The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-05-06


late Judge NJ. o. Southworth. He died
recently at Aurora, H., leaving an es-
tate valued at S250,000.
Donald Murray. 5, son of George
Murray, died following an accident in
which he lost his right leg. He and
companions were Tipping trains when
the Murray boy fell beneath the NOV
ing cars.
DR.. Jane Wilson, SO years old, died
at her home at Madison after a lin.
gering illness. DR.. Wilson was one of
Madison's best known women. She
had practiced medicine there for more
than forty years.
Attorney w. E. Butt Viroqua, Sc.
curely wrapped in buffalo robe to
keep out the chill of a spring night,
slept soundly through night in a
cemetery and as a result won SO Of
fered by motion picture house
There will be no Wausau county
fair in 1920. This was decided at a
meeting of the board OF directors The
reason given was that the barns on the
grounds We're not in suitable condition
and that the grandstand is considered
unsafe.
George Farmakes, proprietor of a
large confectionery store and ice
cream parlor at Necnah, was granted
d divorce from his wife in municipal
court of Outagamie county. lnhdeity
was charged. The trial lasted just
eighteen minutes. The father was
given the custody of the child, a girl
Of 7.
Demanding an increase of wages
from 33la to DO cents an hour, fifty
employees OF the Neillsyille Condensed
Milk Company are out on strike
Enough employees remained at work to
handle the incoming milk temporar-
lily, and the business is being contin
ued with a reduced forced of work
men.
Attempting to extract a shell which
he thought had exploded, from an old
rifle, Francis Tanning, 8, living on a
farm near GAINESVILLE, will lose his
right eye. Proving around in the
barn, the youngster came across the
gun. After playing with it a while he
pulled back the trigger and, finding
shell which had the nick of the ham
mer, believing the bullet had been
fired.
With the completion of the concrete
pavement ON the Jackson St road be-
tween Neenah and Oshkosh, work on
which started recently, an almost I'M
broken stretch of concrete highway
between Fond du Lac and Green Bay,
nearly a hundred miles, will be made.
The paving of the fourteen miles Of
roadway between Ncenah and Osh-
kosh is expected to take the better
part OF the summer.
S. G. Perringer, Socialist leader and
Of Rhinelander took Of
fee before a throng Of friends. In his
inaugural address he discussed city
problems and dwelt upon labor's rela-
tons in industry. Industries, he said,
were the basis of the city's prosperity,
but that the new administration
would insist upon fair treatment of la
Dor. Mayor Perriner is the first So
calist to hold city office in Rhine
lander.
Drinking denatured alcohol at Su-
perior nearly cost Emil Anderson his
life and cost Conrad Phelan about
1920. Anderson was arrested for
and became so i'll that he
was removed to ST. Mary's hospital,
where small hope was expressed for
his recovery Phelan awoke in the po-
lice station and found that he only had
$179 left Of $500 that he had when
friend offered him drink OF dena-
tured alcohol.
A half million salmon trout eggs
from Seattle have been shipped to the
Bayfield, hatchery and are being dis
to inland lakes and streams,
twenty-five cans We're placed in Long
lake The salmon trout grow to 10 or
II pounds and appear to thrive equally
in fresh or salt water Some salmon
trout eggs were planted near Duluth
by the government four or five years
ago, and quite a number are being
caught in Lake Superior now.
The first Filipino baby born in Mad.
ison, probably the first in Wisconsin,
has arrived at a hospital there. He
is the son of Cirilo f. Perez and Asun.
cion A. Perez, junior Filipino students
at the university. Mr.. Perez was SEM
to the United States by his govern
Rent in August, 1918, to do research
work Mrs Perez, as well as her hus-
band, is a graduate of the state uni
yersity of the Philippines. They were
married in the Philippines, Aug. p,
1918, and left for the United States the
following day.
The University of Wisconsin, under
the auspices OF the Marinette County
Land Clearing association, will hold a
land clearing short course on the
farm at Cedafyille, almost the
exact center OF Marinette county. The
school will open Wednesday, May Z,
and will consist Of seven two-day SEES
sions, in which actual land clearing
work will be the principal feature,
Farmers are instructed to come in
overalls, II is the first school of its
kind ever held in the state, previous
work Of that kind being done from the
land clearing train which was run
the upper half OF Wisconsin