Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-28
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

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ty-seven out of ninety-nine fine Jersey
cattle on the Gordon Valentine stock farm
near Genesee
Officers and 100 students Of Racine col
lege fought fire which broke out in the
east end of the laundry building. The
damage is slight.
Rex White, aged q years, son of The
ophilus White of Beloit. swallowed poison
but his mother gave him some back coffee
| and saved his life.
James Conroy, a demented youth from
the town of Turtle, has confessed hav
ing set fire to and burned the barn of
{. Z. Bostwick last December.
Trout are again in abundance. The
fishing tug Lily X. of Sheboygan in one
| lift brought in 900 pounds, considered the
record single lift on the Great Lakes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schumacher -
Manitowoc narrowly escaped sufocating
| from coal gas fumes. The coal stove door
had been blown off by an explosion of the
gas.
John Young of Broadhead purchased
a pearl from GAINESVILLE fishermen for
1910. The pearl came from a clam found
in the Rock river just below the lower
dam.
because smallpox invaded the Journal
| office at HOlcomb, the people of that vii
lage were without a local paper for four
weeks. but publication has been resumed,
the editor and typesetters having rncov-
cred.
William Nagle, steel worker residing
at Milwaukee, fell distance of twenty
feet from the Milwaukee road bridge in
Marinette and barely escaped drowning.
He received a fractured skull and other
serious injuries.
Mrs. Bert Lewis, formerly of New
London, was among those killed in the
| terrible wreck at Dotsera Siding, Colo
The remains were brought to Hortorville
FOR burial. Mr.. Lewis died suddenly ONLY
few weeks ago.
A solid gold medal is offered for tbs
best Lincoln essay by an eighth grad
pupil by the Women's Relief Corps VITA
the promise that the successful essay shall
be Incorporated in the exercises of Liz
coin day in Kaukauna.
Nels Estin, labOrer in Madison. whiia
drunk drank a considerable quantity e
carbolic acid. Doctors were called j.
and they declare his life was saved only
because of the large amount of whish
which he had consumed.
Prof. Hughell L. w. Fosbroke of NASH
otah house has accepted call to a cha.r
at the Episcopal Theological school at
| Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. Fosbroke will be-
gin his new duties at the beginning Ct
| the next school term in September.
Glen a. Jensen, only son of former Az
semblyman Andrew Jensen of New Lol.-
don. and Miss Elizabeth WOODWORK Were
married at the home of the brides uncle,
Col. J. ii. Woodnorth, former State Sens-
tor, at the Waupaca Veterans Home.
Mathies Durawski and his wife, bota
| about -, were found dead in bed in Mi:-
waukee, where they had lain three week.
4 small coal stove, with the door wide
open and containing heap Of coal du$:,
| indicated the couple had been asphyxiate1.
Andrew ]. Aikens, general manager CT
| the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. is an
critical condition following a stroke Vt
paralysis which he suffered several days
ago. Mr.. Aikens is one of the oldest ard
best known newspaper men in the United
| States
Sixty candidates who desire to be au-
| thorized to administer the tuberculin test
| TO cattle took an examination from the
| State live stock sanitary board. A SINH
lar examination was held several weeks
ago when twenty-five persons secured cer~
tiicates.
The yerstreate & Fyfe Company's fac
| tory in Burlington, together with the con-
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day. Their speciality was photo supplies
and automobile parts. The origin of tlaa
| fire is unknown. The loss is about SEC.
| coo, insurance $4,000.
A joint meeting of the city council ana
| school board of the several districts Of
| Manitowoc has been called for Jan. %,
at which time action will be taken ia
preparation of bill for the Legislature
which will permit Manitowoc to secure
central high school system.
The first burglary in Hudson for many
months took place when the Fender So
loon was entered and a small amount of
cash. cigars and liquor taken. William
| Loose, at one time a bartender in that
saloon. was arrested and charged with TIA.
| offgnse Loose denies his guilt.
Joseph Van Sistine of Crivitz acorn
ranied friend who was suffering with
an infected hand to Marinette TO receive
| treatment from a physician. As he was
| leaving the train he fell on slippery
platform. crushing the bones of his shout,
der The two entered the hospital at the
same time.
c. p. Cary, State superintendent Of
public instruction, has announced the ap,
pointment of Charles Meisnest as county
school superintendent of schools in Mani
towoc county, the appointment being made
| for the unexpired term of w. f. Larson,
who has been made State inspector of
rural schools.
| The Marat hon Paper Mill Company is
| in process of formation at Wausau with
a capital stock of S750.000 and will build
paper mills at Rothschild. where site
and a dam have been secured and will
employ $50 men. Work will begin at
once and it is expected the plant wiz.
be finished and in operation by May, 1910
The capital interested is entirely local.
and the men interested have 500,000.0OD
feet of standing timber, spruce and hem<
| lock.
| That the change in the circuit of the
about by the traction inf SO. .UP;t
Observation-Disclosures League was brought
about by the traction interests of eastern
| Wisconsin, which intend TO employ tie
organization as a feeder for their car
| lines. is the statement of President
Rooney of the La Crosse Club in regard
TO the change. 1t is expected that a new
league will be formed, to be made up of
Ia Crosse WinOpa. Fan Claire Wausau
Superior Duluth. Ashland and Saltwater.
Carl g. Larsen. an alleged descrser
from the United States army, was ar
rested while at work in the mill of the
Girard LUMBER Company at Dunbar.
The thirty-seventh annual convention
of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association
will be held at Barron Feb. TO- II and
-. Among the prominent dairymen who
will speak are j. Q. Emery, State dairy
and food commissioner; Edward ii. Web