Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| tigo district, between the air line road
/ and the Peshtigo river The flames
have advanced across the Murray An
erews farm at the western city linn
| its, The house is surrounded and
| the goods are being moved out. A
| fight of a week to keep the flames
| from reaching the farm was defeated
| by shift of wind. An appeal was
made TO the Marinette fire depart
| ment for assistance. Wagon loads of
| buckets are being handed out to men
| In the vicinity of the fires. The muck
| soil is made up of decomposed marsh
vegetation and is the richest soil in
northern Wisconsin. 1t burns read
| lily when dry. The ground is rendered
worthless for five years by the fire.
Superior-The Superior terminals
| Of the Arrow line, new cleo
| trio railway to the Twin cities,
will be located at Twenty-frst street
and Logan avenue Survey has just
| been completed by the roads engi-
neers. The local terminals are reached
from the city limits by the diagonal
road to the steel plant site and Logan
avenue. Property owners along the
road will donate the required right of
way there if the road will operate a
local service to the steel plant, which
it is understood will also give run
ming rights over Logan avenue free
of cost The right of way into the
city would otherwise cost 100000
Hortonville.-Henry Smith, clerk
Of the village and baggagemaster
at the station of the Chicago
G Northwestern railroad, has been ar
rested on a charge of grand larceny,
1t being alleged that he had a part
in the theft OF freight from the sta
ton. The arrest is the outcome of
| Investigations made by ]. A. Walsh,
a detective. Authorities say that sew
eral other arrests are expected to
follow. Mr. Smith pleaded not guilty
when arraigned in municipal court
and gave bail in the sum of $4,000.
His case was adjourned until July &c.
Viroqua = After searching ten
days for prisoner, whom he
finally found in Denver, Col, and get
ting him as far as st. Paul, Sheriff
C. o. Helgerson came home without
his man, Ole Sine. The prisoner,
handcuffed, feigned sleep and escaped
while Helgerson was in the toilet
room. Slime is charged with stealing
$500 from Viroqua farmer.
La Crosse.-Struck by the head
of whisky barrel which ex-
ploded when he scratched a match on
1t to light his pipe, Harold DaWdy
lost his eyes, his nose was torn out
and pieces penetrated the skull The
accident happened at the Opalaska
Pickle factory, where Dawdy and Jo-
seph Sowle were unloading barrels
from a wagon Sowle was thrown sew
eral feet, but not badly hurt
Racine.-For the third time in
five months the Caledonia station
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway was entered by burglars.
| Trunks and packages were broken
open, contents strewn around and 1t
is believed that valuables were carried
away Railway detectives, government
inspectors and express company detec-
| LIVES Lie WI Ming Ou luC NcSO.
Madison.-A man giving the
name of John Gleason and his resi-
dence as Montana was arrested at
Mount Horeb, Dane county, on the
charge Of stealing a team of horses
valued at $500 from John Lamberty of
Cross Plains. Gleason abandoned the
team and tried to escape by foot, but
| po11ohf w TNonJItU Sheriff Inbn
Martin
Shawano-The lands in the
Stockbridge Indian reservation, for
which patents have been granted to
the Indians, were assessed this year
for the first time in the history of
the country The Indians on the reser-
| walton are in favor of creating new
town thereof instead of forming part
of the town of Herman, as at present.
Grantsburg.-Following are the of
ficers elected at the annual meet
ing of the First bank of Grants
burg: A P. Nelson, president; S.
Thoreson, e-president; Ole Ander-
son, vice-president; L. R. Roberts,
cashier; Robert Cassel, assistant
cashier; William Anderson and An
drew Peterson, directors.
Portage.-The common council re-
pealed the ordinance providing for
the closing of saloons on Sun
day and the removal of screens
The ordinance has been strictly en-
forced since its passage. The alder
men passed it as a compromise with
the Law and Order league when a
number of saloon keepers were ar
rested
Evansville-At special election
on the question of sewerage, the
city, by a majority of 20, voted for
complete sewerage and disposal
plant. Work will be commenced at
once and will be followed next year
with street paving.
Chilton.-Bishop Grafton reconse-
Grated the church here under its new
name-St. Boniface.
Sheboygan.-An automobile owned
by Frank Roenitz ran down and
instantly killed six-year-old boy, Ar
thur Wisch, and the chauffeur, E. A.
Brown, is being held pending the
iuuuOSL. AO SPCSIobci1
think the accident was unavoidable,
as the youngster ran from behind a
wagon as the big machine passed.
Fond du Lac.-The annual school
for embalmers which is held in
conjunction with the funeral di
rectors' convention, opened here.
There are about sixty students en-
| rolled so far The school Is being
conducted by Prof Carl Johnson.
Mondovi-Work has begun on
| the new Methodist Episcopal church
to be built at Colfax. The
structure will be stone and modern
in every way. Maddox & Erickson OF
Chippewa Falls have the contract
When finished 1t will be one of the
| finest Methodist Episcopal churches
in western Wisconsin and will cost
| about $4,000.
Beloit-Local colored people are