Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
SEEN AND HEARD
In WISCONSIN

a
climax when Jack Leonard, a day la
borer, took button pearl of beauti.
full luster and lavender color from a
clam, and the gem is valued at
$4,000. Leonard turned down the of
fer of clam buyer for $1,000 cash A
large number of pearls worth from
$50 to $500 each have been found
within the past few days and hun
dreds are wading in the river.
Oshkosh.-The treasury of Win
nebago county has to it's credit
the sum of $1,450.16, the county's
share of the inheritance tax paid by
the }. M. Bray estate The total
amount of inheritance tax assessed
against the estate is the largest ever
paid in Winnebago county since the
Inheritance tax law has been in eff
feet. 1t is s20.379.4O.
superintendent cases of per-
sons charged with selling liquor to
Indians on the north Wisconsin reser-
walton were taken up in federal court
which opened here. The offenders
were released upon payment of small
fines. Deputy Marshal Hugh will
bring large number of Indians from
Odanah for trial for taking liquor on
the reservation.
Depere.-Milk dealers here have
raised the price of cream from
"a cents to 80 cents per gallon on &C
count of the scarcity of feed. An
other result OF the drought Is the
farmers are reducing the number of
their cows. Animals bought for $50
earlier in the season can now be
bought for $50.
La Crosse.-The national bien-
NAL convention of the Independent
Scandinavian Workingmen's associa-
ton granted the women equal voting
rights, thus settling a long fought
question. The Scandinavian Sisters
OF America elected these officers:
President, Margaret Larson, Superior;
vice-president, Raglan Christianson,
Menominee; secretary, Johanna Le
rand, Superior; treasurer, Julia Lar
son, Ashland; marshal, Lena Ander-
son, Duluth, Mimi. trustee, six years,
Mary Talcott. Black River Falls.
La Crosse. - After selecting SUI
perior for the 1912 biennial conven-
tion. the Independent Scandinavian
Working Mems association reelected
and installed the following officers
President, P. J. Smith, Eau
Claire; vice-president. Asvie Queber,
Minneapolis, Mimi; secretary A. Mil
leness, Eau Claire; treasurer, Lewis
Larson. Cumberland high physician,
J. S. Kjelland. Crookston, MINI. The
new directors are Nels Meyer, Olaf
Bloom, !. Baumann, r. o. Helsom and
Albert Nelson.
Ashland.-H. I. Peterson, Superior,
Aate factory inspector, came to
Eiis city and caused the arrest of
Raymond Martin, one of the foremen
on the Clarkson Coal company's docks,
on the charge of employing Ed. Mer-
Ger, Jr., contrary to the state law.
Young Mercer is alleged to have been
injured the first night he worked on
the dock Mr.. Peterson declares that
young Mercer is only fourteen years
old and therefore that the boys en-
ployment at night work was unlawful.
Fond du Lac.-M. Jackson, pro-
prietor of women's tailoring es.
Establishment, and his assistants, M.
and Joe Silver. narrowly escaped
= death on Lake Winnebago when the
small boat In which they were riding
capsized during a heavy wind. The
men chung to the craft. which was
kept aloat by air chambers and final
1y succeeded in righting it. They
reached shore on the verge of pros
tration from their desperate battle.
Green Bay.-James NJ. Hansen,
son of Martin II. Hansen. a farm
er OF Ashwaubenon. is believed to
have suicided by blowing his head
of with dynamite. The belief is that
the young man laid on his back in
roadway a short distance from the
farmhouse, placed the stick of dyna-
mite under his head and then applied
a match to the fuse. His head was
severed completely from his body by
the powder.
Racine Kobjelski, af-
ter being told that her niece. Emma
Duva. had been killed by a street
car, tainted and died. She was thirty
nine years of age.
Madison.-State Bank Commits
sioner Nj. c. Bergh approved an
amendment TO the articles of incorpo-
ration of the Citizens State bank of
Welcome. Outagamie county. increas-
ing its capital stock from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Depere. Determination for all grades
of teachers certificates will be held
under the direction OF County Super
intendent of Schools Joseph F. No
vitski in the West Depere high school
on August /. ., 3, 4 and 5.
Mathematics Marion Wilson. a
Young colored woman. is alleged
20 have attempted suicide by Ia
king carbolic acid. 1t is said that she
was discouraged through having lost
a position as housekeeper.
Beloit.-Saul Haas, Racine. has
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