Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-08
News Notes of Wisconsin.

OShkosh.-The recent death of Per
cy Bradt of Omro at the Vinnebago
county asylum removed one of the
greatest checker players in the world.
Bradt had been checker fanatic
since his boyhood He has made
study Of the game and has written
mary trea5i.e& Oh tie problems and
plays. When but II years old he went
TO Milwaukee to play the American
checker champion, Barker. He lost
the 1lrst game, tied in the second and
won on the third day Barker was
forced to leave before the series was
concluded and Bradt got the honors
AT one time Bradt was invited to the
Sanatorlum to play the champion
checker player of the place. For one
month they kept up the series and
finally Bradt became so infatuated
With the asylum that he remained
there, although he was never officially
confined
WSukesha.-County Judge Agnew
granted a divorce to Mrs Ellen Sage
of Vernon from Alonzo Sage, the first
- N''O AhNaSO1ANo" ono Nd 10
Sage in 1882 and alleges that he de-
serted her two years later. Thinking
that he had died she married J. Rog-
ers at Omro, according to her testi-
mony, over twenty years ago Her
first husband turned up last sum-
| mer, but allowed the divorce to be
granted in default.
Green Bay.-Playing with matches
proved fatal to little Margaret, 4-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs August
Boyer of Humboldt, Brown county,
small town near here The child's
clothing caught fire while the mother
was absent from home and despite the
| fact that sister threw pail of water
| over the child and put out the flames
| the burns were severe enough to cause
| death several hours later.
Port Washington absence
nor hardness from school for ten
years. is the record of 15-year-old
! George Aussem of Thiensville. Ozau-
kee county. He is now determined to
beat the record of eleven years held
by an eastern girl. A perfect record
for the present year will make his
record equal hers and next year he
hopes to break the highest record thus
far made in perfect attendance.
Portag e.-Two strangers, imper-
sonating officers, entered the Milwau-
kee road depot and invited VIM.
Gaintz of Madison to accompany
them under pretense of arrest When
they reached a spot about block
from the depot they held the ''pris-
oner' up at the point of a revolver
and took his cash
t Marinette--United States Senator
Isaac Stephenson on Saturday an
nounced the appointment of J. Elmer
Murphy of New York, son-in-law of
M. F. Egan, minister to Denmark. as
his chief clerk to succeed L. S. Patrick
of Marinette, who died suddenly in
Washington last summer Murphy is
former Milwaukee newspaper man.
Mayville-Henry Otto. a brakeman
on the Milwaukee road, fell from a car
which ran over him. He only lived a
few hours
-hCl 1li--ICOl &c JIduSi6y- one Oh
the best known lumberman and log
ger in northern Wisconsin, has mar
ried Miss Mayme Strickland. a promi-
nent clubwoman of this city
Madison.-Supt. of Schools c. P.
Cary has designated Jan. $3.50 as the
days for the holding of the annual con-
yention of county superintendent.
The convention will be held in Madi-
son. The time and place of meeting
will enable the county superintendent
to take advantage of the meeting of
the country life conference and the
two weeks farmers course.
Appleton.-Luther Lindauer Of Kau-
kauna has sold his trotting stallion,
Ernest Axtell, to a Vienna, Austria,
horse dealer for $4,000 The animal
holds several speed records on Wis
consin tracks.
Appleton-Three candidates are in
the field for the mayors Office of this
city They are Fred Petersen, who
was defeated for nomination three
years ago: August Knueppel, who was
nominated three years ago and defeat
ed by the late DR.. ]. V Canavan, and
Edward Westphal
Milwaukee piece of steak caused
the death OF Lyman Balloon, aged As
years. at his boarding house Balloon
was engaged in eating his MONDAY
meal A piece of steak choked him
and he was taken with commissions.
He was hurried to the Emergency hos
pital, where he died.