Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

& tire ssG III Jaf5SSe July ~ destroyed
Leo 3 Clars's 6our NIL The loss is
$25, GOO, with SIS, GOO Insurance.
Senator -Spooner IS To stump South
Dakota and North Dakota IN the coming
campaign.
Judge Sloan. has appointed Theodore /
OtEe9 receiver OF the BesSemer ConsoI- I
ldated Iron Company ct Waukesha.
The tenth annual encamsmeute of tho
Monona Lake Assembly oneneItat Lake
side, Lake Aonona. The Rev. 7. De
Witt Talfnage delivered o lecture.
The four big gambling houses that
have been running wide open at Ash
land for years were closed july IS by
order of Mayor Beaser.
Martin Olson, of Eau Claire. who left
his wife twelve years ago, has lust been
found by her at Duluth, Mimi, where
he has been living with another woman.
An insect supposed to be the green
nudge is working havoc around Madison.
Wis. Farmers II several localities COM
plain that wheat IS rapidly being ruined.
i party of thirty Boston people, one
of the Raymond excursions, were at
Oconomowoc July 90, and remained
Plntil Friday, when they went further
forth.
James Doyle, an old resident of Chip
pewa Falls, committed suicide July 25th
by throwing himself .on railroad track
before a moving train. Deceased had
been in a demented condition for some
time.
A deputy United States marshal ar
rested William Wheeler, Joseph Marx,
n, Smoltz, Peter Loucks aud Joseph
Maer. of Neenah July %, and took them
to Milwaukee to answer to the charge
Of stealing stone from the government
Great excitement prevailed at Amigo.
last week Thursday, over the report that
Professor O'Hara was lost in the woods
Searching parties were organized but
before anything was done the Professor
came in, having wandered about for two
days.
Mrs. Thomas Staples, one of the most
highly esteemed ladies ia the COM
munity, died at Racine July 25th, of
peritonltls. She was vocalist of con-
siderable local note. Her death is
deeply mourned here by large circle
Of friends.
The city council of Prairie du CHEN
has resolved to call n special election
to submit the question of bonding the /
city in the sum Of $4,000 to create a
contingent fund to promote Industrial
enterprises.
Joseph Bruhner was arrested at Bad
River on the 23rd, charged with MUIR
der. Bruhner was an uncle of the
victim of the wife murderer Feuchs,
and is charged with being an accom-
plice in the brutal killing of Feuch's
young bride.
Between 5000 and 10000 people were
present at the Monona Lake Assembly /
to hear the Rev. De Witt Talmage lee /.
ture ON the ''School for Scandal" July
Gath. Excursions were run from var
ious points, one of 500 people coming
from towns in Northern Illinois.
The property of the Appleton Gas
light Company has been sold by the
Sheriff for $17,5 Some time ago the
company gave q trust mortgage deed to
Jonathan B. Bune of Boston, which was
foreclosed, and, the equity of the re-
demption having expired, it was sold
and bid in by the stockholders.
A white cap outrage occurred near
Brodhead July %. The victim was a
wife beaten, rich farmer named Perry
Nelson, known as the stingiest man in
Southern Wisconsin. He was caught
by gang of white caps, terribly beaten
and tarred and feathered. They then (
warned him to give his wife 81, 600 and !
leave the country in ten days or they
would return and kill him. He CON
templates leaving.
New zest has been given to the con-.
test over the Waukesha postoffice by
reason of a semi-official announcement >
Ito the effect that Mr.. A. S. Ludlow viii ,
be appointed. The conditions necessary
TO defeat Ludlow are not likely to be-
brought about, as the elements opposed
to his sppointJare disunited and would
find it next to Impossible, 1T is said, to
hgree on any new candidate, while many
adherents of other candidates at the
start now openly indorse Mr.. Ludlow.
The funeral of Nelson c. Dewey,
WiscoHsin's first governor, took place
July %, at Lancaster. From early
morning the number of people grew
until the streets were crowded with
friends and aceuaintances of the late
governor. The state committee, con-
sisting of Governor Hoard, ex-Gov-
errors Lewis and Taylor, Attorney
General Estabrook, Judge Orton,
Colonel Delaplaine. z. W. Reyes, S. u.
Pinney, Theodore Rodolph, Messrs.
Thwaites, Harper, Fitch, Dunning and
others from Madison were present. All
business.houses Ia the city were closed
from to 3p m. The members of the
family here present were Mr.. and Mrs.
William P. Dewey, of Yankton; DIR.
John Dewey, of ST. Paul, and Mrs.
Theodore Cole of st. Louis. In Gov
ernor Dewey's death it is certain that
Wisconsin loses one of it's most -proui-
nent figures, political and social
July 25th was a gala one in West
Superior the occasion being the visit of
about 200 delegates to the Wisconsin
Editorial Association on its annual OUT
ing. The party arrived from Eau
Claire by special train and breakfaSted'
at the Euclid Hotel. They were then
taken for an excursion on the Lake andt
then for an inspection Of the harbor,
docks, and elevators. The return to thej
city was made at IL O'Clock, and,a 1:30
a reception and banquet were rendered
them at the West Superior and Tower
Hotels. The party was evenly divided
between the hotels to avoid a crush At .
8 o'clock they boarded the special for
Duluth. The weather was unfavorable, +
rain falling almost necessarily, but;
every effort was put forthsb by the COM
mittee in charge to make the occasion a
pleasant one. Many of the editors were
accompanied by wives and daughters,
and Ignatius Donnelly was with the
party.
A freshet in the Yellowstone, a small
creek in the town of Layette, washed
out humon SHELTON on the 23d. Some
parties living near there. thinking they