Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

The Wisconsin Northern depot at
Crandon burned, the cause being de-
fective stove pipe. The loss is $1,000.
As the result of a breakdown to the
machine at the Washburn city lighting
the past few nights.
Charles Anderson of Minneapolis, who
was employed by w. f. Mackey of Still
water in his logging camp at Weblake,
near SpoOner, became insane and now
may be frozen to death or rowing the
woods.
While skating on the Fox river Miss
Lydia Helwig and Miss Mary Kickbush,
teacher in the Evangelical Lutheran
school at Kaukauna, went through the
ice. They were saved from drowning
by two boys.
Guilty as charged was the verdict
returned by the jury in the trial in
Neillsville of Anthony, Peter and Joseph
Christman and Henry and Matthew To-
gel, accused of an assault on Miss Anna
Engelbretson.
A freight train dropped brake beam
in the Wonewoc railroad yards, derailing
two cars and tearing up the depot plat
form. One car threw its front truck into
the depot waiting room, demolishing the
woodwork. No one was injured
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company has withdrawn all of its
timbered land in Wisconsin and North
ern Michigan from the market and will
use it for the growth of tie and bridge
timber for its 1900 miles of track.
While William Halverson, owner of the
Center Valley creamery and cheese fac
tory. was out in the road talking to a
farmer. the boiler in his factory explod-
ed. Aside from running the boiler there
no damage was done to the building
Farmers in the town of Two Rivers
have decided to build a telephone line
from Two Rivers to Eastwin and cross
ing over to the Range Line road and
branching north. Connections will be
made with the local telephone exchange.
Leaping from a second-story window,
a distance of so feet, William Schroeder,
Manitowoc hospital patient, made his
escape in his night robes. barefooted and
ran three blocks before he was retaken.
Schroeder was in delirium from a severe
attack of fever.
Francis W. Woodward, aged II, died
after a brief illness. He was born in
Ithaca, n. Y, and had lived in Eau
Claire nearly forty years, where he was
a bank president and manufacturer.
Although but II and 10 years of age,
Mike Miller and Earl Collins of kau-
kauna testified in court in Appleton that
they had been stealing for two years and
had sworn to keep up the practice until
detected. They were sent to the reform
school at Waukesha. The lads admitted
stealing wash boilers. and stealing rags
from one Jew rag dealer and selling them
to another.
The Sparta common council has appro-
prated $1,000 for the erection of build
ing on the city market place to be known
as farmers rest ROOM" 1t is propos-
ed that the city weighmaster will have
charge of the building and it is to be COM
pleted as soon as practical.
Death on the day that marked the sew
entieth anniversary of his birth closed the
life of Anton Prochazka, the pioneer
boatbuilder and nachinist of Manitowoc
Coming there in 1850, Mr.. Prochazka cs-
tablished the first machine shop and in
company with others, he constructed the
United States revenue cutter Andy John
son in the early Cos.
Standing in the middle of the railway
track, with a prayer book clasped in one
hand and with the other holding a crucihx
to his lips, Matt Petrauska, supposed TO
be a Milwaukee man. made an attempt
to commit suicide at the kenosha railway
station The man was evidently dement,
ed and the fireman of passing train
leaped from the cab of the engine and
to drag him from the track be-
fore being hit by a train from the oppo-
site direction.
July 10 to II inclusive are dates select
ed for the golden jubilee celebration Of
st. Paurs Methodist church of Manito-
voc this year and committees will be
named at once to prepare for the event.