Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-08
COUNTY AND NEARBY
Matters of Current Interest BY
Telegraph and Mail.
Crimes. Casualties and Remarkable
Incidents that have Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

building boom this Idll. HeIhlIS AoA
August exceeded least by year by al
most half a million dollars. Numerous
large buildings are being erected all
over the city.
George Miller, a farm hand work
ing near Pewaukee, has been Ilhed
heavily for cruelty to animals. A
hrose belonging to Miller was found
a mass of Welts and cuts from the
beatings death by its owner. The
court censured Miller severely in ad-
ministering sentence.
Katherine Simon, an eight-year-old
girl was nearly killed at the Manlto-
voc fair when she attempted to cross
the race track Three horses had
nassed when the little girl ran across
not noticing the approach. of fourth.
The animal lifted itself over the child
only the wheels of the sulky passing
over her body.
Mrs. Margaret Cosgrove, of High
land, recently celebrated her 97th
birthday. She has lived in that city
for ~ years, and is considered the
Oldest settler. Her health continues
excellent.
Mrs. Lucille Meiler, of Milwaukee
met John Porte last December and
ran away with him to Waukegan. Lat
er they adopted baby and went
through a marriage ceremony. FOL
lowing that Porte committed burglary
was sentenced to the penitentiary, and
Mrs. Meiler was left destitute with
the child. She was arrested on a sta
tutory charge.
The Chicago association of Wiscon-
used as a cooperative house by Wo-
man students. The girls will do all
the house and other work and pre-
sin Alumni have donated $500 to be
mare their meals. The plan is to ex-
tend the cooperative idea on larg-
er scale and enable the women stu
dents to gain training at small eX-
pense.
The Cooperative Packing company
at New Richmond have finished their
organization and appointed officers
and directors. The company is incor-
porated for $25O,OOO, and building OPP
erations will commence at once.
The village of Black Creek, near
Appleton, was almost wiped out OF
existence last week when fire start
ed. Several barns and buildings
were burned before the fire depart
ment of Seymour came to the peoples
aid and extinguished the blaze. The
hotel was saved by pulling a shed be-
tween it and a burning barn away
with a tractor.
A colt kicked a lantern in the barn
of Herb Messenger of Oconto; and the
building and its contents were des-
froyed. Haying had just been COM
pleted and the barn was full. The in
surance was small.
A 500 passenger train, south bound
from Minneapolis to Chicago, was
nearly wrecked near Oshkosh last
week when the locomotive struck
bad rail while running moderately
fast Traffic was delayed several
hours until the wrecking crews put
things in shape again, but no serious
damage was done.
John Gustafson. young man llv-
ing at Two Rivers was killed when his
auto turned turtle after running into
a huggy. Two companions were un-
injured.
Joseph Briske, a pioneer resident
of Green Lake county, and 50 years
old, was killed while backing a wa
gon down hill and into a draw. He
lost his balance and fell breaking his
neck.
Robert Blodgett, of Darien, an in
FAINT of fifteen months, fell into tank
of water in the barnyard and laid i'm
mersed until a pet dog attracted the
parents attention. The baby was TAX
en- out and worked on for ninety min
utes when his heart began to beat. He
will live.
Charles A. Frowley, photographer,
OF Trempeleau, who was working
across the river, left his home in a
hunting boats at midnight to visit his
family. This was the last seen of him
alive. A few days later a 'floater"
found in an eddy was identified to be
FrOwley's body.
Attorney General Owen has ruled
in an opinion give to the state conser-
walton commission, that game ward
en- has the right to search the bag
gage of a traveller for illicit fish or
game. The warden must, however,
use great discretion in making his
search.
The Standard Oil plant and ware
house at Fon du Lac, was destroyed
completely at a loss of $4,000, when
G. +. Graft. an employee of the plant