Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-22
BADGERDOM IN BRIEF.
Interesting Items Cleaned From All
Parts of the State

interesting Items Cleaned From All
Parts of the State.
The marriage is announced OF Miss
Jennie Sellers to Daniel Lewis, both
residents OF DodgeviIle.
Christian Zachow, aged IS years, died
1t his home in the town of Greenville,
Dutagamie county.
Patrick Spellman, an early settler
Of MenaSha, passed away at the age of
IA years.
Miss Theresa Z. Clifford, of Stevens
Point, was married to NJ. E. Entzmin-
ger, of Oshkosh. The bride received a
check for $1,000 as a wedding present
Miss Y. Hester, of Reedsburg. was
married to A. S. Reese of Lexington,
Neb. The ceremony took place at the
home of the brides parents.
{ Attachments aggregaung over $4,000
have been served on A. c. Probert.
proprietor of the Bank of WaShbuln,
which closed its doors last week.
4, John Dawson, of La Crosse, has filed
an application. for the position of col
lector Of internal revenue for the ives
i lcIH UlSlIlCI VI w lScOuSlu.
| Millions of chinch bugs cover the
strawberry vines in La Crosse county
and are destroying them. A few days
| ago the prospect was good for a large
crop, but now it is poor. Currants and
raspberries premise well, but the out
! look for other fruits is very discourse
! ing.
! Peter Mayer, formerly resident OF
Appleton, was run over by the cars al
Aurora, H., and instantly killed He
was % years of age
| Miss Jane Zelie. resident of White
water, committed suicide by jumping
into a cisten. She was about fifty
years of age.
| The friends of r. G. Preston, a well
known business man of Elkhorn, are
worried over his sudden disappearance
The reunion of the old settlers OF
Green Lake county will be held on the
shore of Green Lake, June 20.
II. G. Dear, of West Superior, will a
the next session of congress present ;
claim for $4,000 At the time of tn,
Indian uprising at the South Rosebud
agency his stores and other property
were destroyed. The government lose
nothing, as the amount will be deducted
from that due to the Indians.
Burglars entered the saloons of Dan
iel Leary and Martin Moylan, at Stev
ems Point, and got away with consider
cured $1O6 in cash, having in some man
ner succeeded in opening the safe with
out iniuring the combination lock
They were not so fortunate at Moylan'
saloon, as they secured only few pen
MES for their trouble
Miss Bertha Bowen Boyd was united
in marriage to John III. King at tn
home Of her parents in Appleton
About fifty guests were present from
different parts of the state.
The marriage has just been an
nOunced of Miss Hattie Horner to Hen
ry w. Blsh, both well-known resident.
of Racine. The ceremony was per
formed at Kenosha on March Is last
Joseph Seymour was struck by a Du
luth, South Shore & Atlantic train neal
Saxon, Ashland county, and instantly
killed. He was about 80 years of agt
and resided at Hurley.
Willie, the 14year-old son Of e. O
: Spiegelberg, a merchant of Boscobel
was drowned in the Wisconsin river
while bathing. The body was recovered
! A young man giving his name as r. J
Cole entered the police headquarters a
Minneapolis and gave himself up, say
Loo e,I
mate in the Wilbur house in that city
Cole says his companion had $165
which he carried in his trousers pocket
| One night Cole got up and took $50 Of
this sum. The roommate did not miss
it, and after staying with him for two
days Cole left and went to Phillips
Wis, where he lived since that time
spending a portion of the winter il
the woods. Conscience troubled him
and at last, he says, he had to confess
his guilt.
! Samuel Shines, who was in jail a
! Viroqua charged with adultery, made
/ his escape and has not yet been re
captured. He crawled through hole
in the floor of his cell made by remov
ing board, and then dug his way to
, the outer wall and went through 3
hole made for ventilation He haG
help from the outside as two mer
! were seen by a female prisoner, ap
| preaching the building
! The report sent out from Eau Claire
] that the pearl button industry Of that
place was killed was without founda
ton. The report gained ground from
! the fact that the Eau Claire Pearl But
ton company was absorbed by the
Badger Pearl Button company, of Eau
! Claire, the original enterprise, which
intends to enlarge it's plant and employ
an additional fifty workmen.