Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-02
State News in Brief.

A new postoffice has been established
iii the town of Blaine. 1t will be called
Espen and e. Simonson is postmaster.
George Wincher, aged 30, Of Union
Center, sewing machine agent, was
killed at Wonewoc by passenger train.
The trustees of Beloit College an
nounce the tuition at Beloit will be in
creased from $50 to $50 a year, begin
ming next year.
Frank Lucas of Menominee was muir
dered while driving along the State road
north of Marinette, a rifle bullet entering
his heart. Lucas leaves family.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court holds
that in granting divorces judges cannot
award children to outsiders, but must
give them to one parent or the other.
John s. Schneider of Franken, a fresh
man In the University of Wisconsin at
Madison, was drowned while swimming
IN the tank in the university gymnasium.
Within plain sight of hundreds Eric
Horejes, switchman, was run down
and instantly killed by a hose cart re-
spending to a fire alarm in Milwaukee.
The largest eagle that has been killed
in that section for many years was shot
by William Goffney Of Neenah. It's
wings measured 6 feet inches from tip
to tip.
Howard P. Fuller, supposed to be
from GAINESVILLE, was found murdered six
miles south Of Oakland, Cal. Thus far
the police have been unable to identify
the name.
Miss Jessie III. Mcpherson, a Racine
society girl, has brought suit for $4,000
against Walter A. Wood, son of Lyman
Wood, manufacturer, for breach of
promise.
Captain John I. Tinker, aged 70,
Civil War veteran and postmaster of
Eau Claire during the early days, was
found dead in the basement Of his house.
Heart disease was the cause.
Toddie Budlong, the 5-year-old son of
Clerk of Courts G. A. Budlong of Mari
nette, was picking straws from loaded
wagon when he fell under the wheels
and was run over. He cannot live.
Emil Kretjhe, a farmer at Neshoto,
has found a perfect black pearl in the
Neshoto River, for which he has refused
$500. His collection is now valued at
$4,000 Other farmers are making
finds.
Charles Berger was sentenced to serve
four months in the county Jail on his
plea of guilty to charge of assault and
battery on Gilbert Olson at Franksville
Flynn, his partner, arrested at the same
time, was released.
William Garner, teamster for the
Sawyer Goodman Company in Marinette
ness, with his skull crushed, on a log
road. 1t is supposed that he fell from
the wagon onto the horses, which ran
away
The first test of the new Menasha
water works plant brought out unex-
pected results. The pressure was 80
pounds, when the mains near the wood
enware plant burst. A number Of men
engaged in hauling logs from the river
were flooded with a four-inch stream of
water from the rear and two of the men
were dashed into the river and rescued
with difficulty.
A big northeast sea impelled by a
strong wind swept over "Squatter
town. in Marinette, flooding the entire
district. Two hundred families are liv-
ing in houses where the first floors are
flooded and the weather, turning ex-
tlemely cold, caused a great deal Of suf-
fering. The great storm Of few weeks
ago swept away the breakwater protec-
ton and the entire district will have to
be deserted.
The mysterious disappearance Of Miss
Maggie Herriges of Pennington on
Dec. 10, 1904, is now cleared up, her
body being found in a swamp six miles
from her home by young man who
was hunting. The body was found in a
sitting posture against fallen tree. The
the roots Of the tree. The upper por-
ton Of the body was mummified. Rela
tives identified the body by the clothing
and the filings in her teeth.
Two Marinette boys who have been
touring Europe have secured positions at
Buda-Pesth, Hungary. Leonard East
man has been made special agent by
Consul General Chester and will report
to the government of progress made in
electricity. Wallace Cook is engaged as
an instructor of English in the Buda-
Pesth high school. The young men had
one year at the University of Wisconsin
and concluded to complete their educa-
tion by making a tour abroad.
August Zeratsky, Jr., business man
Of La Crosse, narrowly escaped robbery
on the eve Of his wedding. He had
drawn several hundred dollars from the
bank and went to his room in the La
Crosse Y. M. G. A. building. Shortly
afterward other tenants of the building
heard a strange tapping on the floor and
discovered a young man in the next
room, bound and gagged. Two masked
men had followed Zaratsky home, but
had mistaken the room and held up an
other man.
The business portion of the village of
Brooklyn was nearly wiped out by fire.
1t started in the Brooklyn Mercantile
building, destroying that structure
Frank Buchman's general store, A. G.
Ellis drug store, Snyder & Roberts