Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Iron ore has been discovered in Mara
thon county five miles east of the Knowl-
ton postoffice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin Sears of Pine
River celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary.
\ lemon weighing one pound and six
ounces has been grown at Hillsboro by
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller.
Ferdinand Laabs, a prominent German
citizen of Oshkosh. died suddenly at his
home on Eighth street, aged 70 years.
The large barn of S. S. Chambers at
Springville was destroyed by fire. Three
head of cattle and three horses persisted
Sunday, July 10, is the date fixed for
Il summer tournament of the Wiscon-
sin Skat Club which will be held in Mani
towOc.
Word has been received that Steve
Walmsley of Eau Claire had successfully
passed his examinations and would enter
West Point.
A rock sturgeon weighing so pounds
and measuring ) feet 10 inches was
caught in the hoop net of w. III. Keene
at Onalaska.
The roundhousG of the lola and North
ern railway burned at lola with one 'oco-
motive. Loss $4,000. The fire was due
to an overheated stove
Ole L. Swanby. cashier of the North
ern State bank of Washburn, died sudden
ly and indications point to suicide. His
accounts are being investigated
The Supreme Court denied a motion for
a writ of mandamus to compel the city
clerk of Milwaukee to call a special cleo
ton for members of the board of school
directors of that city
The faculty of Oshkosh normal school
has elected the following members of the
graduating class of June: George Wehr-
vein of Manitowoc, valedictorian Miss
Amanda Backon of Oshkosh. salutatorian.
William H. Appleby. city marshal at
GAINESVILLE, has received word that he will
be offered the position of chief deputy
United States marshal for the western
district. under Rock Flint, the newly APP
pointed marshal.
Capt Frank Fountain. now in charge
of the life-saving station at Charlevoix
saving station, has been named as keeper
of the Kenosha life-saving station. to sue
coed Capt. b. c. Cameron. VIII esgroiPUJ
coed Capt b. c. Cameron. who resigned
afte: serving thirty years.
A message was received at Chippewa
Falls from Boise, Idaho. stating that Mr..
and Mrs. {. Z. WINS two children, aged
8 and 10 years. have been drowned in a
slough The bodies were found by a
japanese boy. The family moved short
time ago from New Auburn.
John Olson and Peter Maxey arrived
in Chippewa from Billings. Mont. having
come the entire distance on foot in six
teen days They went to Billings on
promise of getting work. after paying SO
to an employment bureau. The promise
was fulfilled by twelve days work and
then they were laid Off
r. L. Barney, president of the Western
Freight Adjustment Company of Oshkosh,
has received notice from the interstate
commerce commission that George y.
Brown. the special examiner, will be in
Oshkosh March is to hear cases relative
to alleged excessive freight charges. -Four
cases will be heard involving fifteen roads.
Coffee supposed to have contained ar
senic made two boarders at y Plymouth
avenue, Milwaukee, seriously i'll and kill
ed a cat which drank some of it. Josef
Bolakowski and Ignac Kaszewski were
the two men made i'll. Detectives are in
vestigating the case. believing enemies of
the boarders put poison in the coffee pot.
Heated bran applied to a COW by d.
rection of veterinarian came near caus-
ing Anton Smith of Appleton to lose his
$1,000 barn and large amount of stock
and grain. by fire: When one OF the men
went to feed the stock he found the barn
full of smoke Mr.. Smith worked his
way to the further end of the barn and
there discovered the bag containing the
bran had caught FIRE and spread to the
hay The blaze was extinguished.
The Supreme Court has modified the
judgment secured by Miss Mary Salchert,
a factory girl of Fond du Lac, against
William c. Reinig. a wealthy maltster
of that city, for breach of promise, re-
ducing it from $4,000 to $4,000.