Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-10
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has been installed as pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Prairie du Sac.
! La Crosse.-As result Of coming in
contact with live wire while at play,
Allan Hines, fifteen years old, was in
/ startly killed.
Superior.-The body of Alexander
/ Anderson, a retired saIoonkeeper,
missing from his home, was found
floating in the bay.
Beloit-LOuis Bundy, the Beloit boy
convicted at Los Angeles for killing a
siXteen-year-old boy, was reprieved IN
til August s by Governor Johnson Of
California.
Antigo.-AIiss Theda Babcock, if
teen, Nation, who was shot in the alb
domen by her brother Francis, five, is
dead. The little boy shot at her in
play.
Marinette.-Carl Dove, fifteen, Crys~
tai Falls, shot and killed by a .22-rifle
bullet, fired by his brother Eugene. The
two boys were scuf1ing for possession
of the gun, which Eugene held. The
! bullet entered the brain.
Madison.-William E. Essman, for
mer state superintendent of pub
| lie property in the state capitol,
has been released from the Wisconsin
state prison after serving a sentence
of fifteen months on conviction of en-
/ bezzling several thousand dollars from
the state.
anesville.-Francis Davis, colored,
/ one hundred and seventeen years
old, was buried at the county
farm where he has been a charge for
years. He was in good health up to.
recently and often recalled incidents
of the War of 1872 He was brought
north by Wisconsin soldiers who.
marched through Georgia with Gen
eral Sherman. His wife, who died a
efew years ago, did washing for sol
diers in the War of 1912.
Menomonie.-Five hundred Masons
from a dozen cities of this section
Joined in the dedicating of the new
Masonic temple here. Following the
grand lodge dedicatory ceremony, a
banquet was served, after which a seq
sion of speechmaking was held. Grand
Master B. f. Keller of La Crosse, c..
E. Whelan of Milwaukee and George
B. Wheeler of Eau Claire we're among
the speakers, J. T. Flint of this city
| being POSTMASTER. The temple cost
| $4,000. 1t will house the Menomonie.
Commercial club in addition to the Ma.
sonic bodies.
Marinette.--On a spring evening
three years ago John Houck left
the home Of his son-in-law on the.
Little Cedar river, Menom.nee coun-
| ty, to bring the cows ir to milking.
He never returned. A. II. Graielend,
fishing along the Little Cedar, STUN
bled on some object while making his
way through the brush along the
shore. He looked down and saw a
human skeleton. Investigat dis
| closed the fact that the bones were.
those of the egeG man who went for
the COWS and never came back. The
cause of his death is mystery.
Janesville.-Janesville boys and
girls established some high averages.
| III INC ny MdtIlllB lbdBu6. EAdCLig
28,400 flies were counted by members
of the Junior Civic league committee
in charge of this respective campaign.
At five cents per 100 the league paid
out s14.20. Walter Meyer of Webster
school sits on a pedestal all by him
self when 1t comes to killing flies
Walter swatted exactly 5000 flies in
one week, leading his nearest com
petitor, Duane Phillips of the Adams
school, by $500, the latter youngster
being second with 5,400. Alfred Meyer
of the Lincoln school and William Hes
| senan of the Garfield school killed
total of 5000 each. The total is the.
highest of any one week since the
campaign was instituted.
Manitowoc.-The thirtieth annual
convention of Wisconsin Odd Eel
| lows and Rebekahs closed with.
election Of the following officers:
Grand master, Paul ]. Mahoney, La
Crosse; deputy grand master, John S..
Craig, Superior; grand secretary, G..
w. Thwaits, Milwaukee; grand chap
lain, ]. S. Jossyln, Belleville; grand
warden, A J. Engli, Ellsworth; grand
marshal, A. NJ. Arbenson, Amigo;
grand conductor D. R. Williams, Osh--
kosh; grand guardian, c. J. Rawliss,
Stoughton; grand herald, S. J. Que
man, Milwaukee. officers Of the Be-
bekahs: President, Mrs. Joseph Ty-
rill, Madison; vice-president, Mrs.
Dickerson, Evansville; warden, Mrs.
Reynolds, Appleton; marshal, Mrs
Nelson, Amigo; secretary, Mrs. Howe,
River Falls; conductor, Mrs. Hoe Mil
Waukee; inner guard, Mrs Galloway,
La Crosse; outer guard, Mrs. McRae,
Stevens Point. Berlin won honors in
the competitive contest for drill teams,
scoring sc points and winning over
Green Bay by a narrow margin. Mrs.
Mary Oakley, Mad'son was voted the
most popular woman attending the
convention.
Neenah.-The following officers
were elected at the annual meeting
of the Winnebago County Sunday
School association. President, w. E.
Pollock, Oshkosh; vice-president, S. H
Hatch, Oshkosh; recording secretary,
Mrs. George Church, Winneconne; cor
responding secretary, Ellis Roberts,
Oshkosh; treasurer, Miss Minnie Git
tins, Neenah.
Racine.-Frank Haynes, sixty-seven
years old, formerly of PlatteVille, con-
victed Of the theft Of a horse and
buggy from a Yorkville farmer, was
sentenced to two years at the states
prison by Judge Shielding.
Madison.-State Treasurer Henry
Johnson sent letter to Governor
Philip calling his attention to the fact
that deeds to state real estate are kept
fn the custody Of different state Of
fees and boards and uggesting that
law be passed requiring them to be
kept by the state land commissioner
or some other constitutional officer
where they would be safe and acces-
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