Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
STATE NEWS.

The Knights of Labor will hold grand
celebration at Racine on July 4.
Racine's street railway is to be extended
about one mile in length.
Potatoes are being marketed in large
quantities at Appleton.
There are now about so members of the
G. A. r. Post of Madison.
Simon Henry, a resident of Palmyra
died suddenly,s and coroner's jury de-
clded that he poisoned himself.
The Milwaukee Knights of Labor are
contributing each 81 toward the relief of
the southwestern strikers. 1t is expected
that the first remittance from that city
will amount to $4,000.
At the recent teachers examination in
Fond du Lac county there were 2S7 APP
plicants for certificates. Of these POP
were successful.
The Depere News reports that strange
disease has attacked cattle in the town of
Lawrence, Brown county. The malady
prostrates herds and does not rapidly
yield to the ordinary courses of treat
ment.
The knights of Labor of Brown county
will celebrate the 4th of July at Fox River
Irving Iark, at Depere.
Marinette Times: The extreme high
water is causing some fear and trembling
among the mill owners on the river.
The Plainfield (Waushara county, Sport
ing Club, has leased a piece of ground
near the mouth of Mad river, just below
Packwaukee village, and are erecting
thereon a club house, Is by "a feet, with
lean to for boat house.
There is some talk of organizing good
base ball club at Hudson.
A Young Mems Christian Association
in Marinette is a fully established fact
1t is thought that Roberts Summer Re
sort will be crowded with visitors the
coming season,
Up to the present time from third to
one half of the'S5 tobacco crop in Wis
consin has probably been sold.
Ducks are reported not to be very
plenty in the region of Ashland this
spring.
Wolves are reported as being very
plentiful in the woods few miles form
Ashland.
A young son of Fred Larson, who lives
near North Point just north of Racine,
was attacked by a bulldog, left chained in
the barn, and was badly wounded before
assistance came. The boy is frightfully
bitten in the right arm and side but a
fatal result is not expected.
A few days ago Governor Rusk issued
a requisition on the governor ofgNebraska
for Samuel Peters, of Stanton, that state,
who is wanted iii Vernon county to ans
wer to the charge of incest. Peters for
merly resided in the town of Fraklin in
that county. Wednesday Sheriff E. S.
Goodell passed through Madison with his
prisoner.
steamer which was purchased by Hobe
Sackett of Berlin recently made the dis
lance from Princeton to Berlin, 80 miles,
in two hours.
The people of Clintonville evidently
takes an interest in their city. Last
spring nearly 800 shade trees were set out
and the matter of setting out more this
spring is now being agitated.
Within the past eighteen months new
impetus has been given Black River Falls
by the opening of the Iron deposits that
lie in the hills that adjoin the city plat on
the east side of river.
At Appleton Jamie Boulton, aged nine
years, was playing with young compan-
ion on the bank of the river just above
one of the dams, at about seven o'clock
Tuesday night when he missed his foot
ing and slipped into the river, where the
swift current hurried him over the dam.
He was seen only once after getting into
the water. The body has not been re-
covered.
As state university freshman was re-
turning from his washerwomans recent
ly with his weekly bundle of washing he
was captured by number of his festive
classmates and despoiled of his burden.
A convenient lamp post suggested the
idea and in less time than it takes to tell
1T the post was decorated in flowing
spring style, and crowned with brown
felt plug hat.
Farmers who at one time profted by
the telegraph pole trade will be pleased
to learn that there is again demand for
them. The pole trade has been dull for
three years and prices have been so low
that very few poles have been gotten out
during the past two years, and the stock
of poles in the country is now lighter
than 1T has been at any time for the past
fifteen years. Poles will be very scarce
before new stock can be gotten out and
prices will undoubtedly advance consider
ably during the next six months. Ceder
telegraph poles come from northern
Michigan and Wisconsin, Michigan sup
plying about three fourths of the poles in
the United States