Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
State items IN Brief.

tHPHltNA fAI-LS-N hen Mr.. and Mrs.
Dominic darcotta awoke at their home in
Spooner they smpled coal gas, and hurrying
to the cradle found that their 3 months old
twins had expired during the night.
LA CROSSE-The Citizens State bank
has elected the following officers: Pres1-
dent. IL b. DAZZLE, Mount Horeb; vice pres
ident, II. e. Strand, La Crosse; cashier,
Thomas 5. Thompson, La Crosse.
LAKE GENEVA-The stockholders of the
First National bank reelected the old direc-
i iti and l., L. A. Nichols Alvin E. Tyler
MADISON-George Nj. Ferris private sec
rotary to the late Chief Justice Cassoday,
left for Elkhorn where he will join j. A.
Page and open a law Office under the firm
name of Page Il Ferris.
MENOMONIE-Post O. X Ranum
of townsville, south of Menomonie, was
robbed of $3.50 in cash and valuable papers.
money and valuable from his private desk.
GRAND RAPIDS-The Grand Rapids
Brewing company at its annual meeting
elected the old board of directors, with the
exception of A. Z. Hlrzy. August Kemp
fert of Biron was elected to succeed MT.
Hirzy.
KENOSHA-Edward c. Alleman, chair
man of the Republican city committee mas
issued a call for a convention next Friday
evening at which it is planned to suggest
nominees for the various city Offices to be
voted for at the coming primary election.
JEFFERSON-At the annual meeting or
the stockholders of the Wisconsin Manufac-
turing company Of this city, the following
officers We're elected: President, Emil Stop
penbach; vice president, Edward Mueller;
secretary and treasurer, Lewis NJ. Smith.
JEFFERSON-Owing to the lack of uni
formity as to rates and because of certain
dissatisfaction existing among policy hold
ers, the local board of fire insurance under
writer's have decided to have the city re-
rated.
FREDERIC-Winiam J. Starr has been
elected president of the First National bank
other A
c. A Carlson, vice presidents; Louis A.
Copeland, cashier, and j. LIE Roy Elwell,
assistant cashier.
APPLETON-Robert Barnes of Menasha
Will represent Lawrence university In the
contest at Madison next Monday for the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship, which entities
the winner to a two years course at Ok
ford university.
JEFFERSON-George Friesch, the 14-year-
old son of John Friesch, who Is connected
here, nearly drowned in Rock river. While
skating near the wooden mill dam the Ice
suddenly gave way.
OSHKOSH-Florian Lampert, merchant
of this city, former sheriff and member of
the Republican state central committee, Is a
candidate for delegate from the Eighth
district to the national convention and his
papers are being circulated.
KENOSHA-The secretary of the state
railroad commission has notified Mayor Cor
man that the hearing of the complaint
against the Kenosha Gas and Electric COM
pany had been postponed indefinitely pend
ing an examination of the books Of the COM
pany.
MADISON-The Farmers bank of Cuba
City, which has been operating under the
supervision of State Banking Commissioner
NJ. c. Bergh some weeks, will next week re-
sumo business as before the commissioner
took charge of it. 1t has been reorganlzed
and new stockholders have been taken in
SHAWANO-The First National bank
at its annual meeting reelected the old d.
rectors and elected two additional ones
Joseph Black of this city and August Spies
Of Menominee, Mich. The bank declared a
per cent dividend, and now has $1S,oD
MADISON-The State bank of Cuba City
which was some months ago taken in charge
by Commissioner of Banking NJ. c. Bergh
on account of the impairment of the ap
prevail of the commissioner, has been placed
in a condition entirely in accordance with
the laws and is entitled to resume business.
DELAFAN-The state board of control
and e. W. Walker, superintendent of the
Wisconsin School for the Deaf, have ap-
proved of the plans for the new $1,000 girls
dormitory. and bids will be advertised for
in a few days. Rowland Russell of Milwau-
kee is the architect.
RACINE-Rev. J. F. Boerger of St. Johns
died at Eau Claire recently. and whose age
was stated at 100 years, was really 1l3
years old
SHAWANO-The German-American Ma
tiOnal bank al its annual meeting reelected
the old directors. l. j: Weeks, bookkeeper,
was promoted to assistant cashier. The
bank added 5000 10 its surplus and de-
clared a per cent dividend.
LA CROSSE-At q meeting of JOINT com
mittees of the Saengprfest association board
of trade. and the trades and labor council.
it was definitely decided TO erect a perma-
ncnt auditorium building in La Crosse. in
spite Of the recent proceedings by which
the erection of such j building by the city
was enjoined.
KENOSuA-The police department has
received = letter from John 2. Rafferty, OF
New ! Grk, asking for facts in regard to the
death OF John Cash, who drowned IL the 10
cal harhor late in December Cash. twenty
years ago, was the champion middIeweight
pugilist of New York, and was ii favOrlte
with Billy Auldoon, John l. Sullivan, Rich
ard X. Fox. 1t is the intention of Rafferty,
to have Cash's remains shipped to New
York city for tnJerment, where his widow
resides.
APPLETOE-OwiDg to the unusually rkd
winter in th:s vicinity, Chicago is laole
next summer TO experience one of the worst
ice famjues ever known there said George
Schrage, representative of one Of the large
ice companies Of The Windy City while n
Appleton. He declared that unless winter
weather occurs during the next two weeks,
several hundred ncn will be placed at work
on Lake WinucDu-o 20. and 10 less than 40
carloads OF ice VII he cut and shlrPGd to
Chicago.