The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-26
Badger News
Briefly Told

Ills CITY DIS he was returning nome.
Maiden Rock-Mrs. George Davis
aged eighty-one, died at her home
here. Mrs. Davis had lived here for
more than sixty years. She taught
the first school in Maiden Rock, and
her husband was the fsrst postmaster.
Racine,-City Attorney Burgess has
ruled persons who fall. breaking bones
on slippery sidewalks, cannot recover
damages from the city. Under the re-
vised statutes, according to the city
attorney, the city is not responsible.
COMMUNICATIVE cars of a west
bound Milwaukee road freight train
were derailed neaE Okauchee, the &C
cident being caused by the breaking
of an air hose.
AUTHORIZATIONS for the nominal
ton of Claude G. Cannon of Appleton
to be candidate for judge in the
Tenth circuit to succeed Judge John
Goodland, were filed in the office of
Secretary of State Donald.
Neenah.-Kane lodge of Masons eel.
ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of it's
organization here. Willard Jones of
Menominee, Mich, fifty years Mason,
was guest of honor.
Stevens Point.-Earl A. Kyle, aged
twenty-six, brakeman on the 500 line,
was struck by a cattle chute while
switching at Chelsea and ground UNI
der the train. He leaves widow. His
parents live at Colby.
Kenosha.-Kenosha buildings were
put under the microscope of the Wis.,
consin Fire Prevention association
when rs members of the association,
headed by President H. L. Dalton,
came down from Milwaukee to make
the one-day inspection.
Wausau.-Arthur w. Prehn, vice.
chairman of the Wisconsin commits
sion of the Panama-Pacific exposition,
has returned from San Francisco. He
reports that the Wisconsin showing ex-
ceeds that of other states, in proper
ton to money expended.
Oshkosh.-Company B, Second ip-
fantry, Wisconsin national guard, OF
this city, holds what Is believed to be
the record in attendance at annual in
spection. The company turned out 81
of SO members. The one absent was
Second Lieut.. John Spencer, who was
sick in bed. Capt. r. G. Wescott, reg
ular army, was the inspector. He COM
plimented the company on it's record
showing.
Madison.-Two university students,
Philip X. Robinson of Green Bay and
Miltimore Brush Of Greenwich, o., de-
cided to indulge in a game of marbles
on downtown street. Asked to move
along, the students commenced an ar
gument, it is said, which resulted in
the arrest of Brush. Arraigned in
municipal court on charge of dis
orderly conduct, Brush pleaded not
guilty, but was fined SIS. He has ap-
pealed to the circuit.
Beloit.-The complaint of r. Ro-
senblatt e Sons, and five other
merchants of Beloit, that class
yates from points east of the Mis-
Gissippi and north of the Ohio
rivers to BelOit, are unreasonable to
the extent that they exceed the class
rates contemporaneously in effect from
the same point of origin to Rockford,
ILL.,, was dismissed by the interstate
commerce commission. The Ann Ar
Dor railroad and the New York Gen.
trail lines were the defendants.
La Crosse.-A patent from the
United States government to Anna
Elizabeth Westfall, covering 100
acre tract of land near New Amster-
dam, this county, dated April 1, 1852,
has just been filed with the register OF
deeds. The patent was signed by Mil
lard Fillmore, president. The pat
entee was the widow of Lieut.. Newton
E. Westfall of Captain Johnson's COM
pany, First regiment, U. S. infantry,
which fought in the War of 1872.
Kenosha.-Fourteen thousand dollars
was the price that jury here placed
upon the right foot of little Minnie
Extra, daughter of Rudolph Extra, a
Kenosha laborer Last May the little
girl caught her foot in crossing OF
the chicago ana milwaukee, EleclIlC
railway. She signaled frantically to
the motorman of an oncoming car but
he failed TO stop and the childs foot
was so crushed that amputation at the
ankle was found necessary. The
child's guardian sued for 100000.
Merrill.-The Northern Wood Prod
ucts company Of Merrill, just organ
lied under the laws of the state Of
has purchased the plant
and business of the Lee Handle and
Dowel company, which has been en-
gagged in manufacturing broom han
dies. Officers and directors are:
President, Clinton r. Lee, Lincoln.
Neb., vice-president, H. B. White. Spen-
Ger, Ind; secretary and treasurer, w.
A. Thomas Of this city. The new COM
pany is now operating the business.
They intend in the near future to in
stall additional machinery to manu-
facture some new lines.
Waukesha.-Patrick Gilfoyle, aged |
farmer in the town of Me- |
nomonee, died after a lingering i'll |
ness. He was born and always lived |