Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-12
BADGER BRIEFS.


feet in one day. Nearly all the hay
marshes are flooded.
At Randolph Owen Williams, Hester
Waterman and Mr.. Glenske were badly
shocked by lightning.
At Sun Prairie George SprengaI had
his hand shattered while firing a
giant firecracker on the Fourth.
Lester Powell Of Pleasant prairie,
near Kenosha, died Of Iockjaw. He
was kicked by a horse weeks ago.
Father Adamer, recently ordained in
Rome, has arrived in Green Bay and
will be given a charge by Bishop Mess
mer.
At Beloit the marriage Of Miss Cert
rude Rosmon to Mr.. Frank Barnett
took place at the home Of the brides
mother.
1t is more than probable that Henry
Hagemeister, the welI-known Green
Bay brewer, will be the republican
candidate for the state senate.
E. B. Brundage, aged 81 years, died
at Grand Rapids Of Bright's disease.
He had been in the newspaper bust
ness since he was 10 years of age.
Racine retail clerks will ask the mer-
chants in all lines to close their
stores three nights in the week for all
but eight months in the year.
At Tomah Mrs. Johanna Lorigan,
died at the home of her son-in-Iaw,
Adam Smith. She was Y years of age
having been born in Ireland in 1928.
The 13-year-old son of Otto Liebe OF
Greenbush, near Plymouth, was killed
by a tree falling upon him. 1t is
thought that the boy had gone under
the tree for shelter from a shower.
At the republican county conven-
ton at Shawano resolutions were
adopted favoring W. Humphrey for
the state senate, and instructing the
twelve delegates for La Toilette.
The death Of Mrs. Martha Chilsou
occurred at the home of her son,
Charles ChilsOn, in Waukesha. She
was 20 years Of age and arrived in
Waukesha from Michigan but a short
time ago with the intention of making
Q6r nome Win n6r son.
The Case Threshing Machine com
pany has filed papers of incorporation
to erect a $4,000 plant in Racine. The
incOrporators are G. n. Prentiss, John
B. Benson and Frank M. Taylor. The
corporation will be known as the
Racine Iron & Steel company, and will
manufacture boilers.
Caucuses were held in the first as
sembly district of Sheboygan county
and delegates were chosen who will
select La Toilette delegation for the
state convention. Caucuses were also
held in the second and third districts.
A solid La Toilette delegation will go
to the convention from the city OF
Sheboygan.
Negotiations which have been pend
ing for a settlement of the Emmeline
NJ. Ludington suit in Milwaukee
against the executors of the Harrison
Ludington estate to secure a larger
portion for Mrs. Ludington, have been
dropped, and Mrs. Ludington is now
perfecting an appeal from Judge Lud-
wigs judgment for the defendants
The republican county convention
to elect delegates to the state, congress
sionaI, senatorial and assembly con-
ventions was held at Phillips. Dele
gates to the state convention are for
La Toilette; congressional for Webster
E. Brown; senatorial for D. E. Rior-
dan, and assembly for Nathan E.
Lane. The convention also passed the
following: "Resolved, further that we
express our regret at the decision Of
Senator John c. Spooner not to be a
candidate for reelection, and hope that
he will reconsider his determination !"
Hugo Liebner, a well-known German
business man and old settler of Mil
waukee, is dead He was born in Ger
many 81 years ago, and came to Mil
waukee when 16 years old. For sew
eral years he followed the trade of a
brewer, and became the owner of
breweries in Sheboygan Falls and
Franklin. After that he kept a gen.
eral store in Johnsonville where he
was appointed postmaster, and for the
last twenty years he lived in Milwau-
kee, having finally settled down in the
commission business. He leaves a
widow and six children.