Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
WITHIN OUR BORDERS


volver upon himself, died from his wound.
Barns on the Holt stock farm. near
kenosha. were burned and one man is
thought to have persisted in the flames.
Loss $4,000.
Rev. H. X. Meussa, pastor of st. Johns
Lutheran church, Burlington, has accept
ed position on the faculty of Northwest
ern university, WATERFOWL.
Major Bracket of the Treasury De
partment at Washington, D. c., has in
spected the various sites for the federal
building to be erected in Menom0nie.
State Forester E. NJ. Griffith and his
assistants held a conference with the en-
ployeS of the Omaha road to discuss ways
and means of preventing the spread of
forest fires.
a complete manual training course and
domestic science course with a special
course for teachers are new features of
the work at the North Side school in
Manitowoc this year.
Evidently facing starvation. a we'll
dressed man, 40 years of age. committed
suicide beside the Kenosha river. lust
north of Kenosha. The man is thought
to have been an actor.
Vandals wrecked a valuable brick ma
chine at the yards of the S. Bertler Sons
Company in Manitowoc, by placing two
large stones in the machine. One side of
the machine was torn out
Martin Verhoeven was killed at the
furniture plant of R. Brand & Son in
Oshkosh. He was caught in the elevator
and his skull was crushed. He has a
family.
The vessel w. B. Kerr was nearly cut
in two by the Buffalo in the harbor at
Superior. In attempting to make quick
turn the Buffalo rammed its nose into
the forward end of the Kerr.
The body of August Hartman of Mon
roe was found with the head shot partly
off in the woods south of there A shot
gun was found beside the body. Hartman
had been missing three weeks.
Henry L. Jones, son of David G. Jones
of Racine, has been appointed secretary
of the American embassy at Rio Janeiro,
having been promoted from secretary of
the American legation at Chile.
Gov. Davidson has pardoned Earl
Smith, a Kentucky negro, who was SEN
fenced to five years in Waupun from
Walworth county in July, 1906, for burg
larry. The convict is dying of consump-
ton.
In a runaway Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Hagerman were thrown from a buggy
and dragged nearly a block in Racine
Both were bruised and injured internally
The horse became frightened at the tents
of street show
A new Roman Catholic church has been
dedicated at Rock Falls. Bishop Schwe-
bach of La Crosse, assisted by Rev. Faith
ers Dunno of Eau Claire, Whiteman of
Durand and O'Connor of Mondovi con-
Quoted the services.
The J. l. Case Threshing Machine Com
pany is installing a complete sprinkling
system throughout it's entire monster
plant in Racine, and as a result the com
pany will reduce its insurance several
thousands of dollars.
Just as he was about to rise from the
table after eating a hearty meal, John
Olson, aged Ga years, and one of the best
known residents of the north side of La
Crosse, dropped to the floor dead from an
attack of heart disease
Prof Morrisey of st. Francis and Miss
Catherine Kenan of Whitewater were
married at st. Patrick's church in White
water by Rev. Thomas Pierce, a lifelong
friend of the bride and groom. They will
reside in st. Francis.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way Company has begun the work of wild
ening the bridge across Root river at Ra-
cine and when it is completed the com
pany will have a double track system be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner Waite
declares that the receipts of the State
insurance department for the last eight
months of the current year aggregated
1861, 530.52, which is only $1,000 less
than the receipts of the entire year of
1907.
A motion for a new trial in the case
of John Engler of Fountain City against
the La Crosse Dredging Company has
been denied by the Supreme Court. Eng
Ter was awarded $4,000 damages for the
loss of leg while employed by the La
Crosse company.
Conductor Sharp of the Omaha railway
and one passenger narrowly escaped be-
ing killed by bullet fired into his coach
The railroad companies at Chippewa Falls
complain that boys are in the habit of
hurting stones and shooting through car
windows of passenger trains.
Or" Till, the plaster specialist, has
arrived in Somerset, after spending the
summer in Austria. He was detained by
the immigration officers in New York,
but passed their examination and immedi-
ately left for the West. He has made ar
to Immediately resume his
practice"
According to the report of County Clerk
Fish, there are ten creameries and TWEEN
ty-three cheese factories in Winnebago
county, valued at S40,95O, and $4,000
The factories turned out
2 ,jO7, 16S pounds of butter and 1.91S,510
pounds of cheese, which brought S64S,166,
and $5S4, 342 respectively. There are 81
572 mich COWS in the county.
Sueak thieves operated downtown dur
ing the fair in Manitowoc, the Giffey
restaurant being robbed of $40 cash. The
police suspect a stranger, believed to be
at Sheboygan, and the police there have
been asked to make an arrest. On the
fair grounds thirteen men under surveil-
lance of the police were ordered to leave
and quit the town under penalty of ar
rest.
The fact that she wore wooden gar
ments saved the life of Mrs. Joseph Gale
of La Crosse when caught in a gas explo-
sion. She suffered burns about the face
and hands, but her wooden garments did
not ignite readily. She at once turned
off the gas supply and then attended to
her own case.
The city of Washburn has started pro-
ceedings against the Washburn Electric
Light and Power Company to annul the
sale of the electrical equipment of the
company to the city. The amount paid
by the city was S22,5SO.4O, and the city
now claims that the proceedings were en-