Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-05
Wisconsin News.
The dynamiters have struck w

dynamite as means OF private
revenge IS imminent IN Wiscon-
sin. The Lake Wlnnebago fishermen
have threatened TO use d. eamlte on
Geo. T. Straud. of Oshkosh, in case
he continues his prosecution Of them
under the state laws.
The soldiers monument move
ment still progresses. The Hon. FL
IS. Magoon, of Darlington, has offered
to give 50 900 toward erecting a sol
dlers' monument in Lafayette county,
if the county board will levy q tax of
50, 600 for the same purpose.
A Wisconsin lumberman has in
vented a SID with hollow shoes that
will make ice roads. Steam and no!
water are forced through perforations
IN the shoes SO that the snow may be
softened and frozen into cutters that
will bear the weight Of the heavy
logging sleds.
The GAINESVILLE cavalry company,
formed few weeks ago, will soon
dis5and The state can not adopt il
into the national guard. It can ge,
no saddles, brides Or arms, and doe
not choose to ride bareback, with
wooden swords and brides of bed
cord.
"A prohibitory law is needed
against ghosts. Mazomanie is all
tore up" about one. and word comes
that the people of Hewitt are greatly
excited over the appearance Of a
ghost in their midst. According to
their statements the ghost haunts the
sawmill and mill yard and APPEARS
whenever anyone goeS around this
locality.
-Silkworm culture is becoming an
infant industry In Wisconsin. TIA
R4v. 81 I'll Fisher, of Oshkosh, is en-
couraging silkworm culture. He is
actively engaged in that industry, and
as a result of his last summers ven
ture he has now on hand large mum
Der of eggs, a portion of which he is
DESTROYS of distributing among people
who care to undertake silk culture on
a small scale.
The thieves are on new dodge,
they steal live stock out of cars. A
bold attempt was made by two of
them to steal a number OF hogs from
a cattle train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee Sc st. Paul road. They
boarded the train at Broadhead and
when few miles out, entered a ca,
and commenced pitching them oul
into the snow. They were detected b.
the train men and, to avoid being
caught, Jumped off. When the train
reached Orfordville three of the rail
road men returned with hand ca,
and gathered up the pigs, while the
thieves made good their escape.
Two farmers residing on the Lis,
bon plank road about eight mile
from Milwaukee, reported that fouf
men attempted to burglarize their
house on Friday night. One of TIM
farmers gave his name as Henry
Faup He said that ne and his com
panlOns gave chase to the burglars
and fired upon them aud that they
returned the fire. The pursuit was
continued and the two farmers, with
some of their friends, followed the
burglars into the city, losing sight of
them on Reed street. One Of tht
burglars dropped an overcoat when
the quartette started to run, and it
was secured by the farmers, who hope
that it will lead to the Identification
of the marauders.
The La Crosse Republican tells
this: when the murderer Marco
was pardoned by Governor Hubbard,
OF Minnesota, on account of bis sickly
appearance, brought On by eating
soap, the villain came to North La
Crosse and remained until he was
rearrested. While here he placed
himself under the care of prominent
physician of the Fifth ward, saying
IN the presence of witnesses that he
had no money to pay for treatment.
but would bequeath his body to the
doctor for the benefit of science, IN
the event of his death. The physician
brought him back to health, but when
re arrested Marco doubtless resumed
his soap eating and this time finished
himself. When the doctor was told
that a case for dissection awaited him
IN the Caledonia j all, he said: Eyes
that is SO. He belongs to me; but I
neglected having it put down in black
anu WulI0 auU snail not therefore go
after him, as [ don't believe they
would let me have him"
-Kohlman f. Kohn, the Eau
Claire fire-bug, charged with burn
ing the Kepler building. was recently
released from Jail on $500 bonds to
await trial at the March term of the
circuit court. Immediately after his
release he skipped" and has not since
been heard from by the authorities.
Kohn is a Hebrew, and his two
countrymen who went on his bond
have been sued by the state. There
is a Technical defect in the bond,
however, which will probably furn-
.ish them means of escape from its
covenants