The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-17
.IaneSViIle.

Wandering along South Main street in
her stocking feet, with her high-heeled
shoes in her hands, finely dressed and
handsome young woman from Madison,
was apprehended by the officers Friday
evening. She refused to reveal her
identity but confessed she had been hav-
ing grand old lark and that the liquor
dispensed in GAINESVILLE was of the right
quality. She said she had taken her
shoes off because they hurt her feet.
Just why she stopped off here instead of
going on to Chicago, which had been her
destination, she was unable to make
plain. The officers committed her to the
lookup over night and released her in
the morning.
The result of the diploma examination
in the first superintendent district of
Rock county, is made public. There
were 81 pupils who took the whole or
part of the examinations. Twenty six
were successful in receiving diplomas.
Miss Nell Roherty of Center, having OBJ
tanned the highest average in the exam
nations is entitled to 500 scholarship
at Grafton hall, Fond du Lac for the
school year. This scholarship is donated
by the above named school to the pupil
obtaining the highest average. Miss
Rohertys average was 91.2 per cent.
Andrew Carlson of Burlington, who
fought with the Iron Brigade in the
civil war, spent night in the GAINESVILLE
Lookup A few weeks ago his son was
taken critically i'll at Minneapolis, and
the father, who is now almost blind as
the result of bullet wound received in
the war, fastened to his bedside. The
boy died and the father was Obliged to
spend the little money he had with him
to pay funeral expenses. He then start
ed back to his Wisconsin home and was
compelled to call on the authorities for
aid at various stopping places. He was
sent to GAINESVILLE from Madison, and
Poor Commissioner Kenyon secured a
railroad ticket for him to Burlington.
Sunday afternoon at one o'clock Hans
Olson was drowned in the river near the
upper icehouse nearly opposite the old
| Victor factory. The unfortunate man
| was 38 years of age and was employed as
| moulder at the GAINESVILLE Machine
| works. Olson and two companions were
proceeding down the river in row boat
when the little steamboat "Columbia
| approached on her trip down stream
from the park. AS the steamer neared
them one of the three sang out: ''Give
us pull DOWN." and Capt. Gehrke, who
| was up forward in the wheel-house
shouted back: "If you can catch usr
He saps that he thought no more of the
incident and had not the remotest idea
that they would attempt to come along
side. When the row boat had over
turned the two companions of Olson
William Dominy and man by the name
of Dewiter, who are also moulders at
the Harris works, succeeded in retaining
their hold on the little craft but the
former who was fisherman in the old
country and had always been regarded
as an exceptional swimmer, struck out
for the west shore and had reached a
point about four rods distant when hor-
rified spectators who had been watching
his progress saw him suddenly sink moi
to rise again. Meanwhile the row boat
and the two men who were clinging to ii
drifted down to a shallow portion of the
river and they were able to regain the
shore.