Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16


Louis st. George, a citizen of De-
pere, aged GA years, was run down and
killed by passenger train while wait
ing for an interurban car at West
Green Bay. He was standing on the
tracks and failed to hear the approach
ing passenger.
Thugs bounced on Gust Erickson,
lumber jack at Superior, and took an
empty pocketbook and a knife from
the woodsman. Erickson held $125 in
paper money clutched in one hand
while the bandits were working. They
left without finding the coin.
H. E. Boldt, mayor of Sheboygan
Falls, is under fire being charged with
having sold the city $3.50 worth of
lumber. No charge of fraud is made
but the citizen making the complaint
demands a refund, charging that it is
illegal for the mayor to sell the city
material.
Stephen Allen of Crandon, captured
a large hawk on Sept. Is, 1915, and
tied a label to the birds leg bearing
the inscription Liberated by Steph-
en- Allen, Sept. Is, 1915" Recently he
learned from Mossup, Conn.,, that the
bird had been killed there when about
to make a raid on a chicken coop.
Nels Hanson of Pewaukee, aged 20,
fell from the limb of a tree he was
engaged in saving, and landed on the
ground. A broken collar bone, all the
ribs broken on the right side and the
right lung pierced, constituted his in
juries. He may die.
Thomas Symons, a resident of near
Shullsburg, was kicked by colt he
was breaking and rendered uncon-
scious. Mr.. Symons was picked up by
members of the household with bad
cuts on his head and one eye injured.
He does not remember being hurt.
c., NJ. & st. P. passenger train No. g.,
|, enroute to Milwaukee, was derailed by
a broken rail at Reeds Corner, five
miles south of Ripon. The engine and
baggage car kept the track while four
passenger coaches jumped off and
bumped along the ties. No injuries
were reported.
A geological building at Chippewa
Falls, was destroyed by fire and a
number of valuable birds housed for
the winter, burned to death when the
,>1 Gov
fifteen minutes before the blaze was
discovered. Owls, swans, crows, pea
cocks, eagles and pheasants were the
, victims. The loss is heavy.
Frank Mueller, aged "a, said to have
forged a $40 check on one farmer and
attempted an SIS forgery on another
man, was chased by two police officers
at Merrill, and finally captured. Muel-
Ter, who has been employed in an Irma
logging camp, says that his home is
in Milwaukee. He pleaded guilty and
will be held for trial.
Dan Healey, brother of Chief of Po-
lice Healey, of Chicago, rescued a
nearly frozen passenger pigeon from
the outside of a train window at Cor
liss. The bird pecked on the window
pane to attract the passengers atten-
ton The pigeon had a silver band on
it's right leg, bearing the inscription,
'W. r. L., st. Paul"
The A. v. S. company Of Brentwood,
recently refused a large order from
the British government for for veneer
to be used in the construction of air
craft and motor vehicles. A similar
order was received last summer, which
resulted in the shipping of three car
loads of veneer. The plant is heavily
stocked with orders.
The Oconto Enterprise relates the
strange story Of a young lady named
Dora Peterson who has slept for ~
hours, despite the efforts of the at
tending physicians to awaken her.
Miss Peterson partially revived at one
time and was given tea, but later re-
lapsed into a cOmatose condition.
Up to February Sth she was still sleep
ing.
Electric currents generated by the
Beloit Traction company have caused
damage to the water and gas pipes
in that city, according to a complaint
filed recently with the railroad COM
mission. The plaintiff company asks
. that the traction company be required
to correct it's defective rail cOnnec-
tions and thus prevent further dam
age by electrolysis to the iron pipes
of the pintiff.
Mrs. Margaret Spark, of Caryville,
fearing that her son, Joseph O'TOole.
has been killed by Mexican bandits,
has appealed to the Ell Paso, Texas,
authorities. O'Tooie left home year
ago and at the last heard from, was en-
route to FL Paso. His mother feared
he had been swallowed up at Juarez,
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