Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

among persons exposed.
Two boys on the Wrolstad farm at
Norske found a huge black bear under
pile of brush which they were taking
away. The bear escaped.
Ira Stewart of Chippewa Falls, con-
victed of numbering his son-in-law, Fred
Miller, four years ago, is granted a new
trial by the Supreme Court.
The Aitokan Iron Company of Duluth
will expend 100000 in improvements
and extensions for the mine at Port Ar
thur, near Hurley, next summer.
Hans Peterson of Epson was run over
and killed on the Wisconsin Central track
between Iron Belt and Epson. The
body was scattered for over mile.
The Beaver Dam Lumber Company's
large sawmill at Cumberland has started
for the seasons run. The mill will cut
100000 or 100000 feet and employs
a crew of 100 men.
l.. Z. Easton has announced that he
will give $4,000 to the city of La Crosse
toward the installation of an improved
water system. The present supply is
pronounced unfit for safe use.
The body of Harry O'Brien was found
OH the lake shore opposite Hudson. He
attempted to cross Lake st. Croix in a
severe snow storm on Dec. p. He lost
his way and wandered into the channel,
it is supposed.
Rev. George Harm, IS years of age,
and for the past sixteen years retired.
died at his home on North Eighth street.
Sheboygan. He was pastor of large
number of Evangelical churches in that
section of the State.
The body of John Stephan, who dis
appeared Oh Dec. 10, 1904, was found
in the bay near the Sawyer dock at Stur-
geon Bay. The supposition is that he
committed suicide. He was about 81
years old and a retired farmer.
The infant son of William Kruger
was scalded to death at Belle PLANE.
The mother had left the baby in the care
of small child, in order to attend to
other duties. One of the children pulled
the plug out of wash machine.
In Shell Lake Fred Taylor has been
found not guilty on Il charge by Miss
Mlnna Ganski, who claimed that she had
let Taylor wear her diamond ring and
that when he took it to st. Paul he had
the diamond taken out and glass put in
its place. Both are from Spooner.
Mary Hawkins, daughter of George
Hawkins of Onalaska, has been sentenc
ed to State prison at Waupun for one
and one-half years. She was charged
with being a vagrant. The fact that this
is her, second offense made it punishable
in the State prison from one to three
years.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Banker Edward Decker, Jr.,
was deepened at Milwaukee by the re-
port Of the purser Of the steamer Pere
Marquette Is that the missing man was
not seen after the boat left Ludington,
indicating that he had left the vessel
before she sailed.
Frank Grove, merchant of Menasba,
has received an anonymous letter enclos-
ing 20 bill, which states that some time
ago the writer secured some goods in
dishonest manner from Mr.. Grove and
now seeks to make reparation. 1t is
thought that the reason for repentance
is the religious revival which is being
held in the city.
Tobacco growing is to be given trial
in Outagamie county this summer. A
firm Of Russian Jews, composed Of Max
Shapiro, E. Ressman and d. Shure, has
rented five acres of land two miles north
OF Appleton, where they expect to set
out tobacco plants about May Is. They
have already planted the seeds in hot
houses. Shure has been in the tobacco
business in Russia for the past thirty-6ve
years
A temperance mass meeting was tenn
porarily broken up at Lake Geneva by
an alarm of fire, believed to have been
TUNED in by the saloon element When
the fire whistle was heard the occupants
OF the opera house, where the gathering
was held, made rush for the exit.
Through the efforts of Rev. Mr.. Larson,
who stood in the doorway and spoke to
the frightened crowd, the panic was stop
ped. The people, however, returned to
listen to the speeches.
Chief Herman Meminger of the Mil
waukee fire department had one of the
narrowest escapes in his career the other
night, and lies in bed fighting death, his
affiiction being Of the character which
caused the death of Chief James Foley
and companions some time ago. Unlike
Chief Foley, Meminger did not inhale
the fumes of nitric acid, but he inhaled
so much smoke in fighting a fire that
acute congestion of the lungs developed.
and for hours he was on the verge of
smothering. Unless pneumonia, which
threatens, sets in, the chances for his re-
covery are good.
In the absence of exciting contests
very light vote was cast throughout the
State Tuesday. Judge John r. Winslow
of the Supreme Court was reelected
without opposition. The contest for
State superintendent is close, but the in
dications are that Charles F. Cary has
been reelected over Albert Salisbury. In
Milwaukee Judge Carpenter defeated his
opponent, Judge Wallber, and Judges
Tarrant and Ludwig of the Circuit Court
were reelected without opposition. Judge
Halsey also pulled through with a plu-
ralty of about 100 Milwaukee gave
Superintendent Cary nearly 5000 ma