Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-06-07

head of any lone woman he may meet
and attempts to carry her off Six IN
successful attempts indicate that his
carrying capacity is not on par with
his audacity.
The First Congregational church of
Beloit gave. a farewell reception to
Miss Mary L. Porter, who leaves to-
/, day TO return TO China TO re-enga &c
In missionary work. Miss Porter is a
daughter Of the late Rev. Jeremia h
Porter, and spent many years in
China, returning to America and Be
lott because of her fathers declinin 9
years.
Lutte Perry Of Marion drew out of
Pigeon river ten brook trout weighing
III all eighteen pounds. Supt. Beattie
| Of the Florence mine made rare hauls
of brook trout at Cooks pond, near
/ acknowledgement that weighed
twenty-seven pounds when dressed,
Of which four averaged three and a
half pounds each. The largest were
nineteen inches in length.
The Empress mine, near Etna, La
fayette county, so long forlorn hope,
is now the best in that county. 1t
employs twenty eight men and twenty
two boys and has averaged about
seventy tons of jack per month be-
sides large quantity of galena, the
present miners product being about
forty thousand per month. Last month
they sold $50 tons of jack and about
fifty thousand of mineral.
At West Superior papers have been
prepared by Immigrant Inspector
Stokes to bring action against Chief
Engineer McCollum Of the Anchor mill
or the Mill company on the charge of
importing foreign labor. 1t is claimed
three men have been engaged in Can
ada to work in the mill. The offense
is punishable by a fine Of 81 900 for
each alien brought in under contract.
The defendants will claim the men
were hired while living in the United
States.
Charles r. Groth, eX-secretary of the
Milwaukee fire department, is back
and occupies a cell in the central po-
lice station. He was also treasurer of
the Firemen's Relief association, and
he is accused of embezzling several
thousand dollars belonging to that or
ganiZatiOn. GrOth refuses to make
any statement further than to say
that he will not admit having used
these funds, or say whether or not
others were implicated with him.
Groth expects that his friends will
come to his rescue and make good the
shortage
Two county officials, Register of
Deeds Kieckhefer and County Clerk
Brand, will be censured in the report
of the special committee of the board
of supervisors. which mas been look
! ing into county methods in connection
with the purchase of stationery from
Razall & Co. The censure wilk be
based on the finding that these two
officials were careless in keeping the
public records of purchases made by
the county. An effort will be made
TO recover from Razall & Co., and
legal action Of some sort is sure to be
taken. The committee is now look
ing into the aims house contract
Chairman Isenring says there will be
no let-up and that the guilty parties
! will be brought to justice without re-
gard for political lines.
The Horizon marsh case has been
decided at Oshkosh, the jury finding
for the plaintiff in the sum of $500.
The action is familiar to the legal pro
| feSSiOn all over the state and the yer
dict is an important one. 1t has al
ready been to the supreme court 1t
is entitled George w. Brown against
Clinton Brooks, and is a test case to
determine who shall pay for thousands
of tons of hay burned on the Horizon
marsh in the dry season of 1891,
| through the alleged negligence of the
| defendant. The Horizon marsh com
! priSeS $4,000 acres, and it was nearly
all moved that year. Brooks claimed
that he simply burned around his
! sta ckS to protect them.