The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01

Eman Hopp of Kewaunee was Sc
, verely burned at his home while en-
deavoring to build fire in stove.
H. G.. McCrossen killed the largest
deer brought to Wausau this season.
1t weighed 237 pounds and was shot
near state line.
Samuel Block, formerly owner Of a
department store in Shawano, was
bound over to stand trial in circuit
court on charge arson.
Depere will have regular lake
boat line next year, the owners of the
steamer Saugatuck of Escanaba hav-
ing decided to place this port on it's
| route
Mrs Emily Hubbard, an original
settler of Green Bay and who was
born in old Fort Howard SO years
ago, died at the home of her daugh-
ter in Ashland.
Attorney General w. C. Owen said
that he did not intend to resign his
office of attorney general because he
had joined a Madison law firm for
private pIdCIfC0.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion L. Roberts, the
Oldest married couple in Fort Akin
son, have celebrated their sixty-sec-
ond wedding anniversary. They have
lived in the city sixty years.
Power rates at Elkhorn have been
reduced by the light and water COM
! mission Under the new rate the cur
rent used for power will be charged
or on the sliding scale basis.
Alonzo Bunnell suffered an unusual
experience when he fell from the top
of an engine on the North Western ore
dock into one of the pockets, injuring
himself severely about the head.
Trustees of Maple Crest sanitorium
| at Manitowoc, in their annual report
! to the county board state that the in
| stitution is self-supporting and no ap-
preparation is asked for the next year
Beloit's hospitality will be unlimit-
| ed in the effort to entertain the Older
| Boys conference of the Y. M. G. A.
| Dec 1, 2 and 8. 1t is expected that
| 1000 boys from all parts of the state
| will participate.
| Miss Kate L. Schaefer of Somers,
| who for more than twenty years has
| served as a missionary in China, has
| notified her Kenosha friends that she
| has decided to return to the states
! for an indefinite furlough.
| David E. Pierce, seventy-6ve, resi-
| dent of Bristol, was killed at the Fox
river bridge when he was struck by
| an extra Chicago and North Western
work train. The step of the engine
| struck him, fracturing his skull
The congregation of the First Bap>
fist church, behind closed doors and
by secret ballot, voted Sc to 80 to de-
mand the resignation of the Rev.
Claude o. Booth, who was charged
with being unorthodox in his views.
Superintendent H c.. Buell. of the
state school for the deaf is planning
a series of eye tests to ascertain if
| there is need of any change in the
| study conditions of the school in or
der to conserve the eyesight of the
| pupils.
| An order has been issued in the
| Winnebago county circuit court plac-
| ing the property and business of the
Termaat & Monahan company, manu-
facturers of gas engines and machine
shop products, in the hands of a re-
/ ceiver.
Peter Vandehey, town of Ashwau-
benon, near Green Bay, suffered heavy
| loss from fire when his barn, forty-five
| tons of hay, several head Of cattle, in
Guiding Holstein bull valued at
| $3.50, and farm implements were de-
| stroyed
The Acme Chemical company of
| Milwaukee filed articles of incorpOra-
ton in the Office of the secretary of
! state. The capital stock of the COM
Vincent j., Mary E. and Edward v.
| Halacke.
AS a reward for faithful service to
! the company during the recent strike
| the Interlake Pulp and Paper Co. dis
tributed $4,000 among thirty-six EN-,
ployes who did not walk out w. A.
Fannon, superintendent of the mill, re-
| ce1Ved SoUO.
The largest funeral cortege ever
seen in Racine was that of Clarence
A. Mclaughlin and John Rowan,
young business men, who went to
their deaths in an auto crash. Sew
eral hundred Knights of Columbus
formed an escort.
Now that the John Schroeder Lum-
Der company has closed down it's Ash
land saw mill, more attention will be
taken to the lumber camps. Stockton
island will be the scene Of most ex.
tensive logging operations, where 100
men will be employed.
William S. Fitch, special federal
agent, has given Kenosha county a
clean bill as far as frauds alleged to
have been practiced in the recent
election are concerned. He examined
800 affidavits of nOnregistered voters