Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

his cell with gunpowder. Sheriff
Wberry was awakened by the noise
and rushed into the cell room, firing
his revolver as he went. He put Rob
inson in another cell and then quieted
the other prisoners.
Manitowoc.-Roy Elmer and Guy
Drews, aged thirteen and sixteen
years, skated into open water while
on the river and had narrow escape
line engineer, who made an effort to
rescue the boys, was drawn into the
water with them but saved both after
a hard struggle
Manitowoc.-Damage in the sum of
$4,000 are asked in a suit filed by
W E. Murphy and wife of this city
against the town of Grafton for al
legged injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident on a highway in the
town.
Stevens Point.-As result of fall
on an icy walk, Andrew Scott, a pt
oneer Iumberman, is dead from brain
conclusion.
e. AidOlSOu.- n CHARTER has D66H
granted to the Farmers State bank
of Calvary; capital SIS, 900; officers,
j. L. Bean, president; A. ]. Fritz,
cashier. Articles of Incorporation
have been approved of the Farmers
State bank of Clyman; capital, s1O,-
900; incorporators, ]. T. Collins,
James T. Walsh, Ambrose Meter and
others.
Milwaukee. = Bolaslous Tursitch,
furnace tender, 365 Vliet street,
who was burned while at work
in the Semet-Solvay Coke company's
plant, died In Trinity hospital The
| district attorney and coroner will visit
the plant
La Crosse.-Coasting down Grand,
daddy bluff by moonlight, Ida
| Hill, Harriet Harrington and Liza
Dinsdale of La Crosse and Arthur
| Lowery, Milwaukee, swerved into a
deep ravine and all four were in.
| Iured
toughton.-Enraged at joke
at his expense, Andrew Swenson, a
| farm laborer of the town of Dunn
I 1OCfA oil IA anu obA uNh <1lOClI LII CNhS
! on the head, injuring him severely
Swenson was arrested and fined.
La Crosse.-Lost to each other
for 20 years, Mrs. Alfred Jansen
of Red Granite, Wis, and Mrs. Peter
Pittenger of this city have just beer
reunited. They were separated wheI
the former was taken from the stats
no III
Pewaukee.-Fears are expressed
that Louis Passoit, an old resident
while occupying his fishing shack or
| the lake, fell in and was drowned
Cries for help were heard from that
vicinity
Stoughton.-The common council
has decided to advertise for bids on
bonds amounting to s18,700 for the
purchase of additional water power
for its municipal electric light and
power station.
Chippewa Falls.-Oscar Peterson,
| aged thirty-one, a farmer living
near Owen, was struck and probably
fatally Injured by a 500 line train.
Janesville.-At the farmhouse of
| o. n. Coon, residing six miles east
| of this city, Ellsworth Frank, a
nephew, heard a noise in the rear and
| started to investigate While thus
| engaged he was attacked by two men,
| who knocked him down, broke one of
| his ribs and left him unconscious.
| The broken rib penetrated the lung
| and the injuries incurred may be
| fatal. Physicians were called from
| this city to dress his wounds When
| they arrived the two men who prob
| ably committed the assault were seen
running away, having been waiting
about the premises for two hours.
Hayward.-Henry Niemi, a Finn
murderer of James Edward here
on January 81, before Municipal Judge
Riordan at his arraignment, confessed
to numbering Edward. He said he
walked along the road with him with
short AK concealed on his person,
| and when the opportunity offered STEP
ped back and hit Edward on the head.
He then took the time check out Of
Edwards pocket, came to town, cashed
the check and left on an afternoon
train for Duluth.
Neenah.-Dr. J. E. Chaplin, aged
eighty, a resident of Neenah for thir-
ty-three years, former pastor of the
Presbyterian church, died after
lingering illness. He was we'll known
in Wisconsin Presbyterian circles,
having at one time been state mod
orator. Doctor Chaplin was born in
Kentucky, and during the Civil war
was a member of the Christian COM
mission, being appointed by President
Lincoln, and served through the At
| lanta campaign with Indiana troops,
Janesyille-That enemies of 0.
n. Coon, in whose home Ellsworth
Ten Eyck, known to many as Ellis
worth Frank, was brutality assaulted,
employed thugs to assault Coon. is the
! belief of Sheriff Ransom. who is now
conducting an investigation. It is now
thought that Ten Eyck will die.
Sheboygan.-A. Rasmussen & Sons
company Of Oshkosh have begun &C.
ton against the city of Sheboygan
for S6,452.49 with interest and costs.
The sum asked, they claim. is due
them on the Michigan avenue paving
contract. The case, no doubt. will
be contested in the courts.
Sparta.-Lieutenant Gilmore. in
charge of constructing the govern
ment's large and small arms practice
range near here, declares that it will
be completed in time to hold the ma
tional rife and revolver competition
in case the second assistant secre-
tary of war designates this site The
selection lies between Camp Perry,
O.. Sea Girt, n. J., and Sparta.
Washburn.-The city council is to
enforce at once the milk ordinance
in this city which compels milk deal
ers to have their COWS tested for
tuberculosis and also secure license
before they can sell milk in the city.
Portage.-John Gondy, charged
with setting fire to the farm
buildings of Michael Skovronsk in
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