Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16

Their Lake-Telegrams Condensed
Charles II. Upham and family, with
several friends, who have been camp
ing at ShaWanO lake for the past three
weeks, had a very narrow escape from
drowning. They were out in a row
boat when a sudden squat capsized
the boat and threw all the occupants
into the water, which was more than
| forty feet deep where the accident oc-
Cured. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Charles
| Upham, the party included Sarah and
Robert Upham, Miss Hattie Gibbs and
James Allen OF Shawano, and Miss
Roy Wheeler and Herbert Wheeler of
| Marshfield. Fortunately all managed
to reach the upturned boat, to which
| they clung until rescued by Harry Nc
! NichOl, who was out on the lake in
| a sail boat and witnessed the accident
D. A. Colpitts of Hayward has been
appointed agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee Il st. Paul and the Omaha
railways at Chippewa Falls in place
! w
other day. Colpitts was Laytons pred
ecessor, but was let out in January
! last quite suddenly, and it was openly
asserted by the press and citizens
| that his discharge was because of his
connection with the A. 2. A. A petit
ton was sent to Supt. A. w. Trenholm,
asking for the reappointment of Mr..
! Colpitts. Layton's shortage is now
said to be $500.
At meeting of the trustees of Law
renee university Prof. O. w. Merri-
man of the United States naval OBJ
seryatory, Washington, was chosen to
fill the chair Of mathematics and as
tronomy made vacant by the resigna-
ton Of Prof. L. w. Underwood, late
president pro TEN. of Lawrence. The
chair Of physics and chemistry was
filled by the election of Prof. Charles
w Treat of Napa college, California.
At a meeting of the ordinance COM
mittee Of the city council at Appleton
TO discuss the proposed franchise for
the Wisconsin IEterurban Electric
railway between Oshkosh and Kan
kauna, very strong opposition was
! shown to allowing cars to cross the
river bridge, or to run on Lake and
| Pearl street hills. There are grave
doubts whether a franchise can be
! granted to run through Appleton.
The university creamery reports that
owing to the present drouth the guam
tity of milk received has shrunk about
40 per cent. Prof. Henry estimates
the shrinkage of milk throughout the
dairy districtet 30 to 30 per cent, and
as the dairy output Of this state is
something like 100000 per month at
this season of the year, Wisconsin's
loss in this product alone is something
tremendous.
A few days ago a young man called
on Landlord John Chenevert, says the
Fond du Lac Reporter, and handed
him a package to deliver to Lot Town
send. the former landlord. When
Townsend opened the package he
found it contained money and jeWeiry
that belonged to his deceased wife.
The package was directed in her hand
writing. The whole affair is wrapped
in mystery.
Frand Leguowski, Of Menasha,
charges three countrymen with making
him the victim of a sham cruclfXIol.
!he nails were driven through his
| leeves and trousers and other por-
lions of his clothes, the mans position
ia relation to the tree being the same
as the esta blished Roman custom Of
! something over 1880 years ago.
John Murphy, depot burglar, died
in Jail at Oshkosh without divulging
the wherea bouts Of his friends. A
letter was found among his effects
directed to j. Courtney Osbourne,
Binghamton, n, Y, care of the Ar
Iington hotel 1t was returned to
Murphy from the dead letter office,
having failed to reach Courtney.
Mrs. Annie DUDE of Cotton became
so insane by brooding over losses by
forest fires that her friends were
obliged to take her to the Northrn
asylum. Her husband owned several
thousand logs which were skidded on
his farm near Cotton and the fire de-
| slIOsc4 Tie ldDOTS Ol many ScdAS.
Grasshoppers have invaded Mantle
woe in such numbers that the yards
are full of them. Millions of them are
! in the lake, forming continuous line
running parallel with the shore. The
English sparrow, for once, is of some
service there, and is growing fat from
| feasting on the hopper"
! La Crosse business men are protest
ing vigorously against the action of the
! Burlington road in peremptCrlly dis
charging a number of employees and
passing them out of the state without
protecting the claims of merchants
| with whom the discharged employees
| had open accounts.
| The barn, granary. stock sheds, farm
| ing implements and two horses be
| longing to William Sherbert in tie
town of Pacific near Portage, were
! burned. The residence was saved
The loss is a heavy one to Sherbert, |
and is only partially covered by S1,100
! insurance.
The 1irst public lands to be sold at
| the Ashland land Office for years were |
put up at auction by the department
day or two ago, being an island in |
st. Louis river near West Duluth, |