The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-02-12
News Notes OF Wisconsin.

highway commissioner OF Kenosha
county. has resigned. The department
in charge of Mr.. McGeehan had been
under fire and an investigation on the
have been started. Two weeks age
Mcclellan was suspended by the com
mission pending investigation OF
charges. Mcclellan was formerly sher
In of Iron county, being elected by the
reform element who sought to clean
up Hurley. Later he was elected to
the legislature
La Crosse.-TO the intelligence of
pet dog belonging to III. J. Raseman,
Henry J. Raymond of Pittsburg prob
ably owes his life. Raymond. while
walking through the railroad yards
fell from trestle ten feet onto the
ice below where he lay unconscious,
his skull being fractured. Raseman's
attention was attracted to the spot by
the excitement of his dog and found
the unconscious man. He was re
moved to the hospital where physi
clans were obliged to amputate three
fingers from his right hand. He is ex.
pected to recover.
Madison. TO date about 5000 hotel
licenses have been issued by the state
board of health There are about TO-.
900 hotels in the state, and the applt
cations are coming In about az rapidly
as the board can take care of them.
Deputy health officers are going to aid
the hotel inspectors in their work,
there being too much for tina new off.
Gals.
La Crosse.--Carl Wrobel laborer
As years old, was frozen to death in
the Mississippi river bottoms where
he had wood cutting camp His
body was found by party OF boy skat.
ers. Wrobel. tired from his exertions.
had sat down to rest and falling asleep
vas overcome by the cold aud died
Fond du Lac. Mrs. George r.
Scriven. daughter OF the late Gen. Ed.
ward s. Bragg and wife OF Gen. Scriy.
en- of the United States Army, died at
vived by her mother. Mrs. Edward s.
Bragg, her husband and two daugh-
ters. The body will be brought here
for burial beside that of her father
and brother.
Jefferson Mistaking red light
ahead on the track for a switch light.
the engineer of the Northwestern
road train No. 617. which left MIL
wauhec for Madison. ran into No.
COS. eastbound FROM Madison. at
lIelenyille, east OF this city. No one
was injured
Sparta. Thomas Anderson. wealthy
Monroe county farmer and president
of Tomah bank. was fined SIS ia
Justice court for selling insanitary
milk to creamery. The complaint
was made by Samuel J. Dudner. rep.
resentative OF the state dairy and food
commission.
Beloli II Louis Bunday, former Be.
lott boy. son of David Bunday. was
convicted Il murder In the FIRST degree
1T Los Angeles. Cal, tie was charged
with killing Harold Heltsche. aged &c.
The penalty IL death.
Appleton. August Knuppel reccly.
ed the unanimous vote OF the city for
mayor. except for about dozen bal.
lots cast for men whose names were
written in.
HEAVIER Dam. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Neuman of the town OF Beaver Dam,
have celebrated their golden Wedding
anniversary. They were married ia
Germany January. 1864 and the next
year they came TO the United States.
They cnme direct 10 Beaver Dam from
New York aud settled near the city
where they have since resided. Their
niue children and twenty.rour grand.
children we're present at the anniver.
sary
Beaver Dam H.. G.. NcFetridge
state treasurer. Is seriously III at his
home IN this city. lie has been III for
several months.
Elkhorn. II. j. ,.udtke treasurer o,
the town OF Lafayette, In Walwortt
county, made his return to the coun
~ treasurer the last day la January
having collected every cent of the
xa.9a0SS charged on the towns tax
roll This ~ probably the record 70,
the state. The 1919 taxes are more
than one-ihird larger than for 1912.
Grand Rapids Miss Caroline Fitch
just appoiated postmisteess at No
koosa 10 Jucceed A. +. i.aphnul. re
sigued, IL IN aunt of II h, Fitch o
Nckoofa. mcrlber vi the Democrafl,
state Central commIttae Cath 70
Gently She was rfs'dcal 9i rraamorr