Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
Aiding the Beers.
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Sturgeon Bay voted to refund it's
railroad Indebtedness at a lower rate
of interest.
Emory Stacey, II years old, was over
come by foul air in we'll at Colby and
died on being brought to the surface.
Four hundred business men from
Beloit, Rockford, GAINESVILLE, Belvidere
and Clinton held a clam bake near
GAINESVILLE.
Paul Jelinski, fireman at the plant of
the Falls Manufacturing company in
Oconto Falls, was terribly scalded
while cleaning a boiler.
The body of Herbert A. Smith of
New York city, who committed suicide
by shooting himself at Evansville, was
taken to Peoria, ILL.,, for interment.
At Manitowoc an insane patient
named Schultz wandered away from
the asylum and was killed by pas
senger train. He was about 60 years
old
The six Odd Fellow organizations of
GAINESVILLE have decided to give a union
picnic at Madison, on the Monona lake
assembly grounds, on Thursday, Au-
gust "a.
The Reynolds Preserving company
of Sturgeon Bay will soon complete the
seasons work and when they have fin
ished they will have put up 100000
cans of peas.
Ten head of cattle belonging to En-
colbert Peterson of Merton, Waukesha
county, died last week from the effects
of poison, a supply of which had been
used for treating foot rot in sheep.
The preliminary examination of Con-
nors, Mannigan, Macarthur and O'Gra-
dy, the alleged Wisconsin Central train
robbers, at Waupaca has been contin-
ued upon application of the prosecution
until Aug. "a.
James Griffith, who was rounding out
a century of life, having resided in
Fond du Lac county for more than half
that time is dead. He was born in
Monmouthshire, England, April 1, 1900,
and came to this country with his wife
in 1916.
Lars Astrup, ex-sheriff of Menomi-
nee, Mich, and his brother, Harold
Astrup of Fisher, have been notified
that they have fallen heir to legacy
of 40O,0 900 crowns, equivalent to over
100000, by the death of an uncle in
Norway.
At Marshfield Common & Kraus sold
48O acres of hardwood timber land in
Forest county to the Indiana Lumber
company of Goshen, Ind, for $4,000,
and 48O acres of pine land in Villas
county to G. A. Goodyear of Tomah,
Wis, for $4,000.
The Green Bay Fishermen's associa-
ton, organized last winter, and has
advanced the price to 81 a package for
cents over summer prices. The price
will be advanced still higher before the
fall catch is put on the market.
Mrs. Kate McDougal, who shot and
killed her husband at Marinette in 1896
and was convicted Jan. %, 1897, of
manslaughter and sentenced to two
years in Waupun, recently shot Mar
inette girl friend of hers who was liv-
ing with her in an Illinois town.
There is trouble for the Brighton
Beach Chautauqua assembly, near APP
pleton, unless the three cities in that
end of the Fox river valley succeed in
raising 81 900 by subscription The
attendance has not proven large
enough to pay the expenses of the first
year.
A woman from Mineral Point was re-
lieved of all the money she had over
5000, by a pickpocket while on her way
to GAINESVILLE ON the Milwaukee road.
She ascertained her loss before reach
ing GAINESVILLE and was sent back to
Mineral Point together with man I'M
der suspicion.
A boy about 10 years old, who had
been shipped from Germany to Egg
Harbor, has arrived safely at his desti-
nation. The little fellow could not
speak English and all he would say
about himself was that his name was
Heindricksen. Tied in the buItton hole
of his coat was tag, with nothing on
but his destination.
On account of the seeming inability
Of the Racine Water company to fur
nish direct pressure when called for,
the J. T. Case Threshing Machine COM