The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-12
BADGER
NEWS BREVITIES

improved. During the last year the
membership has increased twofold
| Spring Green A bIacksnake
crushed the life out OF the pet dog be-
longing to the grandson OF Sheriff
! Harris.
Racine-Charles Bonvilie, farm
| er from Union Grove, walked from
| Evanston TO Racine because he was
| robbed by pickpockets in Chicago and
| had only ten cents left.
Chippewa Falis.-A broken f1ange
| on a car loaded with steel rails on the
500 line ditched five cars. No one was
| injured.
Fond du Lac.-Peter Buell. seventy
five years old, who fell from the roof
OF his home, died OF his injuries. He
| had purchased a cemetery lot a week
| before.
! Eau Claire.-Whiie digging on his
| farm in the town OF Brunswick,
| Forest Pierce found an Indian Ratchet
five feet under ground. The implement
| is made or pure copper and weighs IL
| ounces.
| Bayheld.-At a get together meet
/ ing OF well known business men
OF bayfield, and Washburn it was de-
| cided to forget the past. bury the
| hatchet and pull together for the good
/ OF both towns.
Alma double wedding was
| performed at the home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Andrew Mueller when their
| daughters, Emma and Verona. were
married to BARLEY Jost and Richard
Won Wald, respectively.
| Superior-Rev. E. r. Gelvin pas
i tor Of the First Presbyterian
! church at Warrensburg, Mo, has been
rendered a call by the members of the
| Hammond Avenue Presbyterian
! church of this city.
| Mason.-William A. Neddy of
| Duluth, q travelling salesman, was
! arrested here on the charge Of secur-
/ ing money under false pretenses. He
represented himself as the solicitor
for the Curtis Publishing company.
Racine.-Louis Silverman, president
! of the Sons of Juda society,
| caused the arrest of Rev NJ Aronius
| and three other members on the
| charge of alleged assault when he OPP
! posed the practice, he told the court,
| OF bringing liquor into the synagogue.
| Neenah.-The fresh air camp es-
| tablished early this summer by
| the city in conjunction with Mrs.
| Florence Lee, school nurse, has been
closed for the season. An average of
| ten children under the age of thirteen
| years was kept there during the sum-
| mer.
| Menomonie.-Prof Kary c. Davis,
| first director OF the Dunn coun-
| ty agricultural school, has been
! chosen head of the Seman A. Knapp
! school of country life, in connection
| with the Peabody institute, at Nash
Vile, Tenn, which will also be the
| first school of its kind in this country.
Sheboygan.-At the annual meeting
of the Sheboygan County Rural
| Carriers association the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
| W. A. Bradley, Cascade; yice-presi-
dent, NJ F. Schwalbaeh, Random
Lake; secretary, Fred Gilman, Glen
bulah, and treasurer. Frank Merling,
| Greenbush
Hillsboro.-A band OF yeggs blew
the post Office safe here and es-
/ capped on handcar with a small
number OF stamps. About mile from
| Union Center their handcaT was over
| taken by a ncrthbound Northwestern
| train and hurled from the track. 1t is
| believed one or two Of them were in
| jured, but authorities have been able
| to find any trace of the yeggs.
La Crosse.-Miss Alice Fruit,
| daughter of the late Judge John
j. Fruit of the Sixth Wisconsin, circuit,
young woman who moved in the best
| society here and was connected with
some of the most prominent families
| in La Crosse. committed suicide here.
| Her body was found lying on her bed
| In her room when her mother entered
it in the morning. A tube attached to
a gas jet with one end in the girls
mouth told how death had come.
La Crosse.-By fer death as a
result OF injuries suffered when she
was trampled under the hoofs OF 6
| team of horses on August 5, Mrs. Au-
gusta Luedke, eighty two, has brought
prosperity TO members of her family
here She was run down by team OF
track horses, alleged to have been
driven at abnormal speed by E. r. La
Fleur, wealthy horseman and farmer
of Pine Creek, Mimi. La Fleur has
| turned over to the Luedke heirs prop
erty estimated at $4,000.
sha-F'rank Donahue $50
| Bradford avenue, and Arthur Al
len, 55S Bartlett street, Milwaukee,
were arraigned in municipal court
charged with running down Ethel
Doehler, stenographer, and then fail
ing to stop to lend assistance. Dona-
hue was driving the car, it is said,
Sheriff Edward J. Gibson made the ar
rest Although the men do not dis
pute that they were the drivers of the
car, it is intimated they will fight the
case on the ground they did not be-
| lieye the girl was injured.
! Kenosha.-In the county court
here John Lynch. one time prom
inent resident OF Kenosha. was de-
clared legally dead and Judge
George W. Taylor directed the divi-
sion OF his estate. valued at $4,000
Lynch left home in 1892. stating he
was going west to purchase timber