The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-11

STRUCK ana instantly Killed by q Mil
Waukee railroad passenger train.
Jacob S. Williams, so, a resident of
burnett county for the last 80 years,
died at his farm after a short illness.
After sleeping more than week
Augustine Beauchamp, six-year-old
son of August Beauchamp of Escana ba,
died.
Lawrence Finley, a Beloit farmer,
has sold his farm of 336 acres to San
ford Harnstrom for s55,S75, or s141.75
an acre.
La Fayette Elliott, for thirty-eight
years a member of the Eau Claire po-
lice force, died after an illness OF
few weeks.
Joe Quick, "a, North Milwaukee, for
years resident of Wisconsin, is dead
He was the father of fifteen children,
of whom ten survive.
A ragroom fire at the Amerl-
can Writing Paper company threaten
ed the plant, but the mill was saved
from any great damage.
w. Fitz, farmer near Custer, was
badly injured by mass of ice that
fell from his windmill and struck him
ON the head, stunning him.
The freight rate readjustment cases
before the state railroad commission
came to temporary halt on Tuesday
to be continued on Feb %.
A. st. George, Depere, hurt his spine
when he fell upon slippery sidewalk.
and he has been partly paralyzed
since. His case is considered serious.
Miss Babe Mauritz, Fl, employed
at the home of F. B. King, dropped
dead in the kitchen of her employer.
Heart failure is given as the probable
cause.
Janesville-Beloit interurban traffic
was broken off and the town line
bridge six miles north of Beloit was
threatened by an ice jam in Rock
river.
J. Monahan, Beloit, known to hun
dreds of North Western railroad men
through his employment by the North
Western company for half a century,
is dead.
Kenoshas new $4,000 sanitorium
for the treatment of tuberculosis, is
completed and will be opened for the
acceptance of patients about the mid
die of the month.
In a safety contest held between
mills of the Nekoosa Edwards Paper
company the last year the banner was
awarded to the Nekoosa paper mill
with a score of 94.61 per cent.
Mrs Mary E. Wing, 80, mother of
Colonel W. Wing, of Kewaunee, is
dead Mrs. Wing was the widow of R.
l.. Wing, at one time prominent
member of the state bar and G.. A. r.
]. A Cohen, Grand Rapids mayor two
terms, has announced that he will not
be candidate at the coming election
Charles E. Briere, former district at
torney, will make the run and it is
hardly likely that he will have opposi-
ton.
Examination will be held on Feb. &c
for postmaster at Hustler. G. L. Mer-
riman of Rusk county was appointed
teacher at Red Leaf Indian school,
South Dakota, and Elmer B. Hubert
of Waterford in Bull Head school,
North Dakota.
Pneumonia led all the diseases in
Wisconsin mortality during the last
quarter of 1915, as we'll as throughout
the year. showing a large excess over
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val in destructiveness.
A son and daughter of John
Steerswald, Watertown resident, while
playing on the bank of the river near
the fair grounds, fell in and the little
girl drowned before help came. She
was six years old. The boy, who was
about five years old, was rescued. The
girl drowned before help came.
Students and teachers of Stevens
Point high school have been thrown in
to excitement following the discovery
that a student, Carlos Furninger, who
was surprised by thirty-five members
of the junior class and two Of the
faculty at his home, is suffering from
smallpox.
State Superintendent Cary named 0.
H. Caspers of Harrisburg county super
intendent of schools in place of Miss
Jessie Wedin, who resigned to COM
pIete her education. This is the first
time in more than thirty years that a
man has held this position in this
county
Mrs. Knuth Alvorson, of Pleasant
Valley, is dead as the result of injuries
received in her husbands feedmill
when her dress caught on a revolving
shaft. She was whirled around, and
finally hurled against wall, breaking
both arms and legs and suffering in
ternal injuries.
Starting a team to a load of rock
at the Grand Dad quarry, the horses
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