The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-19
STATE NEWS


ty, died as the result of burns sus-
tanned on March 6, when her clothing
caught fire while she was attending
to the furnace.
Green Bay-Elaborate funeral is
planned for Bishop Fox, who died in
a Chicago. hospital All bishops of
this province and hundreds of priests
will attend.
Milton-Joseph G. Carr retired
farmer, died aged seventy-fve He was
one of the first children born in the
town of Milton, his parents having set
tied in the pioneer town in 1889.
Oshkosh.-The Winnebago county
Poultry association has been formed
at Omro, without capital stock to hold
shows at Omro each fall and promote
better poultry.
Beloit.-The Beloit Poultry associa-
G. S. Lee was named treasurer. 1t
was decided to hold the next show
January IL to %, 1916.
Madison. - Rigid inspections and
the destruction of infected ami
mails have rid wisconsin from foot
and-mouth disease. The saving to
farmers can hardly be estimated. The
animals slaughtered in the state have
been appraised at $113,944, of which
the state is expected to pay one-half,
the federal government having agreed
to stand the other half.
GAINESVILLE. - James Smart, fifty
years old, a farm hand on the
X. J. Bemis farm, near Footville, was
gored to death by a vicious Holstein
bull. Smart had been warned to be-
ware of the animal not more than
five minutes before the attack was
made. The bull crushed Smart against
a barn door. Francis Bemis dubbed
off the Infatuated beast.
Green Bay.-Supervisor Wilcox has
demanded investigation of exorbitant
charges for taking prisoners to
the state institutions. He says two
officers at cost of $45 take one boy
to the Sparta home for children,
and that it costs 81 to take. prisoners
three miles to the state reformatCry
on the outskirts of Green Bay.
Madison. The state board of
control decided to admit to state
Insane asylums at Mendoza and
Oshkosh habitual users of drugs who
are suffering from deprivation Of their
dope because of the Harrison law.
Such persons will be admitted as vol.
untary patients. Frank ]. White of
Atlanta, Ca, mechanical engineer,
applied to the Mendoza hospital for
treatment. He said he had taken
drugs seven years and was nearly
crazed because unable to get them.
Oconomowoc.-Mrs. John Sell died
at her home in Oconomowoc, aged
eighty three. Mrs. Sell, who was a
native of Germany, came to Amer
lea when very young. Her maiden
name was Catherine Usinger and her
marriage to John Sell took place Oc-
tober 5, 1852, at Cleveland, 0. Two
years later they moved to Wisconsin
and purchased farm in the town OF
Concord, where they resided until
1898, when they moved into Ocono-
mowoc. On October 5, 1912, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sell observed their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary with family re-
union. His death occurred December
"a, 1918. Ten children survive.
boygan-Playmates in Germany,
married 60 years, Mr.. and Mrs.
Spohrleder, aged eighty-three and
eighty-six years, died so minutes
apart. They will be buried in one
casket in double funeral. They
were married in Germany and came
to America soon after marriage gu
years ago. Of their six children only
one, Mrs. August Ehrling, Chicago,
survives. Six weeks ago the husband
was taken sick and though he died at
six o'clock in the morning his wife,
then asleep, did not know he had gone
and died without awakening at ten
minutes to seven.
Janesville-The body Of an un-
known man was found by section
hands on the Northwestern road, two
miles south of the city, half buried in
a snow bank. A wound on the side OF
his head indicated that he was either
thrown from the track or met with
foul play. Doctors who have exam
ined the body do not believe that he
died from the wound in the head.
Two winter caps were found some dis
lance apart, and it is possible that a
second body lies in some drift at this
point.
Waukesha. = After hiking across
country with light clothing and
stealing rides whenever possible,
Ernst Keep of Rochester, Elmer
Woodward of Black River Falls and
George Junco of Racine were glad to
give themselves up to officials at Ra-
cine. They had escaped from the in
dustrial school here and without
money or food they set out for Junco's
home and experienced many difficult
ties sleeping in barns and outbulid-
ings.
La Crosse.-At the annual meeting
of the board of trade, the only two
surviving charter members of the or