Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
lie R1vEnvLAs COUNTY,

ID. Baker, who in working up the
line spent Sunday with his family III
this city
| Oliver Goodwill a former resident 81
this place, is now employed as salesman
on the road for Wnusau firm.
| Last week wennintentionally o,nitted
that Mrs. Chas Invin aud children had re-.
turned from their yisit to Wausau.
II. D. Day and D. Sullivan were IN
the city Thursday They went to some
camps near here. the same day ON bust
nees.
--B. III. Darling former resident oil
| this place was in the city last Tnesday.
greeting friends He il now located ct
Watersmeet, Mich, and is doingssy4l
Mr.. and Mra. q. Thompson are erter-
taiming Mrs. ~ AHles Of OutaRaulie
County. Mira Ames is sister OF Mrs.
Thompson's. and arrived here last Tuess
day
Mike Holland was III from camp
Saturday in quest OF swalnper. lie
has finished mp on one lot Of timb.r and
il putting another short distance from
ll1 old stand.
u. B. Rogers was down the line. the
latter part Of Last week, taking orders
for clothing for .lno. Il. Sullivan, ( Co.
Mr.. Rogers very seldom goes out for this
purpose without meeting with success.
r. ID. Stewart returned. last Mon
day. from "trip mp the line, where h
made the several different caml'. seliin
jewellery. He reports having sold near
two hundred dollars worth Of watches
e. G.. Allen, a former nrom,n'1, hu ii.
ness man Of this citv. having be-. con
npctpd with the Sheridan Lumber To-,
hnt who now resides at Appleton. was
IN the city Friday AMI Saturday talking
insurance.
The m"rnhrrS Of The local Camp ut "
". g. Of this city are inb'nnf Ov''r tn"
new fr II, headquarters that there would
H., no ,,asensmant made for tin" 's0nth ~
February Tho E.,gl" WATERS Camp of
this city il one of the best in state.
IS. Olson. Of Milwaukee,. arrived in
in the city Thursday. He is hrother
Of Oliver Olson who srnnt several weeks
here tlis winter bnt who went tn C"inDte
Creek. Col. having been informed that
gold had been found ON the claim nd
Joining tn" one owned by him which
now puts him mp n. capitalist.
J. r. ROg .rs has been making most ~
the camps anrrOundin" tllis Ilnce. aud
in nparv every instance has received
from fvn tO ten orders for suits; it not
| q snit set ~ shirts His nopularitv as
to square dealings has preceded him in
every insta' ~ and thns his Arm is gain
| ing furnishing patronage each year.
While the Inhabitants ut towns md
cities in the middle mud Southern part Os
| the state were having fun with til" s'or-
| tive snow storm IN the 22nd lust tn"
den;zona ~ The Northern part ~ thn sfa .
were. h:skin9 in the Dlensant sunshine ~
| a uleasant Il :. md hardly cloud hsd
darken4d the horizon II was one of fhr
! hordeat storms EnOwn tn the lMOnIe IN
the southern part Of the state for many
| yparR. Traffic was completely blocked
mud all traira DELAYED FOR twelve hours.
Over ten INCHES 0f snow fell. while here
we were not cOgniEan Of the time going
on two hundred ~ les south Of them
Verify Northern Wisconsin is becoming ~
place of safety for the people below. from
the cold andtumultous storms.
The newspaper IA the proper p'Hce III
which to adver tise. IA the following Incl
dent will prove. A man named Jackson
was engaged in the manufacture Of plug
tObacco and nspd to advertis" some III
the newspapers. bnt also on dead walls
and fences. Oneda while WALK ~ along
n street overlooking n Stean hill. til" wind
blew off his plug hat, which rolled over
the hill dow ~ steep precipic". HelOokrd
down aud there bpheld huge billy goat
chewing fine pug hat aud tearing thu
rim off. Exasp.rnted, he yelled at the
goat. who simply turned his head M
wards but kept on eating the hat. Fol
lowing the direction of the goats eyes he
behlpd III huge letters painted OH the side
of the rock, the wor Is, "Che " .jackson'f
Plug" 1t is said from that time on
Jackson used the columns OF the news
payers etAaailv Xxx.