The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-29
BADGER NEWS NOTES


roma du Lac.-Attorney General
owen has begun an action in the Cir
cut court in this county in an attemnt
10 GUST Michael C. Steber and tba
oheDoygan and Fond du Lac Road
company for collecting tolls on a road
between Fond du Lac and Taycbeedah
bayheld.-After a successful season
OF eight months, during which time
zo'ooo'ooo feet of lumber was cut the
Wachsmuth Lumber company's mill
closed its 1914 season. The mill start
Gu operations last spring on April Is.
oneDoygan.-The Northern Furni-
lure company of this city has inst re-
ceived an order for 1000 nieces 30
special furniture to be installed in
Inc inside Inn," one of the large
hotels to be opened for the exposition
at San Francisco in 1915.
Superlor.-The Rev. r. Fassbender
OF Amery has been appointed secre-
tary to Bishop ]. M. Koudelka of the
superior diocese, succeeding the Rev
=. f. Schm1t, who was appointed pas
tor OF Sacred Heart parish, Superior
Merrlll.-A new passenger service
nas been arranged for the Valley d.
vision of the Milwaukee road. A
through train from Chicago, eIectri-
cally lighted, all steel train, is in on
Grafton
notwithstanding R. S. kellogg
hot 4,
ing of the Northern Hemlock and
Hemlock Manufacturers association
VIII be in Milwaukee Jan. 26 and 27.
OconomoWoc. - The Oconomowoc
Boy Scouts marched to La Belle ceme-
terry and placed wreaths upon the
graves OF their comrade, Homer Hath
away, and of George Grokosky. who
'ost their lives by drowning at Lac
La Belle year ago.
Eau Claire.-Steve Miller was found
insane and was committed to the Wis
consin State hospital for the insane
at Mendoza. Miller is the man who
met with an injury a couple of weeks
ago, heavy frog having fallen on
his foot
Green Baylor the first time in
over eight years the Wisconsin state
reformatory is filled with prisoners.
Notice has been sent to courts and
sheriffs by Supt c. w. Bowron that
no more prisoners can be taken
care of.
Portage.-Judge Kellogg has com
mitted Philip Ryan, 27 years old, Of
Westpoint, to the Mendoza hospital.
The cause of the young mans aberra-
ton is said to be sunstroke.
Racine-Lyman Reed, II years old,
is being held by the police on a charge
of passing three forged checks, aggre-
eating $500. He waived examination.
Racine.-Joseph Martin of Union
Grove, who for the past three years
has been income tax assessor in Ra-
cine county, has resigned and will be
connected with a bank here
Thirty-fve hundred acres
of sugar beets will be planted in
Oconto county next year, leading last
year by 1000 acres.
Neenah-Mr. and Mrs John Bell
have just celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
Chippewa Falls.-The Belgian re.
lief committee in this city finished
raising a fund of $728.50, which will
purchase a carload of -four, 155 bar
gians.
Merrill-A young son of Jack Tay-
lor, a local fireman, was lost in the
woods near this city for twenty-four
hours. He went into the woods for
Christmas trees with a party of older
boys and became separated from them.
Rhinelander. = Arthur Harwood
Peck, veteran of the civil war, is
dead of heart failure. He was 80 years
old
Stevens POint.-Following an I'M
successful attempt to murder his wife,
Adolph Sandholm, 70 years old, far
mer residing in the town of Amherst,
swallowed the contents of bottle of
carbolic acid, resulting in his death.
He is believed to have been insane.
Madison.-Attorney General Owen
ruled there is no authority in the stat
utes for the removal of a mans name
from the posted" list inside OF one
year. The attorney general also held
any alderman has the right in any
Wisconsin city to place man on the
posted" list.