Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-11-22
STATE NEWS NOTES.

MENOMONIE-Wor has been begun on
the new armory for Co. II, w. n. q. The
siz" is GOX9O feet and the cost will be
5000.
MENOMONIE-OIe Stevens, farmer
north of this city, who was gored 10y a
bull in September, is dead from the effects
of the injury.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-Arthur Ferguson, =
years old, received the contents Of a pot
of boiling coffee over his body and was
sralded to death.
RACINE--Lars Anderson who was in
jurcd by an elevator while working for the
Horlick Matted MIX company, was given
a Judgment for $500 by jury.
TURTLE LAkE-The 3-ycaroId son ana
the 2-year-old daughter Of Henry Null Il
farmer, wandering OH the ice at Turtle
lake, broke through and drowned.
LAKE GENEyA-LThe Lake Geneva Car
dcners' association has completed its third
annual chrysanth"mum show. over 10
competitive specimens were entered.
SUPEROR-The building committee OF
normal school regents has awarded the gen
cral contract for the normal school add
ton to Sedlochek & Anderson. The price is
$44. 800.
EAU CLAIRE-District Attorney Arnold
disagrees with the attorney general ana
holds the law relating to the selection by
the county board OF highway commission
er as not mandatory.
WAUPACA-Farmcrs in this section are
afraid that the long dry and recent cold
spells will kill the fall grains and clover as
there is no moisture around the roots TO
keep tDtm from lTteIluS.
GAINESVILLE - Alfred Lohrmann, IA
gears old, slid down pile Of bcets lyin..
beside the Northwestern spur track in he
sugar factory yards as a tram was pass
ing Saturday and was killed.
NEILLSVILLE-John Rank, who it Is al
legged enticed a girl to leave her home, was
arrested at McDiu by Sheriff Sol Joseph
and his deputy, J. II. Welsh, and not by
Marshfeld officers at Plover. as stated.
SPRING GREEN-Aftcr a separation or
about thirty years, Mrs. J. $ SIausOn OF
this village and Robert Curlpss Of Boaz,
Rchland county, found that they are broth
and sister, and were reunited here.
LA CROSSE-Applicatio has been made
to Chairman Manson and hall and other
Inducements have been offered by La Crosse
in an effort to secure the meeting OF the
Democratic state convention to be held in
February.
LA CROSSE-Bringing n medal which he
Won for shooting Finch gun the longest
distance into the ocean, MOrrIcc Blanchard
has returned to his home after serving
three years III the coast artillery at san
Francisco.
GREEN BAY-AIr ana Mrs Jacob Beth
Saturday celebrated their golden wedding
and birthday anniversary, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles LauS, the latter daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Beth, residents Of Chicago,
celebrated their silver wedding.
MADISON-State Insurance Commissioner
Beedle has received from the printer the
first copies of his annual report. The re-
port shows that there are 100 life insurance
companies, associations and societies oper-
ating in the state, which have 541, 1926 policy
holders and $J31, 131 800 Of insurance IN
force.
at the University of Wisconsin, authorized
by the last Legislature, has begun its first
semester's work. Twentyfour students
have enrolled and forty more registered
for the premedical courses These will
take work under a faculty of twenty-one
professors.