Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31

du Lac district EpWorth league has
closed its session at RipOn. OmrO was
chosen as the place for the next con-
yention. The following officers were
elected: President, L. r. Peck of Ber-
lin; vice president, Miss Mary Com
stock of Brandon, Ira Allen of Wau-
pun and Albert Griffith of Flo; sec
retary w. j. ChegWin of Fond du Lac;
corresponding secretary, NJ. A. Tren-
cry of Ripon; treasurer, Mrs. G.. H.
Anderson of ROsendale; executive com
mittee, the Rev. Thomas Walker Of
Fond du Lac, Martin Christensen of
Oshkosh, and Miss Grace Darling of
Oakfield.
Rev. Father BoWe, of Edgerton, will
be examined before Court Commits
sioner NJ. S. Prichard as to where his
money has gone. 1t is another chapter
in the case of Ford against Bowe, in
which a Dane county circuit court
gave Mrs. Ford d judgment of $4,000
against the Edgerton prelate. Father
Bowe will be called upon to testify
as to the value and extent of his
worldly goods and chattelS, the plant
ifs being extremely anxious to force
collection of the judgment.
A. G. Hallanger, treasurer of the
town Of Albion, near Whitehall, has
settled with the town after holding
the office for about eight years and
has turned over his books. He was a
member of the firm of Gilbert & Hal
g
time ago, and it is stated that his fl
nancial affairs are in bad shape. 1t
is said that he is about $1,000 short in
his accounts and the town has begun
suit against his bOndsmen.
Memorial day will be observed by
Joseph Bailey post and W. r. c., by
the schools, business people and citi-
ZenS of Palmyra. The exercises will
consist of an address by d. III. Sum
ner of Waukesha, readings by corps
members and music. Sunday memorial
exercises will be held in the Congrega-
donal church, the Rev. r. Brown
preaching the sermon. The post and
corps will attend in Il body.
I. 5. Huntley, an Illinois pioneer
who died at his home in Huntley, Nc
Henry county, was buried from the
Congregational church in that village.
Mr. Huntley has made large donations
to BelOit college and to the Franklin
college in Nebraska. The funeral ser
mon was preached by the Rev Bryant
q. Preston of Benton H,'bOr Mich.
President Eaton of Beloit college made
a few remarks.
1t is stated that Mrs. Rosamund Fol
lett editor of The Green Bay Gazette,
is seriously ill with cancer and that
there is no hope of her recovery. She
returned from Chicago recently where
she went to have an operation per
formed, but it did not relieve her and
the doctors have pronounced her dis
ease incurable
Oscar Soil, aged 8 years and living
near MenOmonie, borrowed his father S
revolver and with another small boy
went fishing. Shortly after the latter
returned to the house saying that OS-
car was hurt, and when his parents
went to his assistance they found him
dead, shot through the heart.
PoStmaSterS have been appointed in
this state as follows: Ableman, Sank
county, F. G. Shuttle, vice Il. NJ. Pierce,
removed; Clifford, Lincoln county, j.
w. Clifford, vice Arthur Short re-
signed; Genoa, Vernon county, w. l..
Riley, vice Thomas Latimer, removed;
Glendale, Monroe county, f. e. Bald
win vice ]. S. Andrew, resigned.
Among the many interesting things
on record in the office of the register
of deeds of Winnebago county, is a
will of Caleb Walton of Cynthiana,
Ky, which was drawn in 1861. Wal
ton owned considera ole property in the
town of Oshkosh. The will bequeaths
eighteen negroes to the heirs.
Shawano county, which was ordered
by the state board of control to erect
new Jail by the list of next Septem-
Der, is trying to effect some sort of a
settlement with the board and put off
the erection of the building for a year
or so until times improve.
to Mrs. Faville, a daughter; but with
the provision that the estate must not
be divided for ten years unless by Mr..
Diapers consent. Mrs. FavilIe in the
meantime is to receive one third of the
income from the estate and is to reside
at Draper hall.
The efficiency of the fire drill at She
boygan high school was tested when,
without the knowledge of either the
teachers or scholars the alarm was
sounded and the building vacated in
less than two minutes without sign
of any panic.
Supervisor Schweisthal of Ashland,
agent for a Milwaukee brewery, was
fined by Judge Foster for doing bust
ness without a license, but the proviso
was made that his business should be
allowed to go on until the supreme
court has passed upon the matter.
A lad named Otto Barenwaldt, while
engaged in unloading posts at Stiles,
lost an eye in a singular manner
While taking some ties off the car a
tie hook fell from the upper part of
the load, the point striking the I'M
fortunate boy square in the eye
The trouble between the city clerk
and the board of public works of West
Superior is increasing. The question
is whether the city clerk or the board
has the power to aDpoint clerk for