Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

Fire Chief John E. Nygren has taken
charge of the Beloit fire department.
Steps are being taken for securing the
G. A. r. meet of 1909 for Eau Claire.
Ben Neupert of Stoughton, saloonkeep-
er was killed at Stoughton by falling
from a train.
The government post lights along the
were lighted May /.
Rev. Wilfrid A. Rowell has been in
stalled pastor of the First Congregational
church of Beloit, after nearly one years
pastorate.
While caring for her sick husband
resident of La Crosse, died suddenly, aged
GA years.
Miss Josephine Prordft of Madison
was crowned Queen of the May at the
elaborate celebration of May day on the
seminary campus in Bryn Mawr.
Work on the survey of the Janesville-
Madison interurban has begun. The en-
trance to Madison will be by way of the
Chautauqua and county fair grounds.
c. II. johnson, aged 49, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
heart in Montgomery hospital, Eau Claire.
He had been in i'll health for some time.
Municipal Judge Grif Thomas and
Chris Strong, a brewer, charged with
renting their buildings to be used for
disorderly purposes, were acquitted by a
jury in Hurley.
Forty years a railroad crossing fagman
tells the story of more than half the life
of Michael Murphy of Appleton, who has
been placed on the pension list of the
Northwestern road.
While climbing steps at her home Mrs.
Augusta Steinhofel, one of the pioneers
of Racine suddenly stopped, called to her
daughter that she was going to die, and
fell over She died of heart trouble.
Fire practically destroyed the main
building of the Drummond Packing Com
pany in Eau Claire. The Eau Claire box
factory adjoining suffered also. The loss
is $4,000, insured. About 100 men are
temporarily made idle
A jury gave a verdict of $1,000 to Mrs.
Catherine Ryan against the Oshkosh Gas
Light Company. July %, 1907, Dennis
H Ryan, a farmer living south Of the
city, and his wife, the plaintiff, came in
to witness a wild west show. While
hitching his horse, Ryan grasped guy
wire to an electric light pole and re-
ceiyed a shock that caused instant death.
The board of regents of the State uni
versity has applied to Andrew Carnegie
for aid in accordance with the terms
fixed by him. Two years ago when the
question came up the board almost unan-
imousIy voted against accepting such aid.
Miriam J. Glass, a horseman known
throughout the State, will probably lose
his left hand as result of being bitten
by a rotting stallion known as Mont
rose. owned by Dane Bros. of Oshkosh
Mr. Glass was cleaning the horse and had
united the rope when the animal snapped
at him. Three tendons in his left hand
were seriously injured and one of the
bones of the fingers was broken.
State Treasurer A. III. Dahl has receiv-
ed check for S1662.42 from the attor-
news interested in the First National
bank of Ladysmith as the amount due the
State. The bank was wrecked in 1905
and two officials are under indictment for
making false reports and will be tried in
Eau Claire In June. Former State Treas
urer Kempf had deposited large sums of
the State money in the institution.
Efforts to bring Moha and Dolgherty
together in Oshkosh for boxing contest
have not met with success. Moha has
not made any reply to the terms offered
by the Oshkosh Boxing Club, and con-
sequently the match will probably no:
take place.