Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

City but none of them could be iden-
tilted by Miss Emma Schroeder, who
was in charge of the station when the
holdup took place.
Janesville.-Rev. E. Q. Grabill,
Congregational minister of Evans
Vile, with party Of five mar
rowly escaped death when his auto
pitched down a bank into a creek
Mrs. Grabill was slightly injured, but
the rest Of the party escaped with
nothing worse than a wetting.
Green Bay-Judson Sterling com.
mitted suicide by drinking car.
bolic acid here He had been
merchant here for % years. Friends
believe he ended his life because he
was respondent over failing health.
He was fi1ty-three years old and IN
married
Appleton. = A herd of imported
Guernsey cattle arrived consigned
to the Fox River Valley Guern.
sey Breeders association, and was i'm.
mediately sold to Charles Smith of
Wrightstown for $4,000. There were
Is head of registered stock In the car
load.
Kenosha.-The Kenosha chapter
Of the Danish Brotherhood dedi.
Gated a new $4,000 home here.
Many prominent Danes from this Sec
ton of the state attended the cere-
monies. At the banquet which fol,
Ia,
Sheboygan.-The village of Ran
dom Lake at a special election
voted to bond the village for $4,000
to purchase a gasoline fire engine,
hose wagon, hose and build a fire sta
ton. A big fire recently swept the
business section Of the village.
Madison.-State Bank Commits
sioner M. C. Bergh issued a char
ter to the state bank of Eastman,
Crawford county. The new institution
has a capital of $4,000. It's presi-
dent is ]. F. Pier and it's cashier
H. E. Pier
Menomonie. = The Wheeler post
office was entered by three men.
Citizens heard the explosion but the
burglars escaped and there was no
loss. The bandits boarded a train in
this city for the west.
Pewaukee.-F. H. Moritz and
H. Damschitsky, Joined the Chi
cago ice yacht colony here, coming
out from Milwaukee in their automo-
biles and going up the lake on the
ice with the ice yacht.
Portage.-The 500 depot at Pack
waukee was entered by burglars and
number of express packages stolen.
Darlington.-J. w. Oliver, prom
inent business man of Apple Riv-
er, Ill, was killed and a companion
named White, also Of Apple River,
slightly injured in an automobile acct
dent about four miles from here. The
men had visited this city on business
and started for home about dusk. In
attempting to make a sharp turn on a
rough hill on the Shullsburg road
about four miles south of Darlington
the driver lost control of the machine
and 1t plunged down an embankment
about fifteen feet high, turning turtle
and pinning both men under the ma
chine.
A number of teams were in the VI
cinity at the time and were at the
scene of the accident in a few min
utes. The car was lifted and the men
removed as quickly as possible. Oliver
was conscious when removed, but be-
came unconscious and died before
medical aid arrived. He is survived
by widow and family.
Racine.-There was an uprising
among the ESQ students of the
Racine college grammar school and
demand made that Major Randolph,
military commandant of the institu-
ton, be asked by the faculty to resign.
The students assert they will appeal
to their parents to take them from the
school and place them in some other
institution, If Major Randolph re-
mains.
La Crosse.-While cleaning her
diamonds in the sink, Mrs. Paul Pam
perrin, formerly of Milwaukee, was
shocked to see four of the sparklers
drop and roll into the drain pipe. The
water has been shut off from the dou-
Bile house in which the family resides
for two days while plumbers are ma
king an effort to locate the lost jewels
Madison.-State Fire Marshal T.
NJ. Purtell issued his custom
airy warnings relating to the dan
gerous character of holiday decora-
tons in stores. He urges extra eau
ton at this time to prevent property
loss and even loss of life.
Beloit-In the home oratorical
contest of Beloit college first place
was won by Lew Saretsky of
Benton Harbor, Mich, and second by
Harold Kilbourne of Beloit. These
will represent Beloit in the state con-
test at Appleton. Saretsky won the
state contest last year.
anesville-Harold McCauley, fire
man on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, was badly injured in a
wreck at Platteville.
Janesville.-The district convention
of the Independent Order of Good
TempIars is here for two days ses-
sion.
Eau Claire Rescued in the nick
of time, Angus Robertson, aged
fifty-two years, was thwarted
in an attempt at suicide by lying
across the railway tracks in front of a
freight train in the Omaha yards
here. The wheels Of the engine were
about three feet from Robertson.
Marinette.-Some fears are ex-
pressed that Marinette county may
lose one assemblyman as a result of
the proposed reapportionment. 1t is
not clear that Marinette will have
sufficient population to assure an as
semblyman in addition to the one