The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-16
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

Oshkosh. - Flocks of geese and
ducks are flying across this city to
the upper rivers and marshes, indl-
eating that spring is here.
Eau Claire.-Mrs. Peter Truax,
widow, cancelled mortgage of $4,000
held by her against the recently built
| First Baptist church, this city.
Oshkosh.-Chief of Police Bowling
has ordered all newsboys to keep out
of saloons and the enforcement OF the
law regarding minors is to be strictly
observed.
Viroqua-Albert householder Car
michael has been honored with mem
bership in the Wisconsin Society OF
| Sons of the American Revolution, be-
ing the only one in Vernon county.
Edgerton.-In a debate between girl
| speakers from the Edgerton and James
vile High schools on the question OF
| the adoption of federal prohibition, the
| honors.
| Manawa-Emily E. COLLEEN won on
points for valedictorian Of the 1915
| graduating class of the Little Wolf
high school of this city. Miss Mary
Delo will be the salutatorian. Miss
race.
Milwaukee. - Christopher Paulus,
| sixty-one years old, a member of the
state assembly, committed suicide
here by jumping from the tenth story
of the First National bank. Financial
trouble is given as the cause of the
act.
| Beloit.-The Beloit city school board
has reappointed all old teachers with
the request that acceptance be made
| by April 20. F. e. Converse is chosen
superintendent, J. H. McNeel, princi-
pal of the high school, DR.. E. B. Brown
medical inspector, and Mrs. Bernice
Aldrich attendance officer.
| Oconomowoc. - The OconOmOwOc
Odd Fellows lodge will observe the
ninety-sixth anniversary of American
Odd Fellowship with a banquet and
entertainment at the lodge rooms on
April %. The local Odd Fellow organ
ization has been in existence here
nearly fifty years.
Oshkosh. - Joseph Jameson was
held in municipal court for arson aft
er a preliminary hearing The trial
was set for April 81. The attorney
for the defense in his arguments de-
clared that his alleged confession
which Jameson afterwards recalled
and denied, was in itself indication
that the fires origin was purely acct
dental.
Fox Lake. - The biggest bullhead
ever seen in this section was on
view here when Jack SAKE of Milwau-
| kee and friends came down from the
lake with a specimen that weighed
thirty-eight pounds. 1t was found
| dead on the ice in the inlet by VIII
liam Kahl, resident of Maple Point.
Fox lake is noted for it's bullheads,
but this one was the "granddaddy" of
them all.
Complete returns from the Seven
teenth judicial circuit give the elec-
ton to Judge James O'Neill of Neills-
|
heard from E. V. Werner appears to
have been elected in the Tenth cir
cult by a large plurality. The vote
was complete from Outagamie coun-
ty only,
Kenosha.-Indication are that Ken
osha county has elected Miss Sarah
Devlin of Bristol as county superin-
tendent of schools, and it appears, de-
feated John j. Kerwin, the veteran
Kenosha county superintendent. The
school party carried the 100000 bond
issue. Aldermen elected were held to
be anti-administration men.
Adell.-Burglars broke into the post
Office of Seaman & Zeigler here. and
stole as much of the stock as they
could carry away The post Office
safe was not cracked. Thirty-seven
cans of sardines were found near Wal
do and this is the only clue. 1t is be-
lieved hoboes did the job. The bur
glars possessed good appetites, judg-
ing by the way they made the sardines
fly.
Mosinee. The seven-months' old
daughter of Joe Onopa, farmer liv-
ing east of this city, was burned to
death when the farm residence was
totally destroyed by fire. Another
child was saved from similar fate
by the heroic efforts of it's seven-year-
old sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Onopa were
at work in the woods about a mile
away at the time the fire started. and
did not know of 1t until their return
to dinner.
New London.-Local police have
been unable to identify the two men
and two women who entered the AID.
vent church by way of window and
consumed beer and chocolates on the
platform. About five pounds of candy
and several empty beer bottles were
found under the front steps, and foot.
prints under one of the windows
showed how the men had entered
and other footprints at the front door
showed women haS not been forced
to climb through the window
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