Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-27
AMONG OUR NEIGHBoRs.

funerals.
Mrs. Sarah Baldwin. aged 90. one of
the Oldest settlers of Waupaca county, is
dead at Manawa.
Lightning destroyed a barn stored with
grain near Adell, and the damage is es-
timated at $4,000.
Time is no objection to Beloit. The
assessors reports show there are but four
watches in the city.
A farmer named Herman Myer, a resi-
dent of, juneau county, killed his wife
and committed suicide.
Spanish war veterans at Neenah and
Menasha have received congressional med
ais made from captured Spanish guns.
Bernard Reinken, pioneer and veteran
cigar manufacturer of Manitowoc died
suddenly after three days illness, aged
76 years.
A marriage license was issued in Rock
ford, Ill., to A. Fillbach, Cottage Grove,
aged %, and Fannie Wheland, River
Falls, aged IS.
Over 60,000,0O0 sunken logs are in the
Chippewa river and its tributaries. A
contract has been let at Chippewa Falls
to raise 100000
The water is so low in the Little Wolf
river that the logging and tie work has
been transferred to the Wolf. The dry
weather is the cause.
The L. l.. Odds Seed Company of Gin
ton has filed an amendment to its articles
of Incorporation, changing the place of
business to Madison
Joseph Fora was fined 50 and costs
amounting to So for biting Anton Upel
on the cheek in Sheboygan. The men
quarreled while intoxicated.
Gov. Davidson has returned to Madi-
son from his tour of inspection and pleas
ure outing in the northern woods The
Governor is entirely rested after his trip.
Fred Hertlein of Allouez is circulating
a petition among the people of the district
beyond the Nemadji, asking that free de-
livery be extended to that part of the
city.
New coarse grain has commenced to ar
rive at the head of the lakes, but the
Superior authorities do not look for a
rush before the last of the month or the
first of September.
The work of placing settlers on the
lands in the northern part of Bayfield,
county, known as the cranberry lands,
will be begun at once and colonies will be
headed that way soon.
Alfred KIug of Milwaukee, while dig
ging a sewer trench, found a glass jar
containing $3,470. 1t had been buried
by Mrs Xavier Kirschborn, who claimed
it and carried it off without a word of
thanks.
The State railroad commission is TAX
ing testimony in the dispute between the
Great Northern and the 500 railroads re-
garding the building of tracks by the
former road leading to the Interstate
bridge between Superior and Duluth.
Mrs. John Anderson and daughter mar
rowly escaped being killed by lightning in
Chippewa Falls. The lightning badly
wrecked the house. The floor in the bed
room where the two women were sleeping
was ripped up and Miss Anderson was hit
by flying splinters.
Charged with assaulting an officer,
John Scheberle for several years chair
man of the town of Shields, is under ar
rest. Policeman G. BUTLER arrested
farm hand who was working for Sche-
berle, who denied the officers right to
take him. Osborne, the farm hand, resist
ed the officer, and in the melee that fol-
lowed, the officer was badly bruised.
Friends of Scheberle say that he merely
wanted to part the men, but the officer
claims that he assaulted him.
George B. Farley, former well-known
Wisconsin lumberman against whom his
wife recently began action for divorce,
has decided to her practically all his real
estate in Wisconsin, located in Chippewa,
Price. Sawyer, Rusk and Douglas coun-
ties. The deed contains the provision
that his wife shall have two-thirds and
his daughter one-third of the property.
Mr. Farley resides in Los Angeles, CAL,
having left his wife two years ago.
The Appleton telephone companies hav-
ing notified the city that under the public
utility law it will he obliged to pay full
rate for all the telephones used, the coun
Gil committee on fire and water has de-
termined to install a telephone switch
board at the fire department headquar-
tiers, purchase its own telephone instru-
ments, use the wires of the fire alarm sys-
TN and have but one connection with
each of the telephone companies. 1t is
claimed the city will thus cut its tele-
phone bills in half.
Kaukauna has begun building the larg-
est dam in the State. 1t crosses Fox
river and will make % head and will
measure $500 feet in length. 1t will de-
velop 5000 horse power.
Moscow holds the banner for dairy
products Its fourteen cheese factories
made SSI. 1894 pounds of cheese, valued at
81. 1877. 76S.9S, and the farms produced
$1,000 worth of butter.
Caroline Hunt and Miss E. A. Hunting
ton have left the department of home
economies at the State university because
it was transferred from the college of
letters and science to the agricultural col
lege.
Bert Jones. aged 20, was drowned in,
the Milwaukee river the other day. This
is the twenty-seventh drowning in Mil
waukee since May l.
At the preliminary hearing before
Court Commissioner L. J. Billings in
Rbfnelander. Rudolph, Hugo and Albert
Donnerstac. alleged counterfeiters, waiv
ed examination and were bound over for
trial before the United States district
indigo La Crosse on Sept. ID. The
court fixed the bonds at $1,000 each. The
three men were taken to Madison by
Deputy United States Marshal ". II.
Appleby. The mother and daughter were
released BY the authorities.