Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
STATE NEWS.


The Berlin High School has a member
ship of 81.
Menasha people now talk of buying a
new fire steamer.
The annual meeting of the State Horti-
cultural society will be held at GAINESVILLE
June II and Is.
The common council of Chippewa
Falls, has passed en- ordinance recurring
all the barber shops to be closed on Sun
days.
A four-in-hand Concord stage will run
from Lake City to Fox Lake and thence
to Wilmot in connection with the Wiscon-
sin Centrals new Chicago line.
Arrangements are being made for the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of
st. Thomas catholic church at Potosi,
Grant county, on June II.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Western Secretarial Institute will be held
at Geneva Lake from August to Is in
elusive.
two year old child of Mrs. John For
ry, living near Barron, was very serious
ly, If not fatally, burned recently through
its clothes catching fire through a mos
quito smudge.
At Racine James Rossiter and q Gil
roy, two of the Milwaukee lads who tap
ped the till in laundry, and stole chick
ems, were each sentenced to the reform
school until of age. Joseph Koran. the
third boy, was taken home to Milwaukee
by his parents, who settled the case.
A. Bushnell, of Emerald, in the region
of Hudson, tried to shoot his brother-in-
law rl-f1, oil -, IL.
marrying a younger one. For this I'M
grateful act he was sent up for six
months. He is poor marksman as well
as crank.
The new building for Carol College at
Naukesha Is nearing completion, and will
be handsome acquisition for the south
ern side of the village. It is of Gothic
architecture, three stories in height. and
besides the class recitation rooms, etc, it
has ample quarters for a good gymnasi-
UNI.
At Milwaukee, the grand jury are still
at work upon the cases of the arrested
anarchists. 1t is positively known that
they have agreed to bring in true bills
against Grottkau, Hirtch, Simon, Brotz-
man and others, and there is a possibili-
ty that several persons not yet arrested
will be indicted for conspiracy and boy
cottlng. These persons are known to be
continually under the surveillance of the
police.
farmer from the town of Morrison,
named Patrick Maloy, was thrown from a
load of hay at Green Bay, by his team run,
ming away. He struck on his head and re-
manned insensible for some time. A man
named Goumalski, in attempting to stop
the runaway team, was struck in the head
by the wagon pole, thrown down and run
oEer. He is badly cut in the head and
possibly fatally injured.
Congressman Woodward, of La Crosse,
has been engaged to deliver the Grafton at
the Southern Wisconsin veterans reunion
to be held at Mineral Point, June 9and 10.
number of other speakers will be pres
ent on this occasion including George
Peck, of Peck's Sun who is down on the
programme for an address. E. A. Charl-
ton, of Broadhead, will read an original
poem.
r. III. Mile of Palmyra town sheared a
three-year old Spanish Merino eve, bred
by himself, that produced sixty-four
pounds and seven ounces; the second
twenty-three pounds and nine ounces,
and the third fleece of eleven months and
three days growth twenty-seven pounds
and seven ounces. The first two feeces
were taken off at Whitewater. Mr.. Mile
appears to be successful in breeding
Spanish MerinO sheep.
Poles and wires are being put up for
the three new electric lights for Black
River Fails. This addition will make six
2OOO-candle power street lights, and will
doubtless light the city to the satisfac-
ton Of ALL The three new in use go out
at midnight, and the whole six. as soon
as the new ones are put in operation; and
the twenty-five light dynamo, which is
run nearly to its full capacity on all the
lights in the city is to be used for the pri
vate individual lights only, and is to.
cease running at midnight. A new build
ing has been erected and solid stone
foundation made for the two dynamos,
the old building not being large enough
The machines are to be run by water
power, which is said to be now generally
recognized by all electric experts as the
best power for electric lights.