Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-25


Murray, a scissors grinder and Her
man Schweitler, a companion was SER
iOusly injured. The men are said to
have beaten Murray severely and to
have persisted when Murray pleaded
for mercy. Later the men found they
had been stabbed and an investiga-
ton showed that Murray had sued a
sharp-pOinted file. He is in custody
on a charge of murder.
w. H. Preston, Bangor, has patent
ed a continuance which he calls the
Motorists friend being a rope affair
used for pulling motor cars out of the
mud when the wheels spin round. He
has secured a number of orders from
local car owners.
Henry Cheller, aged 20, fell under
a freight train near River Junction,
and received injuries that caused his
death II hours later. Cheller slipped
while attempting to board the train
and the wheels passed over his arm,
and the front truck of the car crush
ed his body.
Two different families claimed the
body of an unknown young man who
was found dead on top of a 500 train
last week at Superior. Mrs. ]. H.
Prick of Belleville, ILL.,, claimed the
body as that of her son, Edward b.
Prick, and p Bernstein, of New York
City, wired asking that the body of
his "son Abe" be forwarded to New
York for interment. A dairy found
on the tender of the engine pulling the
train contained the address of both
parents, and the authorities had wired
each party. The inquest will determine
whether the young man met his death
by accident or murder, and a negro
waiter who was travelling with the
victim, will be held pending the ver-
dict =
Hub City has been the scene ofs re-
cent dynamiting and the home of John
Williams was considerably damaged
thereby. Williams made a complaint
against Eva Ferguson, young lady
of that village, claiming that she was
guilty of improper conduct, and this
caused very bitter feeling in the fam
lily of the girl. The stick of dynamite
was thrown at the Williams house
during the evening, but Williams, who
was watching managed to kick the eX
plosive away from the house so that
only the windows were broken. Will
liams also saw the throwers of the
dynamite, and Herman Ferguson and
Harry Dalton were arrested and
bound over for trial. The cause of
all the trouble has been sentenced to
the girls industrial school at Milwau-
kee.
Josephine Zanders, a young lady
living on a farm near Dodgeville,
committed suicide by jumping into
the cistern which contained nine feet
of water, on Tuesday of last week
The parents heard her scream and at
tempted to pull up the pipe which she
was holding when she slipped back
and drowned. A note left by the un-
fortunate girl stated that she was
tired of life and wished to die
The Oconto branch of the Marinette
Knitting Mills, has resumed opera
tiOnS, after shutdown since last
November. A full crew is working.
r. L Bernier, who broke into box
car on the & \. w. road at Marsh
field, pleaded guilty to the charge be-
fore Judge Park and received a SEN
tence OF seven years at Waupun.
Governor Philip has issued a par
don to Gustave and Bertha Luther, di-
vOrced husband and wife, both serving
sentences at Waupun for adultery.
The pardon conditions are that they
shall remarry and abstain from the
use of liquor The ceremony will be
performed before they are released
from prison.
Two little boys, the sons of Pearl
Phelps, of Scion Springs, were blown
to pieces last week while herding cat
tie on their fathers farm. On the
farm was a shack containing $50 lbs.
of dynamite, and in some manner the
stuff was exploded, killing the two
boys instantly. Only bits of clothing
was found by searchers. 4.
William Neudeek, of Neenah, could
not stop his auto at railroad cross
ing even though the bars were down
for an approaching train. He broke
the gate and landed on the
other side of the track just as the pas
senger train whfzzed by.
Lieut.. George Boyer, Dubuque, fell
from the auto fire truck while answer
ing an alarm last Tuesday, and land
ed on his head on the stone curb. He
was conscious for a few minutes, but
lapsed into coma and was taken to
the hospital. 1t is supposed that the
Frank H. England, Madison, failed
to answer his wife's call for supper
and she appealed to neighbOrs to help
her open the door leading to the bath
room. When entrance was affected
England was found dead in the tub.
Poisonous gases from the heater are
supposed to have caused asphyxiation.
Mrs. Anna Kirchner, of Madison,
celebrated her 1O1st birthday. last
Wednesday and enjoyed the day
During the evening
friends came in and a dance started.
She was among the first on the floor,
and so lively did she dance that all
the guests stopped to watch her. By
the time the evening was over she
had danced as often as any person
present more than so years old.
Oscar Roch went hunting with his
father, Frank Roch, north OF Mont
fort last week, and, in firing at rab-
bit, the muZzle loading shotgun car
ried by them, exploded, piece OF the