Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
ALL OVER THE STATE.

congressman -hOESe mas appointed
frank David of the town of Rock as mid
shipman in the naval academy at Annap-
oils.
[. w Ring of Minneapolis has taken
charge of the Hotel Maine in Stanley
whose name has been changed TO Hotel
West.
The fourth annual encampment, depart
ment of Wisconsin. Grand Army of the
Republic, will begin June 10 next, at Eau
Claire.
The plant of the Fox River Valley
Knitting Company at Menasha was de-
sfroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about
$4,000.
Louis Blanback, farmer living in the
town of Eigel, was BADLY injured while
blasting rock in we'll he was digging
On his farm.
Robert W. Klemmer of Chicago, who
recently engaged in business in La Crosse,
Is under arrest on charge of wife desertion
at Chicago. He asserts his innocence.
In looking into the barrel after clean
ing gun Albert Benware, 10 years old,
was accidentally shot in the face and in
stantly killed at his home in the town of
Sigel.
Students at the University of Wiscon-
sin interested in the sale of freshman class
caps We're exonerated from charges of
graft which had been brought against
them
William Burkhardt. a milkman, living
outside the Manitowoc city limits. acct
lpDro llv his loft bap1 into faaJ
cutter. losing the arm nearly to the ell
bow
Mayor W. 5. Henry of Jefferson, his
wife and two daughters, We're taken i'll
with an attack of ptomaine poisoning
caused by eating canned food All have
recovered
Forty thousand dollars is demanded of
the La Crosse Gas and Electric Company
by Henry Marquardt for injuries alleged
to have been sustained at the gas works
on May 20, 1906.
difference of $4,000 between the
price demanded for Racine stone quarry
and the price offered by Charles Kletz
of Chicago was settled by throwing dice.
The owner won and received the price
asked
Fred Otto Mas. the 4-year-old son of
AR. and Mrs. Emil Mas of Clarno town
ship. died from the effects of drinking
from bottle of I've while ago. The lye
vas Kept in the house for cleaning pur-
poses.
Borrowed in small sums of from So to
so. nearly $500 is said to have been Sc
cured from residents of Cleveland and Vi
cinity by stranger who recently came
there and declared his intention of engag-
ing in business.
\ joint celebration of the birthday Of
francis GilIingham of Neenah and James
G:linGham of Oshkosh was observed in
Nce,Iah. For over fifty years both have
been prominent in the commercial life of
the Fox river valley.
James Clancy. said TO have been the old
est Civil War veteran. died at the Mil
waukee National Soldiers Home, aged
100 years Mr.. Clancy was born in Ire
land. lie enlisted with the Fourth Michi-
gan Guards in 1862.
William Langley, former resident of
Monroe county. is under arrest in La
Crosse on a charge of bigamy. 1t is al
legged that he left his wife at Kendalls,
and coming to La Crosse. was married to
Anna Johnson on Aug. %.
The general store of p. Augers & Son
burned i'll Saxon. The origin of the fire
is unknown The building and stock was
totally destroyed, the loss being in the
ncighborhood of $4,000. Light insur-
arce was carried by the firm.
Burglars entered the residence of Ho-
mer Geddes. superintendent of the RAJ
cine Malleable and Wrought Iron Com
pany and stole silver, jewelry and
watch all valued at $500. Some of the
stolen articles were heirlooms.
Two men running a restaurant on the
grounds of The residence of John Till, the
plaster doctor, near Almena, broke out
with smallpox while at work. They have
returned to their home at Turtle Lake,
where they are under quarantine.
Charles Waterman. son of Frank Wat
erman of Chill was dangerously wounded
by the accidental discharge of a shotgun.
His small brother discharged the gun and
the contents struck Charles in the back,
some of the shot passing through the body.
In Superior William Holman. the negro
charged with assault with intent to kill,
was found guilty and sentenced to a term
of three years in State prison at Waupun
Holman was charged with having hit Emil
Peterson over the head with an iron
spike.
w. !. Stalz. one of the four alleged
Iolcombe bank robbers, was released, the
State having failed to secure any evil
dence against him. He claimed that he
became casually acquainted with the other
prisoners in Minneapolis and was visiting
them when arrested.
As the climax of a romance begun at
Waukesha Beach last summer John Earl
Baker. a graduate of Wisconsin univer-
sity, now statistician for the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Washington.
will marry Miss Willie Smith on Dec. 80
ar Thomasville. Ga.
The Wisconsin grain and warehouse
commission has made its first payment
to the State treasurer. As the result of
the good business in the weighing depart
rcnt the commission was enabled to pay
al it's indebtedness and turn over check
Cor $4,000 TO the State.
The Thomas ii. English market, one
of the oldest in kenosha. has been closed
and the property turned over to Schwarz-
schild & Sulzberger of Chicago. a creditor
to the extent of Sl.1O0. Other creditors
from Chicago, Milwaukee and Kenosha
came to Kenosha. but no steps have been
taken in bankruptcy proceedings.
At a meeting of the Dunn County Med
So.;o+v of M
nomonie was elected president; Dr. J. J.
Morgan. Durand, secretary; DR.. A. Egg
dahl. secretary.
Lucia Hyam, a 12-year-old girl. has
confessed numerous shOplifting episodes
at Sturgeon Bay. Nineteen pieces of
drawn work which she had sold at ridicu-
Iously low prices have been recovered.
Fred Heinzen of Chill was seriously in
jured by broken saw, while operating
a wood saving machine. His left arm