Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

Theodore Wlezelski, worker in the
ST. Paul carshops in Milwaukee, was
drowned in Pewaukee lake.
II. Harvey was badly injured in run
away accident while he was working in
the hay field of his father near Manawa.
Mrs. G. NJ. Collins died in Wausaukee
after a three weeks illness. Nineteen
children were born to her, of which five
survive.
While attempting to draw his revolver
to protect himself against two hold-up
men, Charles Kempf, who conducts
roadhouse and saloon on Harrison street
near the northern city limits of Oshkosh,
was shot in the neck and is in a danger
Gus condition.
Twenty-Five salOonkeepers were denied
licenses by the Beloit council after re-
port from the special committee was made
showing that money was expended by the
saloonkeepers' association in the April
election. Eight licenses granted were on
new applications.
c. n YermeuIen, real estate dealer,
was swept over the dam at Rockton while
fishing in a rowboat. He was thrown
from the boat into twenty-five feet of
water and went down twice Just as he
was going down the third time the water
carried him to a sand bar and he was
rescued.
Frank SmalIey of Niagara called upon
the Aarinette police to assist him in find
ing S73J. He claims he lost it in a local
saloon. He came to purchase a saloon
business and was waiting to complete the
negotiations when he found the money
missing. 1t is the biggest local robbery
in years.
Paul Krause charged with the murder
of his divorced wife, Minnie Krause was
bound over to the fall term of the Circuit
Court, after his hearing before Judge
Thomas II. Ryan in the municipal court
in Appleton A vest button, a vest and
wooden stake will be important exhibits
in the coming trial.
Mrs. L. H. Day of Vineland, " J., and
David Perrigo of Mayville, Mo, have just
met in Beloit after a separation of forty
four years. They are brother and sister.
When Mr. Perrigo heard his sister was
coming to Beloit for visit he decided he
would come too. A family reunion was
held. at which four generations were rep
resented.
Encased in a plaster cast and still suf-
fering from his terrible experience, Ed
ward Fox. a herdsman of the University
farm at Madison, is recovering from his
injuries received in an attack by bull
at the farm barns. Had it not been for
the timely arrival of his brother, Charles,
he surely would have been killed. He is
% years of age.
Given in marriage by her 19-year-Old
son to a man %, Mrs. Mary Seykora be-
came the bride of George Pilger in Mani
towoc. and through the ceremony Pilger
is the stepfather of a son only four years
his Junior in age. Pilger and young Sc
kora are bosom friends and it was while
visiting his chum that Pilger was attract
ed to Mrs Seykora and courted her.
The lid is on tight in Milwaukee. Ev-
cry saloon in the red light district. or
of a disOrderly character-seyenty-nin
in Advent out of existence at midnight
the other night, when their city licenses
expired. The council refused TO renew
these licenses recently.
George Brewster'S large tobacco ware
house at Chippewa Falls was set on fire
by unknown persons and burned TO the
ground The fire was not discovered until
the structure was envelOped in smoke.
The police are investigating the case and
the State fire warden has been asked to
assist