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

|, MaTinette.-Capt Donald MacKin-
non, cited to be tried for violations
OF marine regulations on the trip in
which the barge Plymouth with sew
en- men was lost, will not go to a
United States court to be tried, and
hence the court is coming here to
try him. On Saturday he received
word he is liable to punishment for
his defiance, but that the United
States inspectors Will give him a
trial here.
Milwaukee. - Francis BIoodgood
federal court commissioner for the
Eastern district of Wisconsin, recent
~ celebrated his eighty-sixth birth
day. Mr.. Bloodgood was born in
Wisconsin, his birthplace having been
Green Bay. Mr.. Bloodgood was adj
mitted to the bar in Albany, n Y, in
1910 and began the practice of law
in Milwaukee in 1854
Green Bay.-During 1913 the Rt.
Rev. Joseph j. Fox, bishop of the do
cese of Green Bay, who has completed
his tour of visitations for the year, adj
ministered the sacrament of .confirma-
ton to $3.50 persons. He blessed eight
churches and six parochial schools
during the year.
Madison.-Income tax blanks to cor
pOrations for the returns for the past
year have been mailed out by the
state tax commission. The blanks ask
for little more information than last
year and the companies must make
return before April l.
Neenah.-Joseph Echrich, Me-
nasha, paid a fine of $25 and costs
here on charge Ct illegal fishing
The case will be appealed. Thera
have been many arrests here for vic
lation of the fish and game laws but
few convictions have been secured.
Chippewa FaIls-A $4,000 are
loss was sustained by Edward L.
Hawn when his sawmill, planning mill
and drying sheds and $4,000 feet of
lumber were destroyed at Ruby. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Madison.-After nearly month
at Rochester, Mimi, where he under
went an operation, Justice Robert
C. Siebecker of the supreme court
has returned to Madison greatly i'm
proved
Neenah.-While on his way home
from Bear Creek on the Chicago &
Northwestern line, Walter Casperson
was relieved of his watch and SO in
cash. Casperson occupied seat
with an elderly woman.
Crivitz.-While moving household
goods Robert Melburn was thrown
from his wagon in a runaway and a
steel range was thrown upon him
after the wheels of the wagon had
passed over his legs.
Madison The application of the st.
Croix Farmers Mutual Telephone
company to extend its line into
Grantsburg, where the Tri-State Tele-
phone company of Minneapolis is OPP
Grating, was refused after a hearing
by the railroad commission.
Madison-State Treasurer Johnson
has added So to the conscience fund
of the state from a person in MiIwau-
kee who failed to declare that amount
on an Inheritance tax.
Mcmahon % mill tax rate. tax
payers are paying a trife less taxes
here than last year. A total of s128,-
600 is to be collected
Grand Rapids-On complaint
made to the district attorney. orders
have been issued from his office that
all slot machines, punch racks,
candy draws which have operated in
violation of the state laws, must be
removed. The business men who
have had these devices in their places
of business show a willingness to
obey the order.
Fond du Lac-The Rev Campbell
Gray of Orlando, Fla, has been ap-
pointed rector Of st. Augustine's
Episcopal church at Rhinelander to
succeed the venerable Archdeacon
James T. Johnson, resigned.
GAINESVILLE. - Wolves have been
found in the vicinity of Dunkirk, Dane
county, driven from the northern
woods last winter by the cold. They
have been raiding sheepfolds.
Ashland Navigation closed here
for 1912 on Saturday, Dec. 20, the
latest closing in thirty-six years. The
ice is so thin that tugs can probably
navigate the harbor until Jan. /
AppIeton.-The Appleton Elks
played Santa Claus to the city's poor
children on Christmas morning when
they entertained 500 youngsters at
moving picture theaters and supplied