Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-16
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in the American Manufacturing com
pany, Sheboygan. The blazing mass
was thrown from a window starting
the fire which was put out by a vigilant
Waterman. The fire marshal is inves-
tigating the case.
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Following the startling suicide OF
/ w. r. Hill, Oshkosh, who shot himself
at the grave of his son, William r.
Tesch, aged 60, went to the cemetery
and did away with himself by drink
ing carbolic acid on the grave of his
wife, who had died recently. Tesch
was victim of brooding.
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Elmer Buck, aged IS, drowned in
the shallow waters of Pigeon river,
north of Sheboygan, where the lad had
dived. Bucks head stuck in the mud
and his companions were unable to
pull him cut. After half an hou: the
boy's mother arrived and pulled her
/ lifeless son from the stream.
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Steve Racic, a Cokerville miner,
pleaded not guilty in the Dodgeville
courts to a charge of assault on a -
year old girl. Both parties were in
court but neither could speak English,
and the evidence was inconclusive.
Racic pleaded guilty to assault and
I battery and paid a fine and costs Of
500.
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/ Charles Decker and c. w. Olson, res
/ idents of Green Bay, were surprised in
saloon they were just beginning to
loot by officer August DeLoye of the
Green Bay force. DeLoye covered the
two men and forced them to surren-
der Olson claimed that he had sim
ply gone in the place as a companion
/ of Decker.
Leo, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tony German, of Soldiers Grove,
was accidentally killed in some un-
/ known manner. The lad had either
been kicked in the temple or tooth
from a hayrake had caught him there
The little fellow lived but twenty
minutes after he was discovered in a
dying plight.
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Mrs. Hollis w. Lyman, wife of a
wealthy Milwaukee man, lost $1,000
in diamonds and jewelry when she
dropped her jewel bag in the flusher
of the bath room. Laborers worked
for hours tearing out the pipes in the
apartment house, and one man even
crawIed a long distance through the
sewer, but did not find the valuables
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Miss Helen Stewart, a Superior
teacher, shot and fatally wounded DR..
J. G. Barnsdale, who, she claimed, had
mistreated her. The physician assert
al that Miss Stewart became enraged
because he refused her a loan of
money. Five shots were fired from a
revolver, three of them taking effect.
Miss Stewart surrendered herself at
once.
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John Waldoch, farmer living near
Stevens Point, became excited when
he found a quantity of paris green in
the corn meal used for stock feed. The
poison was discovered before any of
the stock got into it. Two or three
years ago some valuable stock was
poisoned in like manner in that dis
trict. The sheriff and district attorney
are investigating.
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The Wisconsin Railroad Commission
issued an order last week authorizing
the Vernon County Milling Company
of Hiilsboro to maintain it's dam at
Hillsboro and the height of the water
in the dam at the same level it has
maintained for the last twenty years.
Owners of property along the Baraboo
river near the dam complained about
their land being flooded.
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A slick automobile thief was chased
at GAINESVILLE for the theft of a car
owned by DR.. Carl G. Vogel, an Elroy
physician, by a policeman who was on
the lookout for the thief. The latter
had left the stolen car at GAINESVILLE
garage and the officer saw the number
20, 655, which correspondent with that
of the stolen car. The thief ran when
accosted and made good his escape.
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Walter 0. Hosely, proprietor of the
Hosely cigar store, La Crosse, and
Miss Mona Coles of Chicago, drowned
in the Mississippi river at Trempeal
eau bay, 20 miles above La Crosse. Mr..
Hosely had recently married and Miss
Coles had come up here On visit to
his wife, who is an old friend. In
bathing she got beyond her depth, and
in trying to save her HoselY also was
drowned
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Four Wisconsin brothers married
in six months to four sisters, is the
latest marital item of extreme inter-
est. The young men are named, Paul,
John, Peter and Jacob Blum, respect
lively, and the girls, Mary, Anna, Cath
crime and Lilly Rausch. The Blum
and Rausch families are of Hartford
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