Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE.
Joe Butch, a woodsman. was shot and
killed in the saloon of Dolph La Mode at
Mercer.
Andrew Scoville, a Bayfield, man, was
drowned when he slipped off a high pile
of lumber into the water
The corner stone of st. Paul's English
Lutheran church was laid with appropri-
ate ceremonies in Waterloo.
Negotiations are also under way. it is
said, to reopen the canning factory in
New London that was closed several years
ago.
~ 1t is rumored in New London that the
Appleton Chair Company will remove its
plant from the Crescent City to that
place.
Christ Pantazes, Greek Macedonian
missionary, has been visiting the Eau
Claire Greek colony to arouse interest
in his work.
The total assessed valuation of taxable
property in Eau Claire as fixed by the
board of review is $9,250,000, or about
100000 more than last year.
Buried under a half ton of sand when
a bank under which she was at play
caved in, Marq Ulowitz, aged 10, of Man
itowoc, was rescued unconscious.
Frogdom has its Rip Van Wrinkle. A
monster frog, weighing four pounds, the
property of DR.. E. B. Yanny of Racine,
has been asleep for eight months
Supreme Court Justice Bashford will
take up the practice of law under the
firm name of Bashford & Welton when
he retires from the bench on Aug. 1.
The body of John Kroposeck. who the
police thought, had been murdered, was
found in the Sheboygan river by the
crew of the tug Frederick Koehn.
Fire, supposed to be due to spontane.
Gus combustion, destroyed the barn and
slaughter house of Frank Shipper, just
outside of the city limits of Manitowoc
and the loss is about $1,000.
Luman Owen of Oak Grove claims to
be the oldest white man born in Wiscon-
sin. He was born in Prairieville, now
YVaukesha, April Il, 1887, and believes
that no one can beat this record.
While working on the tower of the
KnapStain brewery in New London Geo
Rohde fell fifty feet to the floor, fractur-
ing his skull and sustaining other in
juries His recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. Frederika Lorenz, aged % years
pauper in the town of Ellington, is
said to have received information from
Germany that she is the sole heir to a
fortune estimated at several millions.
Smashing the front window with a
stone tied in a piece Of cloth, a thief
got away with about $500 worth of dia-
monds and other valuables from the store
of J. r. Chapman & Co., in Oshkosh.
Mrs. Charles Hoeffs and Mrs. Fred
Krause were killed in a runaway accident
at Hartland. \ team of horses attached
to gravel wagon ran away, causing the
heavy wagon to crash into the carriage
in which the women were riding.
In Chippewa Falls, while playing In
dian, Edward Carpenter, u years old
killed his sister, 10 years old, with a
shotgun, the charge entering her head
The boy thought the weapon was unload
ed. The parents were absent at the time
Mrs. Pauline Kruger of Sheboygan
aged 81 years, and the mother of -four
children ranging in age from 3 to ) years
was found dead in a cistern containing
five feet of water. The coroner pro.
nounced death due to accidental drown.
ing
Francis Gillingham of Neenah is con
fined to his home as the result of an
accident that nearly cost him his life In
getting out of a rig, the horse suddenly
jumped and Gillingham was knocked down
The wheels passed over him and the horse
walked over his body.
The bodies of Blanche Baxstrum, aged
16. and Minnie Paulson, aged Ii, were
taken from the st. Louis bay the other
day. The girls are supposed to have
drowned there Tuesday. They left the
Baxstrum home TO go bathing, and failed
to return that night. The next day their
clothing was discovered on the bank and
some time afterward the bodies were
found in the bay. The girls were cousins.
Bob Sinclair and a woman friend, while
seated in Horlick park, Racine. were
held up by three men, who secured SJ.15
Robert Wheeler. August Johnson. Local
men. and Frank Miller of st. Louis, were
arrested.
After fifteen months work, Frank La
kas. night clerk at the Bodega hotel in
Marshfield, has completed the task Of COW
ering the walls and ceiling Of his bedroom
with cigar bands The room measures
9x14xS The task was accomplished dur
ing Ladas' spare moments, and ne figures
that six weeks Of actual work was spent
Oh it. The decoration scheme is arranged
as a rosette, and is artistically designed.
After being under water for fifteen
minutes. and being fshed up from the
bottom of the river by his companions
with whom he had been bathing. Clarence
Emmes. aged IL years, of Grand Rapids,
was resuscitated and taken to his home
none the worse for his experience.
Robert Ladwig of Twin Lakes, Ke-
nosha county. has filed papers in suit
against the Knickerbocker Ice Company
of Chicago for $4,000 damages fer per-
sonaI injuries Ladwig was engaged as
a Iaborer in removing sheeting from the
interior of ice houses at Twin Lakes when
the scaffoiding collapsed and Ladwig al
Ieges be sustained permanent injuries.