Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-16

The store of w. S. Roach at London
was entered by burglars and goods
worth 500 stolen.
the past week. In one day the sheriff
took charge of ten.
At GAINESVILLE Mrs. Katherine Bick-
nell, widow of DR.. L. G. Bicknell, a
well-known army surgeon and a form
err resident of TT. Atkinson, died.
While Mrs. George Johnson of Ra-
cine was preparing dinner with a
gasoline stove the gasoline caught
fire. She was dangerously burned.
John Dumez, for Is years a citizen
of Ashland, died SUDDENLY of heart fail
uTe. He was 62 years of age and
leaves a wife and grown up children.
At Chippewa Falls Fred Pitson
brought in the scalps Of seven timber
wolves for which he received bounties
amounting to $40, of which half is paid
| by the state.
At Fond du Lac the wedding of
Thornton Atkins Green of Kansas
| City, and Miss Anna Louise Mcmillan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. McMil
Ian, took place.
Winfield James Keyes, treasurer of
Villas county, and Miss Minnie Della
Hewitt of Oshkosh were married. The
bride has been teaching school at
Eagle River, where the groom resides.
| At Racine a grocer's delivery wagon
filled with goods, oil, matches, etc.,
ready for delivery, caught fire on
State street The department was
called, but before the blaze could be
controlled the horses were scorched
the driver, Jens Hanson, somewhat
burned and the wagon and goods
ruined
At Beloit Charles Bush and Miss
Julia Egan, daughter of Michael Egan,
were married In getting out of car
riage after the ceremony Mr.. Bush had
one of his hands badly crushed in a
| door,
Thomas Evans, a resident of Racine
since 1910, is dead, aged sc. Charles
| Ormistine, painter so years OF age,
was found dead in room in Racine
boarding house. He died in abject
poverty.
At Dodgeville, DR.. C. Schmidt and
wife were injured in a runaway. Mr..
Schmidt was thrown out and badly
bruised and Mrs Schmidt jumped.
alighting in such manner as to break
her leg.
Louis Sapiro, the bankrupt Waupun
merchant, Sarah Sapiro, his wife, Nor
ris Sapiro, his brother, and George
Whaley, Samuel LAWN and Herman
Oestheich, who were arrested in Mil
waukee, accused of conspiracy to de-
fraud the creditors of Mr.. Sapiro, were
discharged by Commissioner Harper
on technicality.
The convention of the Modern
Woodmen lodges at Racine elected del
egates to the state camp to be held at
Oshkosh as follows: Judge E. B. Bel
den, Racine; Edward E. Mills, Bur-
lingtom; William Moore, Franksville.
The Green County Agricultural So
ciety elected the following officers:
President, Robert A. Etter; vice pres
ident, Jacob Huffman secretary,
Frank Smock; treasurer, Andrew
Lewis; superintendent, John c..
Chadwick.
The Oconto Lumber company has
closed a deal for all of the pine owned
by Pfster & Mariner in OcOnto coun-
ty. The consideration is $4,000. The
pine is estimated to cut from 100000
to 100000 feet and is nearly all on
the Peshtigo river.
Miss Jessie Mcdonald, principal Of
a Chippewa Falls school, has been ad-
vised of the death Of three sisters from
scarlet fever at Highborne, S. D..
Scarlet fever has also removed nep-
hew and two of her nieces. and the
young lady is Frustrated with grief ~
A large tobacco deal was consum-
mated at Vroqua in the sale Of Fred
Eckhardt's packing Of 1897 to L.
Baumberger & Co. of Philadelphia
1t consists of 1,700 cases. 1t will re-
quire thirty-five cars to move the
crop. The purchase price is not
made public.
J. w. Gillette, former superintendent
of the MaTinette Electric Light COM
pany, has accepted a position as super
intendent and manager Of telephone
and electric light system in one of the
large cities of the United States of
Colombia, South America. He will
leave next week and will visit Cuba
and Jamaica on his trip.
James A. Madden of Menominee and
Miss Lillian MCCLELLAN Of Appleton
were married at Appleton. The young
lady is well known in the twin cities,
being a young lady of rare literary
and musical gifts. She is a sister Of
Judge J. H. MCCLELLAN Of Marinette,
The groom is an enterprising young
| business man of MenOminee.
The filing of incorporation papers