Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-11-08

Milwaukee. William Van Dyke, secre-
tary Of the Chicago & Milwaukee tele
graph company, testified that Plankin-
ton and Day were both interested in
the company and that the company
had always been a borrower from the
bank and at the time of the failure
owed $685.. 80. Charles L. IlSley
testified that the bank had borrowed
500, 900 from the clearing house at
the time it was in trouble, but he
would not admit that the bankers at
that time knew of he exact condition
of the bank. Robert Hill said that
most of the securities of the bank were
of little value and that +. r. Day
should at no time have received any
money from the bank.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
infant found buried in field near
Spring Green brought in a verdict late
yesterday p. IN. charging Miss Anna
Hodges with being the mother of the
iIlegitimate child found and so con-
cealing it that the cause of death was
unknown. 1t recommended that she be
called upon to answer for such conceal
ment. She was placed under arrest.
She is il sister of Charles and Fred
Hodges, who We're acquitted at the
September term of the Richland
county court for the murder of Peter
Schmitz. Miss Hodges was bound over
to the circuit court. She was admitted
to bail.
The Milwaukee council has again de
ferred action on the high school mat
ter. AS there is no money in the city
trasury set aside for the specific pur-
pose there have been no steps taken
TO select a site, so the matter was laid
over for special meeting. DR.. Kemp
sters request for $4,000 to be used
in running the health department was
granted, but the amount was reduced
to $35, 900. The resolution to buy an ad-
ditional disinfecting van for the
health department was defeated by Il
vote of II to 10.
Two carloads of buckwheat ordered
for the La Vale mills through Il Chi
cagO house reached their destination
bearing Canadian custom-house seals
and freight charge of $3.50. The
Reedsburg Free Press says it is evil
dent that if Canada can thus compete
in market where buckWheat is
grown she can easily crowd Wisconsin
growers out of the eastern markets, or
force the price below present quota
tons.
A Polish woman, while picking rags
at the paper mills at Plover, found
$500 in the pocket of an old vest. She
is very poor and works hard for her
living. The $500 will place her in com
Portable circumstances, as she intends
to use the money in buying Il small
farm.
Archbishop Nilatte at Green Bay,
head of the Oldest Catholic church in
America, was officially notified of the
cars death by the Russian embassa-
dor. Special prayers were read in st.
Louis chapel by Father Vilatte for the
repoSe of the cars soul.
Mrs. kittie Follett died at Green
Bay after long suffering. She was
the mother of Dwight |. Follett, hus-
band of Rosamond Follett, formerly
owner of The Green Bay Gazette. Her
property will pass over to John Follett.
heir of Rosamond FolIett.
With the exception of half-mile
stretch south of Racine Junction,
which includes the bridge crossing the
Chicago X NorthwNStern Railway com
pany has a complete double track
from Chicago to Milwaukee.
George Pinney, one of Door county's
old settlers and the most extensive
nurseryman in Wisconsin, died at his
residence in Evergreen, Of cancer OF
the stomach. He was about g. years
old.
Wisconsin pensions: Increase-Pat-
rick Taugney, (deceased), New Haven.
Re-issued-Martin Colt, Butternut;
WILDER Wells, Marinette. Original
widows, etc.-Mary Taggney, New
Haven.
Typhoid fever is raging at Ellis
junction. Among the dead are Mrs.
Henry Franen and Miss Clara Offs.
Doctors attribute it to milk from cows
that drank from stagnant pools.
built by 4 jeweler at Princeton col
lapsed in a hall at Montello as a re-
suit of wear and tear incident TO
wagon transportation.
The skeleton found near Bashaw is
supposed to be that of Charles Gard
ner, who left his homestead at Shell
Lake several weeks ago.
Mrs. g. e. Hudson, nee Daniels, the
well-known milliner, of Beloit, died at
hospital in Chicago from the effects
of a surgical operation.
DR.. j. Ii. Rindlaub of platteville has
resigned his position i'll the war de-
partment to enter the university at
Berlin, Germany.
The staye and heading manufact-
urers of the state have raised the price
of headings from four to four and a
half cents.
The town clock ordered for the Ste
phenson building at Marinette is to
have four dials each four feet in dia-
meter.
Fire broke out in the Hoffman hotel
barn, at Hancock, completely destroy
it. The hotel had narrow escape.
GETS $4,000 ALIMoNY.