Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
All Over the State,

burlington passenger tram at ottawa.
Robbers robbed the postoffice at Flam-
beau, blowing open the safe and secur-
ing so. but leaving $50 in stamps. The
| front of the building was blown out.
In accordance with orders issued by
AdJutant General Boardman, the militia
of this State will hereafter be organized
on the same basis as the United States
| army.
| Miss Mary ROBBINS of Whitewater,
aged 16, died from burns received from
the explosion of gasoline tank A leak
in the supply tank is thought to have
caused the explosion.
! In Marinette the corner stone of the
new Masonic Temple was laid by Senator
Spencer NJ. Marsh, grand master. assisted
by j. E. Durgin, deputy arand master,
and local members of the order.
The Northwestern railroad will have to
pay taxes on the property acquired for
its Sheboygan belt line, according to a
decision by the State tax commission. The
city has assessed the property at So, OO0-
a. G. Hausman, aged 20 years, and
Margaret Z. A. Bundy, aged 81, were
married second time in Mount Vernon.
because when they secured marriage IL
| cense in Coles county eleven years ago
| they took it to another county, where they
wed.
James c. Dowse, aged 90 years, tho
second oldest resident of Kenosha county
and one of the oldest residents in that
part of the State, died at his home at
| Dexter's Corners. Mr.. Dowse was a ma
| tive of England and came to Kenosha
county in 1887.
Farmers of Winnebago county report
| that the apple crop is going to be short
| this year. The quality is good, bat this
| Is an off year, they say. Crab apples are
also very scarce and the farmers ara
afraid that the early frosts will put a
crimp in the corn crop.
Dean Russell of the Wisconsin Agri-
cultural college and Prof. Smith of the
Department of Agriculture, who visited
the experimental stations of the State in
this section, give as their advice to the
| farmers on the light type of soil in north
ern Wisconsin, plant clover
Walter NJ. Britain, president of bank
| at Beloit, was probably fatally injured,
| and his wife and Mrs Fred NJ. Strong
were seriously injured by their touring
car falling over a twenty-fve-foot en-
bankment. Fred NJ. Strong, also bank
president, escaped by jumping.
| Katherine Bones, aged 20, North
western university graduate, shot and
killed herself with Winchester rife
at her home just outside Racine. She
was the daughter of Ben r. Bones, rep
resentative of the Smithsonian institute
at Washington, D. G. There is no known
motive for the suicide. Miss Bones had
| recently returned from Alaska.
Joseph Billy, a farmer living at Men
thalsville, committed suicide by blowing
off the top of his head with a double
barrel gun. Billy, who is 80 years of age,
entered the house, calmly informed his
wife of his intention, secured the gun
and ended his life just before Mrs. Billy
| reached the door in her attempt to inter-
| fere He leaves a wife and one child.
Miss Ella Bardash, young woman en-
ployed at the Hudson sanitarium, narrow
| ly escaped death. She was working in
the laundry when her hair got caught by
shafting, lifting her from the floor and
| loosening the lining which holds the scalp
to the skull. DR.. Bradford, owner of the
sanitarium, happened to be in the room,
and stopped the machinery in time to pre-
vent what would have been a fatal acct
| dent.
Stephen G. Kettner, a Manitowoc man,
now a resident of Rhinelander, was made
independently rich by sale of patent on
/ II It'll l, ho,
contaminated. Kettner invented the guard
after he had several cattle killed on his
farm and so successful was the device
that he has disposed of it to the North
western Investment Company of Kalama-
zoo, Mich, which will exploit and market
the invention. Kettner is said to have
received the sum of $4,000 in cash.
There is no truth in the report sent
out from Albany that the Black Hawk
Mill Company had asked financial assist
ance from the city. The report stated
that the company would ask the city to
| purchase the real estate upon which the
mills stand, valued at $4,000. Fred III.
Wendell, secretary of the company, and
| G. NJ Burke, superintendent of the mills,
say there is absolutely no truth in the
| story. Lie HILLS were SHUT uOWu IcCeuIlJ
on account of a lack of raw material.
John Kody, aged %, a fireman, and
| August Miller, aged 30, a deckhand, lost
| their lives when the steamer Ii. A. Root
| suddenly turned turtle while lying at the
| dock in Kenosha and went to the bottom
| in fifteen feet of water. The other FIVE
| men of the crew succeeded in reaching
shore. All were asleep in their berths
when the accident happened. The Root
had been used in carrying sand and was
| loaded at the time of the accident. 1t is
supposed the cargo became shifted to one
side by the swells of a passing vessel.
Mrs. Addie Thomas of Paris has
brought suit for divorce from Calvin
Thomas, alleging he had deceived her into
believing she was marrying his twin
brother, Alvin, whom he closely resem-
bles.
Thursday night as the closing festivi-
ties of a two days celebration of the
dedication of a park given to the village
by the local fire department were being
enjoyed the business part Of Waterloo was
almost swept away by fire. The fire start
ed in the hotel. The flames extended TO
adjoining buildings, causing a total loss
of about $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Malin, wealthy La Crosse
widow, accused of the murder of her
brother-in-law by poisoning, and who has
been in the Viroqua county jail two weeks
awaiting examination, was discharged at
the conclusion of the preliminary hear
ing. The court found that there was not
sufficient evidence TO bind over the wom-
an for trial. The victim, Carl Schmidt,
a blind man, died from carbolic acid poi
soning at Genoa, Aug. 81, and it was
charged by the State that Mrs Malin had
administered poison TO him in order to
get rid of him and to bring her sister to
live in luxury at the Malin home in La
Crosse.
Gilbert Shick of Deronda was shot and
killed by Andrew Peterson, his neighbor,
as Schick and his son, John, were re-
turning from Anery, where they had
been doing some trading. 1t seems that
there had been trouble all summer be-
tween the two farmers Schick leaves a.