Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-19

Ladysmith will have new bank. The
Union Investment Company Of Minneap-
oils is promoting the deal.
| John Allen, an aged veteran from Iron
River, Mich, fractured his skull in jump
ing from moving trolley car in Mari
nette.
w. w. Chapman, postmaster at Hori-
con, died, aged 6S years. He was born
in New York and was a veteran Of the
Civil War.
Arrangements have been made to hold
this summers reunion Of ''the old
Twelfth in Madison, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, July p and 26.
Clement Olson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. 0. Olson of Ashland, was accidentally
drowned whiA, playing on a raft on
pond made by heavy rains.
Col. N. r. Nelson, past commander of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Wis
consin, is critically i'll in La Crosse as
result of a paralytic stroke.
| Francis Ryan, bookkeeper at the State
institute for the blind in GAINESVILLE, has
been appointed superintendent, vice Supt.
Showalter, whose term expires.
Ed McAdams was killed by a train
near Mukwonago. The victim was mutt
lated almost beyond recognition. He
leaves wife and two children.
Edward Smith, who disappeared from
the county poor house at Hayward June
=. was found drowned in Chipanaze
Lake. There is evidence of suicide.
Eugene Austin, aged 35, of Pardeeville,
was drowned in the Pardeeville pond
while fishing. In attempting to change
seats with companion he lost his bal
ance.
Kenosha dealers in cigarettes have
agreed among themselves to make no eff
fort to evade the new law governing the
sale Of cigarettes. They await test in
the courts.
A verdict of guilty was given in the
United States Court in Oshkosh against
Mrs. Rose Hofert of Menasha, charged
with writing a scurrilous postal card.
Sentence was suspended.
The Wisconsin State commission to
select soldiers monument at Anderson
vile tentatively selected design for the
stone, but decided to ask the artist to
| Lidhc SOLHe Slight CuauSeS.
Sheboygan's population, according to
the State census, is 24,O16. This is an
increase Of 1854 since 1900 The total
men able to serve in the militia is 5,235.
| The total number of old soldiers is sixty
eight. ~
| Mrs. Ignatz Schwab, who resides on a
farm. near Johnson Greek, is dead as the
pnSnEt NJ cty hv IF
honey bees Blood poisoning set in and
| she died a few days later. Mrs. SchWab
overturned a hive.
Frank Brooks, charged with conduct
| ing get-rich-quick scheme at Racine by
| having women send 81 as a guarantee
Of good faith in securing work of writing
letters, was found guilty and was fined
| $500 and sent to the house of correction
| for six months.
Albert Marks has been placed under
$3.50 peace bond at New London on COM
plant of his wife, who says he has twice
| threatened to kill her. The couple mar
ried seven months ago, at which time
Marks was Is and his bride 10 years of
age.
Typhoid fever again has made it's ap-
pearance at the State hospital at Men
dota. The disease is supposed to be due
| to contaminated water supply, in spite
| of the fact that arrangements were
made last year to keep the water pure
| -Four deaths have resulted from the dis
! ease.
! An investigation is being made of
charges in connection with the death Of
August Schwantes, aged 80 years, who
died in small shed at Horizon. Citi-
zens are aroused and allege the old mans
relatives, who are well-to-do, refused to
| take care of him, and he was then placed
in the shed.
| The residence of John Pamperin, a
| wealthy cigar manufacturer in La
Crosse, was robbed of $4,000 worth of
jewels and silver plate by three masked
men. A drug was administered to the
members of the family. A servant girl
gave the alarm. The burglars escaped
| through window
| Willie Witt, a 12-year-old boy, is the
hero of Dale. Undersheriff Mitchell says
the young lad mounted a bicycle, armed
with shotgun, and pursued mad dog
until he shot and killed the animal Pre-
vious to that time the dog had bitten
| Henry Opperman. The victim was taken
| to Chicago for treatment.
| Horse owners residing around Kenosha
are making an effort to form a Horse
Owners Protective Association which
| will include all the territory along the
lake shore from the Wisconsin State
line to Milwaukee. During the year end
ing July /, it is declared, forty-two
horses were stolen in that territory and
only eleven of them were recovered
James Weypender, the maniac who
murdered Chief Of Police Macarthur in
Amigo, was captured Wednesday single
| handed by Sheriff Greggs a few miles
| from that city. Greggs had trailed Wey-
| pender for ten days through the woods,
| being almost eaten up by mosquitoes.
| Wednesday morning he caught sight Of
| Weypender in clearing. The sheriff
| dropped down in the grass and stole up
on the maniac, sprang on him and bore
| him to the ground. Weypender's neck
and arms are eaten raw by mosquitoes.