Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
OVER the COMMONWEALTH

| The general store of G. A. Rauk ar
Waupun was burned. The loss is $10,-
600. The damage was mostly to the
stock from smoke, Insurance OF
$4,000 was carried. {
The Wisconsin Sugar company pro
poses to build a beet sugar factory at
Watertown if a sufficient number OF
Jefferson county farmers can be inter
ested in raising beets.
| The dead body Of John Lyons was
found near Merrill. He was hauling
wood to the West Shore Wood CONG
pany's mill and it is supposed his horse,
ran away and that he fell under the.
wagon.
Nine sticks of 60 per cent. dyna-
mite, which had been placed in the
boiler to thaw at the Doll mine, ten
miles from Platteville, got too hot
and exploded. The plant was COM
pletely demolished, and Supt. VIII.
liam Laughewry and the engineer
were severely injured.
Miss Julia Barber died suddenly
Friday night after returning from a
reception at one of the Appleton pub
lie schools. A coroner's inquest was
held and returned a verdict of death
from heart disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Poynor of Wau--
nakee celebrated their golden we'd
ding. Mr.. Poynor is II years old.
The couple have lived on the same
farm and in the same house during
their entire welded life.
The Methodists of Beloit propose to-
build new church next summer
which will have a seating capacity OF
1000 or 1900. 1t will be of cut stone
and pressed brick, and will be of Re-
mansque style of architecture.
AT Sturgeon Bay, Henry Peschon, %
retired business man, was found dead
in bed. He had not been we'll for a
year, though able to be about He
was so years Of age and leaves one
son and several stepdaughters.
At Oconomowoc fire broke out IN
the midst OF services at the DR.. Mar
tin Lutheran church. The congrega~
ton numbering probably 200 people,
composed largely of women and child
rem, made their exit in little con-
fusion.
At Burlington, Mrs. J. c. Saitoute,
aged 50 years, died at her home here
yesterday. Her husband is still liv-
ing and is 90 years old. The couple
celebrated their seventeen wedding
anniversary last October and were
said to be the Oldest living married
couple in Wisconsin.
! An effort is being made by Racine
business men with eX-Grand Chancel-
Ior Joseph Schroeder at the head To
have the endowment rank Of the
! knights of Pythias select Racine as
headquarters 1t is the intention to-
move from Chicago on account Of the
! high tax imposed by the statutes OF
! Illinois.
President 0. e. Bell of the Reming-
ton Watch company at Appleton has.
| secured in New York a $4,000 con
tract, calling for the export from AIo
pleton of $4,000 watch cases anoa
! 900 movements. A large number
of these cases will be exported from
this country to Switzerland, wher2
! they will be fitted out with Swiss
movements and returned here fo"
| sale
At the thirty-frst annual reunion OF
the Outagamie County Pioneer asso-
citation, the following officers were
elected: President, John Dey, Hor-
tonville; vice president, Clinton Bal
lard Grand Chute; secretary, w. M.
Roblee, Appleton; treasurer, Ira Scott,
Stephensville; executive board, Gil
bert Main, c. A. Abbott, John Finkle,
H. Hardacker, w. L. RhOades, Edward
Ross and 0. Manley.
With a view to attracting settlers
from the United States J. M. McLa-
chalan, an agent of the Canadian gov
eminent, with several assistants, has
been giving daily lectures in the va
rious small towns and rural district
in the vicinity of Appleton and Outa
gamie county. He decribes at Length
the Canadian northwest and portTa%s
| the farming opportunities offered, es-
pecially in the Saskatchewan valley
and adjacent sections Of Canada.