Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-27
LATE NEWS CONDENSED.
WISCONSIN WAITS.


znet.e county, vice H. c. Williams,
resigned.
Edward Mccarthy foreman of a
swf. oh crew on the City Belt line, at
Beloit, fell from the top of car
and broke both arms.
c.. n. Johnson, who is candidate
for reappointment to the position OF
postmaster at Merrill will have oppo-
sition in F. w Kubasta.
Josephine Wischer, an IL year old
girl. is missing from her home at
Port Washington. When last seen
she was walking along the lake shore
toward Sheboygan.
E. H. Swar,zfnger of Chicago, an
express messenger on the 500 line
passenger train, dropped dead while
on duty in the express car between
st. Huberts and Rugby Junction.
While Fire Marshall James Cape of
Racine was leading a parade of the
ire department and members of his
Sanity were watching the parade,
burglars entered his residence and
got jewelry valued at SIS.
All places of amusement and pub
lie schools and churches where chill
dren are likely to gather in Wauke-
sha have been ordered closed by the
chief of police on account of the
breaking out of diphtheria here.
NY.xho,.4 cyoco accictopt Indian farm
er and policeman on the Bad river
reservation at Odanah, was let out
by the Indian department at Wash
7ngton and is succeeded by Winlam
McRae, who has already assumed the
duties of his office.
While hunting ducks near john
sons creek, II. Kattke of that place,
received the contents of a shotgun
ing one barrel lowered the piece and
the weapon was discharged. His con-
dition is serious
Burglars early wrecked the safe of
the Waterford State bank. but fed
without securing any booty. The ex-
p1osion did not alarm the village.
The burglary was discovered when
Cashier William Sanders opened the
bank.
Horse thieves stole bay mare, a
rubber tired buggy, and some harness
from the stable of Howard Foreman,
two miles north of Burlington They
also attempted to take a horse from
the barn of P. j. Zerhalen, neigh
dering near the barn.
Mistaken for rabbit by a com
panion when hunting north of Two
Rivers, Harry Herring, a saloonkeep-
er, was shot in the eye by the dis
charge of the gun in his companions
hands. Herring was taken to Mil
waukee and lit is feared that he may
lose his eye.
Bank Commissioner M G.. Bergh
mas approved the articles of incor-
poration of the Merchants and Saw
ings bank of Madison The capital
stock of the new institution is $780,
900 and the incorporators are Es0ert
NJ Stondall. T. C. Mccarthy, FREQ
N. Simon, B. F. Mautz.
Martin Severson. aged so, was
found dead in bed in his home IN
New Richmond He had been sur
fering from exophtalmic goitre He
was we'll known throughout northern
Wisconsin. He came to America
from Norway twenty-eight years ago
and moved to New Richmond from
Gile. Wis, in f905.
Luther Mckinley, farmer living
near Millville. jumped from Milwau-
kee train going thirty-five miles an
hour near Bridgeport. His face and
body were terribly lacerated and he
cut his legs. arms and shoulders and
had one finger dislocated No bones
were broken He had neglected to
get off the train at the station
Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Trudeau OF
Oconto have started suit for $4,000
damages for the death of their son,
Joseph, against the Oconto Electric
company and the Peoples Land and
Manufacturing company, anoth cleo
trio light corporation. The boy was
hanging a harness in a barn when
he was electrocuted by accidentally
touching a wire.
James, the u year old son of Fred
Konichek. of Prairie du Sac, had the
sight of his right eve destroyed by
blue heron piercing the pupil and
letting out the fluid of the interior
chamber. The boy with his father
had been hunting and wounded the
big bird, bringing 1t home alive
While feeding it later the bird peck
ed his optic
An eagle measuring seven feet five
inches from wing tip to tip ant
weighing forty-five pounds was sho
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