Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-16
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Mickey Dillon, convicted for the bur-
glary of saloon at Superior has been
granted a new trial.
Lenore Signor was appointed post
master of Signor, Sawyer county,
vice NJ L. Signor, resigned.
Andrew Tipback was appointed post
master at Burr Oak, La Crosse county,
vice A. H. Mcintosh, resigned.
The Northern Wisconsin and Michi-
gan Poultry association will hold its
annual show at Marinette beginning
on Feb. next.
Maggie Smith of Sheboygan, aged 10
years, may be CRIPPLED for life as the
result of a boiler of scalding water
upsetting over her feet.
James Edwards of Eagle River, who
KILLED his hrOther-in-law, was sentenced
to fourteen years in state prison on
plea of guilty of murder in the second
degree.
The long dry spells of the last six
weeks will reduce the potato crop or
: Waupaca county nearly one-half. The
tubers are smaller than for some sea-
sons past.
Percy Hotchkiss of Wausau pleaded
guilty to having robbed the Fenwood
Cheese and Produce company and was
sentenced to fourteen months in the
Green Bay refOrmatory.
With one more year in the high
school before him, Leslie Slack OF
Viroqua took Miss Katherine Martin,
sevral years his senior, to La Crosse
and was married to her there.
The year old son of Christopher
Warner of Rhinelander, while playing
about a brush fire, was burned to
death. Several children in the party
could render him no assistance.
The large barn of August Eisold at
Sheboygan, was destroyed by fire ap-
parently of incendiary origin. During
the last two months there have been a
number of barn fires in this city.
While on her way to visit sister
near Steele, N. d., Miss Alice Jacob
son, aged "A years, of Reedstown, be-
came violently insane. She was
brought home and taken to Mendoza.
AlD6IG BduIildD Vi INC IOWA NJ AAESI
ley was fined $25 by Justice Larner
at Wausau, for spearing fish. He
pleaded guilty The complainant was
Game Warden John Foster OF Wausau
While standing on a spur track
close to the river bank at Waterfowl
Northwestern freight locomotive
slid into the river and turned upside
down, owing to the sagging Of the
track.
Miss Sadie Griffith of Racine, en-
gagged for some weeks past in riding
in pony relay races at various fairs,
has broken the record at Calumet
Mich. where she rode three miles in
GIL.
The Commercial National bank of
Chicago has bought the $4,000 bond
issue of the city of Merrill, paying a
premium of $1,153. The proceeds
will be used for park purposes and
street Improvements.
Az warrant charging George st. John
with placing ties on the tracks has
beer. served at Menominee. 1t is al
legged that a train came near being
wrecked by the obstruction. st. John
denies that he placed the ties.
Alleging that the Fraternal Reserve
association of Oshkosh has refused to
nav the insurance on a $1,000 policy
on the death of his son Arthur, Louis
w. Olsen of Sheboygan, has brought
suit against the organization,
Owing to a shortage of funds all
street work at Monroe has been stop
ned. A bond issue Of $4,000 will be
authorized to tide over affairs and
continue necessary Improvements to
the water and the sewer plants.
While Mr.. and Mrs Charles Kob-
Iska of Chetel5 are somewhere in the
west on a pleasure trip their 9 year
old son has died of acute infantile
paralysis and been buried. Efforts
to locate the parents were fruitless.
As a result of his horse becoming
unmanageable at a passing automo-
bile Robert Mulholland of Menominee,
is suffering from a dislocated arm and
sevral bruises. Mr.. Mulholland, who
was thrown out from his wagon, was
picked up by Charles Zeisser, driver
of the auto.
A freight train was wrecked about
one mile west of Reeseville, caused
bv broken wheel on the first car
hack of the engine. Two cars were
thrown across both tracks and one
completely wrecked and the other
partly. All trains were delayed until
the wreck could be cleared up.
BY the breaking of the fork of his
bicycle. Christian Hansen of Racine,
was thrown to the pavement and sus-
tanned probable fatal injuries A cash
was cut the whole length of his chin
to the bone; his upper lip was split,