Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-05
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burned in an accident on his steam
launch. He was alone in the boat ana
evidently had difficulty in blowing
mud from the boiler. He was found
lying in the boat with his head, neck
and shoulders on a hot steam pipe.
Surgeons and nurses were summoned
from st. Paul. His condition is seri-
Gus.
Manitowoc.- Hardy Harris, the Man
itowoc boy who died while serving as
a guard at the United States legation
in China, was victim of appendicitis.
Harris had enlisted for three years
and his term would have expired,
within four days of his death and he
was planning to sail for home at once.
Racine Fifty-fve machinists at the
MitchelI-Lewis Motor Car company
went out on a strike. They say thar
the time limit for piecework was cut
down, meaning a reduction of wages.
Appleton.-Mrs. Fitzmaurice, moth
er of the Rev. Fitzmaurice, died In
Fond du Lac She is survived by tho
Rev. Fitzmaurice and three daughters,
Mrs. Nachtwey, Fond du Lac, and
Misses Anna and Katherine Fttzmau'
rice, Appleton.
AppIeton.-In Circuit court here
Judge John Goodland granted a di'
vorce to Ole Freistad from Cecilia
Freistad, u and 70 years old, respec'
lively The couple had lived together
nearly a half century :. Freistad ac'
cused his wife of cruel and inhuman
treatment. The Freistads are resi-
dents of Crandon.
ne.-Announcement is made
that Ernest Klinkert will erect $10,'
900 vaudeville house in Racine juno.
ton; also that John T. Bartlett, for
mer mayor of Oconomowoc, has leased
a site on Junction avenue and will
at once begin the building of theater
for moving pictures and vaudeville.
Madison.-Charles B. Casperson,
Trade Lake, candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for the assembly,
filed a statement Of campaign ex
penses. The total Is 1924.
-adison.-Istvan Mezzaros, an Ital
ian boy who resides on the South side
in Milwaukee, was sentenced to the
Green Bay reformatory for one year
for the theft of motor cycle.
Pewaukee.- Nicholas Schaeffer, an
old resident of this county, was
struck and instantly killed at the pas
senger depot crossing by a Milwaukee
road flyer.
Lancaster-For 81 years, or during
the entire time he has been on the
bench, Judge Clementson has not lost
a day when holding regular sessions
because of Sickness
Eau Claire-Capt Phillip Scheckel
died here, aged 70. He was one
of the old river men who navi-
gated from the Mississippi to the
headwaters when navigation was
opened on Chippewa river.
Madison - District Attorney w.
r. Foley. Superior has resigned
to accept a position in the legal de-
partment of the Superior Street Rail-
way company.
Green Bay. "A party of Off
Gals of the Green Bay & Western
railroad, headed by President S. S.
Palmer, New York, are making tour
of inspection.
Neenah.- Mrs. A. H. Miller was
badly bitten by mad dog while de-
tending her children from the animal
She was taken to Madison for treat
ment
Manitowoc. Charles Schumacher
and Reginald Jirikowic were sent to
Madison to receive Pasteur treatment.
Both were bitten by a dog believed to
have been mad.
Madison.-Nearly all departments
in the capitol building were short
handed, the attaches having taken
the day as a body to attend the Dane
county fair.
Madison.-The state board Of can
vassers went over more returns OF
the primary election and perfected
summaries. Only the returns on the
Democratic candidates for the legis
lature remain to be considered.
Beloit. t. Thompson, eighty. |
two years old, died in the farm resi- |
dence of his son. He came from
Norway in 1862 and made his home |
in Black Earth. Later he lived il |
BoscobeI and Sharon. He came to |
the town of Beloit nine years ago.
Kilbourn. Kilbourn voted at spe |
cial election on the question of rails |
ing the saloon license from 5000 to |
$500. Low license won by a majority |
of rs.
Beloit. THE freshman class OF |
Beloit college will number $50, the |
largest in the history of the school.
Baraboo- Daniel Kimball, resident |
of Baraboo for 43 years. is dead. He
was ninety years DID,
Beloit .-Beloit college has beer
granted Phi Beta Kappa chapter by
the general council in New York.
Beloit. Williams, aged eighty
died suddenly. He was for many
years a superintendent of the Rock !
River Paper company's West side
mill
Cconto.-Isaac Jones, seventy years
old, a resident OF Oconto for 40 years,
died after an illness of two days.
Superior-After preparing to at |
tend the silver wedding anniversary |
of a friend August Geffers was seized |
with couching. ruptured a blood YES |