Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Douglas, a wheelman on the Good
rich liner Virginia, fell from the deck
after finishing fire drill and was drowned.
In a runaway accident caused by a
passing motor cycle, Mrs. E. V. Benja-
min of Cumberland, jumping out of the
rig, sustained severe injuries.
J. G. Train, a member of the Legisla-
ture in 1856, and the first city clerk of
Baraboo, died of heart failure, aged IS.
He drafted the city charter and held many
offices.
1t cost Henry Gilbertson Of Neenah a
broken shoulder bone and fractured arm
to give his seat in street car to wom-
an. He fell from the car into a wire
fence.
The State park commission has put
crew of men at work clearing the Brule
river, near Iron River, of dams and re-
moving dangerous rocks from the bed of
the stream.
Mrs. Anna Clause, 26 years old, was
struck by lightning during a heavy cleo
trio storm at Kenosha. She was rendered
unconscious and it is feared that her in
juries may prove serious.
Jacob Landgraf, one of the first bust
ness men to settle in the Fox River val
ley, is dead at the age of SO. He came
to Neenah in 1851, when Neenah and
Menasha were mere villages.
While employed about the plant of the
Wisconsin Pea Packing Company at
Mishicott, John Koch, aged 80, was
caught in the governor of the engine and
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sary to amputate his left arm.
The death of his father, Rev. L. Traub
of Cumberland, proved too much for the
delicate nervous system of 14-year-old
Noah NJ. Traub, and he broke down. He
was adjudged insane and taken by his sis
ter to the Mendoza hospital.
Mrs. n. Sharpless of Neenah had her
left arm so badly scalded by having it
immersed in hot water in a wash boiler
that the flesh has peeled off in parts, and
it is thought grating will have to be re-
sorted to to bring the arm into proper
shape.
During a severe electrical storm at
GAINESVILLE Miss Hazel Howe was thrown
from her horse by the force of thunder
bolt and was seriously injured Three in
terurban cars were struck by lightning,
and much property was damaged by the
storm.
When the Thirty Years Club, made up
of former residents who have been away
from Watertown thirty years and more,
meets Aug. /, the night of the first home
coming day, its members will be welcom-
ed by the ringing of the city hall bell
thirty times.
Domestic science has been added to the
course at the north side high school in
Manitowoc and the south side is consid-
ering manual training, domestic science
and commercial courses for next year. The
north side district meeting authorized $500
for the new course.
The threshers of Winnebago county
have organized in an effort to make
profit, it is claimed They will charge
cents per bushel for threshing oats and
barley, with a varying price for wheat
and rye. The former price was 21a cents
for barley and oats.
While coming out from under the in
auence of gas, after having his teeth fixed,
+. Brunderhoff of Oshkosh became vio-
lent. He kicked the attending physician
into a corner and started to punch the
dentist. A policeman was called and sub
dued the violent man.
Three workmen. employed on the new
Wisconsin Telephone Company building
at Neenah, had narrow escapes from
death when part of the top wall coping
weighing four tons. fell within two feet
of where they were working. About 5000
worth Of damage was done.
The voters of Racine will decide by
referendum whether the Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway and Light Company shall
be granted additional franchises in Ra-
cine and ones granted in 1888 for a
term Of twenty-five years be extended I'M
til 1912 as decided on by the council.
After stabbing his companion, a young
Finlander was imprisoned on the third
story of building at TripOli. He was
handcuffed and tied and locked in a room.
Becoming tired Of his lookup. the prisoner
threw himself out of a window, landing
squarely on his back on the pavement be-
low.