The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-08
News Notes of Wisconsin.

news NOTES OF WISCONSIN,.
arinette.-CirCut Judge Quinlan
gave Mrs. Alice A. McMillen OF Osh.
kosh decision in her suit against
John Strange, former lieutenant gov
ernor, and the Oshkosh Savings and
Trust company. Mrs. McMillcn sued
to have a contract for the purchase
and the sale OF $50 shares OF the cap
ital stock OF the Fox River Paper COM
pany of Appleton set aside. She own
ed the stock through her husband,
pioneer lumberman, and Mr., Strange
bought it. Later she demanded that
the stock be returned and charged
that Mr. Strange had bought it
through fraud and misrepresentation.
Madison.--Th state civil service
commission has completed the exam
ination of applicants for hotel inspec-
tors. The names will be certified to
the state board of health 50 that ap
poiptments can be made. OF the 125
who took the examination, the ten
who Stood highest were: Walter c.
Mase. Darlington; Bert Honeycomb
Madison: W. r. Smith, GAINESVILLE: Err
nest Loether, Eau Claire Joseph r.
Kennedy, Plymouth: Elmer r.. Little,
Fond du Lac; Ernest +. Bum, Madi-
son; Alfred c. Klotz Milwaukee: VIII
liam c. Dickmeyer. Milwaukee,
Madison. Announcement is made
Of the outline of farmers courses to
be held this winter in wisconsin com
munities under the auspices OF the
University of Wisconsin. The seized.
ule follows: Eau Gale, Jan. and ):
Dowing. Jan. to Z Ellis Junction,
Jan. to 8; Ripon. Jan. 10 to II:
| Grand Rapids, Jan. IA to 16; Superior,
Jan. Il and %; Augusta, Jan. - and
23; Madison, Jan. - to Feb 6; Ona-
laska, Feb II to Is; Plymouth, Feb.
10 to 81: Rochester, Feb. "a to 2G;
Berlin, Feb % To IS; Rhinelander-
Amigo, March 3, and Phillips-M bedford,
March 10.
Sheboygan, The formal transfer
for the Sheboygan Railway and Flee
trio company to local interests, head.
| ed by Peter and John =. Reiss OF the
c. Reiss Coal company, was made in
New York The plant, which is cap.
| italized at $1,00000O was largely
owned by the late w. w. Gamwell of
Pittsfeld, Mass; w o. Morgan and
| the Roehlings Of New York.
GAINESVILLE Despite the fact that
Judge Harry Maxiield, of the NUM-.
| cipal court, has received several let
| ters from agnostic papers In the east.
criticising his methods OF punishment
| of youths for minor offenses. by com.
| polling them to attend church each
! Sunday, he handed out two more SINH
| lar sentences to Clarence Preston and
| Charles Mapes. charged with attempt
| cd burglary.
River Falls.-Two young men Of
| Ellsworth pleaded guilty in county
| court Of having tried to create a panic
| Christmas eve by going to the door Of
one of the well.fIed churches and cry.
| ing, Fire" II was only by the cool
| headedness Of the conductor of the
| Christmas exercises that panic was
avoided. One young man waS fined
| $50 and costs, the other SIS.
Madison. john II. RoenIer, chair.
man Of the Wisconsin railroad com
mission, declined the appointment Of
| fered him as counsel OF the interstate
commerce. commission to supervise
the work of valuing the property OF the
| railways of the United States.
|
| duces the oldest result in the opera
ton by the United States government
OF postal savings banks. The post
Office department has just ordered the
bank IN this town to be closed. II was
established nearly two years ago
since when not single cent has been
offered for deposit
| Stevens Point Joseph Kostuch, a
| resident Of Portage county for forty
one years Ia the father OF twenty
seven children, OF whom eleven sors
and eleven daughters are living Mr.
Kostuch Is Sc years OF age ard has
been married three times.
Appleton. - Congressman Thomas
J r. Konop Is undecided whether 10
make the run for the nomination for
| governor. According to dispatch re.
ceiyed here from Washington the con
| gresham says that 1t Il too early In
the campaign To make any sort of a
statement
Madison. The crushed stone. gravel
and sand rates announced by the rail
road commission about a year ago are
| made applicable 70 practically all OF
the roads In the state by order OF the
| railroad commission II also ixed
the joint rates on such shipments al
Y cent per 100 pounds extr.