Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-08

and prairie chickens on a Wisconsin
Central train en- route to Milwaukee
and Chicago consignees.
The body of Edward Kingston was
found on the Milwaukee railway track
just north of Iron Mountain and
brought to the morgue. Kingston was
a woodsman about &c years Ole
George H. Cameron, president of
the Campbell & Cameron Lumber
company, died at his home in Osh-
kosh, from injuries received when he
was run down by an electric car.
Burglars visited the home of Jo-
seph Kleinhans at Appleton and made
away with $50 in gold, $40 in bills and
a gold watch. They also followed
their custom of taking a lunch. Mr..
and Mrs. Kleinhans say that they
were drugged.
The La Crosse high school football
team has been suspended. The goys
were denied leave to play on account
of low class standing and all but one
disobeyed orders. They protest the
standard is too high.
At Shell Lake the Washburn repub-
lican county convention nominated w.
J. Page for sheriff; Thomas Evers,
county treasurer; P. E. Leonard, coun-
ty clerk; L. HI. Mead, district attor-
ney; G. A. Shaver, register of deeds;
Athol Wynne, clerk of court
The fair at West Superior was the
last to be held in the old fair build
ings, that property having changed
hands. An effort will now be made to
get the county to take hold and obtain
grounds and erect a building.
At Ashland Daniel McKinnon, the
17-year-old son of well known lum-
Der scaler, was killed in the Wiscon-
sin Central railroad yards. When
passing through the yards on his
bicycle it became unmanagable and
he fell in front of as witch engine.
The Rev. r. T. Roberts, who had re-
signed as pastor of the Welsh Presby-
terrain church at Racine, and who was
requested by the congregation to re-
consider his action and remain in Ra-
cine, has refused the request. He and
his family will go to Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Frank Peters, Racine boy, who
disappeared several years ago, has
been heard from in the Philippines.
Phillip Herrick, a Racine man serving
in the war, writes that while out
hiking" he ran across Peters who is
playing in one of the regimental
bands.
Dick Covert of Racine, who has
been in the United States navy the
past three years, and who was on
board the u. S. S. Baltimore during
the famous battle of Manila, is at
home, having been discharged. Dur
ing the battle young Covert had his
leg broken by a heavy shell falling on
it.
William Knopf, a resident of Bloom
vile, was arrested on the charge of
killing deer out of season. A box
marked butter and eggs, addressed to
a resident of Chicago, was opened, and
found to contain venison. Knopf
pleaded guilty to the charge, but
claims that the deer was tame and had
escaped from the farm.
At Columbus the third annual free
street fair and carnival has opened. It
is expected that great crowds Of peo-
pie will attend during the week.
Three thousand dollars have been
raised to be expended in free street
entertainments. On the two political
days arranged for by the manage
ment w. J. Bryan, Senators
John G. Spooner and Joseph v.
Quarles, and all the candidates on the
republican state ticket, excepting
Robert M. La Toilette, will be there.