Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-11
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Theodore Dleson. of the town of |
Menomonee, Dunn county, checked to |
death while driving home, a piece Of |
dried beef he was biting having slipped |
into his throat
A valuable mare was stolen from the |
private stable of r. T. Allen, at Fond |
du Lac. TIE sheriff has offered re-
ward of $50 for the capture of the
thief.
An unknown man was run over and
killed by the cars at La Crosse. The |
man was about so years of age, rough
ly clad and had the appearance of a |
tramp.
: James Doyle, aged 50 years, was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary |
on IL charge of stealing six pigs owned
by tie northern hospital at Oshkosh.
The shipments of lumber from Mari |
nette during the past week amounted |
to 100000 feet, making the total |
shipments for the season 21,OOO,0O |
feet.
Mrs Johanna Duthie, of the town
Of Washburn, was awarded $500 !
damages for injuries alleged to have !,
been received by a defective walk.
A series of evangeliStic meetings will
be held at Hartford commencing May
Ia. They will be under the leadership
Of Miss Eliza Frye.
Jim McComber, of Merrill, is under
arrest on a charge of obtaining $500 OH
| fC,., in, q
the Merrill hospital.
William Kosbad, who was badly
hurt in the Manufacturing Investment
Icompanys factory at Appleton, died
Of his injuries.
The railway system of the Northwest
EN- Coal company's plant at Superior
will require nine miles of track.
An Indian named William Stacy was
held up by three highwaymen near
Valley Junction and relieved of $50 in
cash.
The TOmah Advancement association
has been organized for the purpose of
securing new industries for that city.
The common council at Sheboygan
voted to put in twenty-five arc lights
for street lighting purposes.
A new school building will be erected
at Lomira, Fond du Lac county, this
summer, to cost $4,000.
| Seventy-one saloon keepers have
made application to the city council at
Wausau for licenses.
The result of the Arbor day vote at
Oshkosh for the state tree was vic
tory for the maple.
The indications are favorable for a
large cranberry crop in Wood county
this season.
Jorgen Sorenson, of Sturgeon Bay,
was seriously injured in a runaway
accident.
Twenty-seyen saloon licenses have
been granted at Florence.
Port Washington is soon to be lighted
with electric arc lights.
4 meeting of the iumbermcn of the
northern and central Wisconsin dis
tlict was held at Chippewa Falls to
complete the organization of their as
ISOLATION and discuss the question of
uniform grading of lumber The or
ganization was formed and is to be
known rs the Wisconsin Valley Lum-
five was appointed consisting of Chas
Edgar, of Chippewa Falls; H. II. Eos
ter, of Merrill; Joseph Wilson, Toma-
hawk; B. w. Davis, Phillips, and f.
w. Upham, Marshfield, to secure COM
potent inspectors to go over the dis
trict represented and establish and as
SSt in maintaining Uniformity Of grades.
Anton Straclli, of the town of Reit-
brock, Marathon county, while in a fit
of insanity, attacked his wife with a
knife and an axe, cutting her throat
with the knife and mutilating her body
Ishockingly with the axe. Stracki was
overpOwered by neighbors and taken
to Wausau in custody of three Of them.
His wife is still alive with no prospects
Of recovery. The man has been bereft
of reason for some time.
At a special meeting Of the Brown
county board a resolution authorizing
the application for a loan of $4,000
from the trust funds of the state to be
applied to the construction of a normal
school building, provided that county
should be favored with the selection
of a site, was unanimously carried.
to secure one of the schools.
A letter from James Collins, the
Splinter, who was recently shot at
New York, to his mother in EdgertOn,
states that he is recovering from his
wound, and expects to return home
before long The bullet has not yet
been extracted from his back. The
man who shot him is still in JAIL and
will be tried as soon as Collins is able
to attend court.
The Superior police are anxiorlsly
awaiting news from Sherman, Tex,
regarding the trial of Texas Dick"
who was captured at Superior on a
charge of committing a triple murder
at Dennison, Tex. If he is convicted
the sum of $500 will be divided be-
tween eN-Chief Simons and Detectives
EarnShaw and Purchase.
The bail for Martin Pishkaski, who
is held at Beaver Dam on a charge of
wife-murder, has been fixed at $4,000
by Judge Sloan. Two men, Anton
Bach and William Milarch, have signed
the bond, but the others hesitate for
some reason and Mr.. Pishkaski still
remains under arrest.
An eastern capitalist has offered to
establish a beet sugar factory at Bur-
lington, Racine county, that will en-
nIOy 900 mon if tha farmers in that