Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-02


edict will be rendered depriving the
city Of its use
At West Bend Peter Detuncg. an old
and respected business man, died, aged
50 years. He was a native of France.
He leaves two sons, Peter, of Appleton,
Mimi, and Adolph.
The Marathon City bank recently
organized has begun business with
$4,000 capital. DR.. F. B. 41yland and
T. ]. Norris of Stoughton and G. e
Boughton are the proprietors.
At Rice Lake James BrackIin, mayor.
died at Hunters, Hot Springs, Mont.
for which place he left Monday on &C.
count of impaired health. He was
general superintendent for Knapp,
Stout & Co, for 80 years.
At Monroe Frank Royce, who was
Joseph P Schubert, the well-known
Milwaukee real estate man, was arrest
ed on charge of having embezzled
$50 the complainant being Byron A
Morgan. He was placed in Jail. Mr..
Schubert admits a $40 debt.
Joseph Perkins, Sr., who died in
DodgeYllle 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.
At Elkhart Lake, the Firemen's
tournament Of the northwestern Wis
consin association is to be held Aug. ).
The departments from Kiel, New Hol-
stein, Hilbert, Chiffon, EIkhart Lake
and Plymouth will participate.
The body of William Mulligan, an
employe of Courtney's livery at Hart
ford, was found in a 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 a capacity of 2O00,O0O cans each
season.
John SheIliam, Sr., who went from
Platteville 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
PlattevilIe
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 charging it at an outlay of $4,000.
An Overheated journal in the saw
mill of Radford Bros. e Co., at Osh-
kOsh started 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 DamitZ, 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 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. Is and
ride to Chicago on his bicycle to attend
the national enCampment, G. A. r.
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| for New York city. He is So years old
and astonished every one last year by
riding all the way to Philadelphia to
attend the encampment.
Wisconsin pensions granted: Origi-
nal, Edwin N. Andrews, Woodwork,
| So; George X. Curtis, Boscobel, IS;
renewal, Austin S. Beemer, Cataract,
$12; increase, Elisha H. Dean, National
Hone, Milwaukee, $40; Chester C.
Shepard, Woodwork, $14; special,
Helen M. Brown, Columbus, $50;
| minors of Harvey NJ. Brown, Column
bus, $34.
At Sheboygan Falls, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kalk, pioneer residents, cele-
brated their golden wedding. Mr.,
Kalk, who is II, was born in Brandon
burg, Germany, and landed on the old
pier in Sheboygan, July 4, 1878. Mrs.
Kalk, whose maiden name was Pape,
is a native of Hanover, and also came
to Sheboygan in 1848 where they were
married July %, 1850.
The fight over the election of a
superintendent of the public schools
for Racine was settled at a meeting OF
the board of education. George f.
Bell was elected, having resigned IS
principal Of the Garfield school to ac-
cept Prof. EstabrOOk whom Mr.. Bell
succeeds, was elected to the position Of
principal of the Garfield school,
formerly held by Mr.. Bell.
Attorney A. C. Judd of 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, In a second he
was taken out by the superintendent
and construction men. crowd Of
people assembled and riot was feared.
An officer prevented Judd from further
interfering but the pole went in. 1t
is believed that the objection Of Mr..
Judd will again precipitate general
fight.
Mayor German Of Kenosha refuses to
approve the bond offered by 3. J.