The hunters iu northern Wisconsin
are preparing a petition which will
be largely signed iu the district, to
have the deer shooting season changed
from October to November, as it is in
Minnesota aud Michigan. They say
October is too early, as the bucks do
not seek open timber till iu November.
A large number of does aud fawns
were killed this year owing to the law,
and this iu a few years would mean
the extermination of the species.
Dwight R. Dix, who a year ago is
alleged to have absconded with $2,-
100 of the Armour Packing company’s
money, was returned to Ashland from
San Francisco yesterday. He has been
searched for iu South American coun
tries, and was finally found in the
employ of a San Francisco packing
company. Court Commissioner Dixon,
has put him under $2,000 bonds.
Berlin business men have raised SIOO
to buy flour for the Hurley sufferers
tinii a committee lias beou formed in
Ahnapee for the collection of supplies.
A shipment wall be made next week
I direct to Hurley.
| The Woman’s Relief corps of Brown’s
i post. Fond du Lac, collected $127 for
the Hurley miners.
The Indians on the Fond du Lac
reservation are reported to be in a
destitute condition.
A 2-year-old sou of the dean of De
Soto lost his life by failing into a tub
of scalding water.
F. Crinkelair A Co.’s stock of paints,
oils and varnish<*s at Green Bay.
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $3,000;
insurance, $2,500.
Judge J. G. Jenkins, of Milwaukee,
indicted with the Plankinton bank
directors, has asked for a separate
and speedy trial.
Diphtheria epidemic at Grantsburg
is abating. Less than a dozen cases
are now under treatment.
