Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-09-25
BADGER NEWS NOTES

Milwaukee The fan meeting OF the
eastern or Wisconsin conference of
the English Evangelical Lutheran sy-
nod of the northwest will be held i'm
Milwaukee October 60 On Tuesday.
October 8, at 4 p. m, there will be a
special meeting of the synod for the
reception of new members and 10 au-
thorize the ordination of Il. I. Finck.
who has accepted call TO the Water
loo parish.
Milwaukee. Wisconsin is about To
have a herd of elk assigned TO its state
forest preserve by Secretary Lane of
the department of interior Through
the activities Of Representative Esch
and State Game Warden John A.
Sholts, carload OF the animals VIII
be shipped as soon as the necessary
preliminaries have been arranged.
Merrill dam of the Merrill
Railway and Lighting company. which
is nearing completion, is a novelty.
The dam is of unusual type, especially
designed by +. S, King. manager of
the company The gates. all of steel.
set firmly on concrete piers, may be
entirely opened to permit a full flow
OF flood tide water without endanger-
ing the dam at any point
Oshkosh The sixteenth annual re-
union OF the Winnebago County Vet
Grams association was held in this
city. This association Is composed of
civil war veterans. Menasha was chos-
EN- for the next meeting. p. Eldredge.
Menasha, was elected president and II.
l. Bacon, Oshkosh, vice president,
! Washburn. Another case of small.
pox Is reported in this city, Floyd Nor
ris being i'll with the disease I'm mild
form. Some time ago there was three
or four cases in the city but the
spread Of the disease has been
checked
Fond du Lac G. Huber, u.s. head
of the Huber-Fuhrman Drug company
Huber Bros Drug company and for
mer president of the common council
died at his home after long illness.
He lived here more than hair cen
fury.
Neenah.-Titus Coats and Garfield
La Grange made one of the largest
catches of black bass ever heard of
in this section getting a string Of fifty.
The catch was made in Lake Winnie,
bago.
Neenah.--By vote OF 20 to 10 The
Winnebago county board of super.
visors refused to appropriate any
money in order TO obtain for the
county $4,000 as state aid for the i'm
pFovement of roads in 1915.
GAINESVILLE. Great damage was done
in this part of the state by wind and
rain storm. Train service through this
city was badly crippled through wash
outs all along the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St Paul line.
Elkhorn. Alvin Blanchard, a prom
inent Walworth county farmer was
killed while engaged in pulling stumns
at his farm The sweep to the can.
stan broke, one end piercing the mans
body.
Kenosha John H. Hegeman was
elected chairman of the republican
county committee at meeting held
here and the committee pledged itself
to the support of the full state ticket
Stevens Point The water in the
Wisconsin river at this point, follow.
ing the heavy rains, has been steadily
but slowly rising. There was a rise
of three or four inches during the
night The Big Eau Pleine river.
which empties into the Wisconsin a
short distance above Knowlton. has
risen three feet
Green Bay--As an indirect result of
the enactment Of Assemblyman John
Schnitzler's crab and crawfish bill. the
numoer Of ducks on Green bay has
reaty increased this season, accord.
TO the testimony Of hunters and