Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-23
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

Madison. - Free distribution to
the farmers of Wisconsin of Sc
lected seed of the high quality to-
bacco seed will no longer be practised
by the college of agriculture of the
| University of Wisconsin. For sew
eral years past the college has sent
| the best grade of Connecticut HaV ana
tobacco seed to any farmer askine for
| it. Now the department feels the i'm
provement of the Wisconsin tobacco
| crop has been pushed to a point
where the farmers themselves will try
! to keep the seed standard up to high
| level
Burlington.-W the through
Minneapolis passenger train on
the 500 line was running 40 miles
or more an hour, when a few miles
south of this city, the engineer, George
D. Mack of Chicago, was stricken
with heart failure and fell over dead
on the floor of the cab. He was flfty4
two years old and one of the oldest en-
! gineers on the 500 line. His remains
were taken to Aurora. Ill.
GAINESVILLE. - Despite the vetoing
by the mayor of the council
ordinance providing for the employ
ment of the firm of tax ferrets, the
company has filed notification with
! the city treasurer that they have be-
gun york. 1t is probable that the coun-
| Gil a. it's meeting will reconsider its
ordinance, as great opposition has de-
! veloped among business men to the
employment of the sleuths.
Madison-It has been decided
by the Wisconsin union build"
ing committee of the university to
make an effort to raise $250,000 this
year to erect a new union building.
The committee plans to ask the legis'
lature for an appropriation and to So
licit subscriptions from Wisconsin
alumni. Walter A. Buchen, Madison,
is chairman of the committee.
Racine.-The annual meeting Of
the German Baptist church in
Wisconsin is being held in this city
with over fifty ministers and laymen
in attendance. Rev. E. Miller of Che
boygan, Mich, delivered the opening
address. Addresses were delivered by
Rev. J. M. Hoeff1in of Oshkosh, state
missionary, and T. w. C. Meyer of
Milwaukee.
Marinette-Earl Williams, twen-
ty-one years old, was sentenced
to a year in the state prison at Wau-
pun after pleading guilty to the de-
struction of electrical apparatus. A
special statute makes the destruction
of any electrical apparatus a criminal
offense Williams, it is said, cut down
the wire to a city arc light.
Superior.-The special investiga-
ton committee of the Commercial
club will ask the street railway
company to lower it's fares and to i'm
prove the service. The matter of ex-
tension of lines also is to be taken up
A four-cent fare with reduced rates
for workingmen and school children is
wanted.
Madison. - The Wisconsin rate
commission handed down de-
cision requiring the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul road to provide better
passenger train service at New Hol-
stein, in Calumet county, and to I'M
prove their depot facilities at that vii
lage,
Eau Claire.-Philip Howard of
Chetek, young man in charge Of
potato car from Bloomer to Eau Claire,
had an attack of epilepsy and fell on a
hot stove and was badly burned. He
was alone in the car and helpless until
the train reached Eau Claire.
Madison. = After being out 20
hours, 9. jury in the circuit court,
trying a claim for $3,26O by the meat
packing firm of Vette e Bunker, Chi
cago, against julius G. Kruger, Madi-
son, it's agent, disagreed and was dis
missed.
La Crosse-Matt Ruesgen, convic-
ted murderer of John H. Studier, was
sentenced by Judge Higbee to impris-
onment for life in the penitentiary.
La Crosse-Matt Ruesgen, who
shot and killed his foreman, John
H. Studier, on June II, following a
dispute over wages, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree.
Madison.-The largest enrolment
of students in the history of the
University of Wisconsin is shown
by the new directory. which records
1902 students in attendance in addi-
ton to the 100 dairy students just en-
tered, total of over 4,000 This num-
Der will be swelled by the short course
students in agriculture, who come
nearly 500 strong for IA weeks begin
ming On December L. The increase in
attendance thus far is 407, or over II
per cent, the largest proportional gain
for a number of years past.
Marinette.-The coroner's jury gave
a verdict that Motorman Frank
Buttrick was not guilty of con-
tributory negligence in the street car
accident in which Fred Leitzke was
L: = .I-cr,,nr, tnsti&nd that thew