Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
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lighting system and a new pavement.
to be of creosote blocks. The light
Ing system is in course of installa-
ton. All the standards, of which
there will be eight in each block, each
having cluster of five lamps, are in
place and at present laborers are en-
gagged in making the connections from
conduits.
Rhinelander-Mary Miller, the four
year-old daughter of Mrs. Hughes,
living in shanty on the up
per Wisconsin river about eighteen
miles from Rhinelander, burned to
death. The child had been left with
baby sister while the mother went
out to pick wintergreen berries. A
Ore was burning in the stove, and the
little girl had evidently opened 1t and
played with the flames.
Wausau.-The proposed Lake Wau-
sau, the talk of Wausau for
some years, is nearly realized.
The body of water is being created
by the dam of the Marathon Paper
Mills company, five miles south OF
here. The dams capacity is head
Of water twenty feet high. Sixteen
feet has already been raised. The
dam backs up water up to within this
city.
Racine.-Because of storms on
Lake Michigan washing away hun
1reds of tons of earth south of the
city and danger of the Lake Shore
road disappearing, ten or twelve con
crete piers are being built into the
lake, the object being to cause a
peach to form. At the Doolittle farm
most all of the highway has caved
down
Wausau.- Edward Mccormick is
in the county jail awaiting trial
on charge of grand larceny. He
has a record of four commitments tC
penal institutions, an aggregate OF
eight years Imprisonment. He was
recently paroled from the state pris.
on, where he was sentenced a year
and a half ago for grand larceny
Racine-Early Sunday morning the
body of a man was found in a
muddy pool on Lake avenue, less
.han block from the police station
Evidently he had been dead several
hours. Appearances indicate that he
became exhausted from illness, fell,
and was unable to help himself, and
died from exposure.
Jefferson Prairie.-Directors of the
eli
will meet here this week to dis.
cuss the church's mission work,
Among those present will be Bishop
Michael Stolee of the island of NADIA
gascar, the Rev. Daniel Nelson and
the Rev. A. Mortinson, two mission
aries from China.
Oshkosh.-W. A. Hasley, far
mer of Black Wolf, shot a golden
eagle. When outstretched, the birds
wings measured seven feet two inches
across and from tail to beak was
thirty-seven inches. The talons were
three inches long. Eagles are rarely
seen in this region, especially one of
this species.
Portage.--The district convention
of the l. O. O. F.. was con-
cluded here by banquet. There
were eleven different lodges represent
Coloma was elected president and
Mansion was selected as the next
clace of meeting.
Fond du Lac.-The body of an
i xubn 1Er
mad been killed by train was found
in the north end of the North Western
yards at North Fond du Lac. He was
about 3S years old. In his pocket was
found scrap of paper on which was
written the name of a hotel
Racine.-Two hundred society wom-
en- of Racine conducted tag
day for the benefit of the two
local hospitals. Twenty-Five automo-
biles were used to canvass the city.
1t is estimated that close to $4,000
was cleared.
Sheboygan.-At the thirteenth an
nual convention of the SheboJ
gan County Sunday School associ-
alton held at Sheboygan Falls, the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Rev. r. S. Ingraham, Shelley
gan Falls; first vice-president, Rev. J.
H. Tietema, Sheboygan Falls; second
president, I. L. Jones, Plymouth;
secretary and treasurer, Miss Clara
Wonser, Sheboygan; two members of
the executive committee to serve I'M
til 1913. w. F. Liebenstein, Cascade;
J. G. Walvoord Sheboygan.
Fond du Lac.-The Office of the
Pabst Brewing company was en-
tered, the safe blown open and $500
taken. The safe in the Office OF the
Crofoot Lumber company was blown
open. Nitro-glycerin was used and
both safes were almost demolished
Madison-Fire in the switching
yards of the Northwestern road
here caused a loss of $4,000, de-
stroying the transfer house, Office of
the yardmaster and four freight cars.
loaded with coal, wood and coke.
Fond du Lac.-During heavy
northwest gale an elm tree, two
ieet in diameter, was blown down
crushing the roof of residence. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sailor and an infant
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