The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-08


months old child of John McCabe, De-
| pere, succumbed after being Ill about
/ three weeks.
! On the strength of the fact that it
has not been defeated this season, and
on comparative scores, the Oshkosh
/ High school claims the state cham
/ pionship among high schools.
Sam Barr, Beloit farmer whose dis
appearance for several weeks has
! created sensation at Beloit, is work
! ing at the trade of barber in Clinton,
| Ia He gives no reason for leaving his
/ home.
DR.. Charles Villas, brother of the
late Senator W. F. Villas, has agreed
| to contribute from $4,000 to $15, 700
for lion house for the Madison zoo.
The building will be erected imme-
I diately.
The Lawrence Lunch company, op-
Grating four restaurants in Madison,
made an assignment in bankruptcy.
The assets of the company are $4,000
and liabilities $4,000. Theodore Lewis
was appointed receiver.
! Police have been holding a man who
says his name is Peter Chris, but re-
fuses. to state where he is from, in con-
nection with the wreck of North West
ern railroad train No. Ill at Mantle
woo, two months ago.
The attorney general advised State
Insurance Commissioner M. J. Cleary
that Deputy Insurance Commissioner
F. w. Kubasta has authority to- per-
! form all acts in the absence of the
commissioner from the capitol.
A fire which started from an ex-
ploding lantern caused a $4,000 loss
to Albert Breiss, town of Lawrence,
in Brown county. Twenty head of cat
tie, two horses, two colts, and large
quantity of hay and grain burned.
! A deal has been consummated in
which the Kinzel Lumber company
has disposed of it's refuse burner to
the Dunlevie Lumber company of AL
lenhurst. The deal marks the departure
of the last refuse burner from this
city.
The Marathon county order of the
Wisconsin Experiment association has
appointed a committee to investigate
the advisability of building large
pavilion in which to hold annual sales
of pure bred and grade stock seminar
nually.
Final settlement of the bankruptcy
of the United Refrigerator and Ice
Machine company of Kenosha has
ben made and the creditors of the
company will receive a total of 1914
per cent of their claims against the
company.
Attorney General W. c. Owen of
Maiden Rock received the highest
vote of any state officer at the cleo
ton on Nov Z, according to tabula-
tions of the returns made by the Sec
rotary of state. Mr.. Owen received
236,4S6 votes.
Fire destroyed the barn and adjoin-
ing buildings on the farm of Lucas
Kaufman, near Siocton, and caused a
loss of $4,000. Thirty-seven head of
cattle, eight horses, sixty hogs, 500
bushels of oats, forty tons of hay, and
a large amount of clover, seed burned.
Company G., Third regiment, Wiscon-
sin national guard, is to be welcomed
home with a big demonstration in
which civic societies, the Spanish war
veterans, and former members of the
company will participate. The soldiers
will be given dinner and public re-
ception.
The Regent Theater company of
t0 n
moving picture show, filed articles of
incorporation in the office of the Sec
rotary of state. The capital stock of
the company is $500. Incorporators
are Frank Zeideback, Fred C. Seegert
and c. H. Kinneke.
Walter Smith, who was recently ar
rested by officers in Milwaukee on a
charge of bigamy, pleaded guilty in
circuit court at Wausau He was SEN
fenced to serve three years in the
state prison at Waupun, but sentence
was stayed and he was paroled to the
state board of control
Green Bays tax rate, fixed by
the new commission, is two mills low
er than last year An s per cent pro-
vision has been made in the budget
for S. month increase in salaries
of policemen and firemen, installing
safety gates at bridges and providing
better garbage disposal
A. G. Berg, principal of the county
school Of agriculture, has purchased a
number of pure bred and grade Guern-
sey cattle at Fort Atkinson to be dis
tributed among Marathon county far
mers by the Marathon County Bank
ers' association, under a plan of in.
stallment payments recently adopted
The City Water company at Mari
nette applied to the Wisconsin rail
road commission for authority to issue
100000 in bonds and $4,000 in stock
for the purpose of refunding outstand-
ing Indebtedness and extending and
improving its plant. The commission
has taken the application under consid-