Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-26

saw, was caught and his right arm cut
off.
Tomah is to have a new freight depot
this season. This is one of the first
direct results of the new Business Mems
Club.
At Prentice Henry Ollita was instant.
~ killed by $500 line train. His head,
leg and an arm were severed from the
body.
Arthur Ditmon, aged 16, and a child's
saving bank containing So are missing
from the home of Hugh Bahlert in
Pound.
Cal. Willey's livery barn was destroy
ed by fire at Washburn and ten horses
were cremated. Inc loss is several thou
sand dollars.
Alta McAllister, aged IS years, of
Dayton, was severely injured by being
accidentally shot by his brother, Ray,
while hunting.
A 12-year-old son of LATE Miller Of
the town Of Scott is in precarious con-
dition as the result of a kick in the side,
which will probably cause death.
Mrs. d. Caskey, aged Is years, was
fatally burned in Bloomington. Her
clothes caught fire while she was burn
ing rubbish in the dooryard of her home.
Eva Daniels, aged ID years, has been
missing from her home in Menasha for
several days. 1t is thought that she has
gone off with a band of wandering gyp-
sizes.
b. j. Cook, proprietor of restaurant
in Duluth, has been ordered by the court
to pay Henry G. Richardson, a colored
man, $25 damages for refusing to serve
him a supper.
Through the purchase of 1900 acres
Of land in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, by Twin
City capitalists, was made the first step
i'll the plan to establish Neenah colony
in that district.
Harry Jackson, the 2-year-old baby
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Jackson of Nee
nah was bitten by a mad dog, his face
being lacerated. The child was taken to
Chicago for treatment.
William Mcconnell was arrested in
Neenah for peeping into windows. Later
it developed that he was an escaped lu-
matte from the northern hospital and he
was taken back there.
Tobian Alberts, the Neenah man who
thrice broke Jail at Appleton while await
ing trial on different charges, the latest
being highway robbery, is believed to be
in hiding near Neenah.
An injunction issued by the District
Court has been served on John Dietz and
his wife, restraining Dietz from interfer-
ing with a lumber drive at Cameron
dam, on Thornapple river.
The damage suit Of John Johnson of
Kenosha, boy who demanded $4,000
from the Lafin-Rand Powder Company
for personal injuries, was settled out of
court, the plaintiff receiving $3.50.
Wilbert Paskey, 15-year-old boy, was
instantly killed near Waterloo by the
charge from a shotgun in the hands of
a little girl. The coroner's jury rem
dered a verdict of accidental death.
A report reached the police of Sheboy-
gan that A. G. Moffitt, who was said to
have drowned in the Sheboygan river
two weeks ago, has been seen by an ac-
quaintance in st. Louis a few days ago.
A verdict Of not guilty was given in
the case of Edward L. Kent of Belmont,
Walter Kent, by stabbing on the night
of Aug 5, 1904. The defendant is "a
years old and the son was % years old.
A plea of self-defense was made.
1t is learned that fishermen on the east
shore of Lake Winnebago are doing a
prosperous trade this spring by netting
sturgeon and extracting the spawn,
which, after the process of curing and
canning, is sold to wholesalers and sent
to foreign countries as the best imported
Russian caviar.
Louis Macs, Is years old, employed at
the Brillion Cooperage Company, was
caught in the shafting of the company's
mill. His right arm was so badly man.
gled that it was amputated at the Shout
der. His right collarbone and right
shoulder blade were broken and he sus-
tanned serious internal injuries.
The Marinette, Tomahawk and West
between Camp Hogan and Spirit Falls
within the next few days. The new steel
and ties are on the q found and crew
of men will begin the construction as
soon as the spikes come. The new track
will cover distance of seven miles.
A carload of shingles which had been
sidetracked on Green Island on the Du-
buque division of the Milwaukee road
between Savannah and Dubuque was dis
covered abaze and after the fire was ex-
tinguished and the body OF man, pre-
sumably that of tramp, was found,
burned to a crisp. 1t is believed he had
been smoking in the car and after going
to sleep the car was set ON fire by sparks
from the pipe,
State Insurance Commissioners Hosts
statement on the condition of all insur-
ance corporations on Jan. 1, 1905, shows
that they had a prosperous business in
this State last year, collecting over $10,-
100000. The statement adds: '"The
thirty-seven old-line companies made a
net surplus gain of $50, 246, S41.13, or
total Of 1927 $40, 339.O8; the forty cas-
ualty and surety companies, $14,309,-
21062; the twenty assessment accident
societies, a balance of $490,690.64 the
sixty four fraternal societies, balance
of SIC. 45S. 1913 &C."