Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-02

Schubert admits $50 debt.
At Elkhart Lake, the Firemen's
tournament of the northwestern Wis
eonsin association is to be held Aug. ..
The departments from kiei, New Hol-
stein, Hilbert, Chiffon, Elkhart Lake
and Plymouth will participate.
Joseph Perkins, ST., who died in
Dodgeville at the advanced age of SO
years. was the head of perhaps the
largest family in Iowa county, the
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren numbering about 100.
charged with assault with intent to
kill as result of disturbance caused
by him at his home, was sentenced to
two years at Waupun. He assaulted
his brother-in-law, sister and mother.
The body of William Mulligan, an
employe of Courtney's livery at Hart
ford, was found in terribly mangled
condition on the railroad track. Null
ligan was trying to board a freight
train. He leaves relatives in Mil
waukee.
Kewaunee will soon have another
pea cannery. The w. Leigh company,
proprietors of the Touring mills and
also extensive grain shippers, are back
of the movement. The cannery will
have capacity of 100000 cans each
season.
John Shelliam, Sr., who went from
Plattevllle to Amazonia, Mo-, to
identify the bodies of the two young
men murdered there, says that one OF
the murdered men is his son Guy and
the other is Henry Speth, also of
Platteville.
The cornerstone of the Assembly
Presbyterian church at Beaver Dam
was laid. The church was founded
in 1858. The first building was erected
in 1859. The present improvements
consist of rebuilding the old church
and enlarging it at an outlay of $4,000.
An overheated journal in the saw
mill of Radford Bros. & Co., at Osh-
kosh started a fire that burned the mill.
Several piles of lumber were burned.
At one time the factory of the Rad
ford company was in danger. The fire
did not get into the main lumber yard
of the company. The loss is $25, 900, in
surance $4,000
Ferdinand Damftz, a farmer living
three miles from Grand Rapids, was
killed by being impaled on a sharp
stake of hay rack. He had finished
unloading and jumped from the second
story of his barn to a hay rack. He
slipped and fell forward on the stake.
He was 60 years old and leaves a wife
and five children.
J. A. Rape, the veteran of three
wars, will leave Marinette Aug. 10 and
ride to Chicago on his bicycle to attend
the national encamrment, G. A. r.
Afterward he will ieave on his wheel
for New York city He is IS years old
and astonished every one last year by
riding all the way to Philadelphia to
attend the encampment.
Wisconsin pensions granted Orlgi-
nal, Edwin N. Andrews, Woodwork
So; George X. Curtis, Boscobel, So;
renewal, Austin S. Beemer, Cataract,
$12; increase, Elisha H. Dean National
Home, Milwaukee, $40; Chester c.
Shepard, Woodwork, $14; special,
Helen NJ Brown, Columbus, $50;
minors of Harvey NJ. Brown, Column
bus, S34.
At Sheboygan Falls, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kalk, pioneer residents, cele-
DRAFTED their golden wedding. Mr..
Kalk, who is II, was born in Brandon
burg, Germany, and landed on the old
pier in Sheboygan, July 4, 1S4S. Mrs.
Kalk, whose maiden name was Pape,
is native of Hanover, and also came
to Sheboygan in 1S48 where they were
married July 25, 1850.
The fight over the election of
superintendent Of the public schools
for Racine was settled at meeting of
the board of education. George f.
Bell was elected, having resigned as
principal of the Garfield school to ac-
ce. =. Prof. Estabrook whom Mr.. Bell
succeeds, was elected to the position Of
principal of the Garfield school,
formerly held by Mr.. Sell.
Attorney A. G. Jud, taf Racine at
tempted to prevent the Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway & Light company from
setting an electric light pole adjoining
his property. When the hole was dug
Judd leaped into It, I'M second he
was taken out by the Superintendent
and construction men. A crowd Of
people assembled and riot was feared
An officer prevented Judd from further
interfering but the pole went in. It
is believed that the objection of Mr..
Judd will again precipitate a general
fight.
Mayor German Of Kenosha refuses to
approve the bond offered by b. J.
Arnold on behalf of Haynes and
Clauson indemnifying the city for the
requirements of the franchise of the
street railway. He objects on the
ground that he considers the ordinance
requires a guarantee company instead
Of an individual; although it is UNDER
stood that City Attorney Slater con-
siders the interests of the city as fully