Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-12-04
News Notes of Wisconsin.

News Notes of Wisconsin.
Janesville-That Rock county bids
fair to be the banner corn county OF
the United States is evidenced by the
results of one crop of seed corn grown
on the farm of A. Austin, just east OF
the city. From a seven acre plot OF
land Mr.. Austin obtained approximate
ly TIC bushels of corn, or a triae bet
ter than an average Of 102 bushels an
acre. He received for 410 bushels OF
this corn from a seed house S765 and
the remainder of the crop will be sold
for enough to bring the total for the
seven acres up to $1,972.
misunderstanding to the new
university director, there are ABS
resident students, an increase over
last year of 424 The college of let
ters and science leads with 2,502;
agriculture is second with 968, and
engineering third with ia. The
smallest course is that of public
health, with an enrolment of 2. The
freshmen number 1864, the sopho-
moGes 905, the juniors 838, and the
seniors 7S6. There are 392 regis
tered in the graduate college
Marinette. - Five Austrians em
ployed in the paper mills attacked ana
fatally stabbed William Bourasfa, dep,
uty sheriff of Niagara, and seriously
wounded Thomas Burns and his bar
tender Bourasfa has served warrants
on the Austrians GA charges of disor-
derby conduct FOpr of the five in the
party escaped. Sheriff Budlong organ.
lied a posse and secured the woods
for the men who did the stabbing
Madison.-With the boxing season
just began, fees of So. 10 have already
been turned into the state treasury
from clubs operating under the He'd.
ding law, passed by the last legisla.
ture. 1t is a certainty that the state
will receive a large revenue from this
source by the end of the season. The
state gets 3 per cent of the receipts OF
all boxing and wrestling contests held
in Wisconsin.
Appleton.-Charles Smith of Nee.
nah, head of the Menasha Wooden
ware company, went to Washington,
D. c., to attend the wedding of Miss
Jessie Wilson, daughter of the pres}-
dent, who was a member OF Mr.
Smiths class at Princeton university
President Wilson and Mr.. Smith are
intimate friends.
La Crosse.-Disposing of an estate
of $4,000, the will of Miss Frances
Splitter, philanthropist and church
worker, makes requests to number
of societies and institutions connected
with the German Baptist church.
Portage-Miss Emma Hertzberg
was married to Frank LANCE at Co
Iumbus. Lange is a member of the
Kansas City ball team, and pitched
for the Chicago White Sox up to last
August.
Kenosha.-William Roscoe Bell.
NJ D., prominent practicing physician
of Marinette, Wis, died at the PEN
noyer sanitarium here after a long
illness from acute nephritis.
vote, the Iowa county board voted to
appropriate $1,000 for operating the
mothers pension law
Depere.-The Brown county board
failed to adopt the mothers pension
plan. 1t appropriated $4,000 for a
tuberculosis sanatorium.
Milwaukee.-Six men were injured
one seriously, when a street car
crashed into fire truck at North and
Oakland avenues during a fog. Five
Of the men were firemen and the sixth
was a motorman on the car. Six pas.
sengers on the car were badly shaken
up and frightened. The street car hit
the big truck squarely in the center.
throwing it about twenty-five feet.
Appleton.-The Outagamie countg
board by vote of 81 to turned
down the mothers pension law. 4
resolution had been favorably re-
ported by a committee appropriating
81, 600 for dependents under the law
Madison. Applications for the pur-
chase Of yenison are numerous in the
Offices of the state game department.
It's purchase from other sources ex-
cept rom wardens is prohibited under
penalty. Applications are on file from
a dozen persons for whole carcases
and small orders are so numerous that
not all can be filled. The price ranges
from Is cents to 25 cents a pound.
Racine.-Because the county phvsi-
Glars are being used by those who
have no need of their services, the
county board has decided to place all
under contract, to be under the csII
Of the county poor agents.