Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09

two year. has returned to Rhinelander
where he will resume the practice OF law
Mr.. and Mrs Al. Croker, mourn the
loss of their infant child, the death OF
v hich occurred riday night. They
have the sympathy Of the entire com
munty.
Joe Katheran, of Rhinelander, was i'll
town Thursday, shaking hands with his
many friends. Joe is at present logging
at Gagen, where he has 2, 10000 feet OF
timber to put in.
Mrs. Max Sells and children, who has
been spending the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. Hobart and sister, Mrs.
LangiIl, returned home to Florence, last
Monday.
Chairman A. J Bolger and supervisor
Joe Elliott came over from the western
part of the county tuesday, to help
Sam Smith, check over and audit the
outgoing county officers accounts Every
thing was found o. K.
Tim Lennon, who left Rhinelander,
last March for the Yukon gold fields, re
turned home Wednesday night. He
brought back $500 worth of gold dust
aud nuggets as specimens, one nugget
weighing one and one-half ounces.
A painstaking scientist has discov-
cred, for the benefit of would-be fathers,
that it requires eighteen years OF time,
and two thousand dollars in money, to
transfer the centre OF activity from a
boys stomach to his brain.
The Gerry Lumber Co., shipped from
Bear Creek to this place, Wednesday, five
work horses, which will be offered for
sale. For full particulars inquire OF Dan
Mcdonald, as to their pedigree and 9th
err qualities as he is an expert on horse,
as driver.
Jas Mckinley, the logger, has bank
ed already for Woodruff & Mcclure, q
100000 feet OF logs. This camp is stu
ated on Dam Lake. With the crew Mr..
Mckinley has, the banking OF so many
logs at this time of the season is quite
Some dozen or more ladies assembled
at Hotel Smith, Friday afternoon to give
the landlady hand i'll helping her to do
some sewing. The ladies were all invit-
to partake OF one of Mrs Smith s. turkey
suppers, which we can vOuch for as be-
ing equal as good as mother used To
make.
The Rev. Father Goephfert, who
has4been confined in the st, Mary's hos
pital, at Rhinelander for the past week,
with sickness, returned home Saturday,
much improved in health. He says too
much praise cannot be given this hospi-
tai as to the manner and treatment
which is accorded the patients which are
unfortunate enough to be there.
"A certain paper in an obituary OF a
man who had died in the community.
said, "A long procession followed the re-
mains to their last roasting place" Of
course the family rushed to the "print
shop to have the ''error' corrected
The editor explained that he could not
do 1T until the seven years back subscrip-
ton the deceased owed had been paid.
Beginning with January LIST, 1899,
women Clerks and stenographers EMPLOY
ed by the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road in all it's general offices, lost their
posi- tons, except in cases where long
service made retention a matter OF JUS
tice aud necessity. The order was made
general, covering all the branches OF the
system, and the company has come to
the decision to employ men exclusively
in it's business departments.
"A Kansas printer was making up
the forms one day in q hurry and got a
marriage notice and IL grocer's ad so
mixed up that it read as follows: John
Smitl-and Ida Quay were united in the
holy Sauerkraut by he quart Or barrel.
Mr.. Smith is q well known young Cod
fish at 10 cents per pound, while the
bride Miss Quay has some Nice Pigs Feet
which will be sold cheaper than at any
store in town.
Tho following people registered at
Hotel Smith, the past week: Miss Har-
riett Pier, Milwaukee; Mrs. T. Laughlin
and children, Minocqua; w. J. Reyes, j.
Elliott, Arbor Vitae; 6. N. Miller, 2. L.
Parish, Joe Bartlem, Joe ,Walhein, APP
pieton; H. w. Schwarts, Ashland; c.
Moe. Rhinelander; H. Finger, Duluth; A.
J. Bolger, Minocqua; Chas W. Carrick,
Oshkosh; Judson Hall, Merton; &. 5.
Coon. RhneIander; H. W. Wright, Mer-
rill; Thos Mcclure, Minocqua; NJ. F.
Thorsen, Escanaba, Mich; W. +. Dodge,
j. j. Synnotu, Wausau; Chas LaForge,
Rockford, Ill.
We take the following from the Madi-