The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-12-28


meeting of the regents of the Uniyer-
sity of Wisconsin.
Action has been started in the Rock
county circuit court to restrain Frank
D. Kimball, former furniture store
proprietor and undertaken, from con-
Quoting a morgue in the residence
district.
Work will be commenced in the
spring on new twentyroom hospital
to be erected in Burlington as me-
mortal to the soldiers, sailors and
nurses from western Racine county
who served in the World War
Huddled close to a stove from which
the warmth had long been gone, the
body of Cornelius B. Wright, 76, civil!
war veteran OF. Shopiere, Rock county
was found by neighbors The body
was frozen rigid but physicians assert
heart failure caused the death
The common council of the city OF
Darlington has enacted a resolution
to the effect that hereafter all places
of business in the city must close
after 1890 each night except Satur
day, when they can remain open un
I'll II.
City, county and state taxes com
bined in Sheboygan for 1922 will be
$3015 per $1,000, according to figures
compiled by City Comptroller John
Hummer. This amount is .731 per
$1,000 higher than it was last year
the combined taxes that were paid in
1921 having been on the average OF
S2942 per $1,000
The $4,000 estate of Betsy Jen
nings, Fenton, Mich, who died recent
ly with no heirs, has been left to the
Morris Pratt institute Of WATERFOWL
according to word received by H. Il
Record principal Of the institution
which is the only Spiritualist school
in the world. The school is richly
endowed
August Zippel, who owns farm
near Oconto Falls, was awarded $4,000
turing Co, in circuit court at Oconto,
This action was brought as a con.
domination proceeding to grant the
company a right to food about 40
acres of the Zippel farm, by the ereo
ton of power dam.
Thomas Berry, living on a farm
south of Wilton. went into the barn
to tie a bull in its stall when the
animal turned on him, knocked him
down and trampled on him. Berry
rolled out of the barn door and a
neighbor, James Morton, came to his
aid, Mr. Berry's left arm and three
ribs were broken and he was injured
internally
Chicken thieves raided the coop OF
William Schoenbeck near Columbus,
taking every fowl On the floor OF
the empty chicken house the next day
Mrs. Schoenbeck found a pocketboolS
which contained more money than the
entire flock was worth, A few days
later, when stranger came asking
to see the coop he was told there was
no desire to trade back.
The city of Superior and Mayor
Fred A. Baxter are named as defend
ants in a suit filed in the federal dis
trict court at Superior for the recov'
cry of $3,O83.12 by a detective agency,
The bill Is for the services Of a clean.
up sleuth" in a campaign against vice
after the city council had adopted an
ordinance prohibiting the employment
of out of town detectives in city po-
| lice work
The Jackson State banlSat Jackson,
village of 700 in Washington county,
was closed by Marshall Cousins, bank
| ing commissioner. Examiners of the
state banking department are in
charge of the affairs Of the institu-
ton. The frozen condition Of loans
is the cause of the action by the de-
partment Liabilities of s2i0,746 will
be covered without loss to anyone, &C
cordng to Mr. Cousins. The bank
was taken over because s19S,592 in
loans was not collectible at this time
A general Improvement in state a,
nances is reflected in the biennial re
port of Henry Johnson, state treas
urer, Balances in the larger state
funds are heavier. The total balance
on hand at the close of the present
fiscal year was SASS, $50, compared
to 81 ,OSG,5O1 last year. Total re-
ceipts for tho year were $5l ,957 42i
and disbursements S4S,455,361. This
compares with receipts Of $i4,23S,72C
during the previous year and disburse
ments of $i4746Sl3,
The Wisconsin legislature, although
not in regular session during 1922
cost the people of the state $iG.421.44
exclusive OF expenses of the specia
session in March. the report Of Henry
Johnson, state treasurer, shows. The
largest cost was for printing and sup
plies, amounting to s30,26O. The re
port shows that S3,O3J was paid IN
the chief clerk department Of the sen
ate and $8,365 in the same department
Of the assembly, while Sl,750 was
spent in the sergeantatarms depart
ment of the senate and sl,5l3 in the
assembly The special session called
by Gov. Blaine In March Of this year
cost $6,S18.79, the report says. Travel
ing expenses made up most of this
amount.
At a meeting OF the stockholders
and officers OF the Northern Wlscon