Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-01
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Wisconsin knights OF PyInldS IN La
Crosse.
When informed. in circuit court at
Madison that he was sentenced to four
years in Waupun for forgery, Matt
Curry, negro, picked up an ink well
and hurled it at Dist. Atty. Theodore
G. Lewis, who had prosecuted him. He
narrowly missed his mark. Attendants
oVerpoWered him.
A trunk containing $4,000 worth of
silverware, women's apparel, and
linen, was stolen from the bottom of a
pile in a storage house at Superior.
The trunk belonged to Miss Beatrice
Kennedy, former city nurse. Miss
Kennedy had been accommodating the
articles in the trunk for number of
years.
His demand for $50 from Claude S.
Gallagher, cashier of the Green Valley
bank, proved the Waterloo for John
CrOnburg, Is years old, who says his
home is in New Holstein. Cronburg
walked into the bank and demanded
the money from the cashier. Gal
lagher, the cashier, walked to where
the wouldbe bandit was standing, hit
hin. knocking him down and taking
away his gun.
Floyd Gier, Chetek, pleaded guilty
to forging a check for $3.50 and asked
for a speedy trial Gier bought an
auto and when his check was present
nd IL loo cd ~ hod @
bank. He manifested great surprise
and shortly after appeared with a
check signed DIR. M G. Malcolm, who
lives in Chetek. When verifcation
was insisted upon, the forgery was dis
closed.
Kenosha and Superior are the only
two cities in Wisconsin where milk is
more than 10 cents a quart, according
to the division of markets report.
Wausau maintains price of cents a
quart, the lowest in the state. The
May average price paid for milk re-
ported for May and June was S2.10 a
hundred pounds, while the June aver
age was $1.94. The June average price
to the consumer is 10 cents quart
Frank Lang, serving term Of 20
years in the state prison, following his
conviction on a charge of murder in
the second degree in connection with
the Staying of Charles Pacini, Kenosha,
has requested his attoreys to take ac-
ton to recover 500, which he alleges
was taken by the Kenosha police de-
partment. Police officers declare every
cent taken from the Lang home was
later turned over to Mrs. Lang.
For the first time in many years a
woman has been placed in the field as
candidate for membership on the Ste
vens Point board Of education. She is
Mrs. F. N. Spindler, wife of Prof.
Spindler, vice-president of the state
normal school, and represents the
Third ward She is the only an
nounced candidate and has received
the unanimous endorsement of the
women of her ward, its parent-teacher
association and other women's organi-
cations.
While seated in a baby carriage in
the yard, Wayne Stuck, a baby boy
nine months old of Canton, near Birch
wood, was attacked by pig which
tipped over the carriage and chewed
off the infants right foot before being
driven off. The pig also attacked a
calf before it was killed by its owner.
1t is believed that the pig became ever
heated which drove it mad. The baby
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leg was amputed. The child will re-
cover.
The English Lutheran churches of
the United States, in sixth biennial
Convention at Sheboygan, voted that
hereafter persons affiliated with any
lodge will not be accepted into mem
bership The vote followed a stormy
session. Resolutions were adopted in
which churches were advised to make
"an immediate study of the anti-Chris-
tan character Of various lodges, SO
that practice in dealing with the ques-
ton may conform as soon as possible
to the practice required by the word of
Cod"
Bishop Joseph M. Koudelka of the
Roman Catholic diocese of Superior,
died in Superior after long illness.
Bishop Koudelka was born in Bohemia
SO years ago and came to America
when Is. He was ordained to the
priesthood Oct 8, 1875 in ST. Francis
seminary, and was appointed auxiliary
bishop in Cleveland, Dec. 26, 1907.
From there he came to Milwaukee 10
years ago, at the instance of the con-
sistorfal congregation at Rome, when
he was named to assist Archbishop S.
G. Bessmer. Before being appointed
bishop of the Superior diocese Aug, 2,
1913, he was pastor of SIS. Peter and
PauI's Catholic church, and auxiliary
bishop of Milwaukee. The welfare of
the Slavic people was Bishop Koudel-
ka's chief interest. He was also edi-
tor of several church papers at various
times.
Charles Newman Brodhead, was
named chief of police of GAINESVILLE, to
succeed Thomas Morrissey, resigned
Morrissey was formerly ball player
with Detroit, Washington and other
big league clubs. Newman was once
center fielder for the New York Ma
tional league team.
Legion post No. IS has unanimously
voted to indorse the application OF Col.
Paul B. Clemens for superintendent of
Superior public schools. A committee
of IA will confer with w. j. Whipple,