The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-31
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

Grand Rapids.-The Masonic lodge
of Pittsville has purchased the old
Methodist rch building and will
convert it temple.
Racine sacine county farmers are
forming an association for protection
against city gdsitors who rob fields
and trespass Gn farm lands.
Racine.-Mr and Mrs. George
Hoernl celebrated the fifty-eight an
niversary of their wedding Mr..
Hoernl is ninety-one years old and his
wife is eighty-one.
Boscobel-The old mill race, which
for nearly half century has turned
the grist stones and protected the
town from fire has been torn out to
make room for a sewer system.
Grand Rapids.-Jonas, ST., of Baker
Vile, was struck and instantly killed
by the west-bound Chicago & North
western passenger train at Mcmillan
station.
Kenosha.-Kingsley Chaffee, ageo
thirty years, son Of Charles Chat
fee, now living at Los Angels, Cal.
was found dead in a cell at the county
jail here.
Couderay.-Timber cruisers report
deer as being plentiful this fall The
conditions for them were ideal this
summer and they are now fat and
sleek
Ashland-The city administration
will no longer grant licenses to
clairvoyants or fortune tellers in Ash
land, Mayor Dennis says. Il would as
soon license larceny" The citizens OF
the city are behind Mayor Dennis in
his action.
Wausau.-PIaying Indians nearly
proved fatal to the twelve-year.
old son Of Edward Niemann. He was
hung to a limb OF tree until he
showed signs of strangulation before
being let down. His teacher resusci
tated him.
Grand Rapids.-Mathew Jonas, Jr..
aged seventeen, Of Baskerville, was
instantly killed when struck by
west-bound Northwestern train at
Mcmillan. The boy was returning
home from dancing party and fell
asleep at the station.
Green Bay.-The First German
Lutheran church will observe it's
golden jubilee on November 2. The
church was founded in 1863 and had
but four pastors since it's organization,
Rev. Jacob Siegrist, the present pas
tor, being here so years.
Marinette.-The first meeting of
hn Of Of
Wisconsin cities named to devise
and recommend a plan for Badger
cities to form a mutual organization
for self-insurance will be held at Osh-
kosh in November. Mayor Joseph
Fisher of Marinette, president of the
League of Wisconsin municipalities,
named the committee.
Menomonie.-The body of an uni
Identified man was found on the
Omaha railroad east of Elk Mound
with the head completely severed from
the body. From the position Of the
remains it's is believed the man DELHI
erately placed himself in front of the
freight train that killed him. He was
of middle age and dressed as la
borer.
Wausau-Frank Cerfas, prominent
hotel man at Twin Lakes, and
his wife were severely injured and
an eight-months-old daughter instantly
killed when the automobile in which
they were riding turned turtle at a
point on Wilmot road, quarter of a
mile west of Liberty Corners. Cerfas
and his wife and child were all buried
under the machine and the child's skull
was crushed
Kenosha.-Frank Cerfas, promi
nent hotel man at Twin Lakes
and his wife, were severely injured
and their eight-months-old daughter
was instantly killed when the auto.
mobile in which they were riding
tnrned turtle at point on Wilmot
road quarter of mile west of Lib
erty Corner. Cerfas and his wife and
child were all buried under the ma
chine and the child's skull was
crushed. Mr. and Mrs Cerfas were
both terribly bruised
Fond du Lac-A monster black
eagle measuring six feet eight
inches from tip to tip of it's wings and
weighing twelve pounds was shot at
Calumetville. Peter Thuerwachter of
that village discovered the bird
perched in the top of a lofty tree and
brought it down with a single shot
The eagle has been seen repeatedly in
the vicinity of Calumetvilfe during the
past year and many shots have been
fired at it, but without effect, and it
was of the opinion the eagle was gun
shot proof
Shawano.-The bodies of George
McEachron, $50 Twenty-second ave-
nue., and Charles Stole, 776 Twen-
ty-seyenth avenue, Milwaukee, who
were drowned on Lake Shawn
no while returning from a hunting
trip, were recovered The body of
McEachron was found floating on the
lake, the feet entangled in the decoys,
being partly out of the water The
other body was found by graphing,
and had been held down by the great
amount of weeds which cover the bot
tom of the lake.
Marinette.-For the life of her
husband Henry Goosen, who was
killed by a Northwestern railway pas
senger train last year, Mrs Elizabeth
Goosen has been awarded verdict of
$4,000 in the circuit court an addi-
tioual $500 was awarded for the main