Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-17
Badger News
Briefly Told

Elkhorn.-Albert C. Beckwitb the
historian, died at his home in EIlborn
He was eighty years old and servas
during the war.
Allen Grove.-Edward L. Han hoe
been appointed postmaster az Auaa
Grove. He succeeds his mother M
H. A. Hall, who has been postrlistrsss
"a years
oconomowoc--Frank Majestic who
was given a sentence of sixty DAYS in
the Waukesha county jail last week on
a charge of aiming a gun at his viso
was adjudged insane.
Grand Rapids. - The departmer,
store of Robert Schrieber al Sbsr
wood was destroyed by fire The los.
is estimated at $4,000. The origin M
the fire is unknown.
Oconorowoc.-Frank Majestic who
was given sentence OF sivtv
days in the Waukesha county iai m
a charge of aiming a gun at his wife
was adjudged insane before the court
at Oconomowoc and was taken to the
northern hospital for the insane.
Two Rivers.-Mrs. Felix Greenwood
the first white child born in Two
Rivers and a resident here an
her life, died suddenly at the age ~
sixty-seven years. During her life
Mrs. Greenwood was absent from the
city but one week.
Beaver Dam.-Ernest Koehler TWEEN.
ty-one years old, son of August
Koehler, farmer. drowned at The
Long Bridge" on Beaver Dam lake
The wind blew one of the partys hat
into the water. MIR. Koehler. in en-.
deavoring to recover it, fell into the
water
acknowledgements officials have
sent messages to New York to
prevent Louis Faciente, an italian re-
servist, from sailing for Italy to join
his regiment in the war against Aus
tria. Faciente, with a party of forty
Italians, left here, leaving his wife and
four minor children with no visible
means of support.
KenOsha.-Diving into twenty-five
feet of water at Paddocks lake, a
diver recovered the body of William
Goodfellow, fourteen-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Goodfellow, who
drowned last Monday afternoon. The
boy had caught hold of weeds in the
bottom of the lake in his struggle
against death and the body had not
come to the surface.
Madison.-The governors confer,
ence, composed of the governors
of the different states of the Union,
will meet this year at Boston, August
"a. This date was officially an
nounced by Secretary lilies c. Riley.
The Boston meeting will be the eighth
meeting, the first meeting having been
held at Washington to consider the
feasibility of uniform state action to
conserve natural resources.
Fond du Lac.-Mrs. Paris Van
Dorsten, aged thirty-hve is dead
as the result of taking several strych-
nine tablets by mistake for headache
pills. The woman was alone in the
house when taken i'll. Her screams
attracted the attention of a woman
| passing the house, who investigated
and then called a physician Mrs.
Van Dorsten was dead before the doc
tor arrived.
Beloit-Beloit viii have a new
twelve-room school, probably junior
high school, on the West side
within year School district No
voted tax levy of $12,767, ordered
the purchase of two portable schools
and authorized the school board to 40
vertise for bids for sites. E. J. Evans
was elected treasurer, to succeed Sen
ator L. E. Cunningham. DR.. E c, Helm
was reelected treasurer OF district
| No. l.
Fond du Lac.-A swarm Of bees,
wandering from their habitat on
the outskirts of this city, invaded
| the downtown business section. and
proceeded to adopt a large automobile
standing in front of the Commercial
bank building as their new home. The
entire police department was called
out to remove the bees. and seyeTaI
members of the force were stung.
and nearly a score of bystanders "ere
victims of the enraged bees, who re-
sented efforts to dislOdge them
Finally the queen OF the swarm was
taken captive and all the other bees
followed her into a large box. franc
on the downtown streets was resumed
after a thirty minutes delay.
Somerset.-Th place is dry Tor
the first time in its history and
quite Inadvertently. too. The people
recently voted at a special election oF
an overwhelming majority, 81 to J. 70
incorporate as a village. That leI'
the town board without AUTHORITY !"
grant saloon licenses in the TERRITORY
that is included in the village tast y
| to be. Inzsmuch as the village ooaFu
has not been elected and VIII net De
for a fortnight, and il will tnen %
some time before the village govern.
ment is perfected, Somerset Will VS
without licensed saloons for a monA
or six weeks. The people have u''
! voted directly on the issue whether "a