Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-11-28
News Notes Of Wisconsin

GAINESVILLE. 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
lard Mr.. Austin obtained approximate
Iy 716 bushels of corn, or a trife BET
Ter than an average Of 102 bushels an
acre. He received for 40 bushels Of
tits corn from a seed house $765 and
the remainder of the crop will be sold
for enough to bring the total for the
seven acres up to $1,972.
Madison to the new
university director, there are ABB
resident students, an increase over
East year of 424. The college Of let
.ers and science leads with 2,5O2;
agriculture is second with 96S, and
engineering third with ia. The
smallest course is that of public
health, with an enrolment of 2. The
freshmen number 1854, the sophie
mores sos, the Juniors S3S, and the
seniors 1856. There are 1872 regis
tered in the graduate college.
Marinette. Five Austrians EN-
ployed in the paper mills attacked and
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 on charges of disor
derby conduct. Four 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 seaaon
just began, fees Of $3,110 have already
been turned into the state treasury
from clubs operating under the He'd
ding law, passed by the last leglsla
ture. 1t is certainty that the sta!e
will receive a large revenue from thS
source by the end of the season. IAe 4
state gets 5 per cent Of the receipts o.
all boxing and wrestling contests hela
In Wisconsin.
Appleton Charles Smith of Nee
nah, head of the Menasha Woodef
ware company, went to Washington
D. c., to attend the wedding OF MISS
Jessie Wilson, daughter OF the pTesf
dent, who was a member OF M
Smiths class at Princeton universll'
President Wilson and Mr.. Smith a.e
intimate fri .nds.
La Crosse. -Disposing of an es'aS
of $4,000, the will of Miss Frances
Splitter, philanthropist and church
worker, makes requests to a nunO7,
of societies and institutions connec'e'
with the German Baptist church
Portage. Miss Emma Hertzoel'
was married to Frank Lange at W
lumbus. LANCE is a member OF 'ne
Kansas City ball team, and pltcnea
for the Chicago White Sox up to las.
August.
Kenosha.-W William Roscoe Bel4
NJ. D., prominent practicing physelaA
OF Marinette, Wis, died at the reh.
meyer sanitarium here after lon6
illness from acute nephritis.
DodgevilIe. without dissehlls
vote, the Iowa county board votea
appropriate $1,000 for operating lao
mothers pension law.
Depere The Brown county Ooair
failed to adopt the mothers pension
plan 1t appropriated $3.50 loi
tuberculosis sanatorium.
Nilwaukee.-Six men were lnJuio@
One seriously, when street ~
crashed into fire truck at North ana
Oakland avenues during fog fn
Of the men were firemen and the slA~'
was a motorman on the car SlA p,
sengers on the car were badly shae's
up and frightened The street car -
the big truck squarely in the ceh''''
throwing it about twenty-five feel
Appleton The Outagamie coun'
board by vote of 81 to tuiH's
down the mothers pension la@'
resolution had been faVoraoly
ported by a committee appropriate
$1,000 for dependents under the -"
Madison applications for the -