Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
WISCONSIN WAlEs.

WISCONSIN WAITS.
At Monroe the first work of the new
sheriff of Green county was to raid
eight blind pigs.
At GAINESVILLE thirteen year old
Henry Bull broke his arm at the elbow
while scufling with schoolmates at re-
cess.
Andrew Woelfel a farmer located
near GAINESVILLE, while operating a
feed cutter lost his right ar. He was
fos time in critical condition.
At Whitewater Leslie Bangey, II
years, a pupil at the school for the
Deaf and dumb, while skating broke
both legs, an iceboat striking him.
The proposition of an appropriation
of $1,000 by the county toward a sol
diers monument will be submitted to
Waukesha voters at the spring cleo
ton.
Eau Claire is considering having its
own private telephone system for the
police as well as for the fire depart
ment. The. cost of installation is
placed at approximately $3.50.
At Lacrosse, to his creditors ali
alike, William Langley, convicted of
bigamy and sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy, giving his assets at
81 ,040 and his liabilities at $2,979. 20.
A petition signed by nearly all of
the taxpayers of the village of Bristol
was forwarded to President Roosevelt,
asking that Mrs. William Turner be
named as postmistress to succeed her
late husband
At Stevens Point Engineer Archie
McNabb sustained a fractured knee
cap when he jumped from his engine
after doing his best to avoid a rear
end wreck with freight train. The
wreck was averted.
Beloit police were surprised to learn
that half of the money. $40 stoIAY
from the residence of A. Startling. was
lett ON the front porch Of the resi-
dence with note saying "the cops
are on, I return the money"
At Wausau William Brick. watch
man for the Underwood Veneer com.
pany, was caught in conveyance
chain at the plant His left arm was
pulled off az the shoulder and his left
! leg was broken. He will probably die.
The Winnebago county school of ag-
riculture and domestic economy will
hold its second farmers course Febrr-
airy p to 26, conducted by the college
OF agriculture of the university of Wis
consln. In connection with it there
will be held the annual housekeepers
conference
Racine county farmers may find the
beet sugar as profitable as they have
found their cabbages. Owing to the
rivalry between the two old sugar con-
Germs on one side and new compel
itor from Illinois on the other. the
price for the raw material is being
| boosted.
While relatives were making all
preparations for her funeral and an
undertaken had already been called in
to prepare the body, Mrs. George Jan
sen of the town of Buchanan near
Appleton, suddenly revived. Her ply
sician believes that she will recover
though her condition is critical.
| AT Lacrosse John Andre, a musician,
escaped death from asphyxiation and
drowning while in his bath tub. He
had not noticed gas escaping from a
defective valve. Becoming overcome.
he fell into the tub but in so doing
pulled out the stopper from the waste.
affording the water opportunity to es-
cape. When the cold water had re-
vived him he called the attention of
others in the house to his plight by
hammering on the register.