Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-11


its contents was burned, with about
$1,000 damages.
At Eau Claire, an The case of San
some against Or. James M. Mobile,
pending for some time, Judge O'Neill
granted a motion for non-suii. The
plaintiff has sued for alleged neglect
of his wife by the physician who is a
well-known professional man and po-
litical leader.
At Two Rivers Mrs. Valentine Roll
Ter committed suicide by drowning,
taking with her her 2-year-old daugh-
ter. The bodies were recovered. The
cause is attributed to constant wor-
rying because her husband intended to
take up farming, to which she had a
decided aversion.
The school house at Amherst juno
ton was badly wrecked by lightning.
The front was almost demolished and
the windows were shattered. School
was in session at the time, and there
were about thirty-fve pupils in the
building. Two small boys were badly
stunned, but not seriously injured.
A plan is on foot to build a fine
summer hotel to cost $4,000 in Esca-
naba. Mr.. Forbes, representing a firm
of Detroit capitalists, offers to put $780,
600 into the project if the business
men donate size and raise a bonus
of $4,000. The now hotel will have
220 rooms and all modern convent
ences.
At Kaukauna Game Warden Lucas
of Fond du Lac got on the track of a
fine haul of fish, netted by Lake Win
nebago fishermen, and after a long and
exciting chase, succeeded in capturing
the whole shipment while in transit
from Oshkosh to Green Bay. The
whole consignment weighed 2,45O
pounds.
Lightning struck the Birnamwood
high school building and Principal M.
P .Cady was knocked down and rem
dered unconscious, but not seriously
injured. The roof and belfry were
badly splintered and large amount
of plastering torn from the walls. This
is the second time the school house
has ben struck.
At Durand the republican county
convention nominated for sheriff H. z
Austin; county clerk, John Dorwin;
treasurer, Albert Andersen; clerk of
court, H. A. Miles; register of deeds,
III. Anderson; superintendent of
schools, Mary Olson; county attorney,
w. e. Plummer; surveyor, G.. A. Nc
Clifton; coroner, F. J. Gobar.
The anniversary of the educational
and twentieth century movement of
the Methodist church for the purpose
of raising $5,O00,000 for Methodist
colleges and missionary schools was
celebrated. Bishop Mallalieu of Bos-
ton presided at the sessions of the con-
ference, and conducted pentacostal
services. an innovation in Wisconsin
Methodism.
The Waucedah hotel at Waucedah,
Mich, was burned and another build
ing near it partially destroyed. The
total loss was $4,000, with no insur-
ance. The fire was set by thieves
who stole $120 from the saloon and
attempted to burglarize the store. The
hotel was one of the old landmarks of
the Menominee range, having been
built in 1870.
The republicans of Iron county nom
mated the following ticket: County
clerk, Willard d. Tyler; treasurer.
Charles H. Williams; sheriff, William
H. Lucia; coroner, Dr. Andrew Wren;
clerk of court, Andrew r. Hill; dis
trict attorney, George G. Foster; reg
lister of deeds, Richard Roberts; sur
veyor, James Quest; superintendent of
schools, Alba l.. Ruggles.
Oshkosh was to a large extent sub
merged by the recent rain. The prop
erty damage is considerable. All the
cellars upon lower Main street were
flooded and the loss will reach thous-
ands of dollars. The normal school
and the Frentz school were struck by
lightning. The damage to the build
ings was slight. The sub-station on
the inter-urban road between the city
and Neenah was disabled and in many
parts of the city sidewalks AMI out
houses were fioated Off