Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
ALL OVER THE STATE.


The village of Knapp will erect a So
800 school house TO replace that destroyed
by fire.
Orlando Ford, 15-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Huntley of GAINESVILLE,
is missing.
Burglars entered the store of John Kas-
par in Kenosha and secured booty valued
at between $50 and $500.
The English speaking Lutherans have
purchased two lots and will build new
church in the southwestern part of Ra-
cine.
Mrs. George Allo, 80 years of age. the
first woman teacher in Neenah, is dead.
Mrs. Peter De Cramer, another pioneer,
died.
A L. Howard, aged Go years, a jew
eler in Beloit for thirty-6ve years, drop
ped dead on the street on his way to his
store.
0. L. Grays has announced his candi-
dacy for county superintendent of schools
in Kenosha The election takes place
next year.
OF cashiers checks issued by the Be
lott banks to the amount of $4,000 a
year ago only ST. worth remain unre-
deemed.
According to County Supervisor of As
sessments +. p. Starr the true value of
the assessable property of Rock county
is S67, 559, 444
Rev. Carl O. Lundquist has resigned
as pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church
in Eau Claire. 1t is said he may take a
church in Minneapolis.
TT. Bryan. Menomonie's veteran har-
ness maker, has retired from business af-
ter sixty-one years at the bench. He had
been in business in that city thirty-three
years.
While playing with a rife Christ Birch
of the town of Birch was shot in the
head and instantly killed by a, younger
brother. The boys had been amusing
themselves playing Indian.
Dispatches from Washington. D. c..
announce the death of John Reilly at the
age of 81 years. John Reilly was one OF
the pioneers Of Racine, and Il manufac-
turer and Democrat of great prominence
Joseph Campbell, believed to be one OF
the robbers of the banks at Ladysmith
and Warrens and the postofice at Stan
ley, arrested at Chippewa Falls, appears
to answer the description of one of the
men wanted.
Mrs. Caroline Bingham has offered the
city of Monroe the twenty acres known
as Bingham's Grove for a public park
provided the city will retain the name and
keep up the appearance of the place. The
property is worth $500 an acre.
1t is reported from Spencer that E. r
Coon has discovered a trace of silver il
the vein of ore recently discovered there
While drilling at a depth of twenty feet
oil was struck and at sixty feet a vein
of ore was found through which the drill
could not penetrate.
In Crivitz fire destroyed the two-story
building owned by the Hochgreve Brew
ing Company of Green Bay, and for {
time threatened the postOfice. The Hoch
grove company building was valued a
So 2Oc and insurance to the amount Of
$1,000 was carried.
Ashland avenue residents in Kenoshs
have started injunction proceedings tt
prevent the use of Jerome Creek as al
open aewer The movement is taken t.
| force the building of a trunk sewer
through the southern part of the city
costing about 100000.
Nels Peterson, farmer living five
miles southeast OF Hudson, narrowly es
capped death by being gored by bull. H.
wa hooked down and showed into tn,
corner of fence, when Mr.. Patterson!
hired man came to the rescue and saved
him. He was severely injured.
Arthlur w Shelton, aged 40 years, diet
in Rlrnelander. He was president of tn,
RhiEeander Power Company and tn,
White River Power Company of Ashland
was prominently identified with leadin.
manufacturing interests, and owner ant
publisher of the Rhinelander Herald.
f. \. Edmonds of Appleton has pur
| chased. the interests of the Merryman es
| tate az Marinette in the Kaukauna Fibe
| Complnys plant and also that of Georg,
| O. Be ygstrom of Neenah, which, together
with she stock held by Mrs. n. Fl. Bro
kaw, lis sister, gives him the controllin!
| inteTast.
Deruty State Insurance COMMISSIONS
| Waite said that the total receipts of tn,
insurance department for the ten months
of this year have been S6G5,S or 81,
| $50 more than for the entire twelve
months of last year, Notwithstanding tina
twen:y-thAee companies withdrew from
| the State this year.
Ths marriage of Cora Dell Smiley o
| OrfogIville to William 0. Howell o
| Footville, at Orfordville, was the larges
wedding ever held in Rock county. On
| hundred and seventy-Rve guests witnessed
the ceremony, which was followed by {
| banquet at the opera house to which thu
| whola village was asked
Tbs three Donnerstag brothers, whC
were accused of counterfeiting and WHIT
| broke Jail at Madison, have been captured
without the expected battle with the au
| thorities. Two of the brothers were cap
tured by Deputy Marshal Pugh of Madi
son, and later the third was also taken il
| the woods near the Donnerstag home neal
l.