Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

The trial of Mathew Lynaugh, Mad
lison policeman, who shot and killed
Carl Jandorf, university student, last
spring, will be opened at Jefferson,
Monday, Jan. 3.
Charged with sending small saws
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-
atoms 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 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 Armistice day when a
white leghorn hen in the flock OF the
College of Agriculture ended her year
with 285 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 IN dancing" said Prof. Fred
o,.;oIr WY Tah1 NEod;c0y, xu1a has III G
completed thirty-seven 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 dell
cared to get within range of his rife.
Henry Johnson, state treasurer, also
returned empty handed Justice M. B.
Rosenberg of the supreme court, got
a buck.
Mary Nowak, 10-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. Dougherty, 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 a veteran of the Civil war and
participated in many of the battles.
He was twice wounded and was taken
prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga
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.315.51 and the levy
for state and county purposes is $685.
1906. The assessed valuation of the
city is $8,218,717. The sum of $i03,-
416.51 is appropriated in the city
budget for school purposes exclusive
of the vocational school.
The members of the Wausau high
school class in manual training are
completing three dozen solid birch
arm-rest seats for the class rooms
The cost will be about So each. repre-
senting a saving of $3.50 in actual val
ue to the school. The class has manu-
featured considerable amount of fur
niture for the public schools at "a pro-
portionate saving.
The Rev. Father R. H. Mcdonald
pastor of st. Mary's Catholic church,
Peshtigo. Thursday, Nov. 25, cele-
brated the twentieth anniversary of
his conversion to the Catholic faith.
With 20 priests from other churches
solemn high mass was celebrated.
The congregation presented their pas
tor with purse of $3.50. Father Nc
Donald formerly attended the Epis-
copal college at Nashotah.
DR.. Charles H. Villas, who died in
Madison recently, left an estate of
100000, of which $4,000 was be-
uueathed to Madison institutions. The
Madison general hospital is given
$4,000; the First Unitarian society,
$4,000; Y. M. G. A. $4,000 endow-
ment fund to keep up furnishings of
the property given, by DR.. Villas dur
ing his lifetime and an endowment of
$4,000 is willed to the Y. w. c. A. to
keep up the so-called Esther Villas
Memorial hall The balance of the es-
tate goes to Charles A. Villas and sew
eral nieces.
Mr.. and Mrs L. S. Claflin recently
celebrated their sixtieth wedding an
niversary at their home near Mansion.
They were married in Mauston in 1850
and have since resided in Juneau
county. They have seen the country
develop from primeval forest to Gull
tivated farms and prosperous homes.
Mr.. CIafin was born in Warrens, VT,
in 1910, coming to Wisconsin with his
parents in 1855. He was Civil war
veteran, having enlisted in 1861. Mrs.
Clafin, whose maiden name was Emily
Minchin, was born in Stockholm, N.
Y, in 1841, and came to Wisconsin
with her parents in 1850. They have
seven children, all being present
Commissioner of Banking Marshall
Cousins has approved amendments, in
creasing the capital of the Bonduel
State bank, Bonduel, Shawano county,
from $4,000 TIC 100000, and OF the
Employees Mutual Savings, Building
and Loan association, Milwaukee, from
$5,O00,000 to $8,O00,000.
The Sisters of Notre Dame observed
cR4:14L, a 1sv Of their com