Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-02-26


is feared she will die.
The Escanaba & Lake Superior rail
road is to be extended 40 miles this
summer to connect with the main line
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railway.
A meeting of the republican com
mittee of the fifth congressional dis
trict was held and it was decided to
call the convention for the district
April "a.
Father Bruner, pastor of the Catholic
church at Buchanan, near Appleton,
has resigned on account of sickness. He
will go to the hospital at Manitowoc for
treatment.
At Hartford Miss Anna J. D. Shin
ners and Fred Merkt of Woodland
were married. Herman 10th and Miss
Emma Pater both of that city were
also married.
Frank Lombard was arrested at
Stevens Point charged with having
passed bogus time check on Jeweler
E. V. Speer. The check was for $40 80.
Lombard received watch and $35 in
cash.
Bishop Messmer has been appointed
one of six bishops to collect money for
negro and Indian schools in the United
States. He will visit the churches
throughout the Milwaukee and Cincin-
natl districts
At the oratorical contest of Law
renee university w. S. Wescott won
first place; G. d. Cole second and Miss
Eta Race third. The winners will
represent Lawrence at the state con-
test in Beloit, March 8.
There is a strong probability that
Green Lake county will have candi-
date for the nomination of senator of
the eighteenth district, comprising
Fond du Lac and Green Lake counties,
to succeed L. w. Thayer Of Ripon, in
the person of Elmer D. Morse of
Princeton, grain dealer
At Merrill the A. H. Strange COM
pany has purchased the grounds on
which stood the old Central Manufac-
turing plant and will build a large fac
tory for the manufacture of office fix
lures, inside finishing, bank fixtures,
etc. Work will begin in the spring
The factory with machinery will repre-
sent an outlay of $250,000
Judge Wyman, appointed a COM
mission consisting of Judge Graham of
Tomah, Judge Mccoy and Judge
Masters of Sparta, to investigate
charges made or implied in a paper
sometime ago, of the alleged killing
of man named Lewellen, at the hotel
at Wilton. The commission was ap-
pointed by request of the hotel keeper.
At Weyauwega William Wiese, who
shot his son Reinhard ten days ago
because the latter wanted to have the
farm team to take his girl to a party,
was before Justice Denens to answer
to the charge of attempted murder
He was bound. over His bail was
fixed at $500, but he did not try to
obtain the amount and is now in jail.
His victim is able to be about.
The fifth annual midwinter fair was
held in the old skating rink in James
vile and it was crowded to overlooking
day and night. The exhibits Were all
made by farmers, and the display this
year was the Targets in the history of
the fair. Thousands of dollars worth
Of premiums were offered by local bus
mess men. Miss James, teacher of do
nestle art in the high school, con-
Quoted a cooking school in connection
with the fair
The members of the Racine Fire
mems Relief association and the
Trades and Labor council are having
a lively tilt. The association is to
give mask ball at Lakeside auditor
ium. The Trades and Labor council
have large number of advertising
signs in the building and claim that
they must not be covered up, as they
paid for the right to place them there.
In order to decorate the Lakeside it
will be necessary to cover tie signs.
The Trades and Labor council threaten
to get out an injunction, but the
f1remen are going ahead as if nothing
happened.
The marriage of Miss Charlotte In
gersOll, daughter Of Postmaster Cham
Ingersoll ofBeloit, to Charles H. Morse,
Jr., son of G. H. Morse of Chicago,
was a brilliant event, Wednesday. The
ceremony took place in the chapel Of
Beloit college, of which Miss Inger-
soil is a graduate. President Eaton
officiated, Miss Florence Howard, Be
lott, acted as maid of honor, and the
bridesmaids were Miss Bessie Morse,
Chicago; Miss Lula Willetts, Chicago;
Miss Pauline Moon, Eau Claire,
and Miss Laura Sparks, Be-
lott The bride was gowned in white
satin en- train. The bridesmaids
gowns were white liberty silk over
white taffeta. American beauty roses
were carried. The master of cere-
mony was D C. Swannell, Champaign,
Ill; the best man was G. G. Convael,