Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-14
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

that pickerel are being speared in viola
ton of the law.
President Albert Salisbury of the
Whitewater Normal has returned from
his visit abroad.
A movement has been put on foot to
hold a monthly market in Marinette for
the sale of stock.
A recapitulation of the expenses of
Racine county for the year shows the
figure is So. 163.
Clarence Dayton. aged 20 years. was
drowned while skating at Spaulding' S
lake. near GAINESVILLE.
Jack O'Brien, liverSman of Lynxville,
was thrown from carriage and fell on
his face smashing the left side. and may
die.
While hunting near Concord. Louis
Strey fell, his gun going off and wounding
his companion. Gordon Schamel, in both
legs.
Charles Walk was fined $40 in Mari
nette on conviction of selling liquor to
minors. His stock was levied on to pay
the fine.
Albert L. Wagner, a prominent bust
ness man of MenomOnie. and former Al
derman, died of typhoid pneumonia. He
was 81 years old.
In memory of the late W. w. Whee-
lock, his widow has presented the James
vile Congregational church with a hand
some communion set.
On the eve of his wedding Alfred
Frederickson. a Superior contractor, met
with an accident which resulted in his
death a little over an hour later.
In Chippewa Falls the Office and stock
building of the Hand Made Shoe Com
pany was destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of about $4,000. covered by insur-
ance.
Rev. John r. Henderson has resigned
as pastor of the Oconomowoc Congrega-
tional church and has accepted a call to
the Congregational church in Clear Lake,
Iowa.
Gen. and Mrs. f. S. Bragg celebrated
their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary in
Fond du Lac. They received many of
their friends who called to offer congrat-
ulations.
Abraham Baker of Caledonia, while
shredding corn. caught his left nd in
the machine and it was badly mans led. 1t
was necessary to amputate the member
above the wrist.
Small fire losses were the rule in Man
itowOc county in 1908. the report of the
Manitowoc Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany. just out. showing losses of the year
to have been but $263.30.
A bad wreck on the Portage and Ste
vens Point branch of the Wisconsin Cen
trail was narrowly averted when the south
bound passenger train and the Portage
freight met at Hancock.
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Electric Light Company has been rob-
bed of hundreds of dollars worth of cop
per wire by what seems to be a well or
ganized gang of track thieves.
Wandering from his home in his sleep,
Carl Boechman. an aged resident south
of Mantowoc. was found exhausted and
ill from exposure two miles from his
home and his condition is critical.
Statements issued by the La Crosse
banks as to their business Jan. 1 shows
that the deposits in the five local finan-
cial institutions amount to $7.676,7JS, a
gain of over 100000 for the year.
In Sheboygan City Health Officer
Reichs report for the year shows 80
deaths and 700 births. an increase of
! four deaths from 1907 and an increase of
eighty-three births over the previous year.
Judge Rosa of the local municipal court
is going to mete out stern justice to riot
erS on interurban cars who are arrested
in Beloit. A young man from Rockford
was fined SO and costs for boisterous-
ness,
The village of MOrchouse has won in
; its fight to compel the Stanley. Merrill
; & Phillips Railway Company to stop its
trains there. according to a decision re-
ceived from fhe State railroad commits
sion
Frank Trezza. an Italian arrested at
Rochester. Mimi, on Aug. "a. on a charge
of shooting and killing Archie Larrabee,
a well-known Kenosha man. has been Civ
en- life sentence in the Minnesota State
prison.
Eugene Hindermann and Louis Gahlke
of Marinette had a narrow escape from
drowning when they broke through thin
ice while trying to skate to Green Island.
They were rescued by Eddie Albrecht, a
boy companion.
A dog running at large in Reedsburg
and supposed to be mad, bit a small child
of Gustave Rosenthal in the face. lacerat-
ing it quite badly. and later bit two men,
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lac dog was shot.
A pack of wolves was captured by Bert
Bailey and his son near Petersburg. in
KickapOo valley. There were six of the
animals. Three of them were pure white
in color. while one was black and white
and the other two of the ordinary color.
Martin Schleyer. twice tried in the
Circuit Court of Kenosha county on a
charge of shooting with intent to kill his
wife Martha Schleyer. and Herman
Koehler. who. he claimed was his wife's
affinity. was discharged from custody after
jury had brought in a verdict finding
that he was insane at the time of the
shooting OF koehler.
Alderman NJ. {. BATHS. reSduary leg
aztec of the estate of his brother. the
late Allen Il. BATHS. has filed a petition
in probate court in Oshkosh asking that
bequest to the divorced wife of the de-
ceased to The amount of $4,000 be de-
clared null and void. Alderman BATHS
claims the divorce came after the will
was made and the wife received a full
settlement in the divorce proceedings
The Mellen Lumber Company. a new
corporation. has been organized in Mel
len with capital stock of S45O.000. The
stock of the new company is owned by
the members of the FosterLatimer lum-
Der firm. the controlling interests being
held by the officers.
Mr. and Mrs. c. V. Mcmillan of Fond
du Lac received a cablegram from their
daughter. Margaret. and from Thornton
4. Greene of OntonagOn. Mich. who
were supposed TO have persisted in the
earthquake in Sicily. Tie party is now
in Florence, Italy, and were on their
way TO the Inflated island when the ca
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