The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-06-09

Jasper Karba will die as the re
suit of handcar collision near Mo
/ quah.
Marshfeld people are planning
to have a preparedness parade during
the state convention of postmasters,
June 12-14
Emanuel Mahnke, near Greenbush,
went to drive home the cows and fell
in creek, drowning in eighteen inch
es of water.
Memorial day was observed more
generally and with larger citizen ac-
tivity throughout Wisconsin than at
any similar occasion in the history of
/ observation
/ A. d. Larson of Sheridan, was elect
| ed president of the Wisconsin Rural
! Letter Carriers association and Stur-
/ geon Bay was selected as the next
meeting place.
! Many cans of fish fry have been
| received about Blackwood for the
purpose of restocking the lakes of that
vicinity. A supply of trout is to be
shipped there.
Thomas j. Hill, Eau Claire pioneer,
aged seventy-eight, one of the men
who carried "Old Abe" Wisconsin's
! war eagle, il many battles in the civ
! il war, died, following a stroke of
! paralysis.
| Henry r. TrumboWer Of Madison has
assumed his new position as a mem
| Der of the Wisconsin railroad COM
mission to succeed Halford Erickson
Professor Trumbower's term ends in
February, 1917
/ Chippewa Falls Elks subscribed over
! to be erected in Irvine park. In the
! winter the pool will be converted in
! to a rink About $4,000 will be spent
| on the project.
! Thomas resort, on Little Cedar
/ lake, five miles from West Bend,
was visited by very disastrous fire
when the large hotel on the property
burned Cottages about the grounds
| were not touched
| Grief over his brother, James,
who was murdered in cold blood at
Coria, Wis, last fall, with other wor
ries, was given as the motive of Will
liam Tyndall, of Ashland, to end his
life with shotgun.
Captain Myron C. West of Mad
ison is made battalion adjutant of
the First infantry of the Wisconsin
| National guard to succeed Captain E.
Xvii VIII fro cfn 70 +I,o
quartermaster's corps.
E. H Naber has filed formal appli-
cation with Governor Philip asking
for the pardon Of John Dietz of Can
eron Dam. Governor Philip will hold
hearing ON the application for par
don in about three weeks.
A class of 233 was graduated from
Stout institute at Menominee, Wis.
Of this number 1874 are in the domes-
tic science course, GA in manual train
ing and in plumbing. Fifty-one Of
| the students will complete their work
at the summer session.
Scarcity and high price of paris
green on account of war conditions,
should not alarm potato growers and
fruit growers. A better spray mate
rial, known as arsenate of lead, has
not risen in price and should take
the place of paris green.
Three children, William, George
and Mary Netsdorf, aged 10, and 6
years, respectively, sons and daugh-
ter of John Netsdorf, farmer, living at
Hustler, Monroe county, were suffocat-
ed when a sandpit in which they were
playing caved in upon them
Capt. J. c. Moore, La Crosse, for
years connected with the steam boat
industry on the Mississippi river and
lately at the head of large retail
coal company, was attacked with a
paralytic stroke while visiting at
Viroqua, and died within few hours
The Denerue summer resort, near
Fond du Lac, one Of the most ia
shionabl.e in the state, was destroyed
by fire. The building, part of which
was erected in 1S47, the framework
being out of hewn logs, was land
mark Many valuable heirlooms and
relics were destroyed.
FeIer VI. baCluk, VINO says InaI ne
belongs to titled Muscoyite fam
lily, started suit against Mrs. J. G.
Matiak, his landlady, to recover a.
typewriter and bank book which she
is holding for a $25 board bill
The nobleman has been working as
a carpenter at La Crosse.
Wallace Siegert, aged Is, of Kelley,
has been missing since morning of
May 20 when he went into woods with
his dog and gun The dog returned
home at night alone which caused the
family and neighbors to search for
the boy. 1t is feared the boy has be-
come lost or has met with an acct
dent