Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-10

STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs Lucy Marks, while crossing the
tracks of the St. Paul road in Marin
cite, was struck by train and killed,
R. T. Hanrahan of Chicago was
awarded $2,O79 in a suit against the
City of GAINESVILLE for extra sewer
work
Edward Farley, retired stone cut
ter, died in Madison, aged 80 years.
He cut stone for the old capitol, and
the present postoffice building.
The engine in the James Mitchell
lumber mill at Tony was destroyed by
the bursting of the fly wheel No one
was injured. The mill is a wreck.
Nels ]. Anderson, a machinery deal
er in Fairchild, filed a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy. His petition shows
liabilities of $2,423.50, mainly open ac-
counts. The available assets aggre-
gate a face value of $1,511.86
A slight scratch on a finger of his
right hand proved fatal to Felix Row
inski, resident of Hofa Park, Sha-
Wano county, death following within a
week in hospital in Green Bay. Blood
poison developed.
Mrs. Eunice Sanders, one o. the
pioneers and prominent women Of Ra-
cine, died the other day Mrs. Sand
ers was the widow of the late Gen.
Horace T. Sanders. She came to Ra-
al
survive her.
Mrs. James c. Riley, of Marinette,
had one of her ears frozen while in
bed. The woman did not know the
ear had been frozen until neighbors
had been consulted in the morning.
Mrs. Riley still exhibits a badly
swollen ear
Denmark is having a mad dog scare
and many of the CANNES throughout
the town have been killed during the
last few days. A child of E A. Stein
brecker was bitten by a dog supposed
to be mad, and has been taken to Mad
ison for treatment.
The newly organized lodge of Moose
in GAINESVILLE, having nearly four hun
dred members, is planning for the cree
ton of clubhouse which will include
a large gymnasium as we'll as bowling
alleys, hand and basket ball courts and
reading and club rooms.
Hugh Rowlands, a locomotive fire
man employed on the Northwestern
road, was fatally injured the other
day. When the train was nearing Zion
City, Rowlands looked out of the cab
window and his head was struck by
the iron crane of a mail pouch catch
er. A part of his head was torn
away.
Louis Futcher, of Saltwater, Mimi,
aged 50 years, married man with
eight children, was instantly killed at
the North Wisconsin Lumber and
Manufacturing log landing at Hay
ward. He loosened the chains holding
the logs with an axe, the logs rolling
over him. He had worked here since
December L.
The batting mill owned by T. T.
Burns, was destroyed in GAINESVILLE by
fire caused by two of the spindles
crashing against each other, causing
a spark which ignited the plant. The
fire was hard to fight, owing to the
extreme amount of smoke The loss
is etimated at about $4,000. About
$4,000 worth OF material was saved.
William Darlington, for many years
a freight engineer on the Omaha rail-
way, was found lying unconscious in
an outbuilding near his home at AL
tOona City, with two bullet wounds in
his head and a revolver lying near.
He was brought to the Sacred Hos
pital in Eau Claire, and there is not
much hope held out for his recovery.
Charles Hunter, an employe in the
sulphite department Of the Nekoosa-
Edwards Company, slipped and par
TALLY fell in kettle of sizing. His
face and neck were badly scalded from
the scattering fluid,
Copper country Italians have raised
$1,000 to back d'Urbano's Italian band
now playing at the Kerridge Theater,
Hancock, for a contest with the Calu-
met & Hecla band Of the Calumet &
Hecla Mining Company. Director
Barnard, of the local band, criticised
the travelling band adversely and the
challenge is the result.
Treasurer l. L. Humphrey died in
Baraboo, aged - years. He was born
in New York and for many years was
a hardware merchant. He is survived
by wife.
The Rock River Valley Picnic As
ISOLATION elected officers as follows:
President, l. S. Moseley, Beloit; vice
president, George Gayton, Rockton,
H.; secretary, W. o. Hansen, Beloit.
The picnic which will be held August
IS, is the annual reunion Of families
Of Rock county, Wis, Boone and Win
nebago counties, III, and is attended
each year By many thousand persons.