Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-01
State News in Brief.

Within two days Joseph Theusch, a
Kewaskum farmer, has lost ten head of
cattle by death from anthrax.
An unknown deaf and dumb beggar, go
years old, was killed by a Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul train near Beloit.
A 5O-year franchise has been granted
the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light Company by the Burlington City
Council.
Mrs. Theresa Miller has presented to
the st. Roses church the largest organ
in Racine in memory of her husband,
Joseph Miller.
Frank King, leader of a gang of yegge-
men, was convicted at Whitehall of the
burglary of the Pierson hardware store
at Trempealeau in 1904.
Joseph Myers, % years DID, found
guilty of an attack on a 9-year-old girl
at Delavan last June, was sentenced by
Judge Belden to thirty-ive years at hard
labor at Waupun.
\. Haskell Withee of La Crosse has
just disposed of tract of $4,000 acres
of pine lands in Oregon to the Weyer-
hauser syndicate. The price is not an
nounced officially, but is understood to
have been 100000.
kilograms to their parents announced
the marriage in Rockford of Lucien Cary.
aged u years, son of C. P Cary. State
superintendent of schools, and Miss Es-
Their Augusta Stromme, former society re-
porter of the Madison Democrat.
The body of Mrs. Jankoski of Mesaba,
Mimi, was found in the elevator shaft of
the new federal building in Superior in
about five feet of water. The body was
discovered by August Widdon, work
man. Mystery surrounds the case.
By tipping over of wagons on the rail
way track, thus imprisoning two farmers,
Andrew and Ole Bjerg, under the wagon
boxes, trains on the Chicago and North
western road were held up an hour near
Madison till the farmers could be re-
leased.
Thieves cut out the plate glass windows
in the L. III. Dale jewelry store in Ke-
nosha and got away with valuable dia-
monds. The burglary was most daring.
as the jewelry store is located in the most
central part of the city. There is no clew
to the robbers.
With ffty-odd shot in his body, An
thony Jensen, a farmer residing two
miles west of Pleasant Prairie, is still
alive and the police have arrested two
Italians who are in the county Jail charg-
ed with attempted murder. There is no
known reason for the shooting.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company bought lands in Milwaukee
valued approximately at 100000 on
which it will perfect dock facilities in
order to extend cross-lake business as
well as to complete double tracking its
line from Chicago to Milwaukee.
Arthur Wolf was arrested in Waukesha
at the home of his mother on the charge
Of abducting Alma Strohmeyer. aged Is
years, whom he wanted to marry DESPITE
the objections of the girl and her parents.
1t is alleged. The girl was found by the
sheriff and brought to Waukesha.
Mystery surrounds the finding of a pool
of blood in the State university section
Of Madison. The police arrested a ne
gro who says that he shot a burglar
there. The police think there was a razor
affair and an investigation is being made.
The negro, whom the police took in
charge, was not wounded.
Richard Hamilton of Crivitz was held
to the Circuit Court on a charge of man
slaughter for being involved in the killing
at a chariyari of DIR. Conover.
Within 100 feet of where his intimate
friend, William King was killed a few
days ago, J. VI. Gill of Milwaukee.
brakeman on the Milwaukee road, met
death as result of being crushed between
a locomotive and tender in Racine
The large sawmill of the Wisconsin
Timber and Land Company, valued at
S2J,0 600, together with about 100000
worth of lumber in the yards adjoining
the mill, burned to the ground at Mat
toon, fourteen miles south of Amigo.
The GAINESVILLE Council granted a fran
chise to II. H. Clough of Elyria. Ohio.
who proposes to build the Madison-Janes
vile electric line. 1t gives the right to
lay tracks on all streets, provided no 9TH
er companies are thereby excluded. and
provides that the local street railway line
be taken over. The privilege of furnish
ing electricity for light and power also
is given Mr.. Clough.
After spirited balloting Prof C. W.
Trent of Lawrence university was elected
president of the Northeast Wisconsin
Teachers Association. The other officers
are: Vice president, G. H Landgraf.
Marinette; secretary, Miss B. Jones, Osh-
kosh; treasurer, D. C. Gille, Marshield.