Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-11-08
NEWS OF TIE STATE.

bail to answer III circuit court to Il
case OF larceny. This is All outcomeO OF the
Trempealeau county row which resulted
in several borken heads about a week
ago. DIR. Rhodes and his friends started
to drive some horses from his farm, on
which Egbert Ranksma is tenant, and u
free fight resulted
Crime is more prevalent throughout
the state at present than for years.
Safe robberies, horse stealing md burg
laries by the score are reported every
day For several weeks past horse
thieves have been very active through
out Northern Illinois and Southern Wis
cousin, Last week eight horses were
stolen in that region and the authorities
are of the opinion that an organized
gang must be at work.
DIR. +. NJ. Bachuber of Mayville. who
received an Internal machine through the
mail Monday is still in the dark ais to
where it came from The machine came
from someone in the drug business or
who is familiar with the trade evidently,
us peculiar plaster used only DO physic-
ians and sold by druggists WAS used in
the construction of the thing. Inquiries
We're made among the mail clerks who
handled the bomb. As the outer wrap
ping was destroyed, ITO means of ascert-
aiming from where it was mailed could
be- found. DIR. Bachuber made nc dir.,ct
statement but it is evident lie has suspi
cions as to who are the guilty parties.
He has laid the matter before the
authorities aud close investigation
will follow,
Oil discounted daylight in the city OF
Merrill for few days last week. We'd
nesday the Standard Oil company's
product was sold by one dealer at 2 Cts
u gallon. The situation in brief is that
about six weeks ago representative OF
@ Milwaukee Oil company called the deal
ers i'll that city and offered them the
same grade OF oil for so cents barrel
less than they We're getting it from the
Standard Oil company for. AS q result
they shipped in q carload and the retail
price OF oil gradually dropped from II
cents to 10 cents, with eight dealers
handling the Milwaukee company's oil.
The Standard company localrepresent-
ative then informed the dealers that
their oil had dropped 1 cent q gallon. As
this did not bring back the eight dealers
into the Standards fold he announced
W. ID. ColIock, said that their price to
dealers WAS cents per gallon with q
cent rebate. Ore firm handling the
Standards product would not agree to
sell at cents and they claim that the
Standard company then advertised the
fact that oil could be had at that figure.
Thus forcing this firm to sell at no profit,
while Others received the cent rebate
The aforementioned firm, to ascertain il
they We're right, atgonce announced oil
at 5 cents IL gallon. Other dealers In
OAC kopSIHuGdIu , IlFOuuCU MCuU tileIu CellL
better, and fight died out Wednesday
night with the above mentioned firm
selling it at cents Thursday it varied
III price from 6 cents To 10 cents gallon.
Several dealers claim that they will con-
tinue to use the milwaukee,. company's
oil and that they will endeayor to keep
the price at 10 cents while the Standard
company's representative says that they
will stand by their patrons AMI will see
them safely over the last ditch. While
the fight lasts the consumer will be the
only winner
While engaged in digging well at
Stevens Point. j. S. Atkins had % mar
row escape from being buried alive. He
was OF the bottom of the well, about
twenty-five feet below the surface, when
the well commenced to cave about ten
feet above his head, the cnrbing having
given away. He grasped the rope with
which those at the surface were pulling
up the gravel and rock from below, and
pulled himself up as far as possible, but
the sand poured in until it redched his
neck and held him fast. He was pulled
forth after about two hours Of hard
work, none the worse for his experience.
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