Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-20
WI SIN
STATE NEWS

! 1Odu udQ d 0Sdu-Ol COLLISION
1t Barton, the next station south of
| 1ere. The work train was in charge
/ u Frank Corcoran. conductor: B. ].
! Harris, engineer, and Norman Fairbin,
! 1reman. The way freight was il
'narge Of William Hallett, conductor:
Iohn Hodge, engineer, and William
| 5ookin- Both crews are from MiIwau-
/ zee. Z J. Lee Of Milwaukee, brake
nan on the way freight, VINO was
/ fldlng IN the caboose. was the only
| 91e hurt. His race was badly bruised
! @here he was thrown through a win
low.
Eau Claire. Rev. Samuel n.
/ Wilson, Reedsburg, was elected mod
/ orator Of the Wisconsin synod of the
| presbyterian church in session here
/ rev. Wilson was pastor in Wausau
! eight years. Other officers chosen
| were as follows: stated clerk and
| treasurer, Rev. Charles A. Adams,
Merrill; permanent clerk, Rev. Louis
! II. Peeke, Fond du Lac, and tenn
/ porary clerks, Revs. Clarke. North La
crosse, and Thomas Orsen, Kimberly.
Marinette.-The mystery of the
| disappearance of Mrs. Lydia Mus
SON. Duluth, daughter of Fred Leak.
Marlnette, was solved when the wo-
man appeared in this city. She said
she left Duluth September 10 bound
! Tor Marinette, became i'll on the train
and was taken to a hospital. She had
/ not written her parents that she was
coming here. so she decided not to
let them know that she was in a hos
pltal and save them worry.
Chippewa Faus-A reunion Of
| i've brothers and sisters. all over
seventy years old, was held here in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Eos.
ter. Their ages range from seventy
one to eighty-three years, and it is
the first time the quintet have met for
many years. They are the children of
Daniel and Nancy Foster, long de.
! ceased, of Chatham, Canada.
Oconto.-The special election to
decide whether the city should
| bond itself for s25,0OO in or.
der to secure federal appropriation
of $4,000 for harbor Improvement
went overwhelming for bonding. The
vote was 862 to %.
Eau Claire.-Frank Lee and Fred
Brace, who sawed their way out
of the NeillsviIIe Jail, were taken off
train here.
Northumberland Davidson re-
turned to the capital from his
summer home near Stoughton. He
ridiculed the idea of calling a special
session of the legislature, rumored
about the capital
KenOsha.-The annual valuation
of Kenosha county was completed
and the report of the assessors
shows total valuation of S32,206. 1928.
as compared with $31,O79,619.39 in
1909. The largest portion of the in
crease in the valuation is in the city
of kenosha, the increase in the CITY
being $1,028,070.
Green Bay.-Green Bays oldest citi-
zen, Joshua Whitney, is dead after a
short illness. He was born in this
city eighty-one years ago and had
lived here all his life
Oshkosh.-Cora Edwards charged
with the shooting of William EbeIing,
Green Bay, on September %, was
given a preliminary hearing and was
bound over for trial at the January
term of circuit court on a charge of
murder in the second degree.
Plainfield-So scarce is farm help in
this part Of the state that many of the
schools in the villages and the coun-
try are closed to give pupils opportu-
nifty to work in the potato fields. Good
wages are being paid.
Plainfeld.-An epidemic that puzzles
veterinarians has attacked the cattle
in this part of the state and many al
ready have died.
Racine.-L. Wolff, thirty-four years
old, brought here from Dayton, O..
where he was captured, on charge of
having passed a forged check on Con
Nielsen of the Hotel BeIvidere, in Au-
gust, pleaded guilty in the municipal
court and was sentenced to the state
prison at Waupun for term of two
years. Wolff is from a welI-to-do fam
lily of Cincinnati, O., and his brother
IS prominent attorney of that state.
He said that he never was in trouble
before
nelander.-Bernice Secord, six
years old, daughter of Charles Secord,
engineer for the Robbins Lumber com.
pany, was smothered. She endeavored
to jump across hole which had been
dug for telephone post and fell in.
The dirt caved in on top of the girl
and smothered her before she could
be extricated
Beloit.-The annual Big Hill day
picnic will be observed by Beloit col
lege students. Prof. G. E. Fairfield
has charge Of the event
Kenosha.-Carl Nelson, a nine-year.
old boy, was run down and seriously
injured here by an automobile in
which Mayor M. J. Scholey, Fire Chief
Henry Isermann and Milton Kent were
the passengers.
Marinette.-Aibert Guathier. sixty
three years old. entered a plea of
guilty to statutory offense. his six.
teen-year-old daughter being the com
j
5. D. Hastings to five years in the
state penitentiary. Bert Flint pleaded
guilty to statutory charge and was
sentenced to two years in the state
prison.
Beloit.-George Gemmill has re-
turned from a ten months stay in in
terror South America, where he went
to install machinery in a plant of
gold mining company. He says he
dislikes that country.
Madison.-George E. Page of Mil
waukee, unsuccessful candidate for
the Republican nomination for mem.
Der of congress in the Fourth district,
certifies to Secretary of State Frear
that his pre-primary campaign ex-
penses were s676.75, made up chiefly
of items for postage, printing and ad-
yertising The statement is one OF