Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-06

dead. He was born in Wittenburg,
May 8, 1921, and came to Milwaukee in
April, 1847. For thirty-three years he
was trusted employee of the Pfster
G Voge1 Tanning company.
The body of Louis Belfi of Merrill
was found near Big Eddy, in the Wis
consin river, by Frank Tozer. The
body was badly decomposed. Belf
disappeared one evening last week. The
county offered a reward of $500 for in
formation concerning his whereabouts.
At Eau Claire there was much
chagrin on the part of the city when
the board of arbitration fixed the value
of the waterworks company's plant at
$272,000, which is a price the city can
not pay. In retaliation the board of
review assessed the plant for taxation
at that figure.
Morgan S. Woodward of Chicago,
whose wife and daughter are guests of
Minister and Mrs. Conger at. the
American legation in Pekin, spent Sun
day at Lochhyrst beach, Appleton, with
his son Warren. Mr.. Woodward feels
confident that his wife and child will
be restored to him in safety.
Manitowoc will have no modern
opera house. The plan which has been
under operation is a pronounced fall
ure, owing to the lack of encourage
ment Carl Hanson, who has had
charge of the soliciting gave up the
foc of hax
worth CT tickets. In his opinion the
$4,000 balance to be raised, cannot be
obtained
Emma King, aged II years, and
Harvey Skeel aged Is, eloped from
Stevens Point. They had 81 in cash,
which they got from the girls father.
They " ere apprehended at Stockton, s
miles away, walking slowly along the
highway, footsore and weary. Both
were glad to return for parental for
giveness. They are both from well
known families.
At Canary, Charles Delos cheese
factory burned The fire is supposed
to have started in the chimney. He
had a small insurance.
At Canary there is some talk among
the leading farmers of forming Sugar
Refinery Stock company to oppose the
sugar trust. Some of the best soil in
the state for raising sugar beets is in
that vicinity and it could be made to
pay a good profit on money invested.
The plan is that each farmer buy one
or more shares and bind himself to
plant certain number of acres OF
beets for five or ten years in order to
keep the factory running.
John Goetz, who was suspended from
the Racine police force a few weeks
ago by Chief Schumacher, and which
action was sustained by the fire and
police commission, has notified the
commission that he is ready and al
ways has been ready to serve as police
man and that if not reinstated at once
he will nold the city liable for his
salary. He says his removal was con-
trary to law on account Of no charges
having been made or sustained.
While force of men were engaged
in excavating for a new building at
Racine they unearthed the corner
stone of the old Baptist church built
in 1916 The stone contained tin
box in which was deposited business
cards of many business men sixty
years ago; also newspapers and several
coins with dates of 1S41 and a docu-
ment giving the history of the church
at the time the state was a territory.
Henry Dodge was governor, Elder
Jason Lathrop was first pastor Of the
church. Some sixty names of mem
bers of the church were attached most
of whom are now dead.