The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-29
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

with the Incorporation of the Wiscon-
sin Coal company to operate coal LANDS
in Colorado, have been dismissed by or
der of Attorney General Wickersham.
Other cases involving the company
were dismissed several weeks ago.
George and Frank Founder and Ar
chic Mckinney, all well known far
mers, were arraigned at Whitewater
charged with dynamiting the waters
of Turtle creek to get fish. The men
waived examination and were bound
over in bail of 5000 to await trial ID
the circuit court
John NJ True of Baraboo, secretary
of the Wisconsin State Agricultural
society, has announced himself as
candidate for the state senate from
the Twenty seventh senatorial dis
trict The present incumbent is q,
L. Pearson, of Raraboo, Hemocrat.
The Kenosha Gas ard Electric COM
pany and the Kenosha Home Tele-
phone company have made an agree
ment that will result in the rebuild
ing of nearly the entire overhead sys-
tenn of wires in Kenosha. The COM
panies will jointly use all poles.
Howard Lewis, of Oshkosh, SOU
dent graduate of the Oshkosh Normal
school, was awarded University OF
Wisconsin scholarship, the value OF
which is 1925. Mr.. Lewis is editor OF
the Lawrence college monthly paper
Arthur Kochelsky was arrested OH
the charge of attempting to rob the rec
tory of ST. Peter Claws church at She
boygan. He took $54, it is charged,
and was about to leave when Father
Van Treeck grabbed him.
Mrs. William F. Villas, widow of Col
onel William F. Villas. will donate a
statue of Colonel Villas to the Vicks-
burg national park commission. Col
onel Villas took part in the memorial
seige of Vicksburg.
The Interstate Light and powe4
company expects to be able to supply
power to Platteville and vicinity by
July The completion of this system
will mean a great deal to the mines of
that section.
After attempting to murder his wife,
Anton Schiebert, of Milwaukee, blew
out his brains in the bedroom of his
home He fired three times at his wife
before turning the gun on himself.
According to information received at
the state horticultural station the re-
cent snow storm, coupled with cold
weather, has done considerable dam
age to the apple and cherry crop.
Burglars blew open the safe of the
Birmingham e Hixon Lumber COM
pany at Sparta with dynamite but no
clew has been obtained. 1t is thought
only a few dollars were secured
The Rock County Telephone com
pany, an independent concern, has pur-
chased the 3OO-mile toll line of the
Badger State, the largest independent
company in Wisconsin.
Coroner Jonas Hoyle is investigating
the peculiar death of John Blackburn.
fifty years old, a farmer of Union
Grove, who was found dead in the eel.
lar of Racine saloon.
Milwaukee's first pure food show
and household exposition opened in the
Auditorium. When Mayor Sefdel
arose to open the show he was greet
ed by 1000 people.
Reports have reached Oceola that
forest fires in the north part of the
country destroyed over 700 cords Of
maple and oak wood between Luck
and Frederic.
Nels Bresbekern was killed by be.
ing run over by locomotive in front
of the Offices of the Mandt wagon
works at Stoughton, where he was en-
ployed.
Walter Trippler, of Peshtigo aged
one and one-half years, was strangled
The rope became twisted about his
neck.
The remains of William Meyer,
eighty-years-old, We're found floating
in Pike river at Kenosha. The man
ner of his death is a complete mys.
terry.
The Blanchardville Blade has been
sold to F. A Greene, of Darlington.
Carl Chandler has been editor and
proprietor of the paper fourteen years.
A large area of timber in Bayfield,
county, valued at 100000, has been
destroyed by forest fires. The tract
lies between Cable and Drummond
Walter Buchen of Madison, a Junior
in the college of letters and science
has been elected editor of the SPHINX
the university humorous monthly.
A special train on the Northwestern
railroad was wrecked at Lytles, ten
miles north of Lacrosse. The train
took fire and was burned.
Clarence Kilmer of Tunnel City,
near Tomah, was killed instantly by a
cave-in at the new tunnel while en-
gagged in excavating.
A school for boys that would be
conducted by brothers of the Catholic