The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-02


veteran of the civil war, died at his
home at Beloit.
Frank Rosch, prominent druggist
and former mayor, is seriously ill at
his home at Menasha.
Emil Martens, fifty-two years old.
business man and former alderman,
is dead at Manitowoc.
Whitney school, the oldest public
school in Green Bay, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is $4,000.
John Greenwood, sixty-five years
DID, dropped dead on the street at
Ashland from heart failure.
A municipal skating rink is being
constructed by the city of Black River
Falls. 1t will cover about four acres
1t is estimated that loss by fire re-
Gently to the 0. Torrison store at
Manitowoc will amount to about $780,
900.
President Wilson nominated Ella Nj.
Taylor as postmaster at Blue River,
and Theodore Koenig for Schleisinger-
vile.
Charles Butke, who says his home
is in Milwaukee, has been arrested by
the Green Bay police on charge of
forgery.
In the assembly the much talked of
referendum on prohibition was intro
duced by w. T. Evjue of the First
Madison district.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Crossman
celebrated the sixty-third anniversary
of their marriage at their home at
GAINESVILLE, Jan. Fl.
Herbert Marsh of Stevens Point has
gone to take the position of assistant
clerk in the senate chamber of the
capitol in Madison.
A farmers school will be held at
Chetek the first week in February,
under the direction of r. L. Cuff, coun-
ty agricultural agent.
Farmers near Almena have organ
lied a country club, with the idea of
purchasing a creamery and making
it a cooperative industry.
The family of Joseph Jordan was
compelled to flee in their night clothes
when their home in the north out
skirts of Beloit was burned.
Robbers entered the fur store of
Louis Boerner of Amigo and stole
six fur overcoats and the pick of the
other high priced furs in stock
Henry J.. Schlesinger, Milwaukee
multi-millionaire, was married to
Mona Strader, the daughter of r. S.
Strader, the noted turfman at Lexing
ton, Ky.
Edward Baker has been appointed
postmaster at Miner, Juneau county,
vice Norsby, resigned. Oscar w. Jufch
was appointed rural letter carrier at
Wittenberg.
The annual meeting of the convo-
cation of La Crosse was held at Rice
Lake. An informal reception was given
the Episcopal clergy by the members
of the Commercial club
The Association of Secretaries of
the County Fair Associations of Wis
consin, in annual convention at Madi-
son, had cabaret entertainment, the
principal actors being from Chicago.
Having the distinction of shooting
wolf in his back yard, situated in
Rice Lake, with a population esti-
mated at 5000 people, was the expert
ence of H. H. Jewett, a pharmacist.
At the seventeenth annual meeting
of the Black River Falls Advancement
association, a contract was entered in
to by the United Clothes Manufactur-
ing company to build a 100000 plant.
Stevens Point retains the Yellow
stone trail as a result of the contest
with Grand Rapids. Now a new con-
test between the two cities has begun
over the federal road. which is being
planned.
Assemblyman Everett proposes in
bill to reduce the membership of the
state board of control from five to
three and increasing the salaries from
$4,000 to $4,000. The term of Office
is six years.
The smoke stack at the American
Parlor Frame company's plant, sew
enty feet high, was blown down at
Sheboygan. The stack fell few
minutes after a number of school chill
dren had passed.
After two attempts to effect re-
Cancellation with his wife, from whom
he had been separated several months,
William Bum, a Madison machinist,
is alleged to have shot and killed Mrs
Bum
Mrs. Anna C. Harrington, wife of
John Harrington, Inheritance tax COM
missioner for the state of Wisconsin,
died suddenly at her home at Oshkosh.
Death was caused by heart failure SUI
perinduced by the grippe.
Louis Burnquis, twenty-eight, Be-
lott farmer, was found dead in his
woodshed He had hanged himself
from a rafter. Two days before he
babe his wife and child good-by, say
ing he was going out to work on his
farm.
Senator Fred Baxter of Superior of
fered bill carrying an appropriation
of $4,000 for new sanatorium for