Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
All Over the State.

Leon Greenfield, aged II, accidentally
shot and killed himself while hunting
near Greenfield.
John Huff of Milwaukee, aged "a
years. was crushed to death at Sparta
when an electric crane fell on him.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Northwestern limited, running between
Chicago and st. Paul, five miles south of
Madison.
BY a sudden application of air brakes,
a bridge builders car was wrecked at
J~anesville. and both the Northwestern
and Milwaukee roads were blocked for
several hours.
Joseph Ulrich. Jr., of Menasha, is the
youngest butcher in the United States.
Although but s years old, he can dress
a beef with the deftness of an experienced
man, without i~njuring the hide or flesh.
Armory B has been secured for the an
nual show of the Wisconsin State Poul-
try Association. which will be held in
Oshkosh, Jan. 30 to Feb. Z. In connec-
ton with this there is to be a bench
show.
Otto Ratke was shot through the jaw
and probably fatally wounded in Oshkosh
by an unknown italian as the result of
a feud. The police have rounded up
twenty Italians, but have not been able
to pick out the guilty one.
Patrick LAWN, an employee of the
GAINESVILLE beet sugar factory, fell into a
pit of freezing pulp. He struggled for
three hours up to the neck and was near
ly exhausted when rescued. Both hands
were frozen. He is in a critical condi-
ton.
Alexander McCloskey, Democratic can
didate for the Office of county surveyor,
has filed the smallest expense account at
Sparta. An affidavit showing that he
had expended 3 cents for election pur-
poses during the campaign. He used
this sum for postage.
Mrs. \. P. Wilder and children wi
return to California, the older ones t
be placed in school. Mr.. Wilder. writing
to a friend. states that taere are 20 fit
ting school provisions in Hongkong for
q child after it has reached the age of s
years, and that he has NJ ~playmates.
In Ashland Peter Larson, aged 81
years, became a public charge and was
sent to the county poorhouse. He OBJ
jected strenuously to going and before
being placed on the train he sod enough
of his clothing to buy a gun which he
concealed. Then one night he blew out
his brains.
Beloit is proud over the birtl of the
sixteenth child in a family. The parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. John Kessler. Eleven
of their children are living.
District Attorney McGovern at Mil
waukee filed a statement showing that
his election expenses were S16,693, while
those of his defeated opponent we<e SD
252.
Charles Boyce of Milwaukee, employed
upon the interurban line exten sion at
Oconomowoc. was struck by a Milwaukee
road passenger train and probably fatally
hurt. One eye was torn out, several ribs
were broken. and there are intsrnal in
j%uries. When he was found, beth hands
were frozen.
The residence of Elmer Hansen in
Hillsdale was destroyed by fire and Mrs.
Hansen was burned to death in IN heroic
effort TO save her three children. The fire
NdS caused Dy tHe Dreaming " d lanp
which Mrs. Hansen was carrying She
dashed through the flames and rescued
her children and then began carrying out
clothing while her own clothes were still
burning. Mrs. Hansen was finally per-
suaded TO leave the house n walked
several rods to a nearby residence. She
died shortly afterwards.
The City Council of Ashland has nam
ed Jan. 10 as the date on which the tax
payers viii vote on the proposition of
municipal ownership of the lighting plant.