Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-01
SHORT STATE ITEMS.


Thieves entered a tannery east of Nee
nah. stealing $500 worth of hides. They
carried the hides away in a rig.
Milk in ever dry" Dublin is becoming
almost as scarce as beer Most of the
milk produced near there is shipped TO
outside creamerieS
Ferdinand Antetme of Paris. student
in the Middle Temple Law school. Lon
don. who is touring the United States. is
visiting in Madison.
Adam Ehrgott .Jr. made a sensational
escape from the county workhouse IN
Neenah. He scaled the high board fence
and cleared for the woods
Rev. r. ID. Rohrabaugh. pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church in La
Crosse, has accepted a call to the Pres
byterian Church at Talida, Ohio.
Edward Davidson, Racine brewery
agent, pleaded guilty to permitting a boy
under II years of age to work in his bot
ting factory, and was fined SD and
costs
The fight going on in Norkvile Town
ship for more than two years. with ref
NiCLLNC " tlt tStdDllSulltnj OF Il Tree
township high school. is to be settled at
the April election. If those in favor car,
ry a modern structure to cost S2G.OOO
will be built
Walking out on the honeycombed ice of
the Mississippi. John Leonard of La
Cross was precipitated into the water.
Bonnie Bot, aged II. saw him come tC
the surface twice and then disappear I'M
der the ice down the stream. Leonard
was p years old
Charlie, the J-year-old child of Mrs
Nenzel Sipple of the town of West Ike
waune, was accidentally shot iii the left
foot while at play. \ hunter had drop
ped in on the family and left bis gun
standing against the wall. The child ac-
cidentally discharged the weapon
The Beloit college students have taken
up the matter of paying for the bllboards
and walks destroyed in the bonfire cele-
bration after the victory in the State ora
torical contest and will settle for all dam
age to private property. The classes
voted to divide the expense and keep the
matter ont of court
Mat Polk, a Hungarian. jumped from
a Wisconsin Central passenger tram TWO
miles south of Schlesingerville. Polk
fell under the train. and was almost cut
in two. He died before the train reached
Waukesha. \ ticket from Seattle
New York. and transportation to Hun
gary was found in his pockets
On his way home from ST. Francis
hospital in La Crosse. where he had been
called to see his sick wife. who had
been confined in that institution for some
time. w. Il. Renken. route agent of
the Adams Express Company. dropped
dead upon the street. Death is attrlb-
uted TO an attack of heart failure.
\ petition is being signed by many bust
ness men and citizens of Sturgeon Bay
asking that law be enacted allowing
the taking of pickerel from this bay with
nets during December. January and Feb
ruary This will catch off the larger
pickerel which. it is claimed. are DESTROY
ing the perch and bass in the bay.
Kenosha is to have new manufacture
ing plant. as a deal has been closed for
the transfer of the old Visible Typewriter
Company plant to the Racine Refrigera-
tor and Ice Machine Company The com
pany. which has been i'll business in Ra-
cine for more than twenty years. recent
ly had lis plant destroyed by fire.
In a race with the stork. Mr.. and MIS-
horde Egstad were overtaken in the La
Crosse depot of the Burlington just after
alighting TO transfer to another road on
their way from South Dakota to West
by. Mother and baby were taken in an
l., A. I 4
will resume their journey in a few days
\ contract has been let by the Park
and Pleasure Drive Association of Madi-
son for many thousand trees and shrubs
to be set out in TenEey Park and Brit
tingham Park. In the former 10000 will
be planted and in Brittingham Park A.
600. The contract price is $500. Many
additional improvements are cOntem-
plated.
Chief of Police WandS and Officer Fe-
pa of Chippewa Falls. went to the
Omaha gravel pit and rounded UP bunch
of eight hobOeS. who were using the
boarding cars of the Omaha line as win
ter quarters The officers found a thrifty
bunch of -wearies~ They had a stock
of provisions on hand, including fifteen
pounds OF fresh meat.
Mrs. Z. S. Palmer of the town of
Greenyille is one OF the few surviving
daughters of a Revolutionary soldier in
Wisconsin Mrs Palmer is now IS years
of age.
The Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church will convert its present church
building in Grand Rapids into school
and erect a new house of worship. at
cost of $4,000.
Escaping from the county insane asy-
lum in Manitowoc while being held for
examination, Jack-the-Hugger was recap
tured Sunday at Cleveland. at the home
of his uncle. where he had applied for
shelter.
Recently g. v Schultz. a merchant of
Colby. received a letter from Dorchester
sigred T. L.. demanding that he enclose
So in bills or currency and send it to
=. l.. Dorchester. Wis. threatening to-
buyn his building if this request was not
complied with within a certain time.
Bertha Habeck, j. years old. daughter of
a respected farmer. has been placed under
arrest. Detectives have been employed
but as the girl refuses to talk it has thus
far almost remained a mystery.
Officers of the town of Mount Pleasant
declared war on automobile testers who
they claim are making life miserable be-
cause of the terrific speed machines are
run on the highways.