Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-11-21
News Notes of Wisconsin

milwaukee, Mrs. Charity Rusk
Craig, daughter of the late Jeremiah
Rusk, at one time governor of Wiscon.
sin and a member Of President Harri.
sons cabinet, died few days ago at
Asheyille, N. C. Death was due to
pneumonia. Mrs. Craig was one of
the early department presidents of the
Woman's Relief corps in Wisconsin
and later was elected national pres-
dent of that organization, making a
record of rare usefulness and doing as
much probably as any of it's presidents
to popularize and extend its influence.
She was present at the last national
encampment Of the relief corps and
Grand Army, held at Chattanooga
Madison.-If person sets a gun in
his orchard to protect his apples and
boy goes into The orchard to get APP
pies, sets off the gun and is killed.
the man who sets the gun may be
prosecuted for manslaughter accord.
ing to an opinion by Atty Gen Owen
to Dist. Atty. German OF Marathon
county. The law also provides tina.
any person who is convicted of set,
ting a gun for any purpose shall be
subject to a fine of $50.
uperior.-Showing a friend how his
new high powered rife had worked
when he bagged a deer with it few
hours after the season opened, Roy
Haskins, 20 years old, shot and almost
instantly killed his mother, Mrs. Frank
Haskins, at her home on farm near
Bennett. The bullet went through the
woman's hips, shattering the pelvic
bone. Young Haskins is almost crazed
over the deed.
Madison. No longer may the far
mer lawfully dicker with his neighbor
or with the dealer for the sale of any
commodity which he has produced ex-
cept the sale be based upon the stand
ard of measurement, prescribed in the
state law, either by dry measure.
weight or numerical count, These
facts appear in an opinion by Attor-
ney General Owen to District Attor
ney Onlelia of Oneida county.
Neenah.-Four new steel barges
passed through here on their way to
the Mississippi river where they will
be put in commission at Kansas City
The barges were constructed at Green
Bay for the United States government
at cost of $4,000 each. They are
100 feet long and rs feet wide.
Fond du Lac-While walking on
the 500 line tracks near Hamilton, W.
A. Alderman of Glen Ellyn, Ill.,, was
struck and instantly killed by train.
Marinette county has an
offer of the Miscauno inn, built by the
late John r. Walsh at a cost OF SON.
900, for tuberculosis sanitarium, for
$4,000.
Merrill Frank Jonessen is forming
company here which will build
turpentine plant in this city.
Marinette During the last summer
the city of Marinette spent $23,S5S iof
new street pavements and $31,92O fo'
new sewers.
Two Rivers.-When an accidental
discharge of his shotgun blew OF three
fingers, Bictor Treastke drove his aE
.omobile seven miles to physician.
Appleton.-The campaign for slVu'
900 for a Y. M. q. A. building in TINS
city closed Monday morning, when tnS
last subscription raised that amount
Oshkosh have been taken
by the Wisconsin Electric Railway lo'
new route from Oshkosh to NeenaA
along the lake shore, moving the lino
one mile east of its present location
and passing through Winnebago' WIS.
Mayville. -Twenty-seven head o.
live stock dead in fire on the FRANZ
Bilgrien farm when the barn was DC
rtroyed by fire which did $4,000 oam'
age.
Madison.-Dr. William F. LOrena Oh
the Mendoza state asylum has oeeN
appointed b. the United States pun
licheaIt hand marine service to hiSAS
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