Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
STATE NEWS NOTES

| ing drowned when their boat cap
sized.
| Kilbourn-The veterans of the
Tenth Wisconsin infantry will hold
their annual reunion here September
! Is, 16 and II.
| Darlington-The First Congrega-
tional church has extended a call 20
Rev. William Rainey Bennett of Mar
ion, Ind.
Rib Lake-Frank Larish we'll
, TODD farmer of Greenwood had his
foot cut off in a binder and died the
following day.
Neenah-The Sunday opening ele-
ment has won out The Neenah thea
ter will be opened next Sunday for
the first time in its history.
Manawa-Albert Keitzenc, aged 65,
professional dynamiter, was blown
, to pieces while blasting rocks on his
farm near here.
Monroe-Andrew Renehart, a
farmer west of here, was Killed by
freight train on the Milwaukee road
while asleep along the track.
Rib ke-The-5-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Tetzlaff was kicked
in the forehead by celt and her skull
fractured. Her condition is serious.
Thieves robbed the st.
Paul depot at Brodhead of $50. The
cash drawer was broken open with a
file while the agent was at luncheon.
Appleton-During the last few
days snakes have been killed in every
corner of the city and even in the
downtown sections they have been
seen.
notwithstanding to the tax re.
turns of the assessors, the total valu-
alton of all property in Neenah IS
So, $685. O3, or exactly $1,000 less than
last year.
Superior-The largest amount of
anthracite ever collected outside of
Pennsylvania, 100000 tons, is stored
in the sheds of the Northwestern dock
No. 1.
Neenah-Louis Meyer, aged years,
was run over by an ice wagon, sus-
tanning two broken arms and frac-
tured leg. The attending doctor says
he will live.
Peshtigo-For a time the entire
residence portion of Peshtigo was
threatened when fire destroyed the
Northrop residence, one Of the finest
in the city.
Harvesting has been
finished in this section of the state
and threshing begun. Northern was
consin, has produced bumper yield
of small grain.
Chippewa Falls-Albert Middleton
slashed himself in the groin with a
knife and then walked half mile to
his home. There is slight chance for
his recovery.
La Crosse-John Wellington Hoag,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
La Crosse has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
of Trenton, N. j..
Neenah-Permission has been
granted by the government to the
owners of the Brighton Beach re-
sort to dredge a half mile channel
from Lake Winnebago to the hotel.
Wautoma-August Braun, farmer
residing at Saxville, shot his wife and
then in the nearby woods hung him
self About a week ago his wife
started proceedings for divorce.
Racine-After eating beans at a
picnic at Delavan lake, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Raiser, Mr.. and Mrs. D. ..
Heath and Mr.. McCourtney and his,
children suffered from ptomaine pois-
oning.
Professor Johnson, a
graduate of the agricultural colleges
of the universities of Wisconsin and
Dakota, will have charge Of eAe agrl-
cultural department of the county
training school
Beloit-Mrs. John Hunt expects to-
receive about $4,000 from the govern
ment as her share of claim just al
lowed for property belonging to- her
father, Anthony Cannon, destroyed
during the civil war.
Appleton-The rate commission has
completed the inventory of the Apple
ton water works and some few minor
discrepancies in the figures submit
ted by the company to the city have
been found correct.
Superior loss of two toes has
prompted two damage suits against
the Iron River Lumber company
amounting to $4,000 The suits are
brought by Joseph Chuck, the injured
boy, and his father.
Racine-Thirty-one Italians en-
ployed by the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway company quit work
claiming that they received cheeks
for only s12 for their work, when tnev
should have received SIS.
Neenah-The Green Bay district
Christian Epdeayor union will hold