Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Wisconsin, Ners,s
7ersely Told

| the small son of John Bass caused 81
/ 600 damage On the Bass farm. six
miles from Beloit.
La Crosse.-Edward Fitzpatrick.
aged fifty, farmer of Lafayette. met
death when his coat caught in a circu-
lar saw.
Marinette.-Jack DeMott, an aged
recluse Of Amberg. was found in his
bed with half his head blown off by a
shotgun and with his finger still on
the trigger.
Oshkosh.-Elks of this city are plan
ming 20 make the state convention here
June l and . an event long to be re
membered. Frank A. Fuller has been
appointed chairman of committees.
Wausau. - The board of di-
rectors of the Wausau Advancement
association have elected as president,
q. D. Jones; vice-president, NJ. c.
Ewing; treasurer, Otto Mueller, and
secretary and manager, w. R. Chellis.
Ashland.-The dry" forces in Ash
land have been working up
! great deal of enthusiasm in their
campaign this year. It is the first
serious attempt the "drys" have made
to vote down the saloons of Ashland.
OcontO.-A touring car, going at
a fast rate of speed, capsized
three miles from here. Herb Tel
| fords shoulder was fractured, Mrs.
l. Telford and Mrs. F. Nerenhausen
| are still unconscious and Agnes Tel
ford was slightly iDi1Ired
Manitowoc-Of1cers of the Citizens
association are considering the advis-
ability of making the organization
stock company. 1t is planned to is
sue 1000 shares at SO each to pro-
| mote industrial and commercial &C
tivity.
Beloit.-Alvan Grossman of Sho.
stranger whom he befriended Meet
! pierre was robbed of $118 by a
| ing a man on the road who wanted
a ride, Mr. Grossman listened to a tale
| of woe from the stranger and took
him in and during the night was in
| turn taken in.
! La Crosse.-Declaring that eight
| of the As dairies in the county
are in a grossly insanitary condition,
| DR.. J. NJ. Furstman, city health COM
missioner, has opened a campaign for
clean milk in the city by getting out
a warrant for the arrest of one dairy
man in the town of Shelby.
Madison.-Inspired by an orches-
ira of blind young men and wom-
en-, hundreds of persons in the
assembly chamber sang "On Wiscon-
sin" The concert given by class
| of pupils from the state school for
| blind in GAINESVILLE filed the assembly
chamber with townspeople, members
of the legislature and state officers.
Sheboygan.-Jacob Laufer of the
town Of Trenton, Washington coun-
| ty, was arrested by Deputy Game
| Warden Henry G.. Gruebner on the
! charge of operating a fish trap in
Green lake. Laufer was taken before
Justice Ernest W. Wittig at Fillmore
and was fined $25 and costs and the
fish trap was destroyed
Beloit-Forty students of Beloit
| college who have lived in Wis
consin one year and in their precinct
ten days will vote next Tuesday in
the wet" or dry" election, dry
workers stated, in spite of the ruling
against student voters by the attor-
ney-general. Saloon workers assert
that they have a machine that will
challenge all student voters.
Superior - Father John Under
pastor of the Catholic church of
the Holy Assumption, barely es-
capped with his life when the structure
was destroyed by fire. Going into
the blazing building to save the bless
ed sacrament he stumbled and fell.
He was overcome on the way out,
firemen rescuing him. The loss is
S. 900.
Madison.-It became known that
a joint resolution has been draft
ed in the legislative reference
library for an adjournment Of the
legislature on May 1 to January
| 8. 1t is said the resolution will be
offered in the assembly by Assembly
man c. B. Ballard. The administra-
ton forces will oppose the proposed
adjournment, and will fight to keep
the legislature in session until all It's
business has been disposed Of
Green Bay-John Confer, thirty
five years old, deaf-mute, charged
with the murder of Mr.. and Mrs
Dennis Milan at Marshalltown, Ia,
was received at the Wisconsin
state reformatory December 27, 1910,
from Portage. He was booked as John
Conference, the records show. He was
| sentenced to six years on a charge
| of assault While acting as night fire
man at the power plant he escaped
| September 8, 1912. Two days later
he was arrested at Vandyne, Wis, for
snatching a girls purse as she was
leaving the post office there. For that
offense he was committed to the state
prison and secured his liberty few
months ago. Confer is a brother-iIs-
law of Frank Battles, pitcher of the
Wausau ball club of the WI league
for several years.
Oconomowoc.-Two men attempted
to enter the summer home o. F. w.
Suelf1ow of Milwaukee at Nashotah
lake. They ordered the caretaker,
Mike Jameski, to leave the place, and
he claims they were armed. He ran
for assistance, but the intruders were
gone by the time help was secured.
Nothing Of value was :ake1.
F1orence-John Dehart, a constable
of Long Lake, Florence county,
pleaded guilty before County Judge
Frank Waring of this city to the
charge of shipping venison out of sea
son. Dehart paid fne and costs
amounting to $34.55.
Wausau.-Rev. Burt s. Clifford, for
mer Wausau resident, and his wife,
both serving as Presbyterian mission
aries in Persia, are finding the activity
% the Turkish troops and Kurds in