Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
WISCONSIN NEWS
1ERSELY TOLD


new Catholic church at Armstrong
Greek was laid with Rev. Francis Ne
mel OF Pulaski as master Of ceremo
MES.
Superfor-In the last six months
hunters have drawn $4,000 here for
killing 80 wolves, 80 wildcats and 19
wolf cubs. Half is paid by the state
Edward Johnson killed so Of the
wolves.
Appleton. = Playmates in Russia
nearly half a century ago, Rabbi
A. Zussman of Appleton and Ia
cowitch Omen are bride and groom
the ceremony having been performed
at Oshkosh.
Ant1go-Thirty-s head Of high
grade cattle, three of them pure
bred sires, have been applied for
by the farmers in the county, to be
purchased under the plan offered by
the Commercial club of this city. Two
cars were received In this city a few
weeks ago. The banks of the city fur
.nish the money.
Madison.-Horace NJ Mann of Be-
lott, formerly minister of the
gospel, was fined 500 and sentenced
to serve 60 days in Jail by Judge a. l.
Sanborn for mailing unavailable matter
in the form of q dunning postal card to
a fellow minister. The Judge suspend
ed the sentence on condition that
Mann pay the fine Of 500, which he
did.
Baraboo.-The Sank county Dem
ocratic convention, held here, rec
commended Evan A. Evans, Baraboo, for
governor; Virgil H. Cady, Bara boo, for
congress; George Standemeyer, Colum.
.bia county, for state senator, and Dan
lei Rice for assemblyman. A resolu-
ton was adopted indorsing the nation
al administration and condemning the
state administration. A full county
ticket was also named.
Neenah. = The Wisconsin Sunday
School association, which maintains
it's head Offices in this city, is lay
ing plans for the opening of a summer
camp for girls at Camp Onaway, on
the Chain O Lakes, Waupaca. The
camp will be open ten days and Sun
day school girls or girls connected
with any church group may attend.
Daily Bible study will be one of the
features of the camp. Mrs. P. F. Stair
Of Kenosha will be in charge.
Madison. - Governor McGovern
granted pardon to Miner S. Perkins.
serving life sentence, but out
on parole. Perkins was convicted Of
the murder of his wife in Wood coun-
ty. The governor committed the SEN
tence Of George Messman, Manitowoc
county, from two to one year and six
months, and that of George K. Parr,
Rusk county, from two years to one.
Both are embezzlers. The sentence Of
Ora Langdon, Clark county, for pro
ducing abortion, was committed from
four to three years and six months,
La Crosse. - Rev. J. HolzapfeI,
seventy-eight years old, a retired
Evangelical clergyman, died suddenly
at his home near Tomah. He came
to America in 1857 as missionary for
the Evangelical church. He was pas
tor of a church at Mosel for 25 years,
removing from there to Milwaukee,
where he remained three years. Sur
viving are a widow and ten children.
Among the children are Mrs. John
Dollhoff, Mrs. George Hunsicker and
Mrs. Henry Blank, all Of Milwaukee.
Rev. Mr.. Moeckli of Milwaukee assist
ed in conducting the funeral services.
Portage Attorney Bogue
was called to the town of Lewis
ton to investigate the death Of Otto
Witt, bachelor, aged thirty-five, who
lived alone on farm. Neighbors saw
Witt go past their house, his clothes
soaked with water, and a short time
afterward they were attracted to his
home by smoke issuing from windows.
Witt was found lying dead in the bed
room with a bullet wound in his head
and a revolver at his side with several
chambers empty. 1t is believed that
he at first attempted drowning in Big
Slough and then went to his home and
finished the deed by shooting himself,
the powder from the revolver setting
IRE TO the ped ClOCnlng.
Eau Claire.-The three-day session
of the German Luther leagues of
the northwest closed with big pic
mic and athletic events at Lake Halle
for the 400 delegates attending. At the
business session officers were elected
as follows: President, Irwin Duersch-
ner of Waseca, Mimi; first vice-presi-
dent, Richard Krell of Eau Claire; sec
ond president, E. Lippka Of Min
neapolis; secretary, Miss Bertha
Buehrer Of ST. Paul, and treasurer, Ar
thur Goetzmann of Minneapolis. The
following were elected delegates to at
tend the meeting of the central adj
visory board at Dubuque, Ia, this fall:
Arthur Goetzmann Of Minneapolis,
Rolf Hartig of Minneapolis and Miss
Bertha Buehrer Of st. Paul.
Madison.-More than twenty thou
sand dollars were paid by contrac-
tors to prisoners in the penitentiary
at Waupun, according to a compila-
ton made by President Ralph E.
Smith Of the state board Of central in
discussing the amount of payments
made in a year. Wisconsin has the
contract system of prison labor and it
is the general impression that the con-
tractor receives all the profit, said
Mr.. Smith 1T is interesting to note,
however, that for the year ending June
80, 1914, convicts received for over
time, paid by the contractors, the sum
Of s20,295.96
Portage.-Mrs. Nathan Wood, aged
fifty, committed suicide by jump
ing into Lake Mason at Briggsville