Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-04-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

Several summer cottages will be erected
on Elmwood island in Fox Lake
The Wisconsin Beekeepers' association
has been incorporated.
Plans for d $500, 900 block at Superior
are being drawn.
Watertown people have got the beet
sugar idea.
Oshkosh will call it's new hotel the Co.
lum bian
Platteville tiremen netted $50 by a
ball.
Judge Paul A. Well suicided at West
Bind Wednesday.
The debt on Kemper hall, Kenosha,
amounting to $50, 300, has been paid off.
Batients are said to be occasionally
treated like dogs in the Milwaukee county
hospital.
Hon. N. NJ. Littlejohn, of Whitewater,
is very Ill at Madison, S. D.
Patrick Boyle, aged about 80 years, was
killed on the outs xirts of Mansion by
passenger train.
AtRipon, April 16, the annual shearing
of the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders associa-
ton will occur.
Ed Meyers, of Racine. defeated J. S.
Hartman, the noted long distance walker,
in contest at Racine for purse of S25.
In spite of his printed apology, Editor
Utley. publisher of The Racine Life, will
probably be arrested at the instance of A.
P. Dutton, on account of an article which
recently appeared in the Life.
Articles incorporating the Fond du Lac
Table Manufact uring company have been
fled &C Fond du Lac. The capital stock is
SIC, COO and the lncorporators are Edward
Blaesius, Louis Rueing and G. F. Kars-
tens
Sheriff Rowe, of Prairie du Chen, las
arrested the following persons, who are
charged with robbing store at Steupens,
Crawford county: George Farris, John
Farris, Jr., Eben Kelly and George
Jenkins.
John France was found dead in his bed
in at the Kirby house Milwaukee, Thurs
day. The gas burner was opened. but not
lighted, showing that the man had been
sutfocated by the escaping gas. de was
seaman.
West Superior's poll list was increased
l 10 per cent. in the past year the registra-
ton this year amounting to 1900.
Miss Ester Isaacs and Joseph Jacobs, of
Chicago, were married by Kenosha JUS
tice.
JOSepu w Hue anu Ills dCCOulpllCeS, LdI-
son and Stapleton, who burglarized dry
goods store at Eau Claire of 81 800 worth
of silks three months ago, were sentenced
Friday. White, who pleaded guilty, gets
tive years and half and the others each
three years.
While operating a sewing machine,
Mrs JOHN E. Reeves, of Fond du Lac, had
her finger pierced through oy the needle.
1t is feared that blood poisoning viii en-
sue.
Fred Klinkert, son of the Racine
brewer, was badly hurt by falling through
a viaduct there from which plankine
had been removed In order to make re-
pairs.
Ellen McDermott. Ct Boscobel. is suing
the Northwestern Railroad company for
500 for injuries she claims to have
sustained by falling from train.
The inquest on the body of Willis An
drews, the fireman killed in Racine
Juction, is in progress. The preliminary
examination Of Engineer Burke, charged
with causing his death, will be held
April 8.
Adolpb Schumann, % years of age, and
August Dreyzinger, As years old, fell from
a scaffolding at the Folansbee building,
on Wisconsin street, Milwaukee, and we've
quite badly injured.
Up to Thursday evening the subscrip-
ton to the Milwaukee Athletic club buiI0-
ing fund has reached $4,000, some of
this on condition however, that the en-
tire sum OF SIS, 000 be raised.
The Bricklayers' association met at APP
pleton and fixed the following scale: The
minimum price for stone masons 81 so per
day and 50 fcr brickiayers. The benefit
in Case of sickness or accident was changed
from IS to s. a week. limited 10 three
months. The initiation fee was raised
from 81 to 80. The next meeting will be
held at Green Bay.