Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27


was drowned while sailing at Poko-
moke. Md. The body of Mr.. Dennis,
Miss Eaton's companion, was found
and the funeral was held.
| Janesville-The trial of Joe Furch.
alleged to have shot Edward Miller on
September 10, was begun. Miller has
! recovered.
Kenosha.-M. J. Scholey. mayor of
Kenosha and Democratic nominee for
the assembly, is in a serious condition
| from inf1ammatory rheumatism.
| Fond du Lac.-Miss Elizabeth How
ard, seventy-four years old, saw a
street car for the first time and took
| her first ride on a railroad train when
she was taken to the Northern hos
pital at Oshkosh for treatment. 1t is
said that Miss Howard has been i'll
since the mysterious disappearance,
more than forty years ago, of William
Potts, Waupun, whom she was to
have married.
Florence-Miss Mable V. Peters of
| this city was married to Edward NJ.
KANE, banker of Mitchell, Ind.
Cumberland-A heavy shower of
rain came just in time to ex-
tinguish bad forest fires west and
northwest of this city. Considerable
timber and some farm buildings were
burned in Johnstown, eight miles west
Of here, but all fires are out now.
Racine.-Thomas Horn, private
IN Battery E, Third field artillery,
United States army, who desert
ed from Fort Meyers, July 10. 1909,
six months after his enlistment, gave
himself up to the local police.
Ripon.-As a result OF the dis
!urbances attending the visit of the
Quaker Medicine company here, and
the consequent suit for damages
against the city, the council has
raised the license for this class of ped
dlers to $50 day.
Chippewa Falls.--CharIes LIE Feb
gre, Chippewa county's oldest resi-
dent, died, aged ninety-fve. He
was born in Quebec, Canada, In 1916,
and first came here in 1856. Charles
LIE Febvre never married. He has no
existing relatives. He had no rules
of health.
Madison.-The effort to elect the
student members of the confer
ence resulted in such a series of
tangles that 1t will be impossible to
determine the result soon. Owing to
an error In the ticket of the junior
class, the entire vote OF that class
was thrown out
La Crosse.-Charles Edward Davis,
graduate Of Yale, convicted of swind-
ling farmers on butter transactions IN
which he failed to pay. in United
States court was sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment In Fort Leaven-
worth.
Madison.-"You shoot me and
I'll shoot you," said Wilbert Coff-
man, aged eight years, TO his sister.
Thelma E. Coffman. aged twelve. The
boy then pulled the trigger of %
caliber rife and the bullet entered
the girls forehead She died soon
afterwards Wilbert and Thelma are
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ.
Coffman.
Fond du Lac.-Although seventy
four years of age, Miss Elizabeth
Howard of Oak Center saw her
first street car and for the first time
In her life had q ride on a train. She
has long taken care of her mother
who Is ninety-seven years of age. and
she became mentally unbalanced, q
broken engagement In her early life
being responsible. She was taken to
the Northern hospital at Winnebago.
Ashland.-At least three heavy for
est fires have started near here.
The smoke and heat make the
air like that of a hot July day. Her
NIT island appears to be one mass OF
flames, but the loss on the island
will be to property only. The ex-
tensive fires near Beloit are becoming
threatening to farmers and also to
some fine standing timber. Heavy
fires have been burning on the Bay.
field peninsula for two or three days.
Racine-Committee of the city
council have decided to report at the
next session against the adoption of
an ordinance for the suppression Of
smoke coming from factory chimneys.
licensing fortune tellers and clair
voyants, and sane Fourth OF July.
They will pass measures regulating
tenement houses, which are said to be
in fearful condition in some sections
of the city.
Rib Lake.-Burglars entered the
store Of F. J. Brehm & Co. by break
Ing the glass In rear door. One
dollar and fifty cents was taken from
the till.
Fond du Lac.-Mrs. Ann Pier Car
penter, daughter Of the late Edward
Pier. and who lived in the first house
built in Fond du Lac. died In her
home in Pine River She was eighty
years old.
Green Bay.-Arthur Meister, son OF
Alderman Herman E. Meister, Is said
to have fred bullet into his breast
In an attempt to end his life.
Oshkogh.-Thomas Barlow. one
Of the four persons seriously In
jured in the smashup of George Eos
ter's automobile, died at a hospital
from pneumonia. resulting from In
ternal injuries.
Green Bay.-Friends Of Judge Sam
ueI Beall assert that he is the Oldest
native of Wisconsin living; also that
he was the first white child born in
Green Bay. Similar claims were made
for the late Thomas Mcmillan Camm,
but Mr.. Bealls friends say that he
was born about six months before Mr.
Camm. on July 4. 1927. Judge Beall
lives in Kalma, Wash.
Janesyille.-After celebrating sew
en- and one-half hours, the jury in the
case Of Fred E. Janvrin, Beloit police
man, charged with the Staying of John
Hayes. Beloit, On March 80, brought
in verdict OF not guilty