Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-24
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| scarce and will be high-priced in
this locality this year. Only a few
shipments have been received The
trees are smaller than in former years.
Couderay.-Steps have been taken
in this county to secure the par
don of Joseph LIE Teur, who was con-
victed in 1891 for the murder of Jenz
Cleveland. near the Price dam
Madison.-ODe ton of medicated cot
ton was shipped from Madison to
the Red Cross society In Brooklyn.
1hls was the response of this city %
William G. Shepherds appeal
Rhinelander.-The late Mrs. O. A.
Hilgermann, who with Mrs. W. E.
Ashton was killed in an automobile
accident at Chippewa Falls a few
weeks ago, left $500 to the German Luz
theran church.
Appleton.-A special train contain
ing 80 fiat cars loaded with cannon
and mounting machinery passed
through the city on the 500 line. The
cannon were consigned to -ancouver,
| B. C.
Appleton.-While washing dishes
Mrs. John I. Gehring, aged six
| ty, discovered she was standing in
a pool of blood. An artery in her
right instep had broken. Her hus-
| band was unable to stop the flow Of
| blood and she died.
Superior.-Seven COWS owned by a
Michigan farmer were burned when
| the car in which they were being
shipped west was destroyed in the rail-
road yards here. Household goods and
| farm implements also burned with a
loss of more than thirteen hundred
| dollars.
Racine. - One hundred wayfarers
| have made use of the Racine
tramphouse during the cold nights.
The building is heated by one stove
and the men are forced to gather about
the fire to keep from freezing Sleep
in the plank hunks is out of the ques-
! ton.
Racine.-A healthy baby boy, about
| ten days old, was found on the
! doorstep of F. l. Clemens. He was
warmly dressed in wooden garments
and wrapped in a shawl and a quilt
| he was placed i'll II maternity home
| He is believed to have come from out
| of town.
They'll take the barn next,
if / don't stake it down" said
Adolph Tews, who lives two and a
half miles southwest of the city. He
was speaking of thieves who stole a
load of baled straw from his farm.
Only last week Mr.. TeWs' brother,
Charles, had $50 fine chickens stolen
| from his coops and it is believed the
same gang committed the theft.
Green Bay.-Alderman Gum was &C
quilted of the charge of frequenting
a resort here. A jury in justice court
found that the charge make by Pa
trolmen Morgan and Distache was I'M
| founded and as a result action now
is pending against the patrolmen who
| temporarily have been suspended from
| service on charges of infractions OF
police regulations.
Green Baylor the first time in
| over eight years the Wisconsin state
reformatory is filled with prisoners.
! With the arrival of six young men
| from Milwaukee the total number Of
inmates of the institution vas in
| creased to 293. Notice has been sent
to courts and sheriffs by Superintend-
ent G. w. BowTon that no more pris-
oners can be taken care Of
Madison.-Articles of incorporation
! of the village of Pound, in
Marinette county, were filed in the of
fee of Secretary of State Donald The
village is located in the town OF
Pound, covers an area Of 400 acres
and has 263 inhabitants. At an cleo
ton, held on December s, the CUES
ton of incorporation was decided af-
| Tentatively by g. vote of 35 to 10.
Muskegon-Word has been received
| in Muskegon of the death of G.
A. Moore, former president Of the
| Shaw Electric Crane works of Muske-
| gon, while at sea en- route to his win
ter home in Italy. One of Mr.. Moore's
daughters surviving him is the duch'
ess Of Torlonia, wife of wealthy
Italian nobleman. Mr.. Moore was
president of the National Protective
association in 1886 and was honored
in France a year ago when he was
made chevalier in the Legion CT
Honor.
Kewaskum. - After contemplating
suicide for Is years, Casper Brad
stetter, a painter, took strychnine
and six hours later was dead. Drug
gist's records show the poison was
bought on December 9, 1901. The fam
lily had moved several times and each
time the little bottle was taken along
by Bradstetter, unknown to other mem
bers of the family. Bradstetter was
put on the black list. This is thought
to have been the immediate cause Of
his suicide. Bradstetter was born in
Germany and was sixty-one years old.
He leaves a wife and eight children.
Sheboygan.-After announcing he
had taken poison, Edward Reuter-
held the police at bay for an hour
with an unloaded shotgun, when they
came to take him to hospital. He
finally surrendered. The poison"
proved to be cough strip. Reuter- was
a carpenter, out Of work, and despond-
ent.
Wausau.-Walter Obey of Stratford
has been elected president of the
newly formed Marathon County Bank
ers' association, which was organized
to seek greater development of this
county, agriculturaIly, commercially
and industrially.
Grand Rapids.-A man who had
been shot in the back was found ~
ing near the tracks near Marshfeld.
He regained consciousness and told
the police that companion tramp had
attacked him, shot him in the back
and then threw him from the moving
train.
La Crosse.-Eli Hopinkah, two-year-
old Winnebago Indian, was adopt
ed by Chief Charles Winneshiek,
head of the tribe and his wife This