Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
State News in Brief.

GAINESVILLE will in all probability cele-
brate the Fourth of July with a repeti-
ton of the famous Nonsuch Bros. mock
circus parade.
Lawrence university's semi-centennial
is marked by the graduation of fifty stu
dents, the largest class in its history.
DR.. William Quayle Of Chicago was the
orator.
The Kenosha civic federation has be-
gun a determined war against Sunday sa-
looms and asked Attorney General Gilbert
to aid in the fight by giving a written
opinion in regard to Sunday closing.
The final decree in the Schandein will
case was entered in Milwaukee, the &C
counts of Jacob Heyl were approved and
all property not specifically disposed of
in the will is to be handed over to Mrs.
Heyl.
August Beutel, % years of age, was
drowned in the Sheboygan river through
the sinking of a gasoline launch. Beutel,
with six others, was in the launch, which
sank from overlooking. The others reach
ed shore.
Chester Bliss, 13-year-old Sheboygan
lad, was fatally gored by a bull while at
tempting to drive the animal from field.
Eb, a 15-year-old brother, was painfully
injured by the bull while trying to save
his brother from the mad Onrushes of
the animal.
Plans have been accepted by the Man
itowOc opera house management for the
complete remodeling of the place into a
modern playhouse, with accommodations
for the largest companies on the road.
Work on the project, to cost 1000, will
be started at once.
An involuntary petition was filed in
Milwaukee against the Smith, Thorndike
6 Brown Company, wholesale grocers,
and the Wisconsin Trust Company was
appointed receiver. 1t is said the liabili-
ties are $4,000, and the assets from
$4,000 to $31, 900.
John e. Heating, a member of the
Kenosha police commission and one of
the best known politicians of the city,
slipped into the Circuit Court and plead
ed guilty to a charge of leasing build
ing for a gambling room. Heating was
fined $1O0 and costs.
The Wisconsin great tent of the
in La Crosse after a stormy session.
John w. Brown of Stevens Point was re-
elected great commander. NJ. Bruce of
Milwaukee was elected great record keep
er, and NJ. Hirspheimer of La Crosse
great vice commander. The next meeting
will be held at Waupaca in 1910.
William Esch, a Chicago physician and
president OF the Esch Brothers and Rabe
Ice Company, was arrested at Twin
Lakes in Kenosha county by Deputy
Game Warden KIeist on a charge Of fish
ing with a gill net. DR.. Esch resides at
1920 Emerald avenue, and had been on
his annual fishing and outing trip. He
gave bonds of 500 to insure his appear
ance in court.
A saIoonkeeper who is acting in good
faith is not responsible if his bartender
sells to minors during the absence of the
proprietor, provided the employee has been
instructed not to. Such is part of the
written decision handed down by Judge
John Goodland of Appleton in a manda-
mus case in which the Wisconsin Anti
Saloon League is trying to compel the
City Council to revoke a license.
f. G. Cook, one of the oldest jewelers.
of the State, died suddenly in GAINESVILLE,
of paralysis OF the heart, brought about
bv an automobile accident when the ma
chine knocked him down, injuring him
severely. 1t is thought the shock to his
system FASTENED MS demise.
The States campaign against timber
thieves in northern Wisconsin resulted in
the arrest of August Anderson, a logging
contractor of Superior, who is accused
of cutting 10000 feet of cedar from
State land. 1t is claimed that millions
of feet of timber have been cut unlaw-
fully.