Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-03-07
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
News of the Badger State Arranged
....... in Condensed Form .....

rockwell OSBORNE, La crosse, o4
years old, veteran Of the Civil war
and world traveller, died at Orlando
Florida. The body was. brought to La
Crosse for burial.
The opening of public milk depot
in La Crosse caused retail dealers to
reduce the price from IL to 10 cents
a quart. It is selling for cents a
quart at the depot
According to the report of A. j.
O'Melea, county director, the sale OF
War Savings certificates and Thrift
stamps in Oneida county during 1918
amounted to $191, 7O3.72.
Frank L. Koppelberger, theater
man, and Frank r. Schwalbe, will
erect 100000 moving picture thea
ter in La Crosse, with seating Ca
pacity of 1900 persons.
James E. Sanders, Oshkosh pioneer
resident, died at the age Of II. after
an illness of ten days with pneumonia.
For many years he was general agent
for Milwaukee and Chicago neWspa-
pers
Teachers in Manitowoc grade
schools have fled a petition with the
school board asking that the increase
denied them last fall be paid as a
bonus. A 20 per cent increase was
asked for.
Over 1000 soldiers passing through
Marinette have been served with re
freshments during ten weeks. The
total cost of this service was over
$500, and it is borne by the county
war board.
Andres Urmanski and Fabian Kol-
ter, of Wausau, both IA years old, were
sentenced to the state reformatory at
Waukesha for entering homes, de-
stroying property and carrying away
articles of value.
The United States Tractor company
is the latest addition to Menasha's
list of industries. The plant is now
being moved from Chicago, following
the enlistment of Menasha capital in
the corporations business.
William Reiter, an employee of the
Wisconsin, Minnesota Light and Power
company, Eau Claire, received serious
cuts to his eyes when a gas meter he
was repairing exploded. The accident
occurred in the company's shop
Hugo Roeber, Milwaukee, 81 years
old, was sentenced to ten years in
Waupun, when found guilty by Munic-
ipal Judge "A. c. Backus of an offense
against his daughter Hattie, at the
time she was Is years old Roebef de-
MED the charge.
Miss Hannah Murphy of Wausau-
kee, who received fractured nose
and other painful injuries when she
tripped on loose steel gutter plate
in a. cement sidewalk, asks the Mari
nette town board for $50 damages and
the doctors fees.
Judge FULLY wants to appoint a
probation woman for Kenosha county,
but is handicapped on account of the
fact that there are no applications for
the position. He has prepared ques-
tionnaire, showing just what he re
duires in the line of a probation Off
Ger.
The Racine county jail was the
scene of a wedding ceremony, one
without decorations or music and with
Thomas Hahn, justice of the peace, Of
fciating. The parties to the cere-
mony were Mrs. Emily Gissel, Sc years
old, mother of six small children, and
Stevan Kikosicki, "a years old, who
was prisoner.
George R. Nooyan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Nooyan of Appleton, died of
pneumonia at Allrich, Germany, Feb
- Tust . few hours prior to receiv-
ing the telegram the father received q
$780, III wucn George related his ex-
periences in the army of occupation
He apparently was in excellent health
when the letter was written.
Attorneys of the northern part of
the state have adopted resolutions
favoring the division of the circuit,
which now includes Douglas, Wash
burn, Burnet, Barron and Polk coun-
ties, and make one circuit of Douglas
county alone. In case this is done,
Judge James Robbins of Rice Lake
will be the candidate who will be in
dorsed by the bar. Judge w. r. Foley
of Superior is now judge of the pres
ent district
Gideon Wells Haskins, one of the
celebrated Baraboo triplets, is dead
The other two brothers are Abraham
Lincoln Haskins and Simeon Cameron
Haskins, all named by Abraham Lin
coin. One was named for the former
president himself and the other two
for members of his cabinet. At the
time of their birth, May "a, 1861, the
parents resided at South Starksboro,
VT, the father being the village post
master. They had the distipction Of
being the oldest triplets in the United
States.
r. G. Sawales, secretary and treas
urer of the Ogemo Cooperative asso-
citation. reports that 1918 proved a
successful year for the stockholders, a
Z per cent cash, dividend being de-
clared on all paid up stock.
Nomination petitions for julius T..
Dithmar of Elroy, for i've years as
sistant attorney general, as a candi-
date for the supreme court against
Justice M. B. Rosenberg, were sent
out of Madison Mr.. Dithmar is a
brother of Lieut.. Gov E. f. Dithmar,
and formerly county judge of Juneau
county.