The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-05-08
Badger News
Briefly Told


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Oshkosh.-Local dealers are in q
rate war. Milk has been selling at six
cents quart, and a number OF re-
tailers have cut the price to five cents.
Oshkosh.-The Winnebago county
board voted to abolish the county
agricultural school. established sew
en- years ago at Winneconne. The
building cost $4,000 and may be sold
to Winneconne as high school build
ing.
Racine. The eugenic marriage
law is baking Dan Cupid in Ra-
cine county County Clerk Hay re-
ports falling off in marriage licenses
this year as compared with last Not
more than two-thirds as man licenses
have been issued. Many couples jour-
ney to Waukegan to wed.
Racine.-Dominick Tamada and
Paul Feduto, twenty-eight and thirty
years old. charged with robbing
freight cars at the local Chicago &
Northwestern yards, were each given
year In state prison by Judge Smeid-
Ing.
Barron by smoke, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Adams lowered
their children from the second
story windows by clothes line and
then followed by jumping. The loss,
on three buildings is between seven
and ten thousand dollars.
La Crosse.-Rey. G.. r. Hack, pas
tor of the First Evangelical church
OF this city, has delivered his
last sermon in this city and will leave
for Minnesota at an early date. Rev.
G. L. Bursack Of Elk Mound will sue
coed him.
Sheboygan.-Mrs. Garritt Klein
hesselink. aged sixtytwo years,
died at her home. near Oostburg. from
the effects of burns she suffered when
her clothing caught fire following the
building of bonfire in the rear Of her
house. She and a six-year-old girl
went out to see If everything was all
right when a gust Of wind caught up
the flames and ignited the woman's
clothing.
Waukeshs.-Mrs j. Bogie of Eagle
narrowly escaped being crushed
by hot kitchen stove during the re-
cent storm. Mrs. Bogie went to her
kitchen door to see how the weather
was outside, just as the tornado struck.
When she regained consciousness she
was lying in the road and within
few inches Of her was the wreck Of
the stove. The Boyle home was demol-
ished. Several other buildings were
destroyed.
La Crosse.-Because he was Tilted
by girl In Genoa, to whom he
had been attentive. William Boge-
man, aged thirty-three, barber. for
merly Of this city, but for the last two
years a resident of Genoa, ended his
life In the Mississippi, according to the
theory of the police, following the dis
covery of Bogeman's body in the river
south of the city. Attention was called
to the body by the suicides cork leg,
which foated upon the surface of the
water.
Milwaukee.-An unidentified man
leaped from an automobile at
Tenth street and North avenue,
drew revolver and fired two
shots in rapid succession into the
body of handsomely dressed wom-
an, and as she dropped dead on the
street drew razor and cut his own
throat, falling dead across her body.
Before the nearest spectators had
to breathe. The man was identified
rs Morris Berkowitz, thirty-six,
west side grocer and the woman as
his wife who recently instituted d.
vorce proceedings.
Waukesha.-Two young Milwau-
keeans who started out to see the
world have been returned to the Mil
waukee police by the town marshal Of
Pewaukee. The boys were Frank and
Max Prozynski, aged ten and twelve
years respectively. They left home
afflicted with wanderlust, but returned
afflicted with cuts. bruises and inter-
nal injuries. The boys managed to
board a Milwaukee passenger train
and crawl under the seats unnoticed.
After riding what seemed to them a
long time they emerged and. rushing
to the platform, jumped off. They were
at crossing near Pewaukee. A farmer
found the lads lying injured by the
railroad tracks.
Madison. A. Mcdonald, editor
OF the Toronto Globe, will deliver
the University of Wisconsin bac-
calaureate address Sunday. June IA.
of the senior class pro-
gram was made by President Eugene
Van Client. President Van Client will
give the address of welcome. Carl
Iverson, Kenosha, will be ivy planter.
Edward A. Kruger, Kenosha, will give
the Ivy grafton; Mildred B. Caswell OF
Fort Atkinson, the ivy ode, and Clark
H. Gets of Whitehall the farewell to
buildings. The commencement ora
lions will be delivered as follows: For
the agricultural college, George s.
BulkIey. Liberty Bell, ILL.,. law school,