The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09

WISCONSIN PARAGRAPHS

ILWAUKEE-About the weirdest
fish story in years, coming from Three
Lakes, Wis, was verified when Val
Raethe, of this city, deputy game war
den, 80. KID for shipment from Wis
consin to Mrs V. w. Renne, Chicago,
big muskellunge weighing IS pounds.
The fish was caught, according to
reports from the north, on a line In
tended for bass and it was fought for
nearly two hours before it was brou ght
to the side of Mrs. Renne's boat.
iLWAUKEE-Peter Neuman. nine
years old, 341 Unknown street, dove
off a springboard in a pond at the
Chase brick yards on Linciln avenue
and became imbedded in the mud. He
was unable to eXtricate himself and
was drowned. Several of his compan-
ions tried to save him, but failed.
Stanley Martynski, 1850 Fourth ave
nue., recovered the body an hour later.
SPOONER-Angered by the alleged
tormenting of Tory Maggison, A. c.
Stone, a civil war veteran, stabbed
Maggison through the right lung in a
saloon. Stone was playing cards with
friends and it is said became angered
at the continued abuse Maggison is
charged with inficting upon him.
Stone is seventy-nine years old. Mag
gison's wound is serious.
DISON-Nomination papers were
filed by Congressman H. A. Cooper,
Racine, Republican candidate for con-
gress from the First district; DR.. Rob-
ert w. Lonk of Neillsville, Republican
candidate for state senator from the
Twenty-fourth district; Charles A
Grayham, Fond du Lac, Republican
candidate for state senator from the
Eighteenth district.
kENOSHA-Mayor Head of Keno
sha won victory in his fight to stop
the trains of the Northwestern rail |
way at the Kenosha station. He nOti
fed the company that if train No. Ill |
was not stopped in Kenosha the crews |
of other trains would be arrested for |
running faster than six miles an hour |
in the city limits. The railroad Off |
Gals then complied.
FOND DU LAC-Ef1e, aged six |
years, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Young |
of Kalamazoo Mich, was run down by |
an automobile driven by Mrs. w. R. |
Loescher. The child ran in front OF |
the car, which was making the turn |
slowly, and was struck down by the |
fender, the wheels passing over her
An examination showed the child's col |
lar bone was broken.
BELOIT-Plans have been perfected |
whereby the United States Linen com
pany will build a factory in this city
to cost $4,000 soon. The company
has headquarters in the east and this.
is the first of the manufacturing enter
prises where they will prepare the fl
Der from fax straw and make prod |
uct not now produced in the United
States.
WAUSAU-Agitation for $4,000
packing house for Wausau has been
started. The promoters have done a
little preliminary canvassing and have
found the attitude of the people favor
able. 1t is said that local meat men
are in favor of the proposition and
that they are willing to subscribe for
stock in the new company.
GRAND RAPlDS-Otto Erdman, a
Wood county farmer, when his wife
was to be operated upon for tubercu-
losis and her condition was such that
the doctor feared she would be unable
to survive, insisted that the surgeon |
transfuse strong blood from him to his |
wife This was done and she passed |
through the operation.
SHEBOYGAN - Charles w. Krep- |
ski, aged forty-fve, strolled over to a
school yard across from his home,
piled up considerable quantity Of dy-
Mantle, attached fuse to it, laid upon
the dynamite and lighted the fuse and
closed his eyes. Parts of his body
were found a block away.
BELOIT-Harry Marshall, colored,
was fined $50 and costs, amounting to
$25, for operating a gambling room. |
A white man complained that he had
lost money at Marshalis place. The |
complaining witness was sent to Jail |
for three months for gambling and
Marshall was fined.
ASHLAND - What is here be- |
lieved to be the largest raft of eight |
foot pulpwood ever successfully
brought across any of the great lakes
arrived here from Port Arthur. 1t
comprised about 1000 cords, and is
valued at about $4,000.