Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.

| Hans Hanson has heen dong some eXca
waiting on his farm near Sturgeon Bay
and the result is the discovery of two
large chunks of iron ore.
At Shiocton an attempt was made tc
burn the store and residence of W. J
Harlow. The miscreant cut hole through
! the sheathing, apparently with a jack.
knife, stuffed the space between the stud
ding with cotton batting saturated with
kerosene, and set it afre.
Police captain Coughlin collected a yer.
dict for $500 against E. Y. Gilescn in a
Superior court. While trying to arrest
Gieson the latter hit the officer severely
In the hand.
Myrtle Sterling, girl of 16, was taken
out of Superior dive by the police. She
ran away from home in Brainard. She is
mere school girl.
The shell mari in Kewaunee county will
not be utilized at present. The eastern
spectators would not pay the prices Of
the land owners.
The New Era is the name of a news
paper that has been started at Kewaunee
by stock company. D. B. Harrington is
the editor.
The man who threw himself in front of
a train at Ashland is supposed to be JOS
Bouchard, of St. Alphonse, P. @.
Eli A. Thompson, of Sturgeon Bay, was
kicked in the face by a vicious stallion, yet
he will live.
Racine merchants are protesting loudly
against Sunday excursions to Milwaukee
and Chicago
An Omaha train was derailed near Eau
Claire by striking cow
Clark county's fair has been fixed for
September 9, 10 and II.
German-American day will be observed
at Eau Claire.
DIR. D. G. Davies, father of George w.
Davies, the Milwaukee clubs pitcher, and
one of the best known physicians of
Columbus, was thrown from road cart
and badly hurt internally.
Plainfeid voters will decide Aug. 20
whether to let its railway bonded indebt-
ednesS run until maturity twenty years
hence crrefund it by annual payments of
$1,000.
Fred Vergenz, SOD of Watertown min
lister, was thrown from wagon and
fatally injured, his back being broken.
Over one hundred sheep have been killed
by wolves in the vicinity of hartford and
Berlin.
Before Justice Rnmer, of Appleton,
Catherine Endtor pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling SKINNED milk and wa
tered milk for pure milk. The case was
dismissed with fine and costs, SIPS.
Between $4,000 and $1,000, it is be-
lieved, was stolen from, the Germans, IN
the town of Merton, Waukesha county,
last Saturday.
There is very serere drouth prevailing
in the counties of Polk and Barron,
Centralia and Grand Rapids are to have
new city national bank, to be known as
the Twin City National bank, with a
capital of $4,000, which will be opened
in the next sixty days.
The comptroller of the currency has ap-
proved the selection of the National Bank
of Commerce, of Minneapolis, as receiver
and agent of the First National bank of
Wausau.
Frank S. Bradford of Florence, has
been reappointed by Judge GoodIand for
the position OF court stenographer for the
tenth judicial circuit.
At the Aurora street crossing of the
Wisconsin Central in Ironwood. 2-year
old child named Johnny McKoyitt was
killed by the cars.
Willie BuchoIz. 15-year- d-boy, fell
from joist in GAINESVILLE tobacco ware
house and crushed his skull.
Appleton's electric street railway will be
in operation September 10. Four of the
cars have arrived.
Secretary True says that the stallion
Nelson has been secured to trot at the
state fair.
Paraside post-off1ce, Waupaca county,
has been discontinued.
Waterspouts were seen on the lake off
Racine.
An argument over bet caused a knock
down at Chippewa Falls, participated in
by John and Richard Cosgriff and Frank
and Bob Hunter All were subsequently
arrested.
Secretary Foster has decided The Racine
public building site matter by selecting
the Baker property, in the north end Of
block 81. The price is S25, 600, which in.
cludes some additional land with the pre-
vious offer.
The machinery of the Globe wall paper
mill ct Neenah has been seized on a
mortgage of $4,000 held by the Niagara
paper mill of Lockport, n. Y, and on
smaller claims. The mills are running by
permission of the creditors agents.
The West Range railroad has just been
completed. 1t branches from the Wiscon-
sin Central at Miller and runs to Mineral
Lake.