Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-19
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In WISCONSIN

hdCluS.-L. WOlH, IIllrCy-IOuT years
old, brought here from Dayton, O.,
where he was captured, on charge of
having passed a forged check on Con
Nielsen of the Hotel Belvidere, in Au-
gust, pleaded guilty in the municipal
court and was sentenced to the state
prison at Waupun for a term of two
years. Wolff is from a well-to-do fam
lily of Cincinnati, o., and his brother
is prominent attorney of that state.
He said that he never was in trouble
before
inelander-Bernice Secord. six
years old, daughter of Charles Secord,
engineer for the Robbins Lumber com
to jump across hole which had been
dug for a telephone post and fell in.
The dirt caved in on top of the girl
and smothered her before she could
i be extricated
Sheboygan.-Cou Clerk A. G..
Meyers has refused to accept the pri-
mary election expense statement of
Judge D. Mahlsted, Plymouth, de-
feated candidate for the nomination
for clerk of the courts, on the ground
that the document was not filed with
in thirty days after the election. No
action has been taken in the case.
Beloit.-Rev- Paul Roth, pastor OF
the English Lutheran church here, has
been appointed instructor in sacred
history in the Chicago Lutheran Theo
logical seminary.
Beloit.-The annual Big Hill day
picnic will be observed by Beloit col.
lege students. Prof G. E. Fairfield
has charge of the event.
Beloit.-George GemmilI has re
turned from ten months stay in in.
terror South America, where he went
to install machinery in a plant of
gold mining company. He says he
dislikes that country.
Janesville.-The hearing in the case
of Policeman Janvrin, Beloit, charged
with the shooting of John Hayes on
March so, began in Judge Grimm's
court here.
Kenosha.-Carl Nelson. a nine-year-
old boy, was run down and seriously
injured here by an automobile in
which Mayor M. J. Scholey, Fire Chief
Henry Isermann and Milton Kent were
the passengers.
La Crosse.-Julian A. Thwing, cash
Ter of the Security Savings bank, is re-
covering from the shock and serious
burns received in an explosion in the
residence of Mrs. Levi Withee here,
when he sought a gas leak with a
match, while reopening the house for
| Mrs. Withee's return from abroad
Madison George E. Page of Mil
waukee, unsuccessful candidate for
! the Republican nomination for mem
Der of congress in the Fourth district,
certifles to Secretary of State Frear
that his pre-primary campaign ex
penses were $67675, made up chiefly
of items for postage, printing and ad
vertising The statement is one of
the most completely detailed filed so
far.
dgeville.-Henry Rowe, a pioneer
merchant of DodgevfIle, is dead. He
came to Dodgeyille from England with
his mother in 1916 He is survived by
his wife, two sons, Thomas Rowe, Har-
ward, ILL.,, and DR.. Charles Rowe, Hub
bell, Mich, and one daughter, Miss
Blanche Rowe DodgeVflIe.
Eau Claire.-Garret P. ChiIds is the
! first Eau Claire fireman to be retired
with a pension for life. A complica-
ton of ailments has compelled him to
lease his labors after 201s years of
Iseryice.
4 Marinette.-The main drive on
the Menominee river is now at
IChappIe Rapids, where big jam is
! reported. 1t is expected that all the
logs will reach Menominee and Mari
fnette within two or three days. 1t has
Ybeen hard drive and the latest to ar
9Grfve IN the history of the region.
Marinette.-Albert Guathier, sixty
sthree years old, entered plea OF
YguiIty to a statutory offense, his six
teen year-old daughter being the com
bpIainant, and was sentenced by Judge
u.s. D. Hastings to five years in the
Estate penitentiary Bert Flint pleaded
guilty to a statutory charge and was
sentenced to two years in the state
prison
Stur geon Bay-The new 60-foOt gas
cline yacht Dora was picked up off
Horseshoe shoal on Green bay in a
waterlogged condition with two men
aboard The boat was beached on Lit
tie Sister bay, having become too full
of water to be towed. Little is known
of the boats trouble, as the two men
left soon after being brought to this
city. 1t is said that 1t was built In
Bay City and was on its maiden trip,
AIgoma-St. Mary's congregation
celebrated its golden Jubilee Oh
IN elaborate scale, the event serving
as Homecoming for priests and mem
bers who had been identified with the
churc since its organization in 1850
The program commenced with pro
cession through the streets of the city
participated in by about coo persons
Rt. Rev. j. G.. Fox, bishop of the do
cese, celebrated pontif1cal high mass
t being the first such event in the his
.ory of the congregation.
Beaver Dam-Roaming the woods