Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
BADGER BRIEFS.

81, 200.
At Slcboygan, the members of the |
council have made a salary grab, vot- |
ing TO pay each alderman 500 a year !
1t was not accomplished until after |
every parliamentary point was
brought up 10 stop it, and after an at
tempt was made to submit the ques-
zion 10 the people Of Sheboygan
Benjamin F. Wolf, a merchant at
Clamo, died as the result of injuries
received over a week ago by being
thrown from the platform of the ca
boose Of an Illinois Central freight
train. He was 90 years OF age ne
has been in business at Eland for
fifteen years, and was postmaster
there for long term
Charles SimOnson, foreman OF the
Reichert Construction company, aged
81, was fatally injured at the Kiln
kert brewery, Racine. He was on top
of building assisting in hosting
tanks when the support of the tackle
broke, the rope catching him around
the leg and throwing him off the roof
He fell 60 feet. Physicians say he will
die. He has wife and several child
rem.
Joseph Haberlie of Seyastopol has
agreed to carry the mail pouch be-
tween Marinette and the postoffice at
Graceport for 800 and will probably
be awarded the contract. The con-
tract is sub-let from parties in Iowa
who get s10O.5S and at that rate they
will make but So cents on the deal.
Eastbound car No. 112 on the Ma
tional avenue and Walnut street line
Of the Milwaukee Electric Railway &
Light company ran down and de-
molished buggy occupied by John
Gruber, his wife and 9-year-old daugh-
ter, and all three were seriously in
jured. There is some doubt as to
whether Mrs Gruber can recover
A ball will be given in the Chippewa
Falls Opera house tonight by the di-
rectors Of the public library for the
benefit of that institution. For some
time young society women and young
men have been practicing under pro-
fessor of dancing for cake walk
which is to be feature Of the ball.
Well-known business men will act as
judges.
An incident characteristic of the
spring time in the northern pne re-
gion, occurred near Marinette. A
drunken woodsman coming from camp
terrorized a coach full of people on the
southbound Northwestern train. At
the point of shotgun he made every
body get under the seats. But the
man of the hour was there. He was a
small, quiet man, and his arm was
seen to suddenly shoot out. 1t caught
the big bully on the point of the chin
and laid him prone on the floor. The
gun was then taken away from him
The fellow was put off at Feshtigo.
Pensions: Original, John Dillon,
national home, Milwaukee, IS; Eugene
A. Wilcox, Madison, So; Especial,
March 26) Richard Cleary, national
home, Milwaukee, Sc; Fred Matzke,
De Pere, S12; renewal, Joseph Nutter,
Excelsior, Sc; increase, William s.
Briggs, Kilbourn City, SIG to SIT;
Bird Fields, Neillsville, $12 to $14;
George M. Hoke, Ithaca, $40 to SIT;
Henry Hener, Zittau, Sc to So; Levi
Cox, Ontario, $40 to SIT; reissue and
increase, Levi M. Leroy, Loyal, So to
S. original widows-Sarah Grant,
Elroy, SIP; Otille Huber, North Mil
waukee, So; original (War with SPAIN
Frank A Hundertmark, Clinton
vile, $40.
DR.. A. w. Hornbogen, the physician
who three weeks ago disappeared
from his home in Port Washington
leaving behind a sorrowing wife and a
cloud Of mystery, has not only not
committed suicide in any of the half a
dozen ways which reports have sug-
gested as probable, but is enjoying
the best of health. Moreover he has
been spending a portion Of the time,
at least, in Milwaukee. After nearly
fortnight in Minnesota, Dr. Horn
bogen went to Milwaukee and visited
at the home of Fred Bjorkquist, leav-
ing Thursday for Marquette, Mich,
which, it is said, will be his address
1t was on the second Friday III March
that the doctor left home without the
slightest warning. He left no word
with anyone as to what were his in
wife goodbye. The latter fact, how
ever, is not difficult to explain; for the
doctor has frankly acknowledged to
friends that it was because of failure
tc live happily at home, that he was
led to take the step that he did. For
more than nine years he had tried to
agree with his wife, but the two were
unable to get along amicably together.
The prospects of a settlement of the
chine company, Racine, are not prom
Using. The company, or its representa-
tive, Assistant Supt. PEBBLES, met the
men and said that all should resume
work except three of their number,
and that the company would not take
them back under any consideration;
also, that if they did not return by
Monday the day and night forces
would be doubled up and that night
work would be stopped until suf
ficient number of men can be Sc
cured to operate the departments. The
men said that under no consideration
would they return to work if the
least discrimination was intended. 1t
is believed that the majority of the
men will accept work in other cities.