Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

thirty-fve feet upon iron.
Rev. James MCGOWAN, pastor of ST.
Patrick's church in Askeaton, was found
was 62 years old.
The coroner's jury finds that Mrs
Isaac Friedman, who was floating on
Wilson creek ut Menomonie, died of heart
failure while preparing to take bath
and fell in
| John Chenevert, proprietor Of the Rus
| sell House in Neenah, and one of the
| part of the State. died at Battle Creek,
Mich, sanitarium.
Fred II. nartwell, law partner of Sen
ator Thomas Morris, has resigned as
notary public rather than give UP his
privilege of free transportation as editor
Of the La Crosse Argus.
Frank Behnke Of Weyauwega is catch
ing mud turtles and shipping them to
Philadelphia. He has a net profit of
about S6 on a barrel. He has shipped
twenty barrels this summer.
The 4-year-old son of John Talbot of
Bayfield, placed a lighted giant firecrack.
er In his mouth and attempted to smoke
1t. The explosion lacerated his face ter
ribly and he may not recover.
Samuel Stenman, a miner employed
at the Montreal mine in Hurley, was
shot and killed near his home. The MUIR
derer escaped. The sheriff and a posse
are in pursuit of Peter Desrolia, another
miner.
Two holdup men captured by the town
marshal at New Holsteinr were let go
because the town had no Jail. Twenty
| watches stolen from farmers on the coun-
try road and seventeen revolvers were
taken from them.
Antonio Balistierro, a resident of the
Milwaukee italian colony, in which To-
masso Tarantino, Sicilian, was murder
ed, IS being searched for by the police
as the guilty man. 1t is said the suspect
was seen in Racine.
Willard Merrill of Milwaukee, for
years vice president of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company,
died at Pasadena, Cal, at the age of IA
years. He went to California last fall
for the benefit Of his health.
At Lake Geneva w. J. B. Kendall had
to be hauled into court and fined $33.66
for sassing the census enumerator before
he would answer questions. Geneva's
population is 1,126 That of Delavan
is 1890 and of Elkhorn 1926.
Several of the large brick buildings in
Johnson Greek have been found to ex-
tend halfway across the proposed new
sidewalk line In some instances it has
been found that the old sidewalks are
almost in the center of the road.
An attempt to wreck a passenger train
on the st. Paul road partly succeeded
at East Madison, the switch being thrown
after the engine, baggage car and front
trucks of the smoker had passed. Three
cars were derailed, but there were no
casualties. A discharged employe is sus-
pected.
George Burier, Chippewa Falls farm
err returning home from church, stopped
at farm house to water his team, and
seeing what he supposed to be a chick
en- in the trough, pulled it out. 1t was
the 2-year-old daughter of the farmer.
After a few minutes the child was
brought to life.
William Kaerne Of Appleton, IA years
old, must remain perfectly quiet for some
time or he may bleed to death. The lad
was playing with friend and had pulled
his pocket knife out of his pocket, in
tending to whittle, when a friend caught
him by the arms Both boys were laugh
ing and began wrestling. In the scuffie
hn 1-ni J,.;x, -,
just above the heart.
Since Cupid has robbed Outagamie
county of many of the rural school teach
ers, he has been combining his work to
Appleton musicians. Four members of
the Appleton band have been married
during the past two months, while Gu
pills arrows have penetrated the hearts
OF SO many of the members of the st.
Joseph choir that an entirely new organ
ization is now being made.
The governments weekly crop report
reviews conditions in this State as fol-
lows: Considerable damage from wind
and hail storms latter part of week. win
ter wheat and rye satisfactory; corn i'm
proving slowly and tasseling; buckwheat
excellent; potatoes improving; hay crop
secured; pastures good and tobacco salts
factory; apples fair; sugar beets excel
| lent; cranberries continue satisfactory.
The steamer Evelyn, en- route from
| Winconne to Neenah with 300 excursion
| lists aboard, ran into storm and the
wind blew the boat into a raft of sew
eral hundred logs, where she was held
| fast despite the efforts to release her.
The passengers became panic-stricken,
and in the stampede two men were
knocked overheard, their rescue being eff
fected with difficulty. The crew finally
restored quiet just as the storm abated.
| Enlisting the aid of swarm of vicious
| leas to drive fellow-employes from the
office while he worked, George Emmett
employed by Luther Brothers, hardware
manufacturers, North Milwaukee, took
| possession of the cashiers desk and forg-
| ed the firms name to checks on the Wis
consn National Bank aggregatng over
$500. Emmett before night had passed
eleven of the checks on saloonkeepers and
grocery stores and departed for parts
unknown.