The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-05
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The farmers of Marquette county
have appealed to the college of agricul
ture of the University of Wisconsin
for relief against worm pest which
is DIES troying their potato crop in a
manner similar to the way. the grass
hoppers formerly destroyed the west
ern crops These worms are from an
inch and a half to four inches in
length and range in color from a dark
brown to a light green. They do not
seem to come from anywhere, but a
farmer goes out i'm his field in the
morning to find millions of worms eat
ing his crops A leaf a minute for each
worm seems to be the speed at which
they eat up the crops.
The relatives and friends of Tony
Scheffer OF Kenosha, formerly one of
the keepers of the Kenosha light and
more recently in the United States
navy, who disappeared while his ship
was at one of the ports in the Panama
zone last November, have given the
boy up for dead Since last January the
officials of the army and navy have
been making a search for Scheffer but
they have not been able to find any
trace of him. 1t is believed by his
relatives that he met with foul play.
Henry Drost, president of the Drost
Box Manufacturing company and one
of the Oldest pioneers of Manitowoc,
is dead after several months of i'll
ness. He was eighty-four years old.
Although at the head of the company
during the last few years, Mr. Drost
affairs of the concern. He was born in
Germany and came to this city when
young man He is survived by a son
and daughter.
The famous Iron Brigade will prob
ably assemble here for the last time
Sept. II, the anniversary of the battle
of Antietam, in which General E. S.
Bragg was shot and at which for a
time it was feared that he been NOR
tally wounded. General Bragg says
that many of his old command have
decided to call upon him in September
and that he hopes hi sheath will per-
nit him to give them a good time.
Martin Kucke, a 500 line employe in
the railroad yards at Irvine, was at
tackled by hoboes, who demanded his
money or his life. Kucke put up
fight and kicked them Off He outran
them and escaped to his house. The
hobOeS used knives, slashing his arm
and the hand with which he grasped
his pocket containing his months pay.
They also stabbed him in the side
Discouraging news has been re-
ceived from F. l.. Chenoweth's big
flax farm in North Dakota The con-
thousand-acre crop of fax, in which he
had an investment of nearly $4,000
Last year flax raisers made big money
in North Dakota. Other large crops
in that country are put to the bad also
August Marquardt of Kenosha, mem
Der of the legislature and president of
the Marathon County Agricultural so
ciety, with NJ. HI. Duncan secretary, G.
l.. Barwig director, and William G.
Brawley, editor of the Wausau Sun,
are advertising the Marathon county
fair by making a whilwind automobile
trip through the county.
Joseph Schiller, GAINESVILLE manager
for the Wisconsin Telephone company,
and Frank Chase, narrowly escaped
drowning near GAINESVILLE. Mr.. Schu-
Ter became in danger and Mr.. Chase
went to his aid. Both required help
before they reached shore.
The gasoline launch Alice the Sec
ond, which runs between the Idle
Wild resorts and Sheboygan, was de-
stroyed by fire while preparing to
start on her regular trip. The blaze
started under the engine. No one
was injured.
Christian H. Meyer, who helped
Milwaukee grow from a village to
metropolis through his labor in public