Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-12
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Andrew Scoville, a Bayfield, man, was
drowned when he slipped off high pile
of lumber into the water.
The corner stone of St Paul's English
Lutheran church was laid with appropri-
ate ceremonies in Waterloo.
Negotiations are also under way, it is
said, to reopen the canning factory in
New London that was closed several years
ago.
1t is rumored in New London that the
Appleton Chair Company will remove its
plant from the Crescent City to thar
place.
The total assessed valuation of taxable
property in Eau Claire as fixed by the
board of review is $9,250,000, or about
100000 more than last year.
Buried under a half ton of sand when
a bank under which she was at play
caved in, Marc Ulowitz, aged 10. of Man
itowoc, was rescued unconscious.
Frogdom has its Rip Van Wrinkle. A
monster frog, weighing four pounds, the
property of DR.. Z. b. Yanny of Racine,
has been asleep for eight months.
Supreme Court Justice BashfOrd will
take up the practice Of law under the
firm name of Bashford & Weton when
he retires from the bench on Aug. 1.
The body of John Kroposeck, who, the
police thought, had been murdered, was
found in the Sheboygan river by the
crew of the tug Frederick Koehn.
Fire, supposed to be due to spontane
Gus combustion, destroyed the barn and
Il, Of
outside Of the city limits of ManitOwOc
and the loss is about $1,000
Human Owen of Oak Grove claims to
be the oldest white man born in WiscOn-
sin. He was born in Prairieville, now
Waukesha, April IA, 1887, and believes
that no one can beat this record.
While working on the tower of the
Knapstain brewery in New London Geo
Rohdee fell fifty feet to the floor, fractur
ing his skull and sustaining other in
juries His recovery is doubtful
Mrs Frederika Lorenz, aged % years
pauper in the town of Ellington, is
said to have received information from
Germany that she is the sole heir to
fortune estimated at several millions.
Smashing the front window with a
stone tied in piece of cloth, thief
cot away with about $500 worth of dia-
monds and other valuables from the store
of J. r. Chapman & Co, in Oshkosh.
Mrs. Charles HOeffs and Mrs. Fred
Krause were killed in a runaway accident
at Hartland. A team of horses attached
to a gravel wagon ran away, causing the
heavy wagon to crash into the carriage
in which the women were riding.
Mrs. Pauline Kruger of Sheboygan
aged 81 years, and the mother of four
children ranging in age from 3 to ) years,
was found dead in a cistern containing
FIVE feet of water. The coroner pro-
nounced death due to accidental drown
ing.
Francis Dillingham; of Neenah is con
fined to his home as the result of an
accident that nearly cost him his life. In
getting out of a rig, the horse suddenly
Jumped and Gillingham was knocked down.
The wheels passed over him and the horse
walked over his body.
The bodies of Blanche Baxstrum. age6
is. and Minnie Paulson. aged Is. We're
taken from the st. Louis bay the other
day. The girls are supposed TO have
drowned there Tuesday. They left the
Raxstrum home to go bathing. and failed
TO return that night. The next day their
clothing was discovered on the bank anG
some time afterward the bodies were
| found in the bay. The girls We're cousins.