Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-01
Wisconsin NerUs
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sentence of two years In the state
| prison at Waupun.
Monroe.-Rudy Anker, twenty-five
years old, died from injuries received
in runaway Easter Sunday, when
his horse was frightened by an auto
mobile.
Beloit-The Beloit Historical So
ciety is planning to observe Memorial
day by putting on display a special
exhibition of Civil war relics loaned
by Beloiters
Kenosha.-Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Sutherland, among the best known of
the pioneer residents Of Kenosha, Gel
ebrsted the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage here. A family reunion
was held.
Ashland.-Tony Huote was found
guilty of concealing stolen goods
after eighteen months elaboration by
the jury. This is the last case arising
from the theft of sugar and groceries
from c. n Cramer warehouse last
winter.
Sheboygan.-William Meyer, who,
following an argument over the
war, struck John Blanke of Kohl
er, causing a fatal fracture of the
skull, has been arrested on a charge
of murder in the second degree and
released on $500 bond He was at
the county jail voluntarily a week
waiting for action
Janesville.-Though GAINESVILLE has
sent over $500 for Belgium relief, a
second crusade to raise an even larger
sum to be distributed in Belgium,
Poland and servia will be started at
the meeting of the Twilight club.
Charles n. Wheeler, Chicago, just re-
turned from the European war zone
will speak.
Beloit.-The Scribblers' club. com
posed of Beloit college students
who plan entering newspaper work
elected G. y. Kelly, Wausau, pres
ident and Raymond Barron, New
ark, ILL.,, present editor of the college
weekly, secretary. The Scribblers
plan to petition that a chapter of
Sigma Delta Chi, the national journal
istic fraternity, be installed at Be-
lott.
Ashland.-A. W. Bowron is the
prize fisherman of Ashland He
took a dog team and went out ten
miles from Madeline and, single-hano-
ed, brought back eighteen beautiful
lake trout He caught them through
! the ice and the entire catch weighed
over sixty pounds. The largest one
weighed more than eight pounds, and
five of the largest weighed a total of
thirty pounds.
Neenah.-The police and fire COM
mission will investigate to ascer-
tain the identity of Neenah's sec
ond woman in black" 1t is thought
that the person is a man dressed in
| female attire. This person has fire.
| quented only a certain portion of the
city and residents in that locality do
not venture out of doors after dark
because of the actions of the mysteri-
Gus character.
Madison. - The senate concurred
in the assembly amendment to
the Weissleder bill, authorizing cit
les to regulate or prohibit the carry
ing of concealed weapons. The bill.
as originally introduced, applied only
to the city of Milwaukee. The assem-
bly, amendment made it apply to all
cities in the state The penalty for
| violation of any ordinance respecting
this matter, which may be adopted
by any city, is a fine of 800 or i'm
prisOnment for thirty days.
Sheboygan. - Reward dead or
alive-s250 will be paid for each
100000 flies delivered to repre-
sentatives of the Sheboygan and
civies committee of the Woman's club
of this city by any resident of She
boygan on or before May /. Smaller
quantities will be paid for at the rate
OF % cents per hundred" This Is
the notice sent to the fly swatters
brigade which last year made Sheboy
gan a fyless city. Incidentally. the
rate for dead flies has been increased
$50 per cent Last year the schoo
children were paid ten cents a hun
dred and this year they viii receive
25 cents.
Madison The Wisconsin industrial
commission held a hearing on the
petition of the widow of William
Arnold OF Milwaukee for an ordel
requiring the Holeproof Hosiery com
pany. Milwaukee, to pay her 50,
coo compensation for the death of hel
husband. He was shot and killed in
the company's factory, September IS
1913 Arnold was IN engineer in the
employ of the company and John Ora
bowsk was night watchman 1t ap
/ reared at the trial that the men col
into a controversy over reports Of
Grabowski regarding the work o.
Arnold Grabowskl was arrested
charged with numbering Arnold. bu
was acquitted. The question involved
in the petition toy compensation j:
whether the death of Arnold grew GU
OF the hazard Of his employment
GAINESVILLE Success of the free den
tai clinics Of the school children BY