Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-22

street, Madison, directly across the
street from the south entrance of the
capitol. I
Mrs. Charles Kindt; SO years old,
4 died at Oconomowoc from burns she
sustained when a candle set fire to tur-
pentine she was using in cleaning
house.
Four valuable Holstein COWS of the
fine herd belonging to Judge j. c. Ker-
win are dead and others are sick on
the Kerwin farm in West Menasha,
from eating Paris green. The judge
and his crew of men were at work
spraying potatoes and by accident left
a pail of poison in the field.
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Mrs. Lydia Oliger, 48 years old COM
mitted suicide in front of Burlington
mail train as it sped through La Crosse
early in the morning. Because of a
previous attempt at self destruction
her escape from home was reported to
the police and they were searching for
her along the river, while she waited
for the approaching train
600
DR.. Barrett and three other men
from Milwaukee are camping on the
south side of Buffalo lake and are dig
ging into some Of the Indian mounds
along the shore. In one Of the mounds
along the Dart farm they have found
thirty-three skeletons in a good state
of preserve ton. They are being taken
up and will be taken to Milwaukee and
placed in the public museum in that
city.
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On April 20 Robert L. Hodgson of
Arena placed a small vial containing
short note in cheese at the Arena
cheese factory and on Monday of last
week received letter from a young
lady at Glasgow, Scotland, stating that
on July 16 she discovered the note in
the cheese at their grocery store at
that place. Robert prizes highly the
, photo that accompanied the letter and
says a Scotch lassie" looks good to
him.
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Steve Bobek and Frank Ellie, both of
Milwaukee, are in Jail at Racine, and
are charged with highway robbery in
broad daylight A third man escaped.
} They are said to have forced Amet
: Mammet of Lakeside at the point of a
revolver to disrobe on a deserted
| street. With his new suit went $50 in
cash. The victim donned the rags left
him and followed the robbers down
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rested after a tussle with the police.
The leader of the three, who carried
the loot, got away.
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Fred Simons, the aphasia victim who
was found starving near Half Moon
lake short time ago, committed sui
eide by drowning. After Simons was
rescued from starvation he was sent
to the Heritage farm, near Iron River,
until provision could be made for car
ing for him. After the return of his
memory Simons showed no signs of
mental trouble until very recently,
when he seemed respondent. Mrs.
Heritage kept close watch on him,
but he slipped away and Mrs. Heritage
found a small boat empty in the lake |
Mayor Daniels and physician an
swered Mrs Heritage's call for help
and they dragged the lake. They found
Simons body after an hour A heavy
chain was wrapped around his neck.
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The ocean-going freighter being /
built at the Rieboldt & Wolter ship |
yards at Sturgeon Bay continues to
grow, and something over fifty frames
already are up. Work is being pushed i
rapidly, and it is said the craft al
ready has been sold to the government |
and delivery is to be effected as soon |
as possible. The government will use
her in the large merchant ship pro-
gram now under way. The price paid
by the government has not been made |
known
The steamer is to be built entirely Of
wood, and will have placed in her the
engine of the steamer ROumania, re-
Gently sold by the Reiss Steamship |
company.
! Following the news Of the sale of |
this craft comes the word that Rieboldt |
& Wolter will build another boat for |
he Lake & Ocean Navigation company
The plans for the new boat have al /
ready been drawn, and are in the
hands Of the local contractors. Esti- |
mates on the timber are being receiv
ed and it is believed that work on the |
new boat will begin within the next
month or two if the material can be
secured by that time.
The boat being built at the present
time is of oak, while the new one is
to be constructed Of Douglas fir and |
white oak. 1t will be along practically |
the the same lines as the one now un-
der construction, being 100 feet long, |
with beam Of 43.6 and depth of 81 feet.
The timber in her will be of select |
common grade Her bottom will be |
wooden plugged in what is known as
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