Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-28
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An interesting relic is NOW III the pos
session OF Otto 0ehleI' Of l4aNross. 1t is
|, grape shot that was picked Mp by u
f.rnpr embedded; in a bank on Battle
island in the Mississippi near Niat9ry a.
i.short time ago Itiss badly rnsied sand
weighs about IL quarter of "a pound. 1t
| is believed to have been fired during the
Black Hawk wars OF 1882. and there
abouts Mr.. OthI1r secured, possession
OF the ball and will send it to the state.
HISTORICAL society, along withaIl. acconnt
OF where and how it can b., found.
An old soldier committed suicide in a
horrible manner ut the Soldiers home 1T
Milwaukee, Wednesday morning. He,was'
John Simon, II veteran a years of age
For some time past he has been Il mem
Of what is known az the convaescent
corps, and lived IN the hospital. At
clock he went out upon the balcony on
thefront of the building and leaning over
the rail- cut his throat. He fell forward
and tumbed to the ground fifteen feet be-
low. Notwithstanding that his throat
WAS eur aud his body mingled by the
! fall, he lived III Ill 10 O'Clock. He WAS II
native of Germaav and enlisted i'll Co B.
| first Louisiana infantry. lie had been
IN inmate OF the home since November,
1894. SO far us is known he has no rrlt-
tiyes. 1
| The haheas corpus proceedings Tor the
release OF Michael Walsh from the Outa.
gamie county workhousp, which were
taken for the purpose,ot testing the work
| house law, were dismissed by Judge
| Goodland in the circuit court Wednesday
| After Il consultation Of the attorneys that
day it was decided to appeal the case to
| the Supreme court and havei settled be-
| You'd question The test is in the inter.
est OF the sheriff of Ontagamie county
who claims the care Of all county prison
ers and tlle fees resulting from their keep.
l.. +. Buchanan has been arrested on
another charge of embezling So, 600 Of
the Bank Of Antigo's funds. The former
case ag INST him will be dropped and he
will he tried on the latter charge. The
preliminary examination will take place
today.
Judge Romance Bum in the federal
court Thursday afternoon refused the
petition of Henry g. Pierce IL wealthy
resident OF ST. Lonls, for an Injunction re-
straining ex-Unitod States Senator W.
L. Villas, COL John II. Knight, Michael
J. McGuygan and Martin IIenduckson
from driving logs down the Brues river
in the northern part oil Wisconsin. The
The court held HAT the Brule is q navi-a
gable river and that consequently the
defendants have II right TO drive logs
down IL Thec,,se hinged almost wholly
on the question of whether or not the
Brule is Il navigable stream
This ruling is important innsmucl as
it perhaps means IL lpssrnng OF the value
OF the BruleaS ;ltrout stream. On either
bank OF the Brllc IRE costly summer
homes and luxurious club houses where
many wealthy people from Chicago and
points in til. south spend some or all OF
the hot season each year, Mach money
has been expended IN improving these re-
sorts. This case OF Pierce versus Villas eft
al. is looked upon as a sort of test case
and means much to. property owners
along the Brule which has tributary to
it nearIyten million feet of logs that. can
now be driven down it.