Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
State News i'm Brief,

In a fight between non-union molders
at the Case Threshing machine works in
Racine Samuel Kris was struck with a
clamp iron. 1t is feared his skull is frac-
tured.
Not since 1888 has the Wolf river been
as high as ut present. The Hatten Lum-
Der Company at New London is the heav-
lest loser by the breaking Of boom which
held together hundreds of logs.
John Spear. wealthy bachelor of Will
mot dropped dead in a hotel at the vii
lage. Spear. who was 90 years old re-
Gently came TO the village from the East.
His sole heir is said to be William Spear,
barber.
Rev. Edward s Barkdull, rector of
Christ church. Delayan. at IA special vestry
meeting resigned his charge that he might
accept the office of curate of st. James
Episcopal church in Brooklyn. where DR..
George Thomas Bowling is rector. His
resignation was accepted. Rev Barkdull
came here in September, 1902. from To
Lido Before entering the ministry he
was city editor on the Toledo Blade. He
served as private secretary TO Congress
man Mckinley two years.
John Thrill of Somerset. charged with
practicing as a physician without IL
cenSe. was found not guilty Thrill, known
as the Somerset Doctor" is peculiar
character. His hair was unkempt and he
wears black flannel shirt. His face is
a IniUst Black from the fumes of drugs he
brew, y ." herbs. it is said. He is be-
ing sought by hundreds of sick people.
Thill is a bachelor. As many as 80 pa
tents have visited him on Il single day,
although he lives ten miles from rail-
way station.
The ice in Lake Winnebago has broken
up and cottages and lighthouses have been
damaged along the western shore. causing
a big loss.
Announcements was made by Coach
Koehler of Lawrence university in Apple
ton that in all probability the entire ex-
pense incurred by the visiting teams who
participated in the STATE basket ball tour
nament will be paid by the Lawrence Ath-
letic Association The total receipts of
the three DAYS amount to $500, while the
expense was $500. Lawrence originally
agreed TO pay only the transportation OF
players.
y Jury in the Circuit Court in Keno
sha returned verdict giving John Gems
as administrator of the estate of Vim
cenzo Petracci $1,000 damages agains:
the Kenosha Gas and Electric Company.
Petracci was killed by coming in contact
with a live wire.
The Chicago and Northwestern has
bought the C. c. Beebe farm of 123 acres
near Racine. 1t is said that 5000 per
acre was paid. The Chicago and Milwar-
kee Electric was after the land. A re-.
port is current thar the Chicago and Mi
waukee has made a deal with the Milwau-
kee railway whereby they will enter RAJ
cine over the right of way of that corpo-
ration.
A gang of twenty tramps, who had
been driven out of Prairie du Chen and
boarded freight train for La Crosse.
were met at Grand Crossing by a force
of policemen, who refused TO allow airy
of the party to land
Reuben F. Little. Il resident of Clay
ton since 1866, is dead of heart disease.
He was born in England in 1899 and
came TO Canada in 1853. He enlisted in
the United States regulars in the spring
of 1861 and served in Gen. Thomas di-
visioa Little was the last man to leave
RossviIle Gap in front of Chattanooga
after the battle of Chickamauga He
was wounded at the battle of Horer's
Gap, SMYRNA. and Corinth.