Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-27
STATE NOTES IN BRIEF

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 car top
pied from a viaduct to the ground
twenty feet below, carrying with it
more than score of passengers. The
suits are for amounts ranging from
81, 900 to $4,000 The larger amount
is asked by Edward Brooten, a dock
worker, who claims the sight of one
eye was destroyed.
Merrin.-An unidentified man,
one of several Finlanders employed
on the 500 railroad near Heafford
Junction, in company with friend.
was crossing 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 ac-
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 confiscated in raid on a Wind
Lake resort. The coroner is the only
an
the sheriff The action came about
when Edward Fullman was fined $50
and costs for conducting a resort
without a license.
Oshkosh.--Dr Louis Warfield, a 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 $1,500,000 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 to be
placed
Madison-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 Claire.-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
IT, ,-fo+iro of a, E4h,,roo ,,o "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 a check for SIS, which he
cashed.
Kenosha.-Dr. J. H. Holm had o
narrow escape from death when the
automobile in which he was riding
oollided with taxicab Both auto
mobiles we're wrecked.
La Crosse.-Oficia announcement
has been made Of the La Crosse Inter.
state fair, which viii be held here
Sept. % to 25. A total purse of $4,000
has been carded. The fastest race on
the program will be a 200 pace pre-
coded by a 2:18 trot More than $500
is offered this year in premiums.
Racine-The campaign Of the Ra.
cine Commercial club for county road
improvements netted $4,000 III single
day. The Franksville road residents
lust outside the city contributed $500.
Prospects are the campaign viii be
productive Of results far beyond the
expectation of the promoters.