Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
RR1EF STATE HAPPENINGS.

Der Company at Edgar by a flying 2x4
Scantling.
State Veterinarian Clark condemned six
ty-seven out of ninety-nine fine Jersey
cattle on the Gorden Valentine stock farm
near Genesee.
Officers and 100 students of Racine col
lege fought a fire which broke out in the
east end of the laundry building. The
damage is slight.
Rex White, aged 81 years, son of The
ophilus White of Beloit, swallowed poison
but his mother gave him some hack coffee
and saved his life.
James Conroy, a demented youth from
the town of Turtle, has confessed hav-
ing set fire to and burned the barn of
G. p. Bostwick last December.
Trout are again in abundance. The
fishing tug Lily X. of Sheboygan in one
lift brought in 996 pounds. considered the
record single lift on the Great Lakes
Mr.. and Mrs. Flank Schumacher ST
ManitowOc narrowly escaped suffocating
from coal gas fumes. The coal stove door
had been blown off by an explosion of the
gas.
John Young of Broadhead purchased
pearl from GAINESVILLE fishermen for
1919. The pearl came from a clam found
in the Rock river just below the lower
dam.
Because smallpox invaded the Journal
Office at Holcomb, the people of that vii
lage were without a local paper for four
weeks, but publication has been resumed,
the editor and typesetters having recov-
cred.
William Nagle, a steel worker residing
at Milwaukee, fell distance of twenty
feet from the Milwaukee road bridge in
Marinette and barely escaped drowning.
He received fractured skull and other
serious injuries.
Mrs. Bert Lewis, formerly of New
London, was among those killed in the
terrible wreck at Dotsera Siding, Colo.
The remains were brought to Hortonville
For burial. M. Lewis died suddenly only
a few weeks ago.
A solid gold medal is offered for the
best Lincoln essay by an eighth grade
pupil by the Women's Relief Corps with
the promise that the successful essay shall
be incorporated in the exercises of Lin
coin day in Kaukauna
Nels Estin, laborer in Madison, while
drunk, drank a considerable quantity of
carbolic acid. Doctors were called in
and they declare his life was saved only
because of the large amount of whisky
which he had consumed.
Prof Hughell e. w. Fosbroke of Nash
otah house has accepted call to a chair
at the, Episcopal Theological school at
Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. Fosbroke will be-
gin his new duties at the beginning of
the next school term in September,
Glen A. Jensen, only son of former As
semblyman Andrew Jensen of New Lon
don, and Miss Elizabeth Woodnorth were
married at the home of the brides uncle.
Col. J. III. Woodnorth, former State Sena-
tor, at the Waupaca Veterans Home.
Mathies Durawski and his wife, both
about 10, were found dead in bed in Mil
waukee, where they had lain three weeks.
A small coal stove, with the door wide
open and containing heap of coal dust,
indicated the couple had been asphyxiated.
Andrew J. AikenS, general manager of
the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, is in
a critical condition following a stroke of
paralysis which he suffered several days
ago. Mr.. Aikens is one of the oldest and
best known newspaper men in the United
States.
Sixty candidates who desire to be au-
thorized to administer the tuberculin test
to cattle took an examination from the
State live stock sanitary board. A SINH
lar examination was held several weeks
tifcates.
The Verstreate & Fyfe Company's fac
tory in Burlington, together with the con-
tents, was destroyed by fire the other
day. Their speciality was photo supplies
and automobile parts. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss is about $780,
coo, insurance $4,000.
A joint meeting of the city council and
school board of the several districts of
Manitowoc has been called for Jan. %,
at which time action will be taken in
preparation of a bill for the Legislature
which will permit Manitowoc to secure a
central high school system.
The first burglary in Hudson for many
months took place when the Fender sa
loon was entered and small amount of
cash, cigars and liquor taken. William
Loose, at one time a bartender in that
saloon. was arrested and charged with the
offrnse. Loose denies his guilt.
Joseph Van sistine of Crivitz accom-
ranied a friend who was suffering with
an infected hand to Marinette to receive
treatment from a physician. As he was
leaving the train he>fell on "a slippery
platform. crushing the bones of his shout
der. The two entered the hospital at the
same time.
C. p. Cary, State superintendent of
public instruction, has announced the APP
pointment of Charles Meisnest as county
school superintendent of schools in Mani
towoc county, the appointment being made
for the unexpired term of w. E. Larson,
who has been made State inspector of
rural schools.
The Marathon Paper Mill Company is
in process of formation at Wausau with