Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
AMONG OUR NEIGHBoRs.


numerous cases of scarlet fever some
of the ward schools have been order
ed closed by the Eau Claire school
board
Bowling of Fond du Lac, a brake
man on the Wisconsin division of the
Northwestern, had his right leg taken
off below the knee while switching al
Appleton Junction.
The motormen on the street cars
were granted an increase of 2 cents
an hour by the Ashland Light, Power
and Street Railway Company. The
men have been paid 16 cents an hour.
The cottonwood trees planted by
Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge, Of Fond
du Lac, sixty years ago, when he pre-
scented the nucleus of what is Rienzi
cemetery, are being cut down because
their age makes them dangerous in a
storm.
Albert Farr, a farmer of the town
of Pittsield, while blowing struck a
large chunk of copper ore. He laid it
aside and kept on working and later
pulled up another piece. One of the
pieces weighs seventeen pounds. Mr..
Farr will secure an expert mineralo-
gist with drills to make a test of this
land
Assisted by the City Mission to find
work last September, William Boiler,
a stranger who came to La Crosse
down en- his luck, has inherited prop
erty in New York City valued at $780,
000 The inheritance comes from an
his twenty-frst birthday, which occurs
this month.
Congress has passed special act
giving Col W. B. Britton, of James
vile, who was colonel of the Eighth,
or Eagle regiment, a $50 pension, the
same amount voted to Gen. E. S.
Bragg of Fond du Lac few years
ago. Col Britton has been an invalid
several years, confined to his room
most of the time.
B. Whitehead, son of State Senator
John NJ. Whitehead, the only Beloit
alumnus in the Yale Divinity School
senior class, has been elected as one
of the four speakers to represent that
institution at the anniversary He
was also given the graduate scholar
ship at the American Institute of
Archaeology at Rome.
Douglas NJ Stiles was probably IA
tally injured while unloading car
of rosin in Marinette. Losing his bal
ance and falling backward through
the door opening in the car where he
was at work, Stiles struck the ground.
He is paralyzed from the neck down,
having suffered a hemorrhage Of the
spine. He is so years old.
st. Peters English Lutheran
church Of GAINESVILLE has accepted the
resignation Of the pastor, Rev. w. P.
Christy, and has extended a call to
Rev J. H. Harpster, formerly of Can
ton, Ohio, but more recently mis-
at Rajah Mundry, located
near Bombay, India. Mr.. Christy goes
to the Trinity Church in La Crosse
on June l.
One of the Twin lakes in the west
ern part of Kenosha County was drag
ged the other day for the body Of
Frank Hubert, of Chicago, who is be-
lieved to have drowned there during
a storm on the lake The boat which
he had used and the two oars were
found floating in Lake Elizabeth, but
no trace was found Of Hubert. He
was "a years old.
By the presence Of mind of their
son Harry, aged IS, Mr.. and Mrs. L..
]. Gruber, Of Sheboygan Falls, were
saved from being asphyXiated by coal
gas in their home. The boy awoke
and finding his father and mother
unconscious he rushed to the home Of
a neighbor for help but could arouse
no one. He returned home and tele-
phoned for aid, which arrived in time
to save the parents.
R. McCale5 has fled complaints
with the district attorney, alleging that
three county officers of La Crosse have
been interested in contracts in viola
ton Of the law which prohibits any
county officer from being interested
in any such deals and the district at
torney has been asked to recover all
such moneys. The officials are alleged
to have been guilty Of the offenses
during the building Of the new court
houses five and a half years ago.
John NJ Levy, aged 80, the oldest
citizen of La Crosse, both in point of
years and residence, died after an H.
ness of four months. Mr.. Levy came
to La Crosse in 1845, and was can
didate for mayor at the first city cleo
ton held here, 1854, when he was de
feated by 1 vote. his own ballot being
cast for his opponent Subsequently
he served as mayor several times, and
PLAYED large part in the early pc
litical life in La Crosse, and in its
real estate developments.
When it was announced that dog
was mad when killed in Neenah,
steps were Immediately taken to pre-
vent a spread of rabies. Five persons
have been bitten by the dog and in
addition to the members of the fam
lily Of Howard Cummings, a little
daughter of Robert Olda is at Madi-
son taking the Pasteur treatment.
Extra policemen are on duty to kill
all dogs found running at large IN
muzzled, Mayor Stone having issued
proclamation to this effect. No less
than fifty have been killed.
Dr. James S. O'Brien, one of the
oldest and best known physicians of
Milwaukee, gave his life for the sake
of a charity patient. He died as the
result Of an operation performed for
a poor patient, by which he became
infected with blood poisoning.
Quong Shing, proprietor of a Chi
nese laundry in Eau Claire, against
whom the United States government
brought action to secure his deporta-
ton can remain here as long as he
wants to. Court Commissioner Nc
Balm announced his decision in favor
of the celestial