Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09


stantly killed while coupling cars at
Caledonia.
The 5-months-old baby girl of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Zoch of Sheboygan was
scalded to death in a tub of water.
The selection OF place for the new
State tuberculosis sanitarium has sifted
down to two places, and one of these is
at Gable.
Lightning struck the barn of Robert
Schultz, four miles south Of Lake Mills.
The barn and contents burned with
loss Of $4,000.
The Racine council has awarded the
contract for building a swing bridge to
the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron works
of Milwaukee at $65,597.
William G. Reseburg, one Of the old
est settlers and founders of IXiel, died
OF quick consumption after a short ILL
ness. He was SO years old.
The three members of the State civil
service commission have given up their
newspaper and magazine mileage. This
is the result of an opinion by the At
torney General.
Henry Haas was struck by the evening
passenger train on. the Northwestern
road at Rademacher's crossing in Kau-
kauna and instantly killed. His neck and
back were broken.
Z. A. Armstrong of Cleveland, Ohio,
has been in Kenosha looking into condi-
tons Tor the opening of new bank. 1t
is stated that he is the representative of
Chicago capitalists.
A 3-year-0ld daughter of William
Schelling, farmer residing north Of
Racine, was killed. Failing to the
ground she was crushed by the wagon
driven by her father.
AS a sequel to shipboard romance
during trip to Europe last summer
Dr. George Fifeld, a prominent James
vile physician, will wed Miss Elizabeth
Weidensal of Omaha.
During a severe electrical storm the
new barn of William Vogel, farmer liv-
ing near Jefferson Junction, was struck
by lightning and destroyed with it's con-
tents The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
A gasoline tank on a launch carrying
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Van Houter blew up
in midlriver' at GAINESVILLE. Both swan
ashore and the fire department was call
ed to put out the flames. They had to
sink the boat
e. A.. Strong, formerly an assembly
man from Ashland county, died in Ash
land. He has been sick three months
with complication of diseases. For sew
eral years he has been court reporter
for Judge Parish.
Francis Davis and wife of Footville,
colored, aged 1OS and 1O5 years respec-
lively, have sued Frank and Julia Wells
to recover possession of the farm on
which they live, claiming that they were
persuaded to sign away the property I'M
der pretense.
Hugo Viehweg found a pocketbook
containing $40 which had been lost by
Mrs. Wilhelmina Kruger on a street car
in Milwaukee, He did not seek the loser,
but she found him and was offered 81.
The finder said he wanted $63 as a re-
ward for his honesty.
The school board of Rock county list
ened to an address on ventilation OF
buildings and economical methods of pur-
chasing material by Assistant State In
spector Borden. A half million dollars
year is wasted in Wisconsin on use
less purchases, he said.
Ben Dennis of Chicago and Sophia
Nordbloom, an attendant at Pine Glen
resort, a summer boarding house OH the
river below Kilbourn, were drowned.
They were in bathing and stepped off a
ledge into deep water, and, being unable
to swim, failed to get out.
Lewis Whitaker, a well-known Fond
du Lac young man, was arrested on the
complaint Of trying to end his life. He
purchased three ounces of carbolic acid
and going to the McLain undertaking
establishment ordered a casket, then
drew the bottle with the intention of
swallowing the contents. He was landed
I'M Jail before any damage was done.
John Paul Wirth, one of the earliest
settlers of Cedarburg, died at the age
Of 90 years. Mr.. Wirth was born at
Mandel, Bavaria, April z, 1915. During
the year 1916 he came to America, set
Ting in Dayton, Ohio. On June 26
Of the following year he came to Mil
waukee and a few days later to Cedar
Dur2, Where he Has IOSluGu CFcI SluCc.
Herman Balk of Kaukauna, Is years
old, was injured at the Combined Locks
paper mill His left side and arm are
torn and crushed, partly exposing his
vitals. Bsk was caught in the winder
of the paper machine, which revolves
1000 revolutions per minute. He had
been on duty constantly for about forty
hours, and it is thought drowsiness caus-
ed him to stumble. Extending his left
hand to keep from falling it was caught
by the rolls.
Little Ralph Jewell aged Ill years, is
the hero of the hour for having saved
the life of his playmate, Stephen Kaiser,
aged 10, from drowning in Kaukauna.
The boys with others Were swimming at
a dangerous point on the water power
when Kaiser sank to the bottom twice.
Young Jewell caught hold Of him with
one hand and with the other reached the
edge of the dam and ht,u there scream
ing for help. Henry Essler heard the
cries for aid and reached there in time
to pull them boln to SAFETY.