Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Tomahawk. - Another manufac-
turing plant is to be opened by the
Tomahawk Veneer and Box company,
which has just filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of
state at Madison. The company is
capitalized at $4,000. From 70 to
100 men will be employed at the be-
ginning in the manufacture of cheese
boxes and other kinds of veneer
work. The company plans to cut
100000 feet of hardwood timber
annually and will be an all the year
industry.
Madison.-Prompg action, strict
quarantine and observance of sani-
tary regulations, all under the direc-
ton of a central authority having
power to enforce all regulations ne
cessary are the only means by which
hog cholera in Wisconsin can be eff
fectually combateG, according TO
State Veterinarian Eliason, who says
the ravages of the disease in Wiscon-
sin are greater than ever before.
ppleton.-Holding that it was
the fault of the boy, for stealing a
ride on a box car, Judge Goodland
directed a verdict in favor of the
company in the $4,000 damage suit
instituted by Mrs. Margaret Jacobs
for the death OF her son, aged 16,
killed Jan. 81, by falling under a
train, on the Northwestern railroad
in Appleton.
Racine.-Because carpenters were
hammering on new house, adjoin-
ing the church, and thereby disturb
ing the services, the Rev. J. G.. Nc
Donald, rector of Emmanuel Episco-
palian church, halted the meeting
and sent in a call for the police. The
police ordered the contractor to call
off his men and the services pro-
ceeded.
La Crosse. Petricek, his
wife and children jumped from a
second story window to save their
lives from a fire that destroyed their
home. The family savings, amount
ing to about 5000, were burned.
Fond du Lac-Sister Mary Petra
Forenia, "a, founder of Mt Calvary
convent, celebrated her diamond jub-
lice, October 4. She came from Mil
waukee in 1852.
Shawano.-Hubert Murphy of Ores
ham, was fatally shot when a revolver
in the hands of an older brother was
accidentally discharged. The boy was
taken to Green Bay. Doctors say that
he cannot live.
Green Bay.-The Wisconsin AS
ISOLATION of Master Bakers in annual
session here selected Milwaukee as
the next meeting place.
Madison.-The annual class rush
at the University of Wisconsin will
be at Camp Randall on Oct. IT. The
rush committee consists of Clark
Gets, chairman; Riley Benson and
Irwin White. Students not physical
ly able to participate in the struggle
will be excused by the clinical de-
partment.
Madison.-Martin Nelson of Vir-
oqua, who was graduated from the
agricultural department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin with the class
of 1905, has been elected dean of the
College of Agriculture of Arkansas,
at Fayetteville.
Madison.-Capt. Thaddeus H. Wild
has resigned as chief clerk in the
state banking department owing tn
i'll health.
Observation-Disclosures struck a
barn on Patrick Ryan's farm in the
town of Magnolia, causing loss of
$4,000.
kesha-Lightning struck a.
corn shock under which Henry Mel
hardt, Jr., aged IA years, had sought
protection and killed him.
Sheboygan.-Mrs. Caroline Jost.
the first white child born on the site
of Sheboygan, has just celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of her birth.