Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
STATE SETTINGS.

Milwaukee river.
Appleton's electric street railway line
will be in operation toward the close of
the present month.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette saws the sigma
lures of majority of the taxpayers of
that city are on the petition for the Evans
vile cutoff.
W. L. Wild, one of the supervisors of
Randolph, was killed by the caving of
gravel pit.
Twenty trains of thirty cars each are
daily In line carrying,iron ore between the
Gogebic region and Ashland.
James Payton, young man of Omro,
drowned near New London while bathing
IN the Embarras river.
Frank MiIlheiser, an old resident of
that and killed himself Tues
day morning on account of family trou-
bles.
The house of Jake Rhyner, in the south
part of Oshkosh, was entered by burglars
Monday night and robbed of of S1,SO0 in
cash, mortgages, notes, and certificates of
deposit.
The drouth in Dane county has very
much injured crops and is now seriously
affecting dairy interests. Pastures are
practically ruined and dairymen are COM
PEELED to give other food.
John V. Seeber was instantly killed at
Brands stove foundry, Milwaukee, Tues
day noon, his head being crushed be-
tween the elevator and the shaft. AS he
was alone at the time. it is impossible to
tell how the accident happened. He liv-
ed at $50 Seventh street, and leaves a wife
and family.
A man whose property in Milwaukee
was condemned for railway purposes was
paid 81 400 more than he was entitled to;
and suit was begun against him to make
him refund.
A brilliant wedding at Racine was that.
of Miss Helene S. Durand and Samuel E.
Hall. Miss Durand was the daughter
of one of Racine's weaithiest citizens,
and the groom is prominent young at
torney of st. Paul.
A young travelling man calling him
self Martin Albert, but whose real name
is supposed to be William Michel, at
tempted suicide in Milwaukee hotel by
taking morphine. He was pumped out
and will recover.
G. W. Griffey and Clarence Schaler
bicyclists, and E. B. Patton and Rev. II
B. Dean, tricyclists, have started for a
pleasure trip, on their wheels, to Omaha.
They live at Waupun.
The Best Brewing company of Mil
waukee, last month sold 48,411 barrels of
beer, valued at 1887, 2S8, and containing
24,2O5,500 glasses, which retailed at ST.
21O,275.
At Waukesha, about six o'clock Tues
day afternoon, George Kramer, a ten
year-old lad, was knocked off a box-car
of the st. Paul railway at the gas-works,
while the train was backing on to side
track. He fell to the ground and struck
his head on packing-box, fracturing his
skull in terrible manner.
An investigation of the sudden and
severe illness of several of those who at
tended the Fox Lake college commence
ment, proved that their prOstratiOn was
not due to ice-cream, as was suspected,
but resulted from eating tongue which
had been Improperly cooked and allowed
to cool in tight vessel.
At Oshkosh John J.. Yancy has COM
menced suit against the Rev. E. S.
Thomas and wife, to recover $4,000
damage for alleged SANDER. 1t is charged
that the defendant charg ed the plaintiff
with making forged entries of a lease of
property. The Rev. Mr.. Thomas was
formerly pastor of the Second Baptist
church of Oshkosh. He is now in Da-
kOta.
Raft navigation on the Chippewa is
now virtually suspended by reason of
the low stage of water, which is lower
than was ever known. There being 10
hope or indications Of a rise before the
middle of September, will have a tendon
cy to cause the mill companies to resume
piling in the yards and create a nice lit
tie boom for the railroads early in the
fall.
Early Tuesday morning Milton War
rem, a farmer residing about nine miles
west of Beloit, committed suicide by
shooting, with a revolver. He has for
years been a cripple and has suffered
intensely of late with a broken spine.
He has endured such agony that he
recently informed his family that he
would kill himself. He was about thirty
years of age, and in comfortable circum-
stances.
It has beenIearned that an attempt has
been made to kill by poisoning Thomas
Moran, section boss OF the st. Paul road,
who lives at Shirland. He found half
pint whisky bottle placed in his barn
where he would be sure to see it. He ex-
amined the bottle closely and found a
fine powder in it. Having been threaten
ed violence lately he sent the bottle to
Beloit and its contents we're examined
and an ounce of arsenic was found IN the
bottle.
Messrs. II. H. Pierson, George Irish and
Albert Bintliff started from GAINESVILLE up
the Rock river intending to reach Lake
Michigan by water, each provided with
''foat." They will proceed up the river to
Horizon marsh, and from thence they will
endeavor to discover some water course
leading into Lake WinnebagO. They i'm
ag1ne they will have an easy time pass
ing throughssthe lake irto. Fox river, Green
Bay, then through the Sturgeon Bay can
al into Lake Michigan.
The Name VIII Not be Lost.
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