Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-30
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Of logs on the Fox river here and fell
in. George Martin rescued her.
Baraboo.-Ringlings donated $4,000
toward the building of the new Ger
man Lutheran church, now in the
course Of construction
Mnton.-Niss Nettie Coon was seri-
ously burned when she rushed into
her burning home and tried to extin-
guish the blaze.
Florence.-Rev. Arnold Van Dyke,
pastor Of the Catholic church of this
city, has sailed for a three months
visit to his old home at Holland
Sheboygan.-Chief of Police Henry
Define IS campaigning against closed
saloon side rooms, turned of electric
lights and ''cozy corners" in palm gar
dens.
Oconto.-Mary Kazda, aged twenty,
drank a spoonful of carbolic acid in
a tumbler Of water Doctor Clark,
Marquette graduate, pumped out the
acid. She will recover.
Kenosha.-Search for the axman
who murdered Jacob Nesela, his
wife and daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Mansfield and her infant daughter,
near Blue Island, H., July 6, shifted
TIC Kenosha.
Oshkosh.-Mrs Anna Schienfeldt,
ffty-fve years old, was instantly
killed by passenger train on the Mil
waukee road. Mrs. Scheinfeldt was on
the way to visit relatives and was
walking beside the track when she
stepped in front of the engine.
Fond du Lac.-Edward Meach, for
ty, Chicago musician, died sudden
~ from heart failure at the
home Of his mother In Green Bush,
this county, where he had been spend
ing the summer. He leaves his mother
and one sister.
Neenah. - A wholesale slaughter
of dogs is being conducted here
by the police in the enforcement
of the muzzling ordinance during July
and August. Every animal seen on
the streets without a muzzle is prompt
l. shot
Kenosha.-The Chicago & North
western Railway company suffered
a $4,000 ire loss at Balm sta
ton when the coal chutes were de-
stroyed. The flames burned eight coal
cars and their contents. Traffic on
the line will be hampered.
Depere.-A reception was given
in honor of Rev. B. H. Pennings on
the lawn of St. Norbert's college, to
celebrate his return from an extended
visit in Europe. He attended the chap
ter of the Premonstratian order, of
which he is the head in the United
States. He was received by the pope.
Racine.-Capt, Ealyor Williamson,
sixty-eight years old, who was
among the first nine white men
to invade Alaska in 1868, died. He
was a sea captain in his younger days
and became wealthy when he settled
down in the '70s and started a Ium-
Der yard.
Oshkosh-Rudolph Cyrtmus, Win
neconne, drowned at a boathouse
four miles up the river. A skiff
foated away and Cyrtmus jumped in
with his clothes on to get the boat. 1t
is thought he was taken with cramps.
He is survived by a wife and II chill
dren.
La Crosse. = Three young men
entered a plea of guilty to burglary
in circuit court and were SEN
fenced to serve three years each in
the states prison at Waupun. They
are Charles Thurman, aged twenty-five
years, Louisville, Ky; George La Rue,
aged twenty, Chicago; Earl Livingston,
aged twenty-five, Duluth.
DepeTe.-Rev. B. L. Bergstrom
had a narrow escape from death
when an automobile in which he was
returning from a ball game at Green
Bay went down an embankment and
overturned He was thrown out and
suffered a double dislocation of the
shoulder. The other occupants were
unhurt.
Grand Rapids-Word has been re-
ceived by the chief of police that
the body of the daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Edward Engle of the town of
Rock, WQQdd county, had been discoV-
cred in the woods near their farm
house. Miss Engle, who is seventeen
years old, had been missing for sew
eral days, leaving no clue as to her
whereabouts or reason for disappear
auce. Her death was a suicide from
carbolic acid.
Haricon.-Byron Barwig was re-
elected president of the Northwest
ern Band association, which held it's
convention here. The meeting was
one Of the largest ever held. Four
special trains brought 10 bands and 426
musicians. Nearly six thousand at
tended the convention. The prizes
were won as follows: First, Class A,
MayviIle; second, Red Granite; Class
B, first, Horizon Junction; second.
Theresa.
ly escaped serious injury when
the house at 416 Jackson street
dropped six feet The house had been
raised on jackscrews while concrete
foundation was being built under it
Several screws gave way and the
building dropped with its occupants.
None was badly injured.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Engen, aged
thirty-two, a teamster employed by
the Brown Bros Lumber company,
was instantly killed when crushed be-
tween load Of lumber and a freight
car. He leaves a widow and two chill
dren.
Oconto.-Frederick J. Hoover mar
rowly escaped death when he
dropped 200 feet in a 50-horse power
aeroplane, striking a ten-foot fence.
The machine was totally wrecked.
Hoover escaped serious injuries. The
engine stopping and wind was the
cause. He was to fly to Marinette
after an exhibition fight at the Oconto
fair grounds against racing cars.