The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-06
. WISCONSIN PARAGRAPHS


sentence for the alleged murder of a
deputy in the famous feud two years
ago, together with her three children,
Myra, Leslie and Clarence, will be
tried for assault with intent to kill at
the court term on Sept. 16. The case
comes here from Sawyer county on a
change of venue. The charged is
based on the shooting of John bod
isch, a deputy, in 1906, when a force
attempted to arrest John Dietz The
case was held over pending decision
by the supreme court in the Dietz
trial.
IRON RIVER-When he sold a
black fox for $1,000, Henry More
lands neiehbors conceded that his
supposed chimeric scheme of fox
ranch seemed to be making good.
Moreland sent the fox to Milwaukee
for shipment to the offices of a fox
farm in Ontario He has several 9TH
er animals as valuable as the one Just
sold, and his kennels are crowded
with others raised for the pelts.
SPARTA - The authorities now
suspect that George w. Burns, United
States artilleryman, found uncon-
scious on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul tracks near here, and who
died later at hospital, was murdered
The police are working on the
theory that he was thrown from a
moving passenger train and killed
The base of his skull was fractured.
BELOlT-The members of the Be-
lott election board demanded an in
creased compensation for their SER
vices on primary election day because
of the work involved by the second
choice for candidates. Inspectors have
heretofore received SIS a day, but they
demand $40. The inspectors went be-
fore the common council and asked
for increased compensation.
MANlTOWOC = Pickpockets, oper-
ating in a crowd of 10000 people at
the fair grounds, secured about $500
Matthew Coulan of Maple Grove,
farmer, was the heaviest looser, hav-
a roll of $500 in money and negotia-
BILE papers taken A travelling man
claimed to have been robbed of $25,
and woman CT this city lost purse
containing $40.
RACINE-Alfred Olson, twenty-five
years old, is not expected to live as
the result CT motorcycle accident
He was driving his motorcycle west of
the city with another young man when
they were thrown to the ground. Oh
sons collar bone and several ribs were
broken and he was injured internally.
His companion escaped with only a
few cuts.
SHELL LAKE-Edwin Ellis Wood
man, veteran of the civil war and well
known in railroad circles until his re-
tirement in 1907, died here. He was
seventy-f1ve years old. At one time
Mr.. Ellis was principal Of the schools
of Monroe, Wis, editor of a newspa-
per, member of the Wisconsin legis-
lature and aid on the staff of Govern
or Rusk.
MARENETTE-Paul Rudolph, a fif-
teen-year-old boy of Peshtigo, came in
contact with a live wire while flying
a kite. He was using a fine wire as
a flying string His hands were
burned black and his arms, chest and
legs were charred He was taken to
the Menominee River hospital, where
it is said his condition is critical.
MADISON-The state board of con-
troll, at its parole meeting, denied a
parole to Frank Morris of Oshkosh
and deferred consideration of other
matters affecting his case. 1t is said,
however, that both Morris and his
wife are model prisoners. They were
sentenced to Waupun for burglary.
MADISON-Louis p. Lochner, class
of '99, of this city, for the last three
years alumni recorder and editor of
the Wisconsin Alumni magazine, has
been appointed to the newly created
position of general secretary of the
Alumni association of the University 1
of Wisconsin.
NEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by
glamor of circus life, Lillian Smith,
fourteen years old, eloped with James
Sullivan, who claims to hail from Indi
ana, and who was an employ Of a
travelling show which visited this city.
Sullivan was arrested on a charge of
abduction.
keADISON-FrankM uth of Mantle
voc has been appointed county high
way commissioner for Manitowoc
county by the state highway commits
sion Every county doing road work
under the supervision of the commits
sion is now provided with commits
sioner
GREEN BAY-Bishop Weller of