Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-09
COUNTY And NEARBY
Matters of Current Interest BY
Telegraph and Mail.
Crimes, Casualties and Remarkable
Incidents that nave Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

Mrs. NeIs Thompson of Racine, was
found dead in bed and post mOrten
examination conducted By the coro-
ner, disclosed that her demise was
due to brain hemOrrhage.
The c. & \. ". railroad plans to
buy the Chicago & Lake Superior
compary's line extending from London
to Cambridge, a distance Of three
miles
Logging contractors in the North
ern woods are having the heaviest cut
in years. Most Of the cut consists OF
hardwood for lumber and pulp wood
for paper.
NJ A. COwan, superintendent of the
Madison division of the G. & n. w.
railway, who died recently, was fol-
lowed to the grave one week later by
his wife, who had a stroke of paraly-
sis following an attack of lagrippe.
A son and daughter, aged 5 and 6
years. of John Steerwald of Water
town, we're playing on the bank of
river and fell in. The little girl was
carried under the ice and drowned.
The boy was rescued.
A fire which started shortly after
midnight Wednesday burned new
building to the ground at Linden, used
as a cooperative store and hotel.
Practically nothing was saved. The
building and stock was only partial
ly insured.
Fire in a BeIoit residence nearly suf-
located three women who were carried
unconscious from their beds by fire
men. MOtor-driven fire apparatus is
said to have reached the blaze in time
to save the three lives despite the
deep snow.
Peter Hanson, aged 55, sales
agent for the Sprague Lumber COM
pany was hurled so feet and instant
" killed when struck by a train one
mile out of Washburn. Hanson at
tempted to- cross the track when the
train was 20 feet away and fell on the
rails. He leaves a wife and four sons.
Andrew Johnson, aged sc, escaped
from the Milwaukee county correction
farm at CarrOllville, where he was
confined on a 90-day vagrancy charge.
JOhnson's liberty was short lived, for
while attempting to cross the North
Western tracks he was run down and
killed. He was a trusty on the farm.
horse driven by w. F. Boyer,
German Methodist minister returning
to BarabOO, from Caledonia, fell
through the iceO the roadside and
drowned in two feet of water. The ami
NAL, which was fine one, was so 'ex-
hausted when it fell burying its head
and fOreparts under the water that it
could not extricate itself.
Carlos FuTminger, a Stevens Point
high school boy, was hOnOred by a
surprise party when over thirty of his
classmates met at his home. The next
day the school was thrown into flu
rOre when it was found that young
Furminger had taken down with the
smallpox. The students and faculty
were promptly vaccinated.
Michael Dagan. a Green Bay saloon
keeper, finds that he may not sell liq-
UOr to any Indian or person of Indian
descent. Dagan was fined 81 and
costs for selling booze to Cornelius
r. WheelOck, an Oneida Indian. On
the basis that the law does not affect
persons of mixed descent, Dagan APP
pealed the case. The supreme court
ruled again him.
Mayor Thiesen OF Racine, refused
to allow a tag day for Jewish war
sumer ers and incurred the ire of many
local Jewish people. The women went
ahead with their tag day without be-
ing stopped The permit was refused
on the grounds that it was customary
to permit but one tag daY a year and
a permit had already been granted to
the local hospitals.
Charles Lund, treasurer of Lafay-
cite county. has presented his resigna-
ton to the county board stating that
lie is rot a citizen of the United States.
Judge Simpson appeared before the
board and urged the careful consid-
Grafton OF his successor. Mr.. Lund' s
son is spoken of favorably as his sue
cessOr SO that Lund senior can con-
tinue in the Office to which he was
elected
Kerosene oil used in starting a fire
in the kitchen stove was the cause of
= c0u -, crra tiO0 that totally DESTROYED
the So coo home Of VIM Langley, 2
farmer residing 10 miles south of Be
lott. and seriously burned the mother
and he Y year old son. Henry Lang
ley. TIE entire family were driven
into tire snow in their night clothes.
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