Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-28


freight train in the village of Bear Greek
and his body was cut to pieces.
Samuel Hull died of paralysis at
Johnston. He was S5 years old. He
was one of the oldest settlers of Rock
! County.
Rev. M. Rufsvold pastor of the Nor
Wegian Lutheran Church at Marinette,
has resigned to accept a pastorate at
Calumet, Mich.
AS result of drinking half cupfuI
OF Kerosene the 14-months-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammond of Little
Chute, is dead.
An unknown man was run over and
Killed by Northwestern train at We'll
come. His remains are mangled beyond
recognition. In his pockets was S12.30.
A new railroad from Marinette County
to Superior and Duluth is an assured
fact. 1t will be 26O miles in length The
project is an extension of the Wisconsin
and Michigan Railway.
"Red'' Miller a deckhand on the Good
rich line boats, was run down and killed
in the Wisconsin Central yards in Mani
towoc. An inquest failed to reveal any
facts as to the accident
Marvin Hughitt, Jr., is building sum-
mer home at Thousand Island Lake, near
the State line and twelve miles southwest
| OF Watersmeet Junction, Mich, region
noted for its beautiful scenery.
William Keinath, aged 10 years, of
| Milwaukee, and Walter Middlestreet,
| aged 10 years, of Wayauwega, were
drowned in Wolf River. 1t is supposed
their boat was overturned by wind.
f. Oberman, a lineman, was electro
cuted in Oshkosh. Two thousand volts
passed through his body, and although
terribly burned he lived several hours.
Oberman's home was at Manitowoc.
Mr.. and Mrs c. Snoeyenbos of Bald
win make claim to the distinction of
having the largest family of grown-up
children in the State. The family con-
sists of six daughters and seven sons.
Robert Speadtue, employed on the fer
ry boat operated during the building of
Main street bridge in Oshkosh, had his
head cut open by slipping windlass on
the boat. He was seriously but not ia
tally injured.
A man alleged to be Franklin Wade,
and said to be wanted by the police au-
thorities of Minot, N. D., was arrested
in Marinette. On the way to the police
station he broke away from the officers
and ran, but was captured.
George Belt for many years resident
OF Viola, committed suicide at Portland,
Ore. He was living at the home of his
nephew there, r. B. Belt, and was
respondent because his age prevented
him from securing employment.
Moses Christjohn, an Oneida Indian,
voluntarily pleaded guilty at Appleton
to highway robbery and was sentenced
to from six months to one year at the
Green Bay reformatory. He held up and
robbed Hahhan Cornelius, a squaw
Jeanette Sellinger and Marie THE
man, high school girls, rescued Hugo
Winkenwerder, a high school teacher,
and Frank Sellinger from drowning in
Elkhart Lake, when the latter's canoe
capsized. The girls were on the shore.
John Weston, a travelling man, was
held up directly in front of the North
western depot in Menasha. His assailant
was armed with a club, but failed to find
the $500 in bills which Mr.. Weston had
concealed inside his stockings. The thief
secured only small sum.
In order to save her aged father from
being injured in a runaway Miss Hattie
Strate of Neenah jumped to the head of
the horse and chung to the bride. The
horse was brought to a standstill near
the edge of deep ditch and Miss Strate
tainted away. She was severely bruised.
While playing at the Green Bay and
Western Railroad bridge at Grand Rap
ids julius King, ii years old, was in
stantly killed by electricity. He with
some other boys had climbed to the top
of the bridge, when to save himself from
falling, he touched a live electric wire
above him. A fame came from his
mouth, and with loud cry he fell dead
twenty-seven feet to the bridge work
below, and his neck was broken twice in
the fall.
In the Circuit Court Judge Bel
den of Kenosha annulled the marriage of
Godfrey L. Lovegram, business man
Of Rockford, and Mrs. Leora Florence
Emerson of Cleveland. Mrs. Emerson,
formerly Leora Florence Hubble of Chi
cago, believing Emerson dead, was mar
ried to Lovegram in Kenosha in Deem
Der, 1893. Recently she received a letter
from Emerson saying he was alive and
well. Lovegram and Mrs. Emerson at
once separated and both joined in the
petition for the annulment of their mar
riage
The governments weekly crop report
has this to say concerning crop condi-
tions in this State: Excessive rains in
central counties since June 1 G. to II
inches) washed grain and corn fields bad
ly, and flooded low lands; large acreage
of winter wheat, rye and clover has been
beaten down by rain, and the growth of
spring wheat, rye, oats and barley is
retarded by excessive moisture; corn
weedy, but land too wet to work; grass
and pastures excellent, except where sub
merged; tobacco setting progressing slow
ly; fruit prospect good.
The Eastern Wisconsin Electric Light
and Power Company of Fond du Lac,
which owns and operates the Oshkosh
Fond du Lac Interurban street car sys-