The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-05

Failing eyesight and the fear of APP.
preaching blindness caused Daniel
Kirkeo, Viroqua, to take his life by
hanging He was 81 and is survived
by his wife and four children.
For the first time in the history of
its organization-over fifty years-the
First National bank of Darlington has
a woman for its president, Or Susanna
Orion Her father, p, A. Crton, foam
der and president of the bank, died last
June.
Tuesday, Feb. "a, has been set as
the date on which special election
will be held in Appleton for the man
agerial form of government, following
presentation OF petition to the city
council demanding recall of the alder,
manic system.
The Wisconsin Railway, Light and
Power Co. has accepted franchise
granted by the La Crosse common
council for the construction of new
street car lines on Badger and South
Eleventh streets, between Market and
Earnam streets,
Following an infection due to his
teeth, Senator II. Nj. La Toilette has
gone to Rochester, MINI, to undergo
exa,a nation at the Mayo Clinic. Ac.
companyng the senator was his son,
Robert La Toilette, Jr, who is now
secretary to his father
A number of farmers tributary to
Bruce are endeavoring to arrange for
the growing of a small amount of
sugar cane by each farmer next sea
son. An effort will be made to secure
sufficient acreage to permit the build
ing of a sorghum mill there.
Frank Ramp, Fox Lake, captured
two coons bare-handed from a hollow
tree. Selling the animals by the hind
legs, he pulled them from the hole and
then put a finish to them by knocking
their heads against the tree. Coons
are said to be rare in this vicinity, and
their hides are worth about SIS each
Real estate men OF Ladysmith re-
Gently perfected an organization called
the Rusk County Real Estate board.
Nineteen local brokers joined. X. b.
Macdonald was elected president, w
s. Manning, yice-pTesidcul, and Elmer
Hill, secretary-treasurer. f. |. Hughes
and f. NJ. Doyle were chosen directors,
The streets of Clintonyille and con
siderable of the surrounding country
road have been kept free from snow by
means of snow attachment affixed to
4 Four Wheel Drive truck. This at
tachment is in the form of road
grader blade and is pushed ahead Of
the truck as is the snow pillow on
locomotive.
Kraft Bros. Cheese company Of Ply.
mouth have increased the capital stock
OF the company from 100000 to 81,
100000 New warehouses are to be
built for the purpose OF concentration.
With the action taken by this com.
pany, Plymouth may become the great.
center in the world during the coming
year
County officials and the district at
torney were much perturbed at Eau
Claire when the matter of collecting
the insurance of the barn of the coun-
ty Jail burned last week, came up. Six
companies had insured it for $3.50. All
present supposed the insurance would
amount to $500, but it proved that
each company pays near $40 to make
up the $3.50.
Retail grocers at Neenah have
voiced a vigorous protest against the
action taken by several leading indus
trial plants in buying carload lots OF
staple groceries and selling them di.
rect to their employees. These methods
are regarded in the light of unfair
by the grocers who claim
they are selling goods on the narrow
est margin possible.
Following family quarrel, Axel
Nyren,' As, a farmer living three miles
south Of Lampson was shot and killed
by Peter Asp, a neighboring farmer
Asp gave himself up and is now in the
Washburn county Jail. He claims self
defense. Previous TO the shooting Mrs
Eyren had quarreIed with her husband
and had gone to the Asp home where
her husband followed her The shoot.
ing followed shortly afterwards
Wisconsin counties which bonded
themselves this year for the purpose
of building concrete roads may find ii
to obtain cement with
which to build the highways, accord
ing to information received at Apple
ton. Several large cement manufac
turers have already sold their entire
outputs for 1920 and many other firms
have given notice that they have
orders on hand to keep them running
for months.
The order issued by direction OF
state health officer, DR.. H. Dorpat, re
quiring all .Rhinelander school children
and teachers who had not been vac
cinated within the past eight years to
present certificates of vaccination be.
fore Feb. / or remain out of school
has been rescinded. Supl. of Schools
w. p. Colburn contended that the or
der was not justified by conditions
and protested the order to the board
OF health at Madison
Robert Niemann Madison, exsaloon.
keeper was fined 800 and costs in
superior court for giving away in.
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