Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-13
ALL OVER THE STATE.

TALLY destroyed by nfe at blueHelu LOSS
100000.
The officers of the Wood County Fair
Association have decided to hold the next
fair the last week in August.
The machine shop of J. II. Hammer
& Sons at Padus was destroyed by fire.
The loss is about $1,000, with no insur-
ance.
The piano stool factory at Lake Geneva
owned by Dwight Allen of that city and
operated by w. A. Davis of Chicago was
burned. Loss $4,000.
In Oconomowoc Roberts creamery was
totally destroyed by fire. William Mills
and family, who occupied a portion of the
building, lost their entire household eff
fectS
The Christian science church on Pros
pect avenue and Kane place, Milwaukee,
which was nearing completion, was dam
aged by fire. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
The Menominee and Marinette Light
and Traction Company has filed with the
railroad commission a petition for the
equalization of its rates. The company
raised its rates some time ago.
New fOur-year courses in chemistry to
train analytical, industrial. agricultural
and soil, sanitary and food, and physio-
logical chemists have just been arranged
by the faculty of the university.
Twenty japanese students, professors
and instructors leaped from the windows
of the new $4,000 Wisconsin University
club house when the building caught fire
at midnight The fire was extinguished
with small loss. No one was hurt seri-
ously.
Because he attempted to rescue his
servant, Martha Guzman, II, from flames
resulting from her throwing gasoline on
the kitchen fire, DR.. Charles Pomainville
of Grand Rapids received burns from
which he died. The girl persisted in the
home of a neighbor later.
Another national bank will be started
in Madison within a month. Plans for
its organization are practically complete
and an application will be made to Wash
ington authorities for charter. 1t will
be known as the Merchants or CONNER
cial National bank. The stock has been
subscribed.
In GAINESVILLE it was reported that there
was a new sensation impending in connec-
ton with the assault on Clara Lempke by
William Joyce. After making a sworn
statement against Joyce. Miss Lempke
has disappeared. 1t is said she was fore
ed to leave her boarding house. There
are no new developments in either the
CIa vton or Nalona nvcfariac
James Atkinson died suddenly of heart
disease at Draper, where he had gone to
pay taxes on the Rice Lake Lumber Com
pany, of which he was an employe. He
was formerly city treasurer and alderman
and a prominent Democrat of Rice Lake.
The deceased was 60 years old and leaves
a wife and three children.
John Hopp, an employe of the Roddis
veneer factory in Marshfield, had a mar
row escape from being scalded to death.
He slipped and fell into one of the large
steam log watts. but caught himself. His
legs were badly scalded, however. the flesh
following his clothing. He will recover.
Stuart B. Heddles. one of the leading
tobacco men of GAINESVILLE, has been placed
in charge of the salvage from the burned
Harquesse tobacco warehouse. There
were some S254,00O of insurance on the
tobacco.
Plans are being made for extensive i'm
provements to the residence of Edgar p.
Sawyer. who is at the head of the Osh-
kosh Gas Light Company. The residence
is historical and was built in 1872 and
was the home of the late Senator Phile-
tus Sawyer. 1t is planned to leave the
interior of the house untouched and to
build an outer wall over the old one,
making a new exterior.
o. C.. Sisson. a wealthy retired farmer
of Redfeld. s. D., who came to La Crosse
to attend the funeral of his brother. o. $.
Sisson. leading Grand Army man, was
stricken with apoplexy and died. Mr..
Sisson was 60 years of age and IN to the
time he was stricken had never been i'll.
Fire the other night at O'Clock at
Surfing. totally destroyed the Deringer
general merchandise store. the Zingler
furniture store. two buildings occupied
by johnson & Nelson's saloon and cigar
factory and Wagner & Buses general
merchandise store. and two buildings
owned and occupied by the John Dieck
Hardware Company. The loss is about
$4,000, partially covered by insurance.