The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-21
Is. E. WIS. DOlNCS


erintendent of schools of Waukesha
county, died at ST. Mary's hospital,
Milwaukee, after a long illness. He
was II years old. Interment was at
Appleton. He served in the civil war
with the First Wisconsin, and was a
member Of the G. A. R. Prof. Stewart
while student at the university was
classmate of John Muir, the famous
naturalist, Alex. C. Batkin, Levi M.
Villas, Bishop Sameul Fallows, Prof
John B. Parkinson, Hon. c.. F.
Viebahn and Judge M. S. Griswald.
Tomorrow Mrs. Rufus Parks. form
erly of Oconomowoc, who has made
her home in Hadonfield N. j.. the past
several years, will observe her one
one hundredth birthday anniversary.
Although no elaborate observance will
be held, it is planned to celebrate this
great occasion in quiet way Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Parks were among
the early pioneers of Wisconsin and
resided for number of years on their
OcOnOmOwOc After the death of Mr..
Parks, she returned to the east to re-
side with her daughter, Mrs. Graves.
No trace has been found of Tony
Martin, the Sicilian, wanted at James
vile, for the murder of Maude May
Lawrence, the 14-year-old GAINESVILLE
school girl. 1t is believed that he is
being hidden by some of his fellow
countrymen in the Beloit colony of
Italians. Failurs to offer a reward
for Martin led merchant to offer
500 for his capture, and a private
subscription by individuals has raised
the total to $400 The county board
will be asked to appropriate $500 at
the January meeting.
The 2-cent passenger fare law does
not apply to interurban roads of the
Owen. 10
The two thoroughbred bloodhounds
purchased two years ago by the Beloit
police department, and used in many
instances in trailing persons in con-
nection with crime, have been sold
The dogs have been little used and
given almost no practice in recent
months.
In it's campaign to secure complete
registration of births in Wisconsin
the state bureau of vital statistics ad-
vertises the fact that if a birth is not
registered that person may possibly
be barred from going to school, vot-
ing, going to work, marrying, holding
public office, going to foreign coun-
try, re-entering his own country, in
heriting money, or property, receiv-
ing compensation insurance, or doing
many other things
That a sandwich and cup of coffee
is not a lunch and the place where
such is sold exclusively is not res
taurant is the legal opinion of Attor-
ney General Owen to the state board
of health. Mr.. Owen points out that
a restaurant is a place where meals
are served and that meal consists
of bread, butter, vegetables, meat and
drink, as coffee or milk
Lieut. A. j. Zuehlke of the United
States navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Aug
Zuehlke of Juneau, has been trans
ferred from the Great Lakes naval
station near Waukegan, Ill, to Fort
Rio, S. c., and departed for his new
field of labor last week. Lieutenant
Zuehlke's wife is in a hospital at Fond
du Lac, recuperating from a recent
illness and will not join her husband
until she RECEIVERS.
In the case of the state against the
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light
company, Judge Stevens of the Dane
county circuit court extended the time
of the defendant to plead for sixty
days from Dec. 81. The state seeks
81 100000 penalty for alleged failure
of the company to comply with orders
of the railroad commission relative
to street car service in Milwaukee.