Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
STATE NOTES In BRIEF


Superior.-Ten actions seeking al
legged damages totaling $59,500 have
been started against the Duluth Street
| railway company in the Circuit court
here. The suits are the" outcome of
the recent accident on the Billings
park line in Superior when a car top
pied from a viaduct to the ground
twenty feet below, carrying with it
more than a score of passengers. The
suits are for amounts ranging from
is asked by Edward Brooten, a dock
worker, who claims the sight of one
eye was destroyed.
Merrill.-An unidentified man,
one of several Finlanders employed
on the 500 railroad near Heafford
Junction. in company with a friend.
was crossing a high trestle when the
man fell from the bridge and was in
stantly killed. An investigation by
physicians revealed that the man had
met death by striking his head on
the bridge before he reached the wa
ter and that his death was clearly &C
cidental
Racine.-For the first time in the
history of Racine county the coroner
served notice upon the sheriff, re-
straining the latter from destroying
liquor confscated in a raid on a Wind
Lake resort. The coroner is the only
person who can serve such notice on
the sheriff. The action came about
when Edward Fuhman was fined $50
and costs for conducting a resort
without a license.
Oshkosh.-Dr Louis Warfield, Mil
waukee physician, and his wife figured
in a capsizing accident during the
heavy flow on Lake Winnebago. They
had been In the water for some time
before they were rescued by yachts,
Both were good sailors and swimmers,
and were able to take care of them
selves until rescue came to them.
Maiden Rock.-Mrs. John Giebler,
aged rs, a resident of Oak Grove for
fifty years, was drowned in the Mis-
sissippi river Her body was recov-
cred in three feet of water by her son.
Grand Rapids-The property of the
Brunei Falls Manufacturing company,
Cornell, was sold under a decree of
foreclosure for $1,5O0,000 to the Cor
nell Wood Product company.
Oconomowoc.-A gift of 800 from
Mrs. w. B. Cushing of Fredonia, N. Y,
has been received toward the fund for
the monument to be erected in mem
DRY of the three Cushing brothers at
their old home in Delafeld Mrs.
Cushing is the widow of William B.
Cushing, one of the three brothers in
whose honor the monument Is 20 be
placed.
MadisonL-The state railroad COM
mission ordered the Grange Hall Far
mers' Telephone company Of Rockelm,
Pierce county, to discontinue service
on a new line built by the company in
the town of Rockelm because it paral-
lels a line of the Highland Telephone
company of Elmwood. The Grange
Hall company built the lines without
authority from the railroad commits
sion
Eau CIaire.-Aug. % has been set as
the date for the annual picnic and
field meeting of the farmers of Eau
Claire county. Silos, alfalfa, clover
and crop rotation are some of the sub
jects to be discussed by speakers.
Waukesha.-Mrs Andrews of
Mukwonago, an elderly woman, was
made the victim of "bunco game.f
A man pretending to be an eyeglass
filter, visited the lady saying that he
had been sent there by a Milwaukee
physician. He later insisted that she
write him check for s75, which he
cashed.
Kenosha.-Dr. J. H Holm had a
narrow escape from death when the
in which he was riding
collided with taxicab. Both auto
mobiles were wrecked.
La Crosse.-Oflcial announcement
has been made of the La Crosse Inter
state fair, which will be held here
Sept. % to 25. A total purse of $4,000
1as been carded. The fastest race. on
he program will be a 2:09 pace pre-
,eded by a 2:18 trot. More than $500
S offered this year In premiums.
Racine.-The campaign of the Ra~
line Commercial club for county road
improvements netted $4,000 in a single
law. The Franksville road residents
ust outside the city contributed 5000.
are the campaign will be
productive of results far beyond the
expectation of the promoters.