Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

CHARLES Vance, 3 years old, son of
County Treasurer Vance, was accidentally
killed at Seymour while hunting with
some other boys.
Mrs. Frank Weber, aged 70 years. one
OF the pioneer residents of Racine county.
vas struck by a milk train west of Corliss
and fatally hurt
Right Rev. Bishop Schwebach of La
Crosse has appointed j. w. Ritz pastor
of st. Charles Borremeo's Catholic church
IN Chippewa Falls
Measure designed to close all drinking
places of the city after u o'clock mid
night has been introduced in the city
council of Milwaukee.
A $4,000 new brick church edifce was
dedicated in the town of Freedom by the
St Paul Evangelical Lutheran congrega-
ton, the Rev. Dettman, pastor.
Mrs. Elizabeth Worthington. a pioneer
of the county, residing in Manitowoc
since 1858, died at the age of 80 years.
A family of ten children survive her.
Mrs. William Matzke, wife of a bust
ness man, died in Eau Claire. at the age
of 81 years. Her shroud had been pre-
pared for over a year, and last summer
her husband dug her grave in Forest
| Home cemetery.
Chief of the Fire Department Thomas
| Clancy of Milwaukee was acquitted of a
| charge of perjury after long jury trial
| The case referred to his testimony in a
grand jury investigation of legislative
matters in 1905.
The police of Kenosha and Racine are
| looking for five Italian railroad laborers
| who waylaid a section foreman of their
| own nationality in his shanty on the
| Brearley farm near Berryville They Sc
| cured shotgun and 500.
George Handler of Merrill, who is serv-
| ing a life sentence in the State prison
| for murder, has been pardoned by Gov
| Davidson. He was convicted on Jan. 2,
| 1890, and hence has served nearly eigh-
| teen years, which is equivalent to nearly
| twenty-five years.
The Morgan company of Oshkosh, man
ufacturers of sash and doors, will make
$4,000 Improvement in their plant dur
| ing the annual close down at the first
| of January. The company will install
three new DOllefS, a I,fOU-nOrSe power en-
| CINE and a heater.
Frank L. Phillips and George Nelson
| were arrested in Kenosha on charges of
| burglary. They are alleged to have en-
tered the grocery store of H. W. Schmidt
ar the outskirts of the city at midnight
| and made big haul of goods which were
| secreted under the floor of a saloon in the
| neighborhood
| Arrested upon the charge of having
committed a number of petty burglaries
in Oshkosh. Joseph Welsh, 10 years old
Roman Skupin, 16 years old; Albert Stra-
men, aged A. and Peter Auler, aged II
years. have confessed and large number
| of articles have been recovered which
they took recently from the roller rink,
a billiard hall and a bicycle shop.
Rev. A. f. Bryne, pastor of the Catho-
| lie church at Stanley, has advised his con-
gregation not to uncover their heads when
attending funerals in the open. He be-
| lieves that this ancient custom has caused
| a large number of deaths in the past. Rev
Byrne will soon leave for New York,
| from which place he will sail Jan. 6 for
the Holy lands, to spend few months.
William Stelter fell down the cellar
stairs in the home of his daughter. Mrs.
! Philip Otto. at Bloomer, and was fatally
| injured, death resulting few hours after
wards His head struck against the eel
lar floor. causing conclusion of the brain.
! He was 90 years of age.
| Congressman John NJ Nelson has mott
| fed the local authorities that he has Sc
cured a cannon for the city to be placed
| in the courthouse park at Jefferson. 1t
| is understood that Congressman Nelson
has several other cannon at his disposal
and intended for cities in his congressional
| district.
The Wilson house. the oldest hotel in
| Osceola and one of the early landmarks
of the upper st. Croix valley, as totally
| destroyed by fire. The hotter was built
in 1857. and owned by George Wilson
and occupied by J. C. Lowry. All guests
saved personal belongings. The loss is
5000. with $1,000 insurance.
w f. Ohde, a newspaper man of Mani
towoc, may secure a legacy from relatives
| in Germany. having been notified that
his grandfather died in Europe only re-
| Gently Mr.. Ohde has been advised by
the German consul at Milwaukee that the
estate is valued at 10000 marks and he
will take steps to prove his claim.
Carl Mcdonald, - years old, was bad
" burned at a Santa Claus entertainment
in one of the rural schools near Marinette.
He was dressed as Santa and his beard
ignited from candles on the tree and soon
he was a mass of flames. The children
rushed panic-stricken to the door and old
er persons present rescued the lad. He
was badly burned about the face and body
and his right hand was burned to the
bone He viii recover. The children all
escaped uninjured.
Newspaper dispatches bring the news
of the marriage at Santa Fe of Miss Al
vina Boettcher, former Manitowoc girl,
and H. 1. Ortiz, leading attorney Of
| that city.