Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-05
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

The county board of Dane county voted
to organize under the new highways law.
The Great Northern railroad will erect
plant in Superior for the manufacture
of steel cars.
Christopher Deiganan lost the fingers
of his right hand while operating a corn
shredder near Lake Geneva.
The sum of $4,000 needed to assure
Albany canning factory has been over
subscribed. A factory will be built at
once.
Anton Pastedon, farmer of the town
of Pound, dropped dead while at work.
His remains were found by some of the
workmen.
The Christmas Dinner Club CT Oshkosh
is raising an organization to give dinners
to the poor on Christmas. Last year
600 were fed.
David Wetter of Walworth, while rum
ming a corn shredder, caught his hand and
arm in the rolls. Amputation of the
hand was necessary.
A surprise was created in Chippewa
Falls by the announcement that Miss May
Cameron and Frank 6. Emerson, two
well-known young people. had been Sc
cretly married Jan. ?, 1907.
John Hobscheid, aged IS years, was
accidentally killed while at work in the
Kimberly-Clark mills at Niagara. He
was employed in the pulp room and it is
supposed that he was struck by revolv-
ing shaft.
Efforts are being made at the Osh-
kosh normal school to establish a memo
rial in honor of the late r. Ii. Halsey,
who was president of the school. Among
the plans offered. is an oil painting and
stained glass window for the audto-
rum.
The jury in the Lombard murder case
in Ashland found the defendant, John
Specht, guilty of murder in the second de-
gree Specht was found guilty of muir
dering Boney Lombard. who was found
dead in the forest with a bullet hole
through his body.
1t is learned that the Ringing broth
ers. who recently purchased the majority
of the stock of the Barnum < Bailey cir
Gus and who own the Sells-Forepaugh
show. VIII take the latter circus OH the
road and divide the stock and wagons be-
tween the Barnum show and the hingling
brothers show.
Reuben Hachenberger, aged Is years,
of Beaver Dam. while hunting rabbits
was accidentally shot in the leg the rife
which his elder brother was carrying be
coming discharged accidentally.
Joseph Whitney. aged 55. was found
dead in g barn belonging to Levi cole in
the town of Wkeatland. He was wrap
ped in blanket and is supposed to have
died from the effects of intoxicants.
Jacob Lohn, IS years old. while clean
ing a gun in Appleton was shot in the
stomach and viii probably die. Lohn
was not aware one barrel of the gun was
loaded. and this was accidentally dis
charged.
Burglars stole a 5O0-pound safe from
the Office of the Independent Laundry
Company on the main business street of
Superior. loaded it into the company's
wagon at the back door, drove to a seclud-
ed spot near the bay. and broke it open.
They secured 500 in real money and $50
in cashiers checks.
4 scafTold fell down on a farm at
T-ruax Prairie and six men were hurt.
Some had the ribs broken. One man by
the name of Champion was seriously hurt
internally.
Oswald Herman, a carpenter contrac-
tor in Manitowoc. committed suicide by
using cabolic acid, after an Intellectual
attempt to purchase evolver.