Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Badger News
Briefly Told

ANASS' Nhloo Mai SdISl IleuSmAu,
daughter of Register of Deeds H. A
Friedman, and Peter H. Kleman OF
this city were married here.
Amigo. - Henry Vail, twenty-five
years old, an employee of the English
Manufacturing company, was killed on
wednesday while unloading logs.
Oshkosh. - The Oshkosh Normal
School Students Building associ-
alton has been Incorporated for the
purpose of soliciting funds to build q
community center at the normal.
Racine. - Mrs Andrew Hansen,
wife of a Racine laborer, is the
mother of IA children. seven sons and
seven daughters. all present when she
celebrated the SEVENTEEN anniversary
CT her birthday.
Amigo. - Arthur F. Zimmerman,
clothing merchant, was found dead
in the Odd Fellows lodge rooms
here He had shot himself apparent
| ly. No reason is known for his act.
| He was secretary of the board of edu-
cation.
La Crosse.-The parcel-post ter
minal which has been in operation
here since November, where mail for
! the Dakotas and Minnesota has been
sorted and sacked, will be discontinued
| February IA 1t is understood the mail
will be sorted at Milwaukee
Madison Prof Edwin c. Wooley,
English department, University of
Wisconsin, author OF many books.
is dead in New York city. He
was thirty-eight years old and married
John Granville Wooley, his father, was
Prohibition candidate for president in
| 1900
Neenah. 49, The measles epidemic
that has been prevalent here for
the last several weeks is still I'M
checked. In the last twenty-four
| hours twelvs more residences have
been placed under quarantine. One
death has resulted in Menasha from
the disease.
Kenosha-Two hundred members
OF the Kenosha County Milk Pro-
ducers' association on Wednesday
voted to protest against the regula-
lions of the Chicago health depart
ment demanding milk shipped to Chit
cago must be cooled to a temperature
of 55 degrees.
Kenosha, - Mrs Susan Elizabeth
Butcher, aged eighty-iour years.
widow of Robert L. Butcher and one
| of the wealthy pioneer women of Ke-
nosha, is dead She had resided in
Kenosha since before the war and for
ma7.y years was active in the social
and religious life of the city
La Crosse.-Louis Oswald of La
| Crosse was instantly killed at the
yards of the Burlington railroad at
st. Paul, where he was employed. Os-
wald was sleeping in bunk car. An
engine in chsrge of E w. Cowherd,
! st. Paul, struck it with great force and
Oswald was thrown against the cars
side His skull was fractured.
Madison. 49, over $50 nonresident
students may be affected by a
new Interpretation of the tuition law
| The latest ruling. given by Attorney
| General Owen, is that students must
| have been III the state year before
/ entering the university to escape the
tuition charge The university au-
thorities hold that the law is not
meant to be retroactive. Eleven stu
/ beats are raising a fund to fight the
case through the supreme court in or
| der to obtain a final ruling on the mat
/ ter
Milwaukee.--The campaign III favor
of compliance with the state law
| compelling town boards to ade-
/ quately and intelligently guide sign
/ the main travelled roads of every town
| ship in the state which was started
| two weeks ago by the Wisconsin Guide
| Sign association will be rced to al
issue in every town in Wisconsin dur
| ing thu next three months The law
is mandatory and i is the duty of
| every district attorney upon receipt Of
a written complaint from a resident of
any county to go before the town
boards of the county in which the
complaint Is filed and demand ccmpli-
ance with the law. and if not complied
with voluntarily to enforce the pro
vision relating to guide boards.
Milwaukee.-The sudden cold snap
has stopped the flood danger up
the state and the water has receded
rapidly from flood stage. The most
serious trouble was at Sheboygan
where the worst food in the city's his
tory, which caused damage running
into thousands of dollars, was broken
| by the fire tug Peter Reiss. the boat
risking the danger CT being crushed it.
SELF when the gorge broke plowed its
way into big ice jam on the east side
of Goats island off Central avenue and
opened the channel. which permitted
thousands Of tons Of ice to float down
the river into the lake The work OF
the tug and its narrow escape from de
| struction was anxiously watched by
thousands.
Oshkosh.-The convention Of the
County Fair association of Wisconsin
vas held at the Athearn hotel.
Oconto-Thomas Goodwin of this
city is serving sentence 81 30 days in