Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

years, committed suicide with a double
barrel shot gun. He leaves a wife and
large family. He lived with his aged
mother.
Charles McCarty died at st. Agnes
Hospital, Fond du Lac. Mr.. McCarty
was injured by the collapse of a wagon
on which he was riding. Paralysis caused
his death.
Property valued at $1,000 was de-
stroyed in the fire which visited Maple
Grove The saloon, dance hall and
dwelling of James Mullins was COM
pletely destroyed.
w. A. Brown Of Rib Lake was placed
into yellow fever quarantine at Jackson
vile, Fla, on his return from Cuba, and
secured mis- release after getting an aft
davit from Wisconsin.
Mrs. j. M. Bray, wife of a prominent
Oshkosh lumberman, her daughter, Miss
Hazel Bray, and Miss Ripley of Chi
cagO were thrown from a double-seated
carriage in runaway and badly bruis-
ed.
Miss Annie Louise Palmetier, the
well-known golfer, and Edwin Reynolds
Whitcomb of Milwaukee, son of p. T.
Whitcomb, president of the Wisconsin
Central railway, were married in Ke-
nOSha.
The body Of George Vosburg, an in
mate of the county insane asylum, who
had been missing for several days, was
found in the river at GAINESVILLE. His
hands were tied, and it is thought he
committed suicide
The Marinette and Menominee paper
mill was nearly destroyed by fire. By
heroic efforts OF the fire departments of
Marinette and Menominee the sulphite
plant was saved. The loss is estimated
at $15O,OO0, covered by insurance.
A year ago John Roberts was sudden
ly stricken blind while at work in a
Neenah paper mill. The other morning
upon arising he discovered that his eye
sight had been regained. His wife
claims the cure was effected through her
prayers.
1eska Sunbeam, the Athens prize cow,
has beaten the worlds record for butter
and fat, she making S57, 145 pounds of
butter fat from Oct 1, 1904, to Sept.
80, 1905. On Aug. 10, 1905, the cow
gave 80 pounds Of milk, testing 5.42 per
cent, producing 2.S1 pounds of fat.
Superior grain interests will purchase
an elevator in which to store grain in
spected under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin. During the last three days
over 1900 cars of grain have been
brought to Superior and all have been
inspected by the Wisconsin inspectors.
Rev. John Steel died in Lodi. He To-
Gated there in 1S49 and crossed the
plains in 1850. He was the first Lieu
tenant in Co. L, One Hundred and For
ty-irst Illinois infantry, and entered the
Methodist ministry in 1867 Rev. Mr..
Steel acted as missionary to New Mex
leo from 1872 to 1879.
The Ferari Bros Carnival Company
received very rude reception in Beloit.
The show arrived in the evening and
some time during the night thieves broke
into wagon while it stood on a fiat
car in the Northwestern freight yards
and carried the safe half block away,
where it was broken open and rifed. The
sum secured by the robbers is 81 800 in
cash.
Because he allegedly circulated
slanderous stories about Mrs. Anna
Buchanan, neighbor, and the jury be-
lieved her allegations, Joseph Teporren,
OF keil, was charged with a judgment
of $3.50, this being the amount awarded
by the jury in curcuit court at Chiffon.
Both parties are prominent in the farm
ing community where they reside and
the case created sensation.
William Hannigan, aged 70 years, ap-
piled for a warrant in Neenah for the
arrest of his son John, who is married.
The son induced the father, says the
complaint, to deed over the valuable
farm to him, the old man to be cared for
during the remainder Of his days. After
the deed had been recorded, the son had
his father placed in the poorhouse, it is
also alleged, but later brought him back
to the farm, where the old gentleman
was to work at so cents per day and his
keep.
Sheriff Armstrong at Little Suamico
has arrested Fred Braunschreiber, aged
q years, charged with setting fire to and
burning the barn of his nephew, Herman
Braunschreiber. Mrs. Herman Braun
schneider says that she saw the fire about
as soon as it was started and that she
also saw her husbands uncle running
away from the barn. In his hurry to
escape, she says, he did not notice barb
Wire fence and got badly tangled up in
it. Others also say they saw him run
ming from the barn. Family troubles are
said to be at the bottom Of the case.
The State tax commission announces
the final assessment for the railroads of
Wisconsin under the ad valorem tax law
to be total of $22S,S1O,0OO The total
tax is $3.50 90.66 The valuation of
the Northwestern railroad is $74,5OO,O0O
with tax of $3.50, 81; valuation of Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad $73, 7OO,-
900, tax $3.50, 1920; Wisconsin Central
$22,O0O,000, and $247,991.S 8; 500, S.
100000 and $99,199.15. The total in
crease in valuation is $1O,7S5, 100. Last
year this rate of taxation was found by
the tax commission to be $11.44 plus
per 81 900 Of valuation, while this year
it has been found to be $11.27 plus. The
total taxes of the railroad property for
this wear is fixed at S257o 900 6h as