Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-08
OVER The COMMONWEALTH

George Brown, a pioneer Of Trem-
peleau county, died at his home in De-
cora Prairie, aged ".
The old man killed by train at
Pewaukee has been identified as M.
Apter, a Jewish peddler, Is years old.
Nothing is known of his family.
At La Crosse Lemuel Holmes of
Denver, one of the oldest and best
known old-time steamboat men on the
Mississippi, is dead. He was a
brother Of Comptroller LATE Holmes.
Grant Inomas, superintendent OF the
Badger Sewing company OF Fond du
Lac, picked up live electric wire Oh
the street and received shock OF
200 volts. He is unconscious and in a
critical condition.
The public reading room for boys at
Platteville has been presented by Mrs.
Cora Rountree-H Of Orange, N.
j., with 100 standard books and about
200 magazines in memory of her father,
Maj. J. II. Rountree, founder OF Platte
vile.
The bite of dog caused the death
of a 3-year-old son Of Ferdinand Bedt-
Ike, farmer residing in Stanton, Rich
land county. Hydrophobia set in
shortly alter the child had been bitten
and the little fellow died in awful
agony.
The little 7-year-old son of M. Fass
of La Crosse has disappeared and it
rs &c,
drowned. He started home from
school as usual Monday noon and has
not been seen since. He has been
traced to the river.
The lack of gallantry on the part OF
the Kenosha young men led the young
women of that city to give a dancing
party to which none OF the male sex
were invited. Instead half of the
young women donned male attire and
acted as escorts to the other half.
After eighteen years of probating in
the county court, the estate of Lucus
Bradley, one of the pioneer residents
and prominent carpenter contractors
of Racine was ordered settled by Judge
Heck. In the last will of Mr.. Bradley
he gave requests amounting to SIT 500.
Albert Larkin of Milwaukee, 35
years old, was found dead in a chair i'll
the saloon of William w. Stone. Lar
kin was a machinist out of employment
and had spent much of his time around
the saloon for several days. Heart
failure is thought to have been the
cause of death.
Efforts made at Monroe for a week
or more to raise money to induce the
Mauer glove factory Of Chicago to To-
cate there have met with success, Mr..
Maurer having accepted the PROPOSE
ton made to him by the Monroe Bus
mess Mems association offering him
$4,000 to move the factory.
At La Crosse the board of education
has decided to make a physical exam,
ination of every pupil attending the
public schools. The work will begin
in few days and has been distributed
among all the physicians Of the city.
The principal reason for the action is
to see that no child with contagious
disease is attending school.
Miss Elizabeth Tramblay of Milwau-
kee, was married in the local Elks'
lodge room at Racine to Frederick
Jones, a u44cago travelling man. The
ceremony was performed by James
CaVanaugh, a court commissioner. The
only guests were the members of the
Elks lodge, who had dropped in to
spend the afternoon at the club rooms.
The girls of Beloit college are plan
ming on a fair to be held Friday even
ing at Emerson hall, the wOman's dor
mitory. The event will be a take-off
on the usual county fairs, with all the
side-shows, stock exhibits, art and
fancy work departments, popcorn and
peanut stands and all the other at
fractions that go to make up the gen
eral interest of a regular county fair.
The entertainment will be under the
auspices of the Young WOman's Chris
tian association, and the proceeds will
be used to send delegates to the an
nual Geneva conference next summer.
John Bolen, pioneer resident OF
ManitOWOc and in early days prOmt-
nent in political and business circles,
died at the age of ga. Mr.. Bolen has
been resident there for so years and
was the leader of the democratic party
for more than 20 years. He served in
official CAPACITY as sheriff of the county
and was one of the best known men Ill
that section of the state. A wife sur
wives.
Mrs Eliza Manahan, cousin OF Sec
rotary Stanton, died at Beloit aged 81.
She was one of the original Daughters
of the American Revolution. Her
father was Joseph Oliver of the con-
tinental army. She was the only sur
viving daughter of revolutionary of
ficers in Illinois or Wisconsin and was
a member of the Chicago chapter and
an honorary member of the New York