The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25

CaplIal SLOck from SZo,U0U TO SoU,O0U.
A. j. Booth, a Stevens Point vet
eran, aged 50, died at the Bruce hatel.
there.
George ShulEe, veteran of the civil
war, was burned to death in his home
at Prairie Du Chem.
Elwyn Evans, winner of Beloit eel
den wedding. They have lived III
Dodge county many years.
There are 1857 in hospitals for the
insane, according to a statement is
sued by the board of control.
The members of ST. Mary's church
parish, Menasha, will erect $4,000
school building on the church pro-
! perty.
C. Tarrant, of GAINESVILLE, prominent
grocer of that city, dropped dead while
waiting for a train at the North West
ern station.
Mrs Sarah B. Rau, of Beloit,
wife of Charles F. Rau, is dead after
an illness of several years duration.
She was sixty-four years old.
The Amigo Gun club feeds prairie
chickens and cartridges that are
starving in the woods due to the deep
snow and the heavy crust of ice.
The members of the Riverview hos
! pital board at Grand Rapids have de-
cided to erect new hospital to cost
about $4,000, located on the present
site.
Mrs. A. G. Christensen, of Merrill
is dead following an operation
of former newspaper publisher OF
that city.
Rather than tie up the road
work in Rock county for the entire
year, the common council has decided
to pay the city's portion of the road
taxes, $7,35427.
Mrs. A. Johnson, of Racine, was ar
rested and sent to Jail for refusing
to send her seven year old boy to
school after repeated orders of the
truapcy officers.
Peter Burns, 81, resident of Beloit
for many years, killed himself by cut
ting his throat with razor. Business
reverses are believed to have caused
him to commit suicide
The secretary of state this year is
sued twice as many licenses for auto
mobiles as he did at the same time
! last year The total number of Ii
census issued is $4,000.
Carl Yapko, a Racine laborer, arose
from a hearty dinner at his boarding
house, fell and was dead when
a physician arrived. Death was due to
strangulation on potato.
Petitions are being circulated by
prospects among Menasha resi-
! dents for the establishment of a Ma
tional guard company in the city.
Many prospective members are sign
ing the petition.
John Novella, of Fond du Lac, EN-.
plcyed at the Knowles plant of the
Standard Lime and Stone company,
was instantly killed by premature
blast of dynamite. He leaves wife
and seven small children.
Charles F'oilansbee, married man
and anti-Cotholic lecturer OF Water
! loo, was sentenced to two and half
years in Leavenworth prison by
Judge K. M. Lands, at Superior, for
violation of the Mann act.
Everette Frazier, a 3-year-old
boy of Pembine, who swallowed an
iron jack and who was operated upon
at ST. Joseph';s hospital for it's remov-
, al a week ago, it recovering rapidly
from the effects of the operation.
Laborers at the Western Malleable
! plant were advised that their pay
! would be increased 25 cents per day
| to take effect Immediately. The West
ern Malleable is one of the largest
| plants of it's kind in the United States.
| Altoona, settlement which is just
| southeast of Eau Claire, may lose it's
claimed distinction of being the small
est incorporated city in the world. A
! new family has moved in and it is
] proposed to annex the town to Eau
! Claire to save taxes.
| There gloom in the Gink fiat at
La Crosse The Ginks have trans
| ferred their verbal encounters from
! the little apartment at Fifth and King
streets to circuit court, where an &C
ton entitled "Gink VS.. Gink' is being
tried before Judge Higbee.
E. Johnston, Chicago, unknown in
Racine financial circles, was highest
bidder for the bankrupt estate of the
| Racine Stool company, which went
! to the wall following the failure of the
/ Commercial and Savings bank. Mr..
! Johnston's bid was $92,112.
The Wisconsin state board of con
! troll fixed the price standard for binder
Irvine at 81 cents pound in car load
lots, if paid for Nov 1. This is slight
advance over previous prices. Kansas
state prison, it was reported, has Fix
ed its price at 9A cents for the same
/ grade.
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