Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The Menomonie lodge of Odd Fellows
has sent letter to Emtl Barthel, who Is
held to answer to the charge of man
slaughter, on account of the railroad
wreck in Milwaukee Tuesday, assuring
him that the lodge believes him guiltless
and promising that no honorable means
will be left unemployed TO ASSET him at
the tr al Barthel is noble grand of the
lodge.
Cham jenkins, a well known Oshkosh
river man, dropped dead. The cause OF
his death was heart failure. He was q
married man, 40 years Of age, and well
known all along the Wolfriver.
About 4 900 persons were at the Milwau-
kee exposition Sunday night to see cake
walk OF this number all but about 200
were white people Twenty-Five couples
entered but the judges kept picking out
the more awkward couples until the con-
test was narrowed down to three couples.
Tie prizes were awarded as follows: First
prize, Spencer Butler and Miss Title
French; second prize, Albert Parish and
Miss Mary Rodney; third prize, Doc
Reed and Miss Mamie Parsons.
Detective Gallagher, Of Logansport,
Ind, arrested Benjamin Benson, Of Nee
nah, on the charge of embezzling $500
from a merchant of Logansport by the
name of Shrayers. Benson is a member
of 4 firm of clothiers who recently opened
a store in Neenah.
Charles Colberth, who is wanted In Hud-
son for jumping his bail of 81 900 eighteen
months ago, was arrested near Brainew,
Mimi, Saturday, and brought back. The
original charge against Colberth was for
stealing wheat from neighboring farmers.
His bondsman, M. A. Fuller, has expended
about 81, 200 besides $500 reward in detec
tive work.
Raising skunks for the money there is
in them is novel sort Of an enterprise.
A Rock county stock company has built a
big stockade north of Milton village and
has a herd of skunks confined in it for
breeding purposes. They increase very
rapidly, and as their furs are valuable and
have regular market value it will prove
a profitable enterprise. The projectors say
the animal is not in the least troublesome.
Clear black fuTs are worth over $50 each.
Gus. Peterson. an Ashland painter, COM
mitted suicide in CHASTITY manner. He
deliberately got down on all tours and
put his head under the trucks of a
slow moving freight near the depot
His head was completely severed from
bis body and the remains presented a
horrible sight. Deceased was unmarried.
A society has been organized to be
known as the Pioneers Of Winnebago
County. 1t includes residents OF the
county before 1850, oldest children and
widows. It has eighty members Officers
are: President, William Wright; secre-
tary, J. H. Osborne; treasurer, Milan
Ford. The intention is to get together
and make up and preserve the early his
tory Of the county.
]. 0. Clarity, the Oshkosh jockey ar
rested recently FOR driving an alleged
ringer, was fined for assaulting q negro
named Allen. Allen will bring civil suit
against Clarity.
The Alone apartment house at West
Superior, was burned and nineteen families
are homeless. Loss. 1920, 900. The build
ing was valued at S65, 900; insurance, S40,-
900.
Corn Point, or Lindenwald, about FIVE
miles south of Oshkosh, has been
chosen as the camping grounds of the
Western Canoe association during the
meeting next summer. 1t is already
knomn that twenty clubs will be repre-
sented.
Warren H. Fuller, formerly of Wauke-
sha. was arrested Thursday at Madison,
S. D, by Detective Hansoa, Of the Mil
waukee police force. Fuller is charged
with seduction, the comp ainant being
Miss Hattie Peabody, of Milwaukee.
The Y. M. c. A. Of Wausau has Just
bought a lot from E. B. Thayer, publisher
of the Pilot-Review, at the corner of
Fourth and Scott streets, for the site Of
its new building, which will be erected
this summer. TIE lot fronts the court
house square and is one of the finest In the
civ