Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-05-04
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

Fond du Lac-William Klein, a
well-known farmer residing in the
town of Ashford, is lying at the
point of death as the result of a dyna-
mite explosion. Peter Shiltz and his
daughter, Miss Shiltz, were badly in
jured, but will recover. Klein, who is
a middle-aged man, had put ten
pounds of dynamite in the oven in the
kitchen range to dry out and was
seated near the stove waiting for it to
warm up. Both of his eyes were
blown out and he received other seri-
GUS wounds about the body and
limbs. Miss Shiltz was blown through
a door and Peter Shift was thrown
through a window by the great force
of the explosion The house, which
was a brick structure. was badly
wrecked.
iacine-Thomas Burns, constable
Of the village of Corliss, is be-
ing tried in the circuit court on a
charge of having embezzled $500 of
money belonging to Paul Adamsky of
Two Rivers. In May, 1909, Adamsky
Chicago. At Corliss he became in
sane, Ieaped from train and threw
away big roll of money. When a
demand was made on Burns for the
money he handed over 5000, declaring
that 1t was all that was given him.
Eighteen inches of snow
fell in Madison and vicinity,
bringing business practically to a
standstill, impeding street and steam
railway traffic, severely hampering
telegraphic and telephone communi-
cation and doing thousands of dollars
in damage to small fruits and early
spring vegetables. This was the worst
April snow storm Madison experienced
since 1875.
Milwaukee.-After a quarrel with
his sweetheart, which caused him
to be thrown out Of her home,
Louis Pichle, alias Meyer, walked to
Seventh and Clybourn streets and
drank carbolic acid He was hurried
to the Emergency hospital, but died
while on the way. A letter found in
his pocket showed that he formerly
lived in Sheboygan, and that he was
a painter.
Wisconsin Veterans Home.-John
here He was born in Germany
seventy years ago, and had been a
resident of Wisconsin since 1856. He
served during the late war in Com
pany G, First New York light artil-
lery, for forty-four months, and was
admitted to the Wisconsin Veterans
home July "a, 1894.
Beloit.-April % was to have
been cleanup day Of the local
Womans Federation of Clubs, but the
weather made 1t serious joke. The
mercury is at freezing point and a
blizzard drifted and piled the snow On
sidewalks. Fuel men cannot supply
the demands made upon them on ac-
count of the severe weather.
Port Washington.-A small land
slide has blocked traffic on the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line north of this
city. While the interurban car which
leaves Milwaukee at 1:30 o'clock was
passing the bluff on Jackson street
above the brewery the ground gave
way effectually blocking the car. No
one was injured
Kenosha.-The steamer Iowa is
still firmly grounded on the beach
five miles north of Kenosha
effort to release her. Life savers are
standing ready to take off the crew in
emergency An ugly sea is running,
but the steamer is not in any imme-
date danger.
Plymouth-The Milwaukee road
will have to rebuild two bridges
in the town of Rhine which it tore
down in 1871 when it diverted a
stream emptying into the Sheboygan
river, according to a decision of the
railroad commission.
BeIoit. - Henry A. Johnson, a
farmer, dropped dead from apoplexy.
August Erickson, a former well-to-do
farmer and saloonkeeper at Stoughton,
died suddenly here.
La Crosse.-A grand Jury will be
called to sift charges that three cOun-
ty officers have been financially inter
ested in contracts for new court
house.
Madison-Prof. Frederick J. Turn
er of Wisconsin, who has resigned to
join the Harvard university faculty
next year, will deliver the third an
nuaI Phi Beta Kappa grafton at the
University of Michigan May IA.
Bayfield,. = While piking cedar
logs upon the ''bull' chain at the
Wachsmuth Lumber company's plant,
August Lobenan, seventeen years old,
fell into the slip and was drowned.
Viroqua-John Buckles, who has
just celebrated his one hundredth
birthday, has cut 100 fence posts, over
500 rails and built eighty rods of
fence this spring.
New Richmond-The common
council has voted permanent
tax levy of $1,000 year, and thereby
coourac for New Richmond o g10 000