Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-24
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| Segment sale Of the Waukesha
County Guernsey Breeders asso-
.iation was held at the fair grounds
md attracted about 500 stockmen.
Prominent breeders were present from
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
| iowa, South Dakota and other states.
The aggregate of the sale was about
$4,000. Seyenty-two heads were sold
1t an average price Of S277 per head.
Col. Gustav Pabst, Milwaukee. paid
The highest price for an animal, S1,1S5
| Tor seVen-year-old COW owned by Fox
Bros.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS men are not
attracted by the policeman's star
and the board Of police and fire
commissioners is now advertising for
| men to wear police uniforms in Ke,
nosha. There are three vacancies on
the police force and as many on the
| fire department, but no men can be
found to fill the places and not an
application has been received by the
board for several months. Factories
in Kenosha are running over time and
the wages paid to the men are so
much better than those offered for
police officers that young men in Ke-
nosha refuse to go on the forces.
Sturgeon Bay. A. A. Button.
Egg Harbor, was accidentally shot
and killed by a hunter who mis-
took him for a wolf. Button is the
sixth hunting victim of the season.
| Frank Lallemont did the shooting and
is nearly crazed with grief, the vic
| tim being a personal friend. Lalle-
| mont carried the wounded man a mile
| or more and secured assistance to
| convey him to his home, but Button
| died before doctor could reach him.
Madison.-Governor Davidson re-
fused to remove from office Sher-
If Frank DeYiley of Brown coun-
ty, who was accused some time ago
by District Attorney Edward Reynolds
| and two supervisors of Brown county
of charging for services he did not
| perform and of failure to perform his
official duties. Upon consideration
the governor found the evidence lack
ing and dismissed the petition.
Kenosha.-The police of Keno
sha have been asked to find
Clara Daisy, fourteen years old, who
is missing from Kenosha. She left
home saying she was going to visit
friend. The police are connecting the
disappearance of the girl with that Of
a man tWenty-four years of age who
vanished on the same day. His wife
rs aiding the police.
Appleton. : While walking along
the railroad track near the North
Division street crossing, Ferdi-
nand Kirk, employed by the Apple
ton Water Works company, was
struck by a freight train and both of
his legs were cut off.
Marinette.-A proposition to take
care of the surface water from
the city of Peshtigo by an open ditch
through the city is meeting with Wig
orous opposition and it is not likely
that it will be permitted by the city
health authorities.
Madison.-State Railroad Commits!
sicner Halford Erickson and John
M. Winterbotham, secretary of
the commission, are attending the an
nual convention of the National AS
sociation of Railway Commission ars
at Washington.
Madison.-Articles of incorpora-
ton for the Mutual Building
and Loan association, Fond du Lac,
were approved by the banking COM
missioner. The association has a cap
ital stock of $5,0OO,OOO
Wautoma-George Taylor, a hand
employed on the farm of Leon
ard Engle, Deerfeld, caught his right
hand in a corn shredder and the hand
was amputated at the elbow.
Marinette. = Father Caron, who
has presided over the congrega~
ton of st. Joseph's church for twenty
years, has left for his new field Of
labor at Coleman.
Racine.-The city council has re-
fused to pass an ordinance COM
polling factory owners to place smoke
consumers on the stacks of their fac
tories.
Wautoma = The Maccabee hall
In the town of Deerfield was de.
stroyed by fire. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Racine.-The annual meeting of
the German Baptist church in
Wisconsin is being held in this city
with over fifty ministers and laymen
in attendance. Rev. E. Miller of Che
boygan, Mich, delivered the opening
address Addresses were delivered by
Rev. J. NJ. Hoeff1in of Oshkosh, state
missionary, and F. W. C. Meyer Of
Milwaukee.
Madison. = The Wisconsin rate
commission handed down a de-
cision requiring the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul road to provide better
passenger train service at New Hol-
stein, in Calumet county, and to i'm
prove their depot facilities at that vii
lage.
Burlington. = Plymouth Congrega-
tional church has extended a call
as pastor to Rev. G. H. Marsh, late Of
New Richmond.
Fond du Lac.-A new bank to be
known as the Citizens State bank,
is to be incorporated with a cap
ital of 100000. E. A. Curtis, formerly
first vice-president Of the CONNER
cial National bank of Madison, is as
sisting in the organization Of the new
bank and will be one Of the officers.
Madison.-Governor Davidson ap-
pointed William Lindsay and Charles
E. Estabrook of Milwaukee and
C. L. Colman Of La Crosse as ad,
ditional delegates to the annual con.
ventton of the National Civic fedora,
ton, which will be held in Washing
ton in December.
Washburn.-A special election was
held in this city to vote on
whether the high school should be
placed under the class of free dis.
trict high school. The citizens de,
sired to change the class so that the
school could secure state aid The