Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-03
NUMBER 30.

protect the Fox river valley, as the
amount allotted the levee commissions
els is not sumcient 10 repair the gov
eminent ievees Below the city.
Holds Mad Dog by Throat.
Raclne-Harry Jones, a blacksmith at
Ives Grove, kacIne county, caught
mad dOg by the throat and held 1t until
WachetuOeso1 this city anu ran amucK
biting cattle. Inc girl was sent 10 the
Chicago FastUer institute.
Fined and Freed.
Raclae-Durlng the noon hour TWO
men, ~ man Martin, aged OU years, en-
plOy eu as an engineer On me NOrtn-
western rOau, anu Lewis Johnson, aSed
"A, employed at the TOW er mouse on the
ROAD, were brought into the municipal
court anu charged Win taxing InI-
proper liberties with girls under the
age OF Ia. Ihey b,.Uh pleaded gully
10 the charge, anu Alarun was hned
S4OU ana costs, and johnson was nned
SzUU anu COSTS, which Iney DOtn pal0.
Palmyra Man Cheated.
PalmyTa-F. \. Love of this city
has written an attorney in New York
city To try ana collect Tor hlm somC-
tnlng on his claim against the detunct
Amerlcan-hlnance ana Mortgage com
pany. He says he invested with the
company $4OO in the Tennessee Coal &
Iron company and $500 in Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. He also received no
tee OF protest on a check OF. the con-
Germ.
Horse and Carriage Stolen.
BelOit-A horse belonging TO John l..
Fisher OF GAINESVILLE and a carriage
and harness OF Mark Swan OF Alton,
were stolen. The Alton Anti-horse-
THIEF association is trying to locate
the thief and property.
Delavan Assembly.
Delavap-The Chautauqua assembly
opened here. A large crowd is in at
tendance. GOV. La Toilette was the
principal speaker on the first day.
7. {. Ryan's Mother Dies.
Waukesha - Mrs. Johanna Ryan,
mother OF L. L. Ryan, member OF the
democratic national committee, and q
resident of this city( died very sudden
ly at her home near Pewaukee vii
Iage. Mrs. Ryan was a pioneer of the
county. She is survived by several
children. Her husband died several
years ago.
Byron Blake Dying.
Racine-ByrOn b. Blake, a pTOmi-
nent citizen and manufacturer of RAJ
cine, who recently suffered a paralyuc
stroke, is at ST. Mary's hospital, and is
not expected To live. Mr.. Blake was
born in Racine 5S years ago. He was
admitted to the Racine county bar in
1871, but never practiced law. M.
Blake has been traffic manager for the
]. l. Case company.
Poor Widow Heir to Wealth.
La Crosse-Samuel McCOWn and
Mrs. Mary Scales, poor widow d this
city, are found TO be the heirs TO a rich
estate left by John McCown of Rio,
OOA.s a GdpAt0AAoAs WIZ uACu IA SONAuSAOA
there some time ago. John McCOwn
was lost track of years ago by his rel
atives. The estate will be turned over
by the courts Aug. 3.
Escaped in Night Clothes.
Racine-FOr several hours the po-
lice were in search OF Mrs. Brainard,
who escaped from st. Mary's hospital,
where she had been taken July z. The
woman in some manner made her es-
cape dressed only in her night clothes
ana was found on the south side sew
eTal blocks from the hospital. She is
suffering with nervous prostratiOn.
Charged With Rifling Mail Box.
Elkhart Lake-Eden Snyder and AL
len HeneTty, aged l3 and II years, the
two young Milwaukee boys accused or
rifling the rural mail box of Senator
Woih, who lives four miles east of
here, will be given a hearing before
Justice August Riess and if found
guilty sent to the state reformatOry at
Green Bay.
Loved an Old Indian.
Washburn-A white woman in this
county abandoned her husband and
babe TO be the paramOur of an Ojibwa
Indian. The Indian is said to be ad-