River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-12-26
WISCONSIN NEWS.
TERSELY TOLD.

fanciers at the annual show at Ocono-
mowoc: Rhode Island reds, Mrs. w.
w. Brisk, first and second for pullets
and second for hens; Elmer Webb,
second and third, cockerel; third,
chicken; third and fourth. hen; fifth,
pullet; first, pen, and silver cup. For
White Wyandottes, c. Prize, first and
second, hen; second and third. pulIet;
fourth, cockerel, and second, pen. For
Golden Wyandottes, c. Love, first,
chicken; second and third, hen; third,
cockerel; third, pullet, and second,
pen. For Buff Wyandottes, ]. Love,
first, second, third and fourth, hen;
first, chicken, and first, pen For Buff
Leghorns, j. Davis won second, cock
erel, and second, pen.
Madison-The Badger board for
1914 was announced as follows:
Assistant editors, John Mccormick,
Norris Stole; university, Robert
Carpenter; faculty, Victor Rubin;
campus, Karl Menninger; alumni, Sid
Bacharach; classes, Harold Davis and
Joe Bailee; activities, Percy Schley;
athletics, Charles Anderson; minor
sports, Sam HickoX; photographs,
Morgan Cartier; art, Ivan Bickel-
haupt; girls athletics, Katherine Gro
min; women's activities, Bessie Rood;
literary Ralph Yewdale; satire, Sid
ney Small; college life, Harry Griffith;
fraternities, Howard Adams; class and
honor societies, Robert Stafford; or
CARNATIONS, Eugene O'Neil; platform,
Francis Webb stage, Harold Merlzel;
press, Harry Koch.
Racine.-Rev. John f. Feeders
has been installed as the new pas
tor of the English Lutheran church of
the Holy Communion of this city.
The new pastor takes the place of
Rev. William Eckert, who is now gem
eral secretary of the English Lutheran
Theological seminary at haywood, Ill.
He will not take active charge of the
church until February /.
Madison.-The council of the ex-
ecutive board of the Wisconsin
II
ommend that hereafter only organized
churches be admitted to membership
in the federation. At present reform
leagues of any character are admit
ted. The national federation admits
only organized churches.
Beaver Dam.-While iceboating
on Beaver Dam lake Joseph
Weizx, Henry Allen and Miss Anna
Ollinger noticed large hole in the ice
ahead. Unable to change the course
of their boat in time they were plunged
into the cold water. They were able
to swim and effected their rescue. The
iceboat was recovered
Winter-Clarence Moth and Louis
Parish, both employed as lumber
scalers at a camp near here lost their
lives at a fire which destroyed a
hotel and adjoining store building
here. The fire, it is claimed, broke
out in the room occupied by the two
men. The other occupants of the ho-
tel barely escaped with their lives.
The property loss was about $4,000,
partly insured.
lington.-Several fires started
by sparks from passing trains
have kept the residents of the vicinity
of this city busy The peat bog near
Kansasville was set on fire through
this cause, rs was also the slough
grass on the farm of John Pollack.
Volunteers from the neighborhoods
formed bucket brigades and extin-
guished the blazes. Fire in the slough
grass east of Lyons burned down a
straw stack. 1t was kept from doing
further damage by bucket brigade.
Fond du Lac.-At the meeting
of the congregation Of Plymouth
Congregational church Of this city ii
was decided to ask Rev. S. T. Kidder,
pastor of the First Congregational
church at Ripon, to become it's pastor,
to succeed Rev. L. H. Keller, who will
go to Madison to became pastor of the
Congregational church there on Janu-
airy l. A farewell service will be given
Rev Keller on December 20.
Oshkosh.-Walter Wenzlaff, eigh
teen years DID, was drowned in
Lake Winnebago. The body was re-
covered in about ten minutes and eff
forts were made to resuscitate him,
but were unavailing. The young man
was skating and using a sail when he
was blown into an air hole with such
force that he was carried under the
ice. giving him no chance to save him
self.
Beloit-Edward Johnson twenty"
six years old, shopman Of this
city, went to the home of a rela-
tive south of the city to make some
repairs on a gasoline engine and was
killed by being caught in the belt of
the machine He was wound around
a shaft in such a way that nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
His home was at Capron, ILL.,
Fond du Lac.-That insanity In
Fond du Lac county is not in
creasing is shown by the records OF
insane cases kept by the county. Dur
ing 1912 but AZ persons have been
committed to the institutions for the