The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-23
BADGER STATE NOTES.

Grand Rapids.-The county board
has decided to purchase forty acres of
land for the Wood county asylum, ap-
propriated $4,000 to be used Oh the
Trunk line road being built between
Marshfield and Grand Rapids, and put
up $400 to pay the expense Of an ex-
hibit at the state fair.
| Hartland-John G. Stevens, 81, died
at his country home here. He was
born in Taplow, England, and came to
| Milwaukee in 1845. He was the first
plumber in Milwaukee and retired in
1895.
Merrill.-The county board has ap-
propriated $500 for advertising Lin
coin county during the coming year.
| The sum of $500 was also appropriate
ed by the board to erect signboards
along the 118 miles of state highway
in this county
La Crosse.-Leo Hardell, 8, Patch
| Grove, tried to catch the horse upon
whose back his father had often put
him. The animal gave the child a
kick, fracturing his skull and causing
death.
Sturgeon Bay.-Charles Rosen-
green, an escaped inmate of the asy-
lum for the incurable insane at Pesh-
| tigo, was captured at Sister Bay by
| Sheriff Osmussen. He has been miss
ing since last May
La Crosse-"Dead Mans Crossing"
near Wilson, on the Northwestern
railroad, said to be the worst in this
section Of the state, is being removed
and the highway run under the track
as subway. Sixteen lives have been
lost at Dead Mans crossing in the
last twenty years
New London.-The explosion of a
pail of benZine in the plant of the
Wisconsin Sealing company resulted
in Roy Case and Alvin Much being
badly burned
Bayfield.-Bayfield will have
creamery here in the spring, the
stockholders deciding to incorporate
with capital of $4,000. Officers
elected were: M B. Johnson, presi-
dent; Olaf Anderson, vice president;
! w. S. Powell. secretary, and A. Will
kinson, treasurer.
Sturgeon Bay-Thirty-four rural
| school teachers in Door county are
eligible to bonuses provided under
recent law ranging from So to So a
/ month, depending on the length Of
time they have taught in the same
district.
Washburn. Hunters who have
been in the woods the last few days
say the female deer are wise to
the law passed at the last session of
the legislature. They seem to under
stand they will not be fired at Hunt
ters say does and fawns are plentiful
this fall. but that buck deer are
scarce.
Grand Rapids-Mrs w. T. Jones of
this city entertained at a "child's"
party. There were six ladies present.
including Mrs Jones, the youngest of
whom was IA and the oldest IS. The
total in years amounted to ASS for
| the six ladies. Mrs. Jones is one of
| the early IeSlQ6nlS OF LnlS county. and
her friends were some OF her child
hood friends
Washington.-The following Wis
consin pensions were granted: Iantha
| G.. Graham Tomah, $12; Sophie H.
| Mills, Black Earth, s12: Malinda H.
Hyatt. River Falls. s12; Mary J.
| Wood Darlington, s12
| Neenah-Archie Benjamin and
Edward Stecker. bookkeeper and col
lector at the local office of the Wis
consin Traction, Light, Heat and
Power compan-f. are being held here
under SIS 600 bonds. awaiting hear
Ing on charges Of embezzlement. The
amount alleged TO have been embez.
.led is in the neighborhood Of $500.
Shawano-Mrs. Albert Raforth,
who confessed to giving her mother
fly poison. which caused her death,
was examined by a commission ap-
pointed by Judge Goodland of Apple.
ton and found insane.