Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-01-26
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
BADGER BRIEFS.

Hans kOpphe of Portage has hel
which laid go eggs from December L
1908, to November Is, 1909. 1t at
acted considerable attention at the
..,ulUry show for it is a record-breaker
Marshneld will establish a zoo. The
counci has made start by purchas
ing TWO cub bears which were cap
tured in the woods recently. They
wlli be placed in a den in the city
park
A MAJ -iage license and dispensation
permitting an immediate wedding
were issued at Waukesha TO William
J LANCER and Anna S. LANCER, who
were divorced in circuit court one year
ago. Mr.. LANCER is an engineer on the
500 road.
ManitoWoc may be the first city III
the state TO post Ioman as COM
mon drunkard, this action being
asked OF the council by the police de-
partment in the case OF woman who
has been twice committed to the
Northern hospital ana who was again
taken into custody.
The man who was found hanging
from a tree near the Northwestern
cutou at Oshkosh, was identified as
Edward Olson, unmarried, and 80
years of age. His parents reside on
arm near Medina, Wis. Olson, with
his two brothers, owned valuable
ranch in Montana.
A freight car on the 500 line load
ed with horses, household furniture
ana other beholdings of an immigrant
was wrecked. The car was overturned.
1t was necessary to cut a hole in the
rOOt to remove the horses. Edward
Bicks, in the car with the horses, was
kicked in the side. Several ribs were
fractured.
George Mckinley had just left a
500 line train at Neenah and was
walking across a field to his home
when he suddenly dropped to the
ground. When his brother, who had
set out to meet him, got up to the ex-
pected visitor he found Mckinley
dead. He had been stricken with heart
disease.
Caught in the shafting while making
repairs AT the shops of the drydock
COMPANY at Manitowoc, Harry Nichols,
aged .35 years, was literally ground to
pieces. Workmen employed in the
same room had their first intimation
Of the accident when one of Nichols's
legs. torn from the body, shot across
the room Nichols's head also was
severed
Secretary of State FTear will at
tempt to have vaudeville eliminated
al county fairs. He will explain his
uiars TO the State Association of
County Fairs at it's meeting in Mil
waueee on January &c. The state
aids county fairs to some extent and
MT F'rear holds that they should make
their fairs more agricultural and ed
vocational than theatrical.
Upon the appearance of d clergyman
at a party given by Mrs. Belle Robbie
Martens at Sparta, the guests hastily
cleared away the card tables and
cards when called to witness the mar
rage Of Mrs. Martens to W. F. Lee.
The guests had been invited to card
party and were not made acquainted
with the real purpose of the evening
entertainment until the clergyman
was ushered in.
An unidentified man had a thrilling
and at the same time chilly ride near
Ladysmith. He barely caught the rear
end of the westbound 500 limited at
Hawkins and was unable to gain en-
trance to the sleeper because of the
locked door He was compelled to
hang on to his perilous position for
many minutes and had his face badly
frozen before reaching Ladysmith, the
first stopping place of the train
Judge Higbee in circuit court at
La Crosse directed the district attor-
Hey of Vernon county to bring action
against William SelOach, a merchant
OF ROcktOn, TO recover a loan OF
$500 alleged 10 have been secured
upon fraudulent representation. Sci
bach is rated as worth $4,000
Thousands of dollars were secured, ii
is alleged, upon notes and mort
cages which were to have been de-
strOyed, the obligations having been
paid