Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-24
MINOR STATE ITEMS

Gov. James 0. Davidson, looking hale
and hearty, was Sc years old the other
day. He was born in Norway in 1854
Department stores cannot legally
operate savings departments unless in
corporated as banks, ruled the Wis
consin Supreme Court in the Gimban
Brothers case at Milwaukee
A damage case in the sum of S25,-
900 has been instituted against the
Omaha Railway for the death of Den
mis- E. Fox of Eau Claire, a fireman
who was run down and killed a year
ago.
The residence Of Charles Hagstrom,
near White river, caught fire, and Mrs.
Hagstrom and her five children es-
capped in their night clothes The
house and all its contents were de-
stroyed.
Joseph Panka, barber, arrested on
complaint of NJ. H. Whitaker of the
State Board of Examiners, Charged
With operating a barber shop with
out the required license, was fined $40
and costs.
While working with a hay press, Ed
win Green of Dorset had both feet bad
ly crushed and will probably be Grip
pied for life. He lost his balance and
his feet went under the press while it
was in operation.
Theodore Kostermann, a saloon man,
was tried in the Racine municipal
court on charge of selling liquor to
Louise Schultz, minor. He was found
guilty by jury and fine of 500 and
costs or three months in jail was i'm
posed by Judge Shielding.
A big refrigerator car of the Chica-
go & Northwestern Railway Company
loaded with cabbage was entirely con
stunned by fire at Racine, involving a
loss of $4,000. Farmers were loading
the car and had a heater going to
keep it warm, when it caught fire.
Engelbert Schueller, appointed
guardian ad litem of Joseph Toonen
of Appleton, aged 10 years, has be-
gun suit against the Northwestern
asking for $4,000 damages for in
juries sustained by his ward. Toonen
fell between two coaches and sustained
a triple fracture of the left leg below
the knee, a severely lacerated right
foot from the heel across the foot and
injuries to his spine.
Another wireless telegraph station
is in operation in Appleton, making
the fifth which Appleton boys have in
use. The latest was put in commits
sion by Emmons and Sherwood LIE
Roy. Their receiver stands fifty feet
high and has caught messages from
Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Lake
Michigan. They estimate they can
receive from point 100 miles away,
while they are capable of sending
dispatches from eight to ten miles.
Commissioner of Banking NJ c.
Bergh has approved the articles of in
corporation of the Bank Of Fredonia,
Ozaukee County; capital, $4,000. The
incorporates are D. NJ Rosenheimer,
E A. Witt, E. P. Nenens.
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made sausage meat Of $500 worth of
thoroughbred Poland China hogs,
young stock which had escaped from
F. H. Boardman's Fairview stock farm
in Somerset, and were browsing on the
track.
Little Ruth Miller of Sparta is
branded for life with her own initials.
While playing she fell against a stove,
burning her arm deeply. When the
wound healed it was found that she
was branded with the letters R. NJ.
Mrs. Carl Kitsen of Marshfeld was
leading horse to water when the ami
NAL suddenly became vicious, kicking
and striking her with its front NeL
After knocking her down it began
pulling her hair with its mouth and
biting her. Neighbors heard her cries
and came to her assistance. Her in
juries are serious.
Hoodlums attacked the rectory of
St. Johns Catholic Church in Glen
wood and smashed ten windows with
stones. Rev. Peter Weiten, with re-
volYer, apparently shot one of them in
the leg. All escaped before they could
be recognized There has been conten-
ton in the church lately over the
question Of building a new parish
house.
William Ebersol of Marathon has
brought suit against Philip Menzner,
who operates a sawmill at Marathon,
for damages of $4,000 for alleged in
juries received in the mill last June.