The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-11-05
STATE NEWS NOTES.

KNAPP-The village Of Knapp will erect
n $4,000 schoolhOuse to replace that de-
stroyed by fire.
KENOSUA-Burgar entered the store
of John haSpar and secured booty valued
at between $50 and $500
/ kENOSUA-O. l.. Grays has announced
his candidacy for county superintendent OF
schools. The election takes place next
year.
NEENAH-Mrs. George Allo, 90 years of
age, the first woman teacher in Neenah, IS
dead Mrs. Peter De Cramer, another pio-
neer died.
MENOMONIE-T. ]. Bryan, Menomonie's
t veteran harness fnakcf,- has retired from
business after siXty-One years at the bench.
| He had been in business in this city thirty
three years
APPLETON In accordance with their
annual custom, President and Mrs. plantz
will entertain the entire student body OF
Lawrence university at Halloween party.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-"Dr." Till, the
plaster specialist, Is said to be DESTROYS or
purchasing some property here for his
business.
MENOMONIE-A movement is on among
the sportsmen of this city to seed certain
part of Lake MenOminn with wild rice in
the hope of enticing the wild duck back
to this vicinity.
LA CROSSE-The Hotel Stoddard, the
largest hotel in western Wisconsin, built
and furnished four years ago ut cost OF
s25o,ooo in addition to the site. has been
sold to Fred Il. Smith who has been its
/ manager since its erection.
RACINE-Mrs. Mabel Harnett, wife OF
Thomas Harnett, a former Racine business
man, Is suing her father, Edward s. Har-
ris, claiming that he is unlawfully retain
ing property in which she has an undivided
onehaf interest.
GREEN BAY-A cablegram received by
Rev. Il. H. Pennings, president of st. Nor
berts college at Depere, announced the
death in Holland Of Abbot A. Bazelman
founder OF the White Fathers in this
| Browm county He was II years old.
MADISON-The state railroad commits
| sion issued an order requiring the Milwau-
kee railroad company to pay the Merrill
| TWoodenware company of Merrill SlOI7 as a
refund for oyercharges on shipments OF
hogs; o>. c,,
the state historical museum, has returned
/ from VISIT to the Oneida and Menominee
! Indian reservations, bringing with him a
humber Of interesting examples Of basket
and bead work, etc, for its collections.
MADISON-The advance enrolment for
the dairy course In the university which
opens on November 4, indicates that the
again a total of $50 men, including SO
| creamery men and 10 cheesemakers. have
| made application for entry
| MONROE-Mrs. Caroline Bingham has Of
| fered the city the twenty acres known as
Bingham's Grove for public park, pro
! viding the city will retain the name and
keep up the appearance of the place. The
property IL worth $500 an acre.
| KENOSIIA-Ashand avenue residents
| have started injunction proceedings to pre-
vent the use Of Jerome Greek as an open
sewer. The movement is taken to force
| the building of trunk sewer through the
| southern part Of the city, costing about
! $2Oo.oOO.
| KAUkAUNA-E, A.. Edmonds of Apple
/ ton has purchased the interests of the
! Merryman estate of Marinettc in the kau-
kauua Fibre company's plant and also that
of George o. RergStrom OF Neenah. which,
/ together with the stock held by Mrs. n.
/ II. Brokaw, HIS sister, gives him the con-
! trolling interest.
| NEENAH-Ihe first case of annulment Of
! n marriage under n recent decision OF the
supreme court Is that of Mrs. Olive Place
| against u. +. Place, n town of Neenah
| farmer. The court held that a marriage
! contracted between parties within a year
/ after a divorce Of either Of them In this
state Is null and void
| MADISON-Deputy States Insurance
| Commissioner Waite said that the total re-
! ceipts OF the insurance department for the
/ ten months OF this year have been $685.
$50, or $3.50 more than for the entire
! twelve months OF last year notwthstand-
| ing that twenty three companies withdrew
/ from TIE state this year.