Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-21
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

ter Gunderson and Mr.. and Mrs. Pc
ter Olsen celebrated the silver ami
versary of their wedding at the Nor
wegian Lutheran church. The couples
were married on the same day ID
Marinette and have lived here since.
Two witnesses to the marriage cere'
monies, Mrs. Sophia Malmsted and
Mrs Ellen Larson, were present al
the silver weddings. Prof. William Pc
terson of Minneapolis, authority on
Norwegian literature, addressed the
couples and their friends. Rev. E. G..
Larson, pastor of the church, also
spoke.
Oconomowoc.-The inquest into
the cause of the death of The
odore Muldovan, near Mapleton,
on September 1, was held before Cor
oner Hill in Oconomowoc. 1t was found
that Muldovan came to his death by
a gunshot at the hands of Mike Lubt
witch in the town of Oconomowoc on
September l. The whereabouts OF
Lubiwitch. who was the night watch
at the camp, had not been learned.
La Crosse.-Called upon unex-
pectedly, in the absence OF Sen
ator-elect Otto Bosshard, to defend
the low liquor license fee in La Crosse.
in a debate before the Franklin club
Rev. Ambrose Murphy, priest of ST.
James Catholic church, so ably ar
gued against an increase that the jury
decided unanimously that the license
should remain at $500.
Fond du Lac.-Grafton hall, the
Episcopal school for girls, will
open for the new year on September
20. A feature of the opening will be
he unwilling of the rail presented by
he 1910 class, which was not finished
time for the graduating exercises
June. All the rooms in the dorml
.ories already have been taken.
La Crosse. = John Humphreys.
member of the Wisconsin state
board of arbitration, arrived here
an arbitration of the difficulties be
ween the woodworkers and their en-
)loyers here, which hav kept practi-
ALLY all of the woodworking factories
closed for several months.
Madison - State Game Warden
3ickeman's force prosecuted 80
persons for violating the fish and
game protection laws. The fines, i'm
posed amounted to 1882 and the costs
S12034, making $6O2.34 in all. Most
If the prosecutions were for violating
he fishing laws.
Black River Falls.-Joshua Wood
worth, ninety-two years old. died
n the home of his son Darius, in
Shamrock. He came to La Crosse
county from Ohio in 1863 He was an
Lctive farmer until age prevented fur
her labor.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the eight-year
Did son of Frank Cummings, {
farmer living near OcOnto, saw
what he believed was a missing
black heifer in his fathers fields
about dusk and ran to drive it to the
barn The "heifer," which proved tC
be a big black bear, turned on him
and the boy narrowly escaped With
lis life.
Whitewater. -Contractors in charge
If the construction of the new
formal school here faced sus.
pension of work as the result OF
charges that the employees have been
permitted to work ten hours day.
while the laws provide that no men
oh nrl,
more than eight hours a day.
Marinette.-There is move
nent on foot to make Marinette
he headquarters for. new judicial
circuit. 1t is claimed that the present
circuit is too large, and the matter will
)e pressed before the next legislature.
Washburn.-During temporary In
sanity, caused by worry and loss
Of sleep during his wifes illness,
N. j. Nelson, a jeweler, committed
suicide here by shooting.
Superior-At a special meeting
the school board voted to en-
force the penalty of 500 a day for
failure to complete the new high
school July 1.
Mondovi-Two robbers broke into
The postoff1ce and secured At cents be-
fore they were scared away by
the city marshal. They fred sew
eral shots at the marshal and es'
capped
Manirowoc. - Burglars attempted
% blow the safe in the Office
If the ]. G. Johnson company, ex-
oloding two charges of nitroglycerine,
put failed to force the doors. The
robbery is the sixth within three
weeks and has created much alarm.
Less than $50 has been secured in
he robberies.
Marinette.-The Apollo club has
been reorganized, with Prof. Alex.
Emma as the musical director.
The club presented The Rose Maid
IN" this summer in a most creditable
manner.
Menomonie.-The Dunn county fair
will be held in Menomonie. De-
spite the unfavorable year for crops
he number of entries promises to ex
,eed that of any former year.