Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-13


grain and stock in the forest fire, six
miles north Of Cumberland.
Harley johnson is in Jail in Wash
burn, charged with robbng the Gable
postofiice. Papers and SO were taken.
4 fire has been raging in the woods
along the st. CroiX river southwest Of
Grantsburg, and several farm buildings
have burned.
Daniel Carol, foreman Of the North
western railway bridge crew, fell from
the top of a pile driver at Onalaska and
was seriously injured.
The body of man believed to be Jo-
seph Papelka, was found in an open car
at Pembine, crushed by the steel rails
with which the car was partially loaded.
Fred Reiser, a young farmer has dis
appeared. He left the home Of Arthur
Cole of West Point several days ago.
and has not been seen since. He is II
years old.
Henry Matzke, a young railroad man
residing in TOmah, who lost his legs some
time ago while working OH the Valley di-
vision, has made a settlement with the
Milwaukee railway out Of court, being
awarded $4,000.
Bessie Ferguson, years old, was
burned to death at Washburn. While
playing with other children near burn
ing brush pile her clothes took fire. The
body was burned to crisp. The other
children escaped unframed.
The largest strike known in the zinc
fields of Wisconsin has been made by
Ross Bros. in Linden. One solid sheet of
blend has been struck, "A inches in thick
ness. There has been 100000 worth
OF zinc taken from this range.
Julia Borham, aged years. was near
~ burned to death while playing near a
bonfire on farm near Weyauwega. A
neighbours son heard her cries and rolled
her on the ground until the flames were
extinguished. She may recover.
Edison, the 9-year-old son of Don
townsville of Kaukauna, was seriously
| injured between the elbow and shoulder.
A bicycle rider who escaped, ran into a
group of playing children, carrying a
Ratchet loosely at the side of the saddle.
Mrs. CLARK Ray Of ShOpiere was
thrown from a carriage to the brick pave
ment in Beloit with her child in her arms
from runaway. She was seriously in
jured, while the child escaped. Mr.. Ray
managed to keep his place in the buggy.
The boiler in Peter Andersons mill,
five miles north of Medford, blew up and
the fireman escaped death by just having
gone for some slaos. The boiler was
carried out of the building, and through
the roof, but the engine was not harmed.
Not in many years has there been such
a flight of wild geese over southern Wis
consin as has taken place this spring.
Old hunters say that the honkers chang
ed their route from the course of the
Mississippi, but do not attempt to ex-
plain it.
At Fennimore George Needham was
caught in the belt Of a circular saw while
oiling the machinery and terribly man.
gled. He may lose both arms and may
die. Many bones were broken. His
whirling body several times missed the
saw. Needham is II years old.
While hunting on Horizon marsh
Frank Martzahn lost three fingers and a
portion of his left hand by the acct
dental explosion of gun which he was
taking from his boat. A short time ago
he had the misfortune to lose one of his
eyes through an accident in blacksmith
shop.
The F. J. Otis Company store, one of
the largest retail mercantile business
places in Gates county, located at Apol-
lonia, was burned. The loss is $4,000,
| with N ;ucuroooo Of CT 0O0 Tho or;o
Of the fire is unknown, but was first dis
covered in an ice house three feet from
the store building.
Twenty men employed in the Latin,
Rand Powder works at the village of
| Pleasant Prairie narrowly escaped being
roasted to death in their beds by fire
which destroyed the big hotel at mid
night. The fire, which is supposed to
have been of an incendiary origin, spread
so rapidly that the sleeping inmates of
the house had no time to save their cloth
ing or belongings.
All traffic on the Kenosha Electric
Street railway was suspended the other
day on account of an order issued by
Mayor James German. The question of
transfers has been in dispute for some
time. The company refused to issue the
transfers and Mayor German issued an
order to nave printed transfers in twenty
four hours or the service would be sus-
pended. The next morning Gordon cf
police stopped three cars on Market
square. where they remained awaiting a
settlement.
"Killed by SANDER" is the epitaph
which William Engdahl says should be
placed over the grave of his wife who
died from cerebro-spinal meningitis at the
Northwestern hospital for the insane in
Kenosha. Mrs. Engdahl had been in the
| best of health until three weeks ago,
when she discovered that slanderous re-
ports rejecting on her character were be-
| ing circulated among her neighbors. The
worry resulting from this report caused
her to go insane and she died in less than
two weeks after being taken to the hos
pital.
Herman Henning of Sheboygan was
fined 500 and costs in the police court
by Judge Gibin for damaging property,