Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-09
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Lilly kaufman, aged y. the daughter
of Claus Kaufman of Grand Rapids. was
drowned while bathing in the Wisconsin
river.
1t is reported that the new Northwest
ern railway spur, just completed through
New London, is to be extended twenty. two
miles to Waupaca.
A. F. Herman of Marshfield and some
local business men, including several big
manufacturing concerns, are promoting a
new bank in New London.
Jesse Phipps, aged s., a lineman for
the Bell Telephone Company, fell from a
3O-foot pole at Galesville and was killed
He lived at Alden, Iowa.
Nobert Shaker, aged IS, of Hillsboro,
accidentally shot himself, it is believed,
while driving home from a neighbours. His
lifeless body was found in his rig
Edwin T. O'Brien, who resigned as
principal and city superintendent of the
public schools of Berlin, has purchased the
Kaukauna Sun, formerly owned by J. l..
Toner.
In Beloit Willie Cunningham, son Of
La" Cunningham, musician, was prob
ably fatally burned by powder. He was
playing with fireworks and set fire to a
can of gunpowder.
John A. Awkward of Madison, Demo
cratic nominee for Governor at last State
election, announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Governor at
the primaries in September.
The Beloit Water Gas and Electric
Company has surrendered its charter and
will hereafter operate under the indeter-
inmate laws of the State. The action of
the corporation was unexpected.
The Manitowoc Electric Light Com
pany has filed surrender of its city fran
chise and application for an indeterminate
permit from the State rate commission.
Tie franchise was granted March 26,
1889.
J. 2. Sorenson of the faculty of Dana
college, Blair, Neb., has arrived in Nee
nah and opened a Danish Lutheran vaca-
ton school which is attended by Danish
people within a radius of fifty miles of
Neenah.
John Mrotek, a Manitowoc laborer, was
severely scalded about the face, neck and
arm, and may lose his sight, if not his
life. The accident was due to bursting of
a boiler fue. Mrotek is so and the
father of a large family.
New London Catholic congregation is
rejoicing over a gift of five splendid new
bells, constituting a Westminster chime"
presented to the church by Mrs. J. Wer-
ner. Francis and Raymond Jennings. The
chimes cost $500 and weighs over two
tons.
The Illinois Central road may build a
spur line from Belleville to Mount Yer
non. a distance of twelve miles. The
route has been surveyed and the freight
agents have made an estimate of the
amount of traffic to be furnished by the
people.
Frank Uetz, aged 81 years, laborer
employed by the Dells Lumber and Shin
gle Company, was found lying on the
ground in an unconscious condition at
Eau Claire. He died later. His ribs were
broken and he suffered internal injuries
1t is supposed he fell thirty feet from
ten children.
The Semers- Mount Pleasant drainage
canal will be completed and turned over
soon. The canal passes through III par
GELS of land in Racine mad Kenosha coun-
ties. 1t is claimed that more than 1000
acres of land have been redeemed by the
project.
After six months of preparations and
planning, the government engineers in Su-
perior expect to get down to actual bust
ness on the construction of the big piers
and breakwaters at the natural entry of
Superior bay The entire work to be ac-
complished, including the preliminary sur
vey, will cost about 100000.
Rudolph Pitsch was ordered committed
to the county Jail by Judge Vinje of Chip
pewa Falls in contempt of court proceed
ings unless he carries out at once the
courts order to remove a post and mail
box from the highway and pay costs on
the case.
Mrs. Anton Schlick of Racine and her
6-year-old son were probably fatally burn
ed at their home. Mrs. Schlick was clean
ing a bed with gasoline when she stepped
upon a match. The gasoline caught and
set fire to the bed. The boy was asleep
in the bed and the mother was burned in
saving him, while he was burned on the
head, face and arms
d. NJ Newald and B. NJ. Goldberg of
GilIett were arrested charged with arson.
May 81 last the Gillett opera house. own
ed by L. J. Newald OF Green Bay, burned.
A large stock of goods stored in the build
ing was also damaged. Building and
e+ooI- ,rara heavily iOSIIred
That the election fraud cases will not
be tried in the Beloit municipal court was
brought out at the examination of Michael
Couchtery on the charge of perjury. Judge
Rosa announced that ne did not think it
possible to get an unprecedented jury in
Beloit and if he found evidence enough to
hold Coughtery to trial he would send the
case 10 the Circuit Court or 70 che muni-
cipal court Of GAINESVILLE.