturing his skull.
E. w. Peterson, formerly general fore
man of the Northwestern at Ashland,
has been appointed master mechanic OF
| the northern Wisconsin division with
headquarters at North Fond du Lac. Mr..
Peterson will assume part of the work
| of Master Mechanic John Heath OF Chi
cago. The creation Of the office is to
| facilitate work on the northern division.
Mr.. Petersons office at Ashland will be
taken by Thomas Erickson, formerly OF
GAINESVILLE Mr. Ziegler, formerly OF the
Fortieth street roundhouse in Chicago,
| will take the GAINESVILLE office and George
| T. Harner of Milwaukee will take Mr..
Zieglers position.
Two burglars who were trapped in the
| Baker hardware store in Evansville gave
| the night Waterman, Albert Blunt, and
the village marshal, who was called by
the former to help, hard fight. One
of the pair got away and is now being
| hunted in the woods by posse. Mar
shall Col. Broughton was badly bruised
| in the struggle with one of the men. He
| guarded the rear door of the store after
being called and was suddenly accosted
by one of the burglars in the dark alley.