Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-05-16
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] TORS or the PepIn County Agricultural
society the annual Pepin county fair
was set for September 8. 10 and IL.
Stevens Point.-Katherine Manche-
ski was struck by a Green Bay e
Western passenger train and killed.
She was quite deaf.
La Crosse.-While at play Marshall
Baxter, two years old. of Leon, discov-
cred a bottle containing liniment. The
/ child drank the contents and died.
Portage.-George p. King, lineman
for the Southern Wisconsin Power
company, fell from a 50-foot tower
near Wyocena. Death resulted imme.
diately.
Baraboo.-Albert Ringing, founder
of the Ringing Brothers circus
and resident of this city for the
last 80 years. filed suit for divorce. Mr.
and Mrs Ringing have been married
40 years They have no children.
Baraboo-Although run over by
an engine and seven cars, Otto Lin
ton, twenty-seven years old, employed
as brakeman on the Northwestern
road. escaped with a few bruises.
/ Manitodoe.-Due to a broken rail,
freight train No, 100 was wrecked one
and half miles north of the city
Eleven cars were derailed and badly
damaged. No one was injured
Couderay. A party of Austri-
ans, representing about two hun
dred families, has purchased a large
tract of wild land near Bundy Spur,
between Winter and Draper, in Saw
yer county
Oshkosh The German Methodist
church conference will be held in
this city August q. continuing
one week Chicago. northern and east
ern Wisconsin are embraced in this
territory Bishop Mcdowell will pre-
side
Madison.-The supervisory board
of three faculty members and two
students Tor the 1916 university
annual consists of Prof. w. G. Bleyer
Prof. G. Slovenian, Librarian w. NJ.
Smith. Stanley Hollen, Eau Claire, and
Raymond Mackay Milwaukee
Madison.-At the instance of Rear
Admiral J. A. Edwards. United
States navy every vessel in the
United States navy will be provided
with copies Of the lighting standards
recently promulgated by the Wiscon
sin industrial commission
Madison.-Under the waterpower
law enacted by the last legisla-
ture the engineering staff of the rail
road commission is making a survey
of all navigable streams of the state
to determine the amount of undevel
oped waterpower
Racine.-The Racine Commercial
club and the Racine Motor club
have organized a safety league OF
several hundred members The mem.
F bers will report any lack of safeguard
CT any carelessness that may be seen
to the secretary. Walter II. Reed. and
he in turn will call upon the offending
parties.
Racine.-Claude Snider, who came
recently from Benton Harbor. Mich
shattered a paving brick over the
head of George Fleming, claiming
that the man was paying undue atten
tons to his wife. Fleming was rem.
dered unconscious, but his skull was
harder than the brick and showed only
a scalp wound. Snider gave himself
up and is now in Jail
Janesville.-Judge George c. Grimm
Of the circuit court of Rock, Green
and jefferson counties has official
ly proclaimed the straw hat season
opened by appearing on the streets in
a Panama hat. Judge Grimm holds the
distinction of formally declaring the
season open each year, and this is his
first appearance with summer head
garb.
Sheboygan. Rev O. p. Miles,
formerly pastor of the Baptist church
of this city, viii be rendered the
pastorate of the First Baptist
church in SAeboygan, to succeed Rev.
f. f. Dresser, who recently resigned
to accept the pastorste Of the big Bap-
fist church at Philadelphia. n. Y.
Doctor Miles. since leaving here, has
been preaching at ST. Marys, o.
La Crosse. 49, Milwaukee railroad
sleuths discovered hidden far up
on bluff at River Junction a cave
which they claim to have been the rem
devious and storage house for the
gang Of railroad car thieves which has
for years been working in this vicin-
ity The cave gave evidences Of hav-
ing been hastily vacated and none OF
the spoil alleged to have been taken
by the band was recovered.
Beloit.-Forty miles OF interur-
ban railroad was put out of use
for two hours when a squirrel nibbled
through the insulation Of the high ten
sion wires here. burning out fuses and
stopping all cars Of the Rockford in
terurban railway system between
GAINESVILLE and Cherry Valley. Ill En-
ployes OF the local power house
heard the loud report that followed
when the squirrel bit into the copper
wire carrying 1880 volts. The SPUR
rel was killed
Washburn.-Respon have been
received from nearly all partg OF