Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-01
State News in Brief.

1t is probable that Chippewa Falls
will get the new State fish hatchery.
1t is reported that lead, silver and gold
are being found by prospectors in Spring
vale.
A Northwestern freight train was
wrecked eleven miles west of Almond.
No lives were lost.
Albert Tuebert, proprietor of the st.
Charles hotel in GAINESVILLE, was sentenc-
ed to ten days in Jail for slapping his
wife,
Nearly every male resident of Lafay-
cite has been out searching for Clarence
Worth, who left home and wandered into
the woods.
The mill dam at Dalmoral was COM
pletely swept away, as was also the mill
dam at Excelsior. The loss at each place
is estimated at $4,000.
Edward Borgeson, a boat builder of
OconOmowoc, was drowned while bathing.
Borgeson designed many of the boats in
the fleet of the OconomoWoc Yacht Club.
As a result of drinking a small guam
tity of gasoline used for cleaning pur-
poses, George, aged p years, son of Mrs.
Z. Frigy of Fort Wayne, Ind, who are
visiting at the home of Fadlow Frigy
in Appleton, died in terrible agony.
All the bridges between Muscoda and
Sylban Corners, a distance of twenty
five miles, have been swept down the
river. The dixie road along the Wiscon-
sin river across from Muscoda has been
submerged and a portion of it has been
completely wiped out.
The Chippewa river occupies at this
time the unique position of being the
only river in the State that has suffered
this spring and summer from lack of rain
water supply. The drives of logs which
should have reached Chippewa Falls a
month ago may not be able to get there
at all this season.
Fred kattrech, a farmer living at Lib
erty, is dead from lockjaw, resulting from
an injury received in a fall from his
wagon. Kattrech, while en- route from
Manitowoc, was thrown from his wagon,
striking on his head on the tire of the
wheel and receiving what was thought to
be a minor injury. Blood poisoning set
in.
Officials of the Wisconsin and Michi-
gan railroad deny emphatically the report
that the road had been bought up by
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul. 1t
is admitted that mutual accommodation
have been made between the two roads,
by which the Milwaukee road can get
into Norway and have access to the iron
mines.
Some of the lawyers about the capital
in looking over the stocks and bonds bill
which was enacted during the closing
hours of the Legislature are surprised to
find that it applies to private corporations
as we'll as to public service corporations
and express the view that this will lead
to considerable annoyance and possibly
to endless litigation for the small con-
Germs which daily file articles of \ ocor-
poration with the Secretary of STAT
An appeal to the Supreme Court will
be taken by Mary Salchert of Fond du
Lac, who secured a judgment of $1,000
against w. G. Reinig, for alleged breach
of promise. Miss Salchert sued for $780,
900, aud it is to recover the additional
$4,000 tLst the appeal has been taken.
William Paske. better known as Jack
the-Squirter, was captured by the police
during band concert at Fountain Park,
in Sheboygan. For some time past he
has been annoying ladies by squirting the
contents of a gun filed with liquids into
their faces. He was finally captured in
the act
Superintendent Philbin, at Superior,
received a delegation of the Allouez ore
dock strikers and told them their demands
for increased wages would not be granted.
While seated on the lawn in front Of
his residence at North Fond du Lac,
Charles E. Dougherty, an engineer on the
Northwestern railroad, died as the re-
suit of a stroke of apoplexy. He was 4S
years of age.
The 9-months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Barney of the town of Lafayette
was scalded to death by falling into YES
sci of boiling water which its mother had
placed nearby. while she went into the
yard to do some work.
The lives of several trainmen and boat
hands were put in peril when a freight
train of six cars was backed into the
government canal at Kaukauna. One Of
the brakemen was seated on the last of
the cars. and did not see that the bridge
had turned to allow the passage Of the
boat Marston. The captain Of the boat
saw the danger and = I on more steam,
getting the craft through the lock just
before one of the freight cars tunbled
into the canal
The discovery of large quantity OF til
at Charley's bluff, Lake Koshkonong, has
led to a boom in mining and several par
ties have begun work IN the immediate