Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-23
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The postofice at Stanley was
robbed of $500 in currency and a
quantity of stamps.
Picking of the cranberry crop has
begun in Wood county The yield
will only be fair this year.
The barn, including contents, on
the farm of Frank Handl near Mani
towoc. were destroyed by fire.
Iliga Brus, a travelling mendicant,
who is said to have an income of
$4,000 a year, was fined for begging
at Sheboygan.
Frank Pribbernow of New London
has offered a reward for the appre
hension of the miscreant who locked
his horses tail.
Earl Stone was injured at the
plant OF the Delavan Condensed Milk
company when an elevator which he
was operating dropped two floors.
Suit for the recovery of $15,162
damages from the Omaha road will
be brought by the estate of the late
Donnie e. Fox, who was killed at a
railroad crossing near Eau Claire.
Children playing with matches
caused a fire on the Rummrill farm
at Gibbs lake, Rock county. Two
corn cribs and some farm machinery
were destroyed.
Hog cholera in violent form is said
to be raging in the town Of Holland
and several hundred porkers have
fallen victims to the disease. Cases
are also reported from Dane county.
Philip Smith, colored, of La Crosse,
charged with robbing the store of S.
Bona, pleaded guilty and was sent
to Waupun prison for year.
Howard Leaf has been arrested at
Marinette charged with having robbed
the tailor shop of Joseph Ruml
When arrested he is said to have
worn one of three coats which were
missed.
R. j. Wilton formerly of James
vile, now of Butte, Mont, was as
saulted by holdup men in that place.
He was fired upon when he refused
to halt, the bullet taking effect in
his right thigh.
A suit for $4,000 damages against
the Wisconsin Central has been
started by Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Essel-
man of Athens. The alleged injuries
were received in a wreck near Nee
nah in June, 1907.
The trial of Nels Anderson on a
charge of burglary at Waueksha,
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guilty to grand larceny. He was sen
fenced to six morths' Imprisonment
at Waupun. Anderson robbed the
store of S. Condis over a year ago.
Mrs. James Kittner of Green Bay
city was held up in Minneapolis and
robbed of S25 in money and two dia-
mond rings, worth about $500. She
had gone there to visit members of
her family on her way to Dakota to
join her husband.
The Kenosha police have been
asked to aid in finding some trace Of
A. Velebuy of Zion City, who is
thought to have fallen by the roadside
and died. When he left his home
two weeks ago he was suffering from
typhoid fever and it is feared that he
has wandered away while in delirium.
Mrs. James Mathews, colored, of
Fond du Lac has left home and the
husband suspects a local colored
preacher as the cause of her leaving.
The Matthews couple was married
last May on the st2ge of the local
theater during the intermission of a
minstrel show, but their welded life
has not been of bliss.
Herbert Lee, a machinist, employed
at the J. l. Case Threshing Machine
company at Racin, was hit On the
road by heavy weight which flew
from a machine, struck an iron pipe,
and glanced off. His skull was frac-
tured and he is III a critical condi-
ton.