Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03

Burglars dynamited the B. Greenberg
$500 damage was done.
Adam Apple, a wealthy politician and
pioneer resident of Racine county, is dead
at his home in Racine.
Burglars got $1,000 worth of black
silks out of the Kepler & Co. store III
Eau Claire. There is no clue.
Mrs. Tena Gallagher of Rhinelander
attempted suicide by shooting herself
through the lungs and will die.
William Conway, aged G5 years, chol-
ed to death on piece Of ham taken from
free lunch in GAINESVILLE saloon.
The Wisconsin State Federation of
Women's Clubs will hold its annual con-
vention in Kenosha Oct. %, 26 and q.
The clothes of Mrs Peter Blumenstein
OF Sullivan, who was making soft soap
in field, caught fire, and she was burn
ed to death.
Herman Peek, for many years a prom
inent cigar manufacturer of Oshkosh,
died of paresis at the northern hospital
FOR the insane at Winnebago.
l. I've chippewa L ais ClClZcuS nave Ic-
sponded to the solicitation of the Pro-
gressive League and donated each $500
toward the $4,000 opera house project.
Mrs. Ann Ferbush of Clam Falls
found ore on her farm which assayed S6
gold and so cents silver to the ton. This
is the second find made on the premises.
Rey. Albert A. Trever, a Methodist
mi iCfN OF hos
to fill the vacancy in the Greek chair at
Lawrence university, caused by the death
Of DR.. Lummis.
After being refused a drink at north
side saloon in La Crosse, Fred Bump,
an employee of the Burlington road, at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. He may recover.
Supt. j. w. Hemingway has resigned
as supervisor of boys at the school for
the deaf in Delavan and is succeeded by
Earl Vincent, who was the night watch.
Mr.. Hemingway will so to farming
Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Beck,
janitor of the First Ward school in She
boygan, committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid at her home. She was 40
years of age and had been in poor health
for some time.
George La Grander of Spring Valley
was fatally crushed near Waverly while
brakeman on a logging train. He died
after a few hours, but in the meantime
played and laughed with his children,
despite physicians warnings.
Z. G.. Simmons, Jr., has notified Mayor
German that he would present the city
of Kenosha with new combination hose
and chemical wagon. The new wagon,
which will cost $4,000, will be placed in
the Third Ward engine house.
Andrew McAndrew, aged Y years, a
prominent citizen of Cresco, Iowa, came
to Kenosha and fell among thieves dur
ing the night. He was robbed of SIS in
cash and $3.50 in jewelry. He says two
men took him to saloons until he was
intoxicated and then robbed him.
The body of Carl Yoss, who was
| drowned Nov. %, 1904, with two Others
Mrs. August Neumer and Miss Ada Stoll
| while out in a small hunting skiff on
| Lake Winnebago, was recovered near
| Calumet Harbor by duck hunters. The
| face was unacceptable, but the remains
| could be identified by the clothing. The
| body of Mrs. Neumer was recently re-
| covered.
| The Neenah Paper Company's mill had
a narrow escape from destruction. Will
| liam Dahlman foreman of the rag room,
discovered a stick of dynamite fully three
| inches long among the rags which had
| just come out of the busters and were
about to be placed in the machine for
| chopping. Had the explosive gone into
| the machine there would not have been
anyone left about the place to tell about
| the accident.
| The anti-liquor crusade has reached a
climax in East Troy, which may be fol-
| lowed by other sensational developments.
During the night the Methodist parson-
age was daubed with a coat of tar and
| feathers, and it is presumed to be the
outcome of feeling during the recent anti
license campaign. Rev. William Daw-
son, the incumbent, was the acknowledge
| ed leader of the temperance forces and
| he has received several threats from
anonymous sources. The village board
has undertaken to remove the stains on
the clergyman's house.
William Meyer, a farmer Of Grafton,
may die from an unusual accident. While
in Cedarburg he purchased seeder
which he tied to the rear of his wagon.
When about half way home, he stopped
his team to fasten the seeder more Sc
curely, when the horses SHE'D and started
off. In attempting to get into the wagon
| he fell underneath. In the meantime the
lever Of the seeder dropped the bars and
| the young man was dragged along by the
bars for a quarter of mile, when the
wheels struck stone, the jar lifting
the bars high enough to release him.
A beggar, in rags, unshaven, hobbling
about on one leg, asking for aims from
store to store, Clayton Woodward was
| once the only young man in the Ryan
| high school in Appleton who wore tailor
made clothes. He was the Beau Brum-
mel of the school. The other day Wood
ward hobbled about, begging for enough
money, he said, ''to buy a wooden leg,
mister" He was a member of the class
of 1880 of Ryan high school, and it was
| by a member of that class that he was