Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
SOME BADGER BITS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
4 Dog and a Bicycle Tangled up With
Serious Observation-Disclosures
Give Themselves up.

James G. Wall and his nephew,
Alexander Wall "a 1O-year-old son IF
E. c. WalD will start Aug. 3, on a
900-mile bicycle trip through Wiscon-
sins hills and daleS. The itinerary of
the "trip includes these towns and
cities: WATERFOWL, Columbus, Lodi,
Devils Lake, Barabo0, Reedsburg,
Mansion, New Lisbon, Camp Douglas,
Sparta, Winona, La Crosse, Niroqua,
Prairie du Chen, Lancaster, Galena,
Monroe, GAINESVILLE, Elkhorn, Lake
Geneva, Freeport, Rockford, Geneva,
Ill, Elgin, Chicago, Evanston, Wauke-
sha, kenosha and Racine, to Milwau-
Aug. "a
Dr.. Carl Freidel of Jefferson has
been elected to the chair Of physics in
the state university at Eugene, Ore
Dr.. treidel was born on a farm near
this city forty years ago, and at the
age of i he had the misfortune to lose
his right arm. He is graduate of the
Wisconsin state university, and after
having been principal of the Manito-
woe and River Falls higl. schools, he
attended the university at Leipsic for
four years. He graduated last summer
with honOrs.
Jacob Maui, % years of age, a men,
Der of the Racine Bicycle club, met
with what will undoubtedly result in
a fatal accident while riding a tan
dem, bicycle, in company with a COM
panion. They were proceeding along
the street at a furious pace when the
vehicle struck a dog and threw the oc-
cupant TO the ground. Maui was
picked up in an unconscious condition.
He was injured internally and re-
ceived a conclusion of the brain. His
companion was unhurt.
Herman Rantmann of the town of
ShebOygan Falls, gave himself up,
stating that he had killed accidentally
man named William jesse, who
worked on his fathers farm. Rant
mann was out hunting and shot a
partridge in a hedge behind which
jesse was working. The charge Of
shot entered the left eye, causing in
slant death.
The Stevens Point Lighting COM
pany, Gas company, Water company
and the Clark Water Power company
have consolidated and the motive
power Of all the Interested concerns
will be derived from the owen Clark
city.
The Humboldt turnverein Of Mil
waukee Is so deeply in debt that it is
believed it will soon disband. The
members say if such action is taken a
new organization will at once be
formed.
Jacobson and Robinson, who are
charged with incendiarism and con-
spiracy to defraud at Kenosha came
up of their own accord. They were
taken from Justice Slater and adj
mitted to bail in bonds Of $1,000 each.
Mrs. P. 2. Donahue of Palmyra was
seriously burned through MISLEADING
kerosene for gasoline which she
poured from i can into a wash-boiIer
over Il gasoline stove.
The census of De Pere has just been
completed and has been found to be
1928, an increase 0t 66S, OF about
Is 1-3 per cent. since 1890.
Mrs. Rosa Frank, wife of Louis
Frank, of the L. Frank & Son Pack
ing company, Milwaukee, died.
Agent Ilhardt of the Milwaukee
German Aid society has Received
letter from d man in New York stat
ing that Hugo Miesel, a young immi-
grant confined by the efforts Of the so
ciety in an insane asylum in this
country, is the heir to millioD-dollar
fortune in Russia.
Raymond Marquette of 1912 st. Paul
avenue, Milwaukee, was killed at Ash
land. He was first mate on the steam
barge Frank L. Vance, and-,the re-
mains We're taken to Sheboygan for
burial.
Mrs. Getten, an old lady from Mil
waukee who is visiting her niece, Mrs.
Anna White in Eagle, fell down stairs
and struck her head in such a way rs
to tear the scalp from the skull. leav-
ing only a small portion intact at the
back of the head. She also broke a
tendon of her left shoulder
Charles Meyers, a farmer, was in
stantly killed three miles southeast of
Beloft by an engine of a passenger
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
road, as he was crossing the track |
with a load of furniture. EngineerI
Sherwood saw the team standing by
the track and was astoniShed a mo- |
ment later to see it crossing almost in |
front of the engine. Mr.. Meyers leaves
a widow and children.
Louis SheW1fng died at his home IN
DePere, aged SO years. He came from
Prussia in 1913, and settled here, put
ting up one Of the first buildings on
the west side of the river This build
ing has been occupied for forty years,
and is still standing. He was a real
estate dealer and also for many years
filed the position of town clerk and
justice of the peace. He leaves three
children.
August Winkelar of the town of
near Black River Falls,
was found dead near his residence
with his gun lying beside him. 1t is
thought to be a case Of suicide.
BULGARIAN WAYS.
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