River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-05
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

Janesville.-When the physicians
of the city joined in their pro-
test against the reduction of the sal
airy of the health officer to $500 and
agreed not to accept the Office at that
price, they forgot to include DR.. ]. B.
Richards in their agreement. DR..
Richards, while regular physician,
is not in active practice. He is
sixty-nine years old, and for the last
two years has been a resident in
GAINESVILLE, making his home with his
sister-in-law. a physician. The coun-
Gil has now appointed him health Of
ficer, though some objection is raised
to the legality of his election, num-
Der of blank votes having been cast.
He received majority of those cast.
Neenah. = Neenah again has
mad dog scare. When it was
announced that dog, the head of
which was sent to Madison for ex-
animation, was mad when killed last
week, steps were Immediately taken
to prevent further spread of the
rabies if possible. Five persons had
been bitten by the dog and members
Of the family of Howard Cummings,
and little girl, the daughter OF
Robert Olds, are now at Madi-
son taking the Pasteur treatment. Tx
ira policemen are on duty to kill all
dogs found running at large unmuz-
zled. About fifty dogs have already
been killed.
Markesan-The annual session of
the Wisconsin conference of the
Evangelical association adjourned.
Three large meetings were held in the
new Markesan church, the largest
edifice of it's kind in the city. Bishop
S. P. Spreng, D. D., of Cleveland, O.,
for the first time presiding officer of
this conference, preached the annual
ordination sermon. The annual mis-
sionary offering amounted to the large
sum of $1,000. Besides this the con-
ference has pledged itself to raise
$4,000 for aggressive missionary
work in the state.
Sheboygan.-Stedman Thomas, for
merly cashier of the Dairymen's
National bank of Sheboygan Falls,
who was arrested in Chicago on
complaint of National Bank Elk
aminer Harry L. George charging en-
bezzling 81 200 of the bank funds
by the use of accommodation notes
and making false entries on the banks
books, has been released from the
Chicago jail under $4,000 bail, fur
nished by Elizabeth H. North, Ferdi-
nand P. Armbruster and Norma Arm
bruster.
La Crosse-Claiming that he has
| deposited $3.50 in La Crosse banks
in his wife's name, and that if
a decree of divorce is granted he is
entitled to a share of this money,
Charles NJ. Kabat, now in Jail at
Madison on charge of manufacturing
and placing in circulation counterfeit
coins, has filed an answer in the suit
instituted against him by his wife,
Mathilda Kabat, started before his
arrest.
Madison.-Under an opinion rem
dered by Attorney General Gill
bert the board of university regents
is authorized to draw upon the uni
versity general fund to defray the ex-
penses of high school inspection to
ascertain their eligibility for being
placed on the accredited list. A. W..
Tressler is employed in this work,
his salary being $4,000.
Madison. = Charles Burrows, a
harness maker out on strike,
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
burning the dwelling occupied by him
in South Madison on April Is. On
that day his supposed heroic rescue
of his sick wife from the burning
building was widely heralded. Bur-
rows was held in $4,000 bonds.
Madison.-The state insurance de-
partment has mailed to the Old Line
Life Insurance company Of Milwau-
kee copies of the departments report
on the company. A large number of
copies were mailed with instructions
to furnish the same to stockholders.
Madison.-A bill for the commission
form of government for Madison will
be drawn up by Mayor Schubert, two
aldermen and two each from the uni
versity faculty, the Park and Pleasure
Drive association and the Forty Thou
sand club.
Sparta. - No clews have been
unearthed here which may lead
to the capture of the robbers who
visited this city blowing two safes.
Two strangers were seen about town
a couple of hours before the safe blow
ing,
Sheboygan.-Near Phil Juckem's
place a calf was born with two
heads. The curiosity lived only a
few hours, but had two perfectly
formed heads, two sets of eyes, and
two tongues.
Merrill-Rev Mr.. Mcneil, pastor of
the Swedish Lutheran church in this
city, has received a call to Negaunee,
Mich He had charge of the church
in that city from 1901 to 1906.
Eau Claire.-The Eau Claire Young
Mems Christian association is plan
ming the erection of 100000 build
ing in Eau Claire for the association.
Wausau-The new $65,000 church
of the st. Stephens Lutheran congre-
CATION will be dedicated next month.
Oshkosh.-Assistant United States
Engineer L. M. Mann has mott
fed waterpower users that they may
temporarily use the full flow of the
Fox river below Menasha. Several
weeks ago the government curtailed
the supply. The heavy rains of last
week and the blizzard have again
increased the flow.
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