Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
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session AT the church at Rock Prairie,
near this city.
Mellen-The eight-year-old son Of
MARROW Gross drowned in the Bad
river in eight feet of water while
wading.
South Range.-Slaying a large wolf
while on hunting trip near here,
Miss Irene Jackson of South Range
collected $40 bounty.
Neenah.-Anton Weisgerber was put
under arrest here by Deputy Game
Warden Albright for shooting two
ducks in open water. His boat and en-
tire equipment were conhscated.
Superior.-Rev. A E. Arneson, pas
tor Of the Norwegian Evangelical Free
church of Superior for the last seven
months, has accepted call to the
church at Ronneby, MINI.
Superior-A building permit for
Y. NJ. c. A. building to cost $780,
600 has been issued and work on the
superstructure is under way. The cor
nerstone will probably be laid on Oc-
tober TO-
Sheboygan.-Lee Louret, high
school student, while hunting ducks
near bingham, attempted to move his
boat His shotgun was discharged and
his left hand practically blown away.
Beloit.-The Milwaukee circuit Luz
theran convention in Beloit elect
ed officers as follows: President,
Rev. o. J. NJ. WeIhelms. Oconomowoc;
vice-president, Rev. H. B. Kildall, Mil
waukee; secretary, Rev. Carl Moss
tad, Milwaukee.
Beloit.-George Waller of Durand,
Ill, aged sixty-seven, owner of
$50 acres of choice farm land in this
vicinity, committed suicide at the
Grand hotel in Beloit by shooting him
self in the head.
Madison.-George w. Fail, a junior
at the university, from Indianapo-
lis, was arrested by the Madison
police on a charge of stealing a canoe
in Indianapolis and shipping it to Mad
ison.
MISUNDERSTANDING ]. J. Fox of
the Green Bay diocese of the Cath
Ole church oficiated at the con-
frmation exercises at Sacred Heart
church. at which SO were confirmed.
La Crosse.-For violating game
laws by hunting gray squirrels
out Of season George Maschek, Carl
Haas, Howard Hauser and John Po-
taracke were each fined s25 and costs.
While visiting friends here Albert Gil
bertson, a Minnesota farmer, bor-
roWed a gun and went hunting Game
Warden Gautsch caught him with a
large number of mudhens in his pos
session and Gilbertson paid a fine of
$50 and costs for hunting in Wiscon-
sin without license.
Madison.-The state banking COM
mission issued an abstract of the
report of state banks and trust COM
panies of their condition as of Sep
TENDER II. This abstract shows these
institutions had resources and liabili-
ties amounting to s241,600, 120.52 on
September II, IS against $3.50, zoos, 258.-
Y on June 8, when they made their
last report. This shows that during
the four months interim the resources
increased 81 ,067, 861.8O The number of
banks on September II was 664, an in
crease of eight since the June re-
port.
Waukesha.-O. L. Rosenkrans of
OconomOWoc was elected president
of the Waukesha County Veterans
association at it's annual meeting
here. o. P. Clinton and j. P.
Phillips of this city were elected sec
rotary and treasurer, respectively.
Seventy-fVe we're in attendance.
Twenty members died during the last
year. Department Commander S. A.
Cook was the principal speaker on a
program given at the Auditorium.
Madison.-Mrs. Amy Winship, the
University Of Wisconsin's oldest
student in point of years, being past
ninety, has again registered, electing
the biological science and advanced
work in the domain of electricity and
magnetism. The war prevented con-
templated visit of inspection to yari-
oUs European seats of learning CAS-
long as life is given me" she says, mo
one need look for me anywhere out
side Of a university"
Madison.-The total value of all
property in the state is $3,172, $685.
154, according to the state assessment
announced by the state tax commits
sion. This is an increase of $174, SOL
449 over last years assessment. The
total value of all real estate in the
state is 1882, 983,150, and of all per-
sonaI property $580,006, 0O04. Real es-
tate has increased S128,888,444 and
personal property S45,913, 005 over last
year. The total value of all property
in Dane county is $751;, 886,020; Fond
du Lac, $74,788,417; Douglas, $62 1885,
974; La Crosse, $43, 738,489; Milwau-
kee, $617, 336,757; Rock, $90,O27; 815;
Racine, $84,730, 529; WaukesEa, $685.
591. Psi; Winnebago, $74,356,158. The
total value of real estate in Milwau-
kee county is given as s476,057,030,
and all personal property $141, 279, 1877.
Sparta.-The Sparta school board
has placed the tango and other
modern dances under ban. Hereafter
student dances will be restricted to
the two-step, waltz or quadriIle, and
chaperons will be provided. Dances
must close at 11:30 o'clock. Prohibit
ton Of high schol dances is threatened
if the rules are violated.
Madison.-Samuel Burdick, Civil
war veteran, was found dead on
the stairs leading to his home in Bel
levue court, South Madison. Death
was due to heart failure. Mr.. Burdick
was eighty-one years old and had lived
in Madison for the last three years.
Hartford.-While trying to replace
a support under a granary which
had been kicked away by a horse, t
B. Manning, aged sixty-two, was