Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-03-20
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Green Bay Claiming that she
feared he would carry out his threat.
made in writing, and in person 10 her,
| that he would kill her il she refused
TO marry him, Miss Adeline Aft. of
This city. caused the arrest of Clyde
| j. f. Johnston, whose home is said to
| be in Kenosha He was ARA gned in
Municipal court on warrant charg-
ing him with threatening to kin Miss
! Aft, and was ordered to Jail by Judge
| n j. Monahan, until more evidence
could be obtained.
Madson-The Northwestern road
| has been ordered by the railroad com
mission TO pay to the state of Wiscon-
| sin $4,000. the cost of relocating two
highways in Racine county which now
| cross the tracks of the company. The
! commission, in its order points out
| that in permitting the relocat on of
the highways and assessing the rail
| road, It is saving the company the cost
OF track elevation which would have
been necessary because of the danger
| TO highway traffic
Kenosha-Otficials of the health de
partment added insult to injury when
they took Miss Agnes Hughes, Il, to
| the isolation hospital in hearse after
discovering that she had contracted
smallpox. The police ambulance is the
only conveyance in the city suitable
for such use, ard fearful of exposing
others who might be carried in it. the
officials had to resort to the funeral
car.
Baraboo-An exciting chase here
ended in the captu of Charles
Churchill, who escaped from the coun-
~ jail where he was being held prior
10 transfer to Waupun. Churchill was
sente1 ed for six years for obtains g
NOUS under false pretenses in con-
neeil,n with Canadian land sales. He
clrims to be a relative of Winston
Churchill. British cabinet officer
Sheboygan - Mud ba hs may be
healthy. but pedestr ans in the bust
ness district are particular about the
time and place of taking them. Con
seQuently they have filed complaint
with the board of public wo ks that
automobiles shoe: along the street Sc
as TO splash mud in all directions and
ask to have this rsactice curtailed.
The board is investigating.
Wausau-A road school is to be held
in Wausau Friday, April ., at which
all problems of road building and
maintenance will be discussed. All
members of town and Village boards
and all patrolmen and pathmasters in
Marathon county are 10 attend. Mem
bers of the Wisccns highway com
mission and road experts are to take
part in the discussions
Stevens Poirt- Increases in salaries
aegrega ting $12 600 WI be paid Stew
ems Point city school teachers next
year. Supt. Snyder's sala~y is raised
from $4,000 10 So 500 Pine pal l.. r.
KIinger WI get S22S per month next
year and the wages of feathers are
boosted an average of IS per cent
Janitors were also granted a substan-
al raise
Chassell--Tom Franchet. octogenar-
AN settler was found frozen to death
in his farm house near here by hunt
ers. An examination revealed that he
had become too i'll to attend to the
fires and it appeared that he had made
| repeated efforts to administer to his
wants while unable to do more than
crawl about He lived alone.
Madison-The eighth annual mill
taTy bali of the University of WisCon-
sin will be held On April 8. in The ar
mory. Previous TO the dance the Off
GERS dinner and reception III be
given Students and others planning
to attend may wear any military uni
~ - tAAN y 'tAt NlAt tiT'i ~ wear u nave
ever been authorized to wear.
PN'n"lan 4or-Whil7 er,Dloved In a
nearby logg ng camp Tom Planter. a
/ Young woodsman. was item by n IN
/ known insect. Blood pc soning deyel-
oped and physicians fear it will be
necessary to amputate his left arm.
Oshkosh - Herman Eilers. promi.
nent he~e as banker. died al er an
illness of several months. He was
/ cashier of the Exchange bank of Osh-
/ koSh for twenty-eight years. He is
| survived by a wife and two children.