Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-09-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The republican convention to nomi-
uate officers for Grant county met at
Lancaster and chose the following:
Sheriff, Joseph Miller, of Fennimore;
treasurer, ]. HarShberger, of Mount
Hope: county clerk, John Fpplett, of
Georgetown; register of deeds, Louis
Beidler; district attorney, Ed. Lowry,
of Lancaster; clerk of court, Walter
Brennan, of Patterille; superintendent
of schools, Charles Nye, of Platteville;
county surveyor William Simpson, of
Jamestown.
1t is reported from Hayward that T.
Weyerhaeuser, the well known lumber
man, has bought eight miles of old rails
of the Omaha company near that place,
and that he will use the same in build
ing an addition to his road in the north
ern part of Chippewa county to Deer
lake, In the southern part of the coun-
~. Work will be commenced next sea-
son.
1t is reported from Depere that the
raft of 5000 cords of pulp wood for
! an Appleton firm, which Frank Perry,
| Of Sault Ste. Marie, was successful in
| bringing down the bay, is drifting off.
| Parts Of it are scattered over the bay.
| Efforts are being made to make the
| raft secure.
! The Rev. Elias S. Peck, who died in
| Waupun recently, was graduate of
Union College, Schenectady. He set
| tied in Wisconsin as early as 1915, aud
miniStered successfully at Horton, May
! vipe, Waupun, ClasOn Prairie, Beaver
| Dan, Fox Lake and other points.
Admiral Melancthon Smith is visit
! ing reativeS i'll Marinette Mr. Smith
was in command of the frigate Miss
| iSsippi that, during the war of the re-
| belliOn was set on fire by the enemys
shot While attempting to pass Port Hud-
son. He is so years old and is very
active
Peter EgctrOm, of Ashland, has COM
menced suit against the Ashland Iron
x Steel Company for $4,000 damages.
He alleges that he received serious i'll
juries from a defective flooring while
ID the company's employ.
! The G. T. RoenitZ Leather company,
of ShebOygan, has commenced the con-
StructiOn of a new addition to their
plant 1t will be 264 by IS feet and will
be four stories high.
Suit has been brought against the
Ohio Coal company, at Ashland. for
81 500 damages for injuries alleged to
have been received while in the com
pany's employ.
The Freeman Milling company, of
West Superior, intend to bring suit
against the city for damages for delay
in building Il dock alongside of the COM
pany's mill.
The Catholic knights of Shcboygan are
arranging to give their new pastor, the
Rev. Father Thill, reception upon his
arrival in that city from Jefferson.
Mrs. Chris. Grail, of the town Of Cen
ter, Rock county, had her shoulder
blade broken and received serious in
ternal injuries in runaway accident
The roller Touring mill owned by NJ.
| f. Pease e Son at Lowell, Dodge
county, was destroyed by fire. The
loss will reach $4,000: partly insured.
Mrs. Holmes, an Old resident Of RAJ
cine county, was run over by a farmers
wagon. She had an arm broken and
several ribs fractured.
The GAINESVILLE Street Railway Co
| intend to extend their line to Spring
| Brook. q suburb south of that city.
P. F. Wick has been appointed post
master at F'ussville, Waukesha county,
vice A. Lott, resigned.
Miss Maggie Hittner was married to
| 7 A.
rents in Two Rivers.
| A teachers institute is in session at
Westfield, Marquette county. The at
tendance is large.
Allen O. Packard, a well known resi-
dent of Stevens Point, died at the age
| of 4S years.
! Mrs. Martha Gould, a pioneer resi-
dent Of West Superior, died at the age
| Of rs years.
Miss Anna NJ. Wenck, of Watertown,
| passed away at the age Of IS.
The indications at present are that
the strike situation at Eau Claire will
remain unsettled this fall. as nearly all
the mill hands have left for the harvest
fields in the western part of Mime
sofa and Dakota
Francis A. Brown, superintendent of
the QuJnnesec Logging company, Of
Marinette, stated that the only explain
atlon he could give of how the rumOr
got started that the company was i'll.
solvent was that last week the cOru-
pany discharged its force of men who
were logging in green timber, and tenn
porarily discontinued logging operations
ana that this was done to satisfy par
ties with whom they held logging con-
tracts. who wished burned timber
90 ten out first. The statement of the.
discharged men that the company had
discontinued operations may have been
exaggerated into a statement of fneoI-
Yency.
Over 400 mill men at Rhinelander
have struck for ten hours work at the
same wages that was paid for eleven
hours. 1t is thought that unless an
agreement is reached within another
day that the strike viii involve over
LOOO men. The mill owners are will
ing TO Tx the days work at ten hours
but desire that the wages be reduced ac-
cordipgly
An inquest was held at Racine to in
llilre into the death of Henry Frey
found dead in his bed A verdict was
'endered that he came to his death
rom natural causes. Deceased left an
state valued at $4,000
George Leuderback, Of Eau Claire