The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-02
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

! Charged with sending small saws
and files to her fiance who is in jail
at Superior Edith Wahl, 20, employed
in an Eau Claire cafe, was arrested,
| The girls home is in Superior
A new factory, manufacturing paper
bags Of glassine paper has begun oper-
ations in Rhinelander. The plant is
located in the buildings formerly occu-
pied by the Rhinelander Brewing com.
pany.
state officials and employees, COM
prising a committee taking in every
classification of state work, are com.
piling data for a study on the pos
sibility of working out a plan for a
pension fund for state employees.
Wisconsin's official egg laying record
was broken on Armistce day when a
white leghorn hen in the flock of the
College of Agriculture ended her year
with 2S5 eggs to her credit Forty
hens of the same flock laid over 200
eggs each.
Jazz music is largely responsible
for the 'shimmy,' the toddle,' and
other modern tendencies toward vul
garity N dancing" said Prof. Fred
erick w. Kehl, Madison, who has just
completed thirty-seyen years as an in
structor in dancing.
Wild northwods deer proved wilder
than usual when Gov.-eleCt John J.
Blaine invaded the forests. None OF
the shy creatures of copse and del
cared to get within range of his rifle
Henry Johnson, state treasurer, also
returned empty handed. Justice NJ. b
Rosenberg of the supreme court, got
a buck.
Mary Nowak, 1O-year-old daughter
of Frank Nowak, Eau Claire county
farmer, walked three miles from her
home to a hospital after three fingers
of her left hand had been shot off and
her left eye pierced by buckshot. A
6-year-old brother led Mary to the hos
pital. Stray shot from the gun of a
hunter caused the injuries.
John w. 3ougherty aged II years
commander Of the G. A. r. post and
pioneer horseshoer died in Fond du
Lac due to old age. Mr. DOugherty
was veteran of the Civil war and
participated in many of the battles
He was twice wounded and was taken
prisoner at the battle of Chickamaugd
and was held at Belle Isle prison for a
period of four months,
The tax rate in Amigo this year will
be 81 per hundred dollars Of valuation
73 cents less than last year. The city
budget totals $24G,31551 and the levy
for state and county purposes is $50,
14O.56. The assessed valuation of the
city is $S,21S,717 The sum Of $i0S,
1861 is appropriated in the city
budget for school purposes exclusive
of the vocational school.
The members of the Wausau higf
school class in manual training are
completing three dozen solid bircf
arm.rest seats for the class rooms
The cost will be about 81 each, repre-
senting a saving of 1850 in actual val
ue to the school. The class has manu-
featured a considerable amount of fur
niture for the public schools at pro
portionate saving.
The Rev. Father r. II. Mcdonald
pastor of st. Marys Catholic church
Peshtigo. Thursday, Nov. 25, cele
brated the twentieth anniversary o
his conversion to the Catholic faith
With 20 priests from other churches
| solemn high mass was celebrated
The congregation presented their pas
tor with a purse of $3.50, Father Nc
Donald formerly attended the Epis
copal college at Nashotah.
DR.. Charles II. Villas, who died il
| Madison recently, left an estate o
| 100000, of which $4,000 was be
| uueathed to Madison institutions. Th'
Madison general hospital is givei
S25 900; the First Unitarian society
$50 900: Y. NJ. c. A. a $4,000 endow
ment fund to keep up furnishings o
the property given by DR.. Villas dur
| ing his lifetime and an endowment o
| S15. 900 is willed to the Y w. c, A. t
keep up the so-called Esther Villa
! Memorial hall The balance Of the es
tate goes to Charles A, Villas and sew
eral nieces.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Clafin recent,
celebrated their siXtieth wedding an
niversary at their home near Mansion
They were married in Mansion in 1856
and have since resided in Juneau
county. They have seen the countr
develop from primeval forest to Gu
tivated farms and prosperous homes
Mr.. Clafin was born in Warrens, Vt
In 1910, coming to Wisconsin with hi
parents in 1855. He was a Civil wa
veteran. having enlisted in 1861. Mrs
Clann, whose maiden name was Emil
Minchin, was born in Stockholm, \
Y. in 1871, and came to Wisconsi
with her parents in 1850. They hay
seven children, all being present.
Commissioner of Banking Marsha
Cousins has approved amendments, il
creasing the capital of the Bondu'
state bank, Bonduel, Shawano count!
from $4,000 tc 100000, and of tn
Employees Mutual Savings Buildin
and Loan association, Milwaukee, froI
5000, 900 to $S,000,O00.
The Sisters of Notre Dame observe
the fiftieth anniversary of their con
ing to De Pere. They came to th}
city on Nov. 10, 1870, and opened
parochial school for St. Franci
church congregation. Later they too
charge of st. Mary's parochial schoo