Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-01

EIDE even with the docks. Little dam
age was done.
G. b. Pride of Appleton and other
American architects have been asked
to figure on plans for the construction
of a mammoth paper mill to be built
at Madrid, Spain.
At Darlington George Hurdley, who
has been under trial for the murder
last January of John Bradshaw, near
Gratiot, was discharged on motion of
the district attorney.
The Little Wolf River Telephone
company, bankrupt, will be reorgan-
lied as the Fond du Lac and Western
Telegraph and Telephone company,
Leander Choate of Oshkosh, John
Boyle and Henry Boyle of Fond du
Lac being the principal stockholders.
The long projected electric railway
line from Kaukauna to Green Bay,
along the west bank of the Fox river,
which will be the connecting link in
continuous line of electric railway from
Green Bay through the Fox River val
ley to Fond du Lac, is now an assured
fact
At Appleton, given just fifteen
minutes in which to arrange for the
ceremony Miss Mamie Agen of Kau-
kauna became the wife of Steve J.
Richard, a young business man, also
of Kaukauna. The ceremony was per
formed by Justice Lennon in his court
room.
A. Braun, Jewish junk dealer re-
Gently located at Appleton, has fam
lily living near Kishineff, Russia, the
scene of the recent Jewish massacres.
He is not alarmed for their safety,
however, as the pending troubles had
been foreseen and talked over before
he left.
At Fond lu Lac, an increase in salary
for a large number of principals and
instructors in the city schools was in
cluded in a report submitted to the
board of education by G. J. Medberry,
chairman OF the committee on teach
ers and textbooks, and unanimously
adopted by the remainder of the body.
The body of John Oborhoff, 80, for
merly fireman on the tug S. o. Dixon,
who disappeared May IL, was found
floating in the river near the Goodrich
docks in Racine. Foul play had been
suspected, but the body shows no
marks of violence, and it is now sup
posed that he accidentally fell into
the river.
A reception was given at Lake Mills
, by Mrs. T. H. Brown and Mrs. j. 3.
Peck of Milwaukee who are there to
attend the convention of the Wiscon-
sin State Federation of Women ;
clubs, by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution at Elmhurst, the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo on
Mulberry street.
The faculty of Lawrence university
proposed to the students a new honor
system which specified that the stu
dents were to tell IF frauds which they
were aware had been committed by
other students. The students refused
to accede to the proposition, and the
faculty will not grant the system
minus the GlduoG III NuSoNAc-ls
Acting under information furnished
by the former agent of the large
school book company, the school COM
missioners will investigate a report
that a prominent Racine educator has
been giving tips to the school book
company as to the school boards
course regarding changes in text books,
and also opinions on books addressed
to the board.
The Rev. Merton c. Andrews, rector
of st. Paul's Episcopal church, Osh-
kosh, has purchased the woman's ex-
change cafe and will assume the active
MANAGEMENT of it. Mr.. Andrews is al
ready proprietor of a grocery store.
He has resigned his church position
number of times on account of sus-
picions cast against him, but his con-
gregation in every case has refused to
accept the resignation. Bishop Graf
ton has been his steadfast friend.