Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-12-13
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In WISCONSIN

! OF the tond du Lac County Fair asSO-
citation will be held in this city on
January 8.
West Salem.-Mr. and Mrs D. A.
Trimble of this village have just cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
their marriage.
Madison.-The tenth annual ex-
hibition of the Wisconsin Poultry
association will be held in this city
on January 5. 6. Z. and .
Superior.-Dominec Ecklund, an
employe of the ST Croix Lumber com
pany, was instantly killed when struck
by a falling tree.
Prairie du Chien.-A man supposed
TO be William Burke, a track laborer,
was instantly killed when struck by
! passenger train near here.
Green Bay The tango and other
modern dances have met with disap.
proval of the knights of Columbus
and the Wallack club Of this city.
Fond du Lac.-The annual chicken
show OF the Fond du Lac Poultry and
Pet Stock association will be held in
this city beginning on December 10,
for five days
misunderstanding of the old
north wing of the state capitol was
! completed, thus removing the last
remnant of the building erected in the
late COS.
River Falls.--Olaf Nelson, a team
ster, was crushed to death under
tons of earth at the Foster pit while
Rhauling sand for the new normal
school. He leaves a wife and child.
Beloit.-Rev. A. O. Stevens of
Elkhorn was given a call to become
pastor of the Second Congregational
church of Beloit. 1t is believed he will
accept, although he has not yet given
definite answer
Appleton.-The tango and animal"
ances were condemned by the
putagamie County Catholic socie-
les Of Little Chute, and a commit
Pc appointed to lead a crusade
gainst them.
Glenwood City.-Pansies and dam
lion are in full bloom in gardens
# Pre-, and grass is green in the pas
n res. Old woodsmen report that
ery nature sign points to an ex-
emely mild winter.
Madison.-Harold Story and Harold
ckens, Milwaukee law students at
e university. paid IS in Judge Feb
udts court for firing at decoy ducks
< the lake. The boys pleaded that
beg did not know they were within
be city limits
Couderay. A farmers institute.
Y onducted by the department Of
griculture of the University of Wis
onsin, will De held at Hayward on
december and 10, and at Stone Lake
kn December 16 and IT. E c. Jacobs
will have charge of the meetings at
both places.
Eau Claire.--The dead body of the
twelve-year-old son of Len Bovee
of Fairchild was found at the
foot of a big stump, his 22-cahber rife
beside him. He had been shot in the
abdomen The boy had been hunting.
1t is supposed that he was trying to
climb the stump and that the gun waq
accidentally discharged
Camp Douglas-A stranger loiter-
ing in the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul station at Camp Douglas was
shot and killed by Policeman Wilbur
Jones. The officer attempted to re-
move the man from the station. where
he was disturbing other passengers,
and the stranger drew a knife aud
stabbed the policeman in the arm.
Madison.-W. f. Glow. iron manu-.
facturer of Chicago, has written
the state game warden's department
that, having hunted all over the Uni
ted States, he was convinced that 10
where are the provisions of the hunt.
| Ing laws observed so we'll as in Wis
| consin. He has already applied for
| license Nos. 1. and for next year.
| He and his companions have had
these numbers for several seasons, APP
| plying a year in advance.
Oshkosh.-Reuben Peck. who tried
to rob the Farmers bank of
Omro, was adjudged insane and
was taken to the Northern State Hos
pital for the Insane by Sheriff Zwefel
He had been working here all summer
| for a local contracting firm. In 1910
Peck had been confined at the North
ern hospital for six months. He had
, over 800 with him when arrested He
is monomaniac, believing himself to
! be immensely wealthy.
Waukesha.-Charles F. Steele. for
mer supervisor and chairman OF
the county board, was greatly sur
prised that he was not citizen Of
the United States He was born In
Prussia, Germany. on September II,
1S47, and came to this country with
his parents in 1852. Mr.. Steele became
q member of Company B. Thirty-ninth
Wisconsin infantry. and he believed he
was citizen. The United States ex.
sminer from Chicago said that by serv.
ing in the army his first papers only
were given him and then discharged
the witness. The two candidates for
citizenship. julius Stern and Frank
Shallock. for whom Mr.. Steele was a