Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-02
SEEN AND HEARD
IN WISCONSIN

HdSuDuTn- - Inc county board
Of Bayfield, county has declared
the Office of county treasurer vacant
and named Alfred Froseth of this city
10 fill the vacancy. Special Account
ant H. P. Axelberg Of this city, who
was appointed to go over the books
of the county officers, in his report
alleges there was shortage of
s1,874.41, and this caused the board
to take the above action. The former
treasurer, Henry o. Lien, says that
he Will not abide by the accountants
figures, but that he will have an ex-
pert accountant employed to locate,
the fault.
Kenosha = Ethel Frances, aged
! three, daughter OF William Raj,
man, died as a result % burns re
ceived. The child had been left alone
at home and found a box of safety
| matches. In some manner she set
fire to her clothes and they were
burned off before her mother, who
risked her own life, managed to res
cue her The child died after hours
| of agony.
Madison. - Railroad companies
are held liable for fires caused
| by sparks from locomotives in a bill
presented in the assembly by Assem-
blyman Nye. The purpose of the bill
| is to compel the railroads to exercise
| greater care not to scatter fire along
| the tracks or to send showers Of
| sparks from locomotives 1t is be-
| lieved the passage of this measure
will decrease the loss caused by for
| est fires.
Fond du Lac-Dr. Julia Riddle OF
! Oshkosh has been awarded $3.50
! against the estate of the late Ellen
/ ]. Stowe of this city for medical serv-
/ ices rendered.
Madison.-Governor McGovern post
poned the hearing on the petition for
| the removal of District Attorney John
! G. Mars of Forest county from Office.
| The postponement was requested by
! attorneys representing Mars.
| JanesVille-The common council of
this city has appropriated $1,000 to be
used in equipping the upper floor of
| pose of Offering it to the county board
! for a county training school for teach
| ers. Beloit, Evansville and GAINESVILLE
| are after the school. The county board
| will not decide on the location until
its April session.
Ashland In free-for-aIl fight
| between lumberjacks at Mellen two
/ Ill 81
ceived minor injuries. The dead are
! Adams of Superior and John Gordon,
a camp foreman. Martin Miller was
arrested and rushed to the jail at
! Ashland to avoid further trouble.
John White, a chum of Miller, got in
! to a fight outside a saloon and Miller
! rushed to his assistance. He says
that three lumberjacks had his chum
cornered and grabbing sled stake,
/ he proceeded to clear the field. He
crushed the skulls of Adams and Cor
! don, and they never spoke after they
fell With the two men at his feet he
! remained in undisputed possession of
the field, but submitted quietly to ar
rest. Miller is an Austrian, twenty
seven years old, over six feet tall
and as strong as an OK His blows
crushed the skulls of Adams and Cor
don like eggsheIls.
Manitowoc-School boards in Wig
consin cannot institute actions
against teachers for alleged breach of
contract without the authority of a
vote of the electors of the district
| This important decision, said to be
the first in Wisconsin on the question,
was handed down by Judge Kirwan
/ in circuit court in the case of the
school district No of this city
! against Miss Gertrude Paine, for
mer teacher. The board sued for $500
after Miss Paine had left to accept a
! position with another school
New Richmond.-In a row on
Main street, Rockford Clark was
shot by his half brother, Tip Clark
! Four shots were fired from a 80 cali
Der revolver at close range, all taking
| effect, one shot in the lungs, one in
! the abdomen, one through the right
hand and another in the left thigh.
The shots were fired in rapid success
sion. Both men were in a bob sled,
Rocky holding the horses, being I'M
able to get away. Rocky was trying
to induce Tip to go home to his
fathers farm, five miles west of town.
Rocky was not armed.
La Crosse. - While the lifeless
body of Engineer Charles F. Ro-
dell of La Crosse balanced on a rail
road bridge three miles back. an ex-
ira Burlington freight train tore in
to Galena H., before Fireman Frank
Mcintyre discovered that the train
was without a pilot. He hastily ap-
piled the brakes and brought the fly
ing train to a standstiu and search
was made for RodeIl
La Crosse-Evidently affected by
the unloading of vast quantities of
cold storage products in the eastern
centers and Chicago, fresh eggs drop
ped to Is cents, storage to 25 cents,
seconds to % cents, creamery butter
10 26 cents and dairy proportionately
! here.
Ripon.-Prof. H. E. Densford
has accepted the proffer of the
/ CudAl VI 11uS4LoIi lIiSI dlui Z DIT 1llpOu
college, and will join the faculty on
! February l. The chair is vacant
| through the illness of Prof. H. f.
! Shurtleff. His successor, has done
| graduate work at Harvard and taught
| English in Kirkwood (Mo) high
school and the University of Indiana
Madison.-Adjt Gen. c. R. Board
man has issued an order modifying
certain regulations regarding the uni
! form of the Wisconsin National Guard.
The order affects caps, trousers and
! spurs.
| Green Bay.-A settlement was ar
ranged in the case of Joseph Fayette,
! formerly Of Wausaukee and now of
! Coleman, against the Bird & Wells
! Lumber company, Wausaukee, where
! by the plaintiff receives 1000 for the
/ loss of a hand at the wrist in a re