Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
State Items in Brief.

NA1ll6 MS Is homecoming week
and the entire village is in gala attire.
SOLON SPRINGS-A special election will
be held on Wednesday to decide upon the
location for a new school.
SUPERIOR-A. f. Flagler. connected
with Standard OIL interests has sold all his
property in this city.
NEENAH-On Labor day, the Sunday
schools of Neenah and A1enasha will nold
big picnic and athletic meet.
DELAVAN-A high school department OF
the school for the deaf will open Scptcm-
Der 8. New buildings will be erected soon.
NEENAII-An extensive campaign for in
crease in membership will be inaugurated
by the Equitable Fratc"nal union soon.
RACINE District Attorney Fulton
Thompson has commenced war to EXTERN
mate blind pigs.
STURGEON BAY-The man killed in a
quarrel in a saloon Saturday night was
named Mike OmaSta His asSai,ant was
caught at Egg HarbOr.
NEENAH-Numerous Twin city people
and others in this vicinity attended The
twenty first anniversary OF the dedication
of the Veterans Home at Waupaca.
ASHLAND-The grand council of the Ma
tional Fraternal league meets here August
Is and IA. at which time sixty-five new
members will be initiated in the local lodge
SUPERIOR-The corner stone of the new
Masonic temple will be laid on Saturday
w. w. Perry, grand secretary, Will lie
among the speakers
Waking to find her year
old infant dead at her side, was the ex-
SmOthered in the bed clothing when 1t
rolled over onto its face.
APPLETON-The Western Elevator com
pany of Winona Mimi, which recently pur-
company IN Wisconsin, has opened its local
elevator.
NEENAH-Although it is reported at
Fond du Lac that the tuSsock moth is raw
aging the shade trees there and that the
moth has invaded the valley cities, it has
not put in an appearance here.
BIRCHWOOD-Herman Santas, employed
at the Ahnapee and Seating companys
plant, while rolling legs into The pOnd sI1f-
blade, and received internal injuries.
MISUNDERSTANDING of Northland col
lege are building a concrete dam Oh the
college campus, which will furnish a lake
a half mile in length and winding in and
out among the ravines on the grounds.
SUPERIOR The Empire logging road,
been sold to the Mississippi. Hill City &
Western road and will be removed to the
hardwood district around Hill City, MINI
RACINE-Court Commissioner John L.
Wentworth refused to dissolve the injunc-
ton restraining the city and Cape G. Son
from grading and paving Hamilton street.
The city appealed to the circuit court.
GRAND RAPIDS-Ernst Deupre, the 10
year-od sen of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Deunrp
was kicked into insensibility, while riding
a broucho pony. The skull was fractured
But little hopes are entertained for his
recovery.
LA CROSSE-To determine whether or
not the speed regulations regarding auto
mobiles were being violated, two police
officers in plain clothes were stationed
quarter mile apart on Cass street equipped
With stop watches. They secured evidence
which viii result in the prosecution of six
owners of machines.
APPLETON-Judgc Goodland judge of
the Tenth judicial circuit of Wisconsin ana
the oldest jurist, in point of years. on the
bench in the state. celebrated his seventy
seventh birthday anniversary with family
reunion.
APPLETON-Judgc G.. L. Moeskes has p.
ccived many letters from many people in
different parts of the country. claiming to
be heirs of Gen. Witthuhn, whose immense
fortune is held in trust by the German gov
eminent.
LA CROSSE-R Robert William Siebert of
this city last year installed the motors OF
the Zeppelin airship destroyed last week.
At that time he was employed by the BenX
Motor company. the installation taking
place at Friedrichshafen
BELOIT-It has been learned that Edith
Rabbit who disappeared a month ago, ana
for whom the police and relatives have
been searching, is at the home of her
brother-in-aw, Rev. J. D. Whitelaw, at
Portage
NEENAH-UnIess there is at least rain
fall of five inches within the next twenty
days, hunters claim duck hunting will he
spoiled this fall. The water is extremely
needed to produce good hunting.
NAL. .<-PoiCyholders in the defunct
Western Life Insurance company of Kan
sas City, Mo, will be protected against
pany having offered bid of 100000 for
Reinsurance of the formers policies.
KAUKAUNA-For the first time in sew
eral years the government has shut off -
per cent. of the normal flow of the Fox
river The action was taken to maintain
navigation. 1t is probable that a number
of paper mills will be forced to shut down
or use steam power.
committeeman that an intercounty tennis
tournament will be held under the Wau-
paca Tennis association on August ~, -,
20 open to all resident players at Wau-
paca, Portage, Outagamie. Brown, Mani
towoc, Winnebago and Calumet counties.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-In firing his open
ing gun in his campaign for Congressman
John J. jenkins. b. j. Castle, former chief
clerk in the state land department. SAID
that until his recent episode with the board
of control an attempt had never been made
to muzzle his public Utterances.
MADISON-Gen Charles H. Russell of
Berlin, one of the candidates for the Re.
publican nomination for Congress in the
Second district has announced that if noml-
mated and elected he would let the people
of each pOstOtfice district choose their post
master by election.
APPLETON-Max Hoffman,, IS years Of
age left home Friday night, and after re-
porting his disappearance to the police and
causing search to be made for him. his
mother discovered note from her son in
the pocket of an old coat saying he had
gone to South Dakota.
GRAND RAPIDS-Steve Prozinski. a 10
year-old boy employed in the Grand Rapids
Paper and Pulp mill. three miles north of
this city, was caught in the large rewfnd
rolls and his head badly squeezed ana
bruised. The machine was stopped in time
to prevent q fracture of the skull and he
may recover.