Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-12-02
News Notes of Wisconsin.

GAINESVILLE 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 trifle bet
ter than an average of 102 bushels an
acre He received for 410 bushels of
this 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.
Misunderstanding to the new
university director, there are 4,438
resident students, an increase over
last year of 424. The college of let
tiers and science leads with 2,502;
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 sopho-
mores COS, the juniors 838, 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 season
just began, fees of 1910 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 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 presi-
dent, who was 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
of societies and institutions connected
with the German Baptist church.
Portage.-Miss Emma Hertzberg
was married to Frank LANCE at Co
lumbus. LANCE is 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.
Dodgeville. Without dissenting
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 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 feel.
Appleton.-The Outagamie county
board by vote of 81 to turned
down the mothers pension law. A
resolution had been favorably re-
ported by committee appropriating
81 600 for dependents under the law.
Madison.-Application for the pur
chase of venison are numerous in the
offices of the state game department
Its purchase from other sources ex
| cept from wardens is prohibited under
penalty. Applications are on file from
dozen persons for whole carcases
and small orders are so numerous thai
not all can be filed. The price ranges
from 10 cents to 25 cents a pound.
Racine.-Because the county physi
clans 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 cal
of the county poor agents.
Milwaukee-Walter Switalski. aged
20, was sentenced to serve two year
in the Green Bay reformatory for the
| murder of his brother, Vincent, aged
60, who died from loss of blood from q
stab wound in thu leg inflicted by Wal
/ ter in a fight in front of their home
Sept. Is. The young men quarreIed
because Vincent objected to his young
er brother purchasing a can OF beer.
Manitowoc-Capt Albert G. Fulton
t go years old, who sailed the frs
schooner built in Manitowoc more
than Sky years ago, the Citizen. i
dead