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

air may reach the proportions of a
scandal For some months the water
department. has been under inspection
by the rate commission and only 2
'ew months ago the commission re
used to allow the water board to in
crease rates along certain lines.
kenosha. A movement TO Sc
cure state inspection of milk ano
the providing of a permanent state
standard for sanitation and purity has
been started in this county. Petitions
are in circulation asking the Wiscon,
sin legislature at its next session td
take steps to enact a law providing
for state inspection of all dairies and
milk shipped from diaries TO points
in and out of the state.
Superior.-Being unable to de
eide exactly how Louis Ging, em
oloyed at the Webster chair factory
here, came to his death, Coroner
Charles w. GIesen held an inquest to
ascertain the facts. Kings body was
found near an elevator shaft on the
second floor and it is thought the man
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stances in connection with the case
will be investigated.
Chippewa FaIls.-At Dawning. on
the 500 line, west of here, three
masked men held up at tbs
points of reyolvers, c. M. Snyder,
jeweler, as he was leaving his store
They looted his place of watches and
rings valued at more than $500. After
making the selections the robbers
courteously babe Snyder good night
and politely begged pardon for their
| ruteness.
Green Bay.-The young men OF
the Ninth congressional district be
Tween the ages of sixteen and twenty
years are offered the opportunity OF
competing for two Of the appoint
ments as midshipmen of the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis.
Green Bay.-In an attempt tc
commit suicide Mrs. Herman Stef
lens drank the contents of a three
ounce bottle of poison. Prompt medi
cal attention saved her life. Herman
Steffens, her husband, deserted he.
over a year ago.
Naturalization Secard. aged
six, buried alive as the result
of falling into hole dug for ar
electric light pole, the sand and grave
caving in. The recovery of the body
took 20 minutes, in spite of strenuous
efforts.
Sheboygan.-County Clerk A. G.
Myers has refused to accep
the primary election expense state
ment of Judge D. Mahlsted, Plymouth
defeated candidate for the nomination
FOR clerk of the courts, on the ground
that the document was not filed with
in thirty days after the election.
Kenosha-Carl Nelson, a nine
an automobile in which Mayor M. J.
Scholey, Fire Chief Henry Isermann
and Milton Kent were the passengers
Marinette-Mrs. Lydia Mussoff
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Leak
Marinette, has been missing since
September 10, and it is now feared
| that she has met with foul play. Mrs
| Mussoff has lived in Duluth since she
was married and started from that
city for Escanaba. From the time she
took the train in Duluth there are No
traces.
La Crosse.-Brooding over the death
in the 81 S." disaster of his daugh
ter-in-law, Mrs Stephen Randall, OF
whom he was found, Stephen Randall
New Albfn, Iowa, ended his life in the
Mississippi river.
Beloit.-The congregation of ST Pc
ter's church, South Beloit, contem
plates erecting a 5000 church build.
ing next year The present building
will be used for a hall or parochial
school.
Madison.-Attorney General Gilbert
ruled, in reply to an inquiry of Score.
of State Frear, that the names of can
didates of the Socialist Labor party
may not appear on the ticket in the
general election in party list and
that the candidates must run indiyid.
ually The reason given is that the
party, in the last general election, did
not cast the required number of votes
| to permit of it's being recognized on
the ticket. The secretary of state made
the inquiry as the result of an appeal
10 him by John VierthaleT, Milwaukee
Communicates Fabry, eighty
aine years old, a resident of this par
of the state more than forty years, IL
| lead He was native of Belgium.
teen years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Fl. P. Chandler, Bay City, Mich, start
ed for his home here after having
been wanderer for three years. The
boy said that he had seen a large por
ton Of the United States and that he
had slept under no roof excepting
those of police stations, during the
.hree years.
Sheboygan.-C County Clerk A G..
Meyers has refused to accept the pri
mary election expense statement Of
| Judge d. Mahlsted, Plymouth, de
feated candidate for the nomination
FOR clerk of the courts, on the ground
hat the document was not filed with.
in thirty days after the election Nc
action has been taken IN the case.
Oconto.-Walter H. Phillips has had
his sight destroyed when lightning
struck a chimney in the rear of his
Fond du Lac.-The total assessed
valuation of property in Fond du Lac
is s12,439,292. Last year the total wai
s12,096,546
Wausaukee.-B. A. Galloway, hi,
two sons, Claude and Clyde. and
their wives and Mr.. Mcconnell
and family, have arrived here from
Pleasant Hill, III. Mr.. Galloway has
purchased 800 acres of land and he
plans to farm on large scale. The
company brought five carloads OF
household goods. stock and farm ma.
chinery.
Marinette-Albert Guathier, aged
| sixty-three years, was sentenced
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