Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
NetUS Notes of Wisconsin

on.-Appointments from the
mission for positions in the state en-
ploy are announced as follows: DR..
A. B. Berger, Jefferson, medical as
sistant at state tuberculosis sanato-
rum at Wales; T. NJ. Ward, Soldiers
Grove, teacher-guard at the Green
Bay reformatory; John B. Kent,
Grand View, night engineer at the
school for the blind, GAINESVILLE; Rich
ard Heating, Pulaski, guard at the
state penitentiaTy, Waupun; Lee
Thompson, Madison, helper at the
capitol heating plant; L. J. Muschol-
ski, Arcadia, janitor at the capitol;
Alice Carey, Madison, clerk and book
keeper in the Office of the state board
of normal regents; Mrs. Sophia NJ.
Briggs, Madison, temporary assistant
actuary in the office of the insurance
commissioner.
Madison. - The state training
school for nurses, organized in Sep
TENDER, 1910, at the state hospital
at Mendoza, has proven a success.
A course of thirty-six weeks is given.
After a probation period of two
months, to test their fitness for the
work, pupils receive $40 per month
with an Increase of 81 every three
months until the maximum is reached
for the position in which they are
placed. If superior ability is shown,
the pupil may be advanced to bet
ter position with an increase in sal
airy. All employees get room, board
and laundry free.
Kenosha.-With a record of
wedding every two years for nine
years, Mrs. Bonnie NJ Clark of Chi
cagO, known on the stage as Lillian
Mari, had her fifth marriage in Ke-
nosha, when she became the bride of
Joseph II. Engleman of Chicago.
mechanic. Notwithstanding that Mrs.
Engleman had wept over the bier of
three husbands and had stood in the
divorce court with a fourth, she is
not yet 26 years of age, and she de-
clared that she was still convinced
thai marriage was not failure.
Madison.-In response to a request
from District Attorney Kirwan of
Calumet county, Attorney General
Bancroft has delivered an opinion
that if butchers in that section of
the state are selling meat from
lumpy jaw cattle to patrons, as al
legged, local boards of health have the
power and are expected to prevent
the sale of unwholesome food instead
OF the district attorney.
Fond du Lac-While preparing
breakfast on gasoline stove at her
home, Mrs. Sarah Kimball, widow,
aged so, was probably fatally burned
when the gasoline flooded the stove
and she attempted to carry the blaz-
ing utensil from the house. Her
clothes caught fire and she was taken
to the hospital in a critical condition
with the lower part of her body
mass of burns.
.Ma0ison.-The Wisconsin Indus
trial commission is sending out blank
reports to the 5000 employees Of
five or more persons in the state
who are required to report all acct
dents to their employees to the com
mission. Thus far 10000 employees
are working under the new compep-
sation act
Wausau.-Andrew Zachek is the
owner of hen which laid an egg
that weighed a quarter of a pound
1t is about twice the size of an or
binary egg. The hen is a cross be-
tween a Redcap and Buff Cochin.
Madison. - The Wisconsin state
civil service commission has an
nounced a competitive examination
for candidates for first assistant at
torney general at a salary of $4,000
a year, to succeed A. C. Titus. who is
sick. In October examinations viii
be held throughout the state for local
income tax assessors, salaries $500 to
$4,000.
La Crosse.-A boy, possibly a
week old, wrapped in the finest of
baby clothes, was left on the door
step or Mrs Frank eagle by fash
ionably dressed woman
Richard Diamond, aged
p years, colored, became unbalanced
mentally and, declaring he was being
pursued by a mob, started to run up
the tracks of the Northwestern road
The next morning he was found four
miles north of the city, by the tracks.
with his skull fractured and hand
cut off by the cars. His condition is
critical.
Kenosha. = William Jensen and
Jacob Keul, members of the Keno
sha fire department. were badly I'm
jured Monday when they plunged
head first through an open stalryag