Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-11-04
Wisconsin, Neus
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Neenah.-Hunters report that large
tiocks of geese are making their way
down from the North. This is taken
as an indication that colder weather
is coming.
Wausau.-Much excitement was
caused in the town of Hamburg when
Herman, Paul and Otto Burchardt and
Fred Pichram captured a young bear
in an open field with a rope
Superior.-The Lake Superior Teach
ers' association, membership of which
is largely from Douglas and adjoining
counties, will hold its annual meeting
at Superior high school today and Sat.
urday.
Madison.-The Wisconsin state rail-
road commission authorized the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way company to guarantee pay
ment of the principal and interest of
first mortgage gold bonds to be issued
by the Chicago UAion Station company
OF Chicago for erecting a new union
| passenger station
Madison.-The raising of $4,000
in six days is a record of the
Wesley Foundation workers at the
University of Wisconsin and in the
city of Madison the past week The
| money will be put with the $780, 900
that will now be sought throughout the
state to build a chapel for the Meth
| odist students at the university and,
| if possible, to endow a chair of theolo-
| gy at Wisconsin.
! Janesville.-Miss Helen Jeffris. only
daughter of M G. Jeffris. was
married to Pierpont j. E. Wood, an at
torney of Forsyth. Mont. by Rev.
| Charles Ewing of the Congregational
! church Miss Katherine Jeffris, cou-
| sin of the bride, was maid of honor.
and the bridesmaids were two other
| cousins. the Misses Ruth and Margaret
! Jeffrts and the Misses Marian and
! Clara Blodgett.
Chippewa Falls.-Edward Eccles,
aged thirty-fve, was brought to
this city from Bowbells, N. D.,
charged with stealing twelve head of
cattle from John Durch in the north
part of Chippewa county and selling
! them to Oscar Holback at New Au-
burn. John Cox, farmer, was arrest
ed, charged with being implicated in
the theft, and both men are now in the
| county Jail here awaiting a hearing
| October 80.
Janesville.-Permane organization
Of the Rock County Dental So
! ciety was effected at a meeting of
| 35 members of that profession. DR..
! F. J. Fitield of Minneapolis was the
speaker. The local organization will
| affiliate with the state organization.
The officers elected are: G. e. Cleo
phas, Beloit, president; l. M. Holsap-
pie, GAINESVILLE, vice-president; secre-
tary and treasurer, J. R. Whiffen of
GAINESVILLE.
Prime Attorney J. w.
| Kelley held an inquest on the
death of Eli East, found dead on
the roadside near the Puckaway lake
HON of Capt. and Mrs. R. w Mueller,
mysteriously murdered, and with
whom he had been quarreling, and the
inquest resulted in a verdict of acct
| dental death. Kelley holds to the
theory that Mueller killed his wife and
self. School children testified that
East had fallen and broken his neck.
There had been a rumor that East was
another victim of the murderer who
had killed the Muellers.
Cumberland.-While doing the fam
| lily washing on her husbands farm,
near here, Mrs. P. Ricci, mistak-
ing pail of gasoline for water, poured
| it into a kettle on the stove. An ex-
plosion followed, which cremated her
two-year-old son and three-year-old
daughter and inflicted severe burns up
On herself. With her clothes af1ame,
Mrs. Ricci ran out in the yard and
plunged into a large tank of water,
thereby saving herself.
Milwaukee.-Mrs George Lines was
reelected president of the board
Of directors of the Wisconsin In
| dustrial School for Girls at the annual
| meeting Other officers reelected are:
First vice-president, Mrs. D. H. John
son; second vice-president, Mrs.
Charles LoVeland; third vice-president,
Mrs. c. F. Kitchell; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Frederick Ellis, and, treas
urer, Mrs. R. E. Newton Miss Resale
Wrinkle is chairman of the school COM
mittee and Mrs G. G. Rogers of the
children's committee.
Madison.-''The boy who sits back
and whies, There isn't any chance
for me- is no good and will
never win" That was what Governor
Philip told so Rock county boys who
came to Madison and visited him in
the executive chambers The boys
came to Madison as guest of the Com
mercial club of GAINESVILLE and were In
charge Of George S. Parker They con-
stitute what is known as the Boys
Good Roads club of Rock county. Their
trip to Madison was complimentary in
recognition of the good work done by
the boys in looking after the mainte-
nance of the highways in their respec-
tive communities
Neenah. - Conservation wardens
maze rlch haul on the east
shore of Lake Winnebago. Seven hun
dred feet Of gill nets were lifted and
5000 feet of set lines were secured in
the raid. The latter had no tags or
floats
Oshkosh. = Conservation Commits
sioners Neyins, Moody and Bar
Der have practically caused a deal
whereby the state becomes owner OF
$50 feet of Fox river frontage for the
location Of the state fish hatchery.
The hatchery is located now alongside
of the municipal water works near
Menominee park.
Beloit.-Deputy United States Mar