Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-22
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

shack and by the same ceremony oO
years ago, and finally celebrating JOINT
ly the golden anniversary of their mar
rage, two Oneida Indian couples are
believed to have set a precedent IN the
annals of Wisconsin Indians, when on
the reservation near here the aged
quartet entertained at a banquet ana
general powwow 400 of their tribes,
people. Not only we're the two aged
coupIas present, but several members
Of their wedding party also were IN at
tendance. The celebrants were MI
and Mrs. Solomon Skenadore and Mr..
and Mrs Isaac Antoine. The ceremony
was performed on the Oneida reserVa-
ton by Rev Father Goodenough, since
deceased. Neither of the celebrants is
able to tell his age, but all were agreed
on the date of the marriage. Despite
their years, however. they insisted up
On being among the dancers.
Waukesha.-Ca Kirchoff, ST., OF
the town of Menominee was sentenced
to serve 80 days in Jail and pay fine
Of $50 and costs, following his plea OF
guilty to charge of assault upon his
daughter, Amelia, aged thirteen. IL
was charged that while intoxicated
Kirchoff whipped the girl, causing serl'
ous injuries.
ewater.-Spreading rails, which
derailed nearly a score of freight cars
near Genesee, blocked traffic on the
Prairie du Chen division of the Mil
waukee road for nearly three hours.
No one was hurt.
Racine.-William Hartig, tea mer-
chant here, had a remarkable escape
from death. He was driving morse
and wagon across the tracks or the
Chicago & Northwestern railway al
Thirteenth street when hit by FAST
south bound passenger train. He was
thrown $50 feet ahead and before ne
came down was caught on the pilot OF
the locomotive and carried a block,
when the train was brought to stop.
He sustained a cut across the fore
head and was bruised about the body,
but was able to walk when taken on
the engine pilot.
Oshkosh.-The twentieth conven-
ton of the Northern Wisconsin
Teachers association closed. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, E. NJ Beeman of Neenah; vice
president, G. o. Marsh of Amigo;
secretary, Miss Nellie Jones OF Osh-
kosh; treasurer, E. H. Milen OF
Weyauwega. The executive commit
tee will consist of A. M. Olson OF
Marinette, C. c. Parlin Of Wausau,
John H Davis of Stevens Point, and
w. L. Luehr of Manitowoc.
La Crosse-Grasping his masters
clothing in his teeth, a colt saved the
life of Moses Mcdonald, a farmer,
when he and his team were precipi-
tated into the Mississippi river
through the ice. The colt held Nc
Donald above water until some wood
choppers arrived and formed hui
man chain. When the end man got
hold of Mcdonald the horse let go and
sank into the deep water.
Neenah.-But for the timely arrival
Of rescuers, Joseph Seidel of Sher-
wood might have been drowned in
Little Lake Butte des Morris. He was
seriously chilled by the exposure and
is confined to his bed. SeideI was
fishing along shore and got, onto thin
ice, which broke through. His feeble
cries for help were finally heard
Phillip SchweitZer and Edward Meilke
Of Neenah came to his rescue at
great danger, breaking through them
selves, and stretched out over ice
Schweitzer grabbed Seidel as he was
going down the second time
Sheboygan.-After threatening his
mother and sister, according to the
officers, and holding the police of She
boygan at bay with a shotgun, Frank
Dafropowski, aged seventeen, fed to
Sheboygan Falls where he barricaded
himself in an abandoned building
and was arrested only after a re-
volver battle. The police were called
by his mother, who declared to them
that her son had threatened her and
her daughter. When they arrived to
place the youth under arrest, he
lodged into closet and reappeared
with shotgun.
Neenah.-The mystery of the dis
L
known resident, twenty-one years ago,
has been cleared by the receipt Of in
formation by his daughter, Mrs.
Kehfus Sindahl, of his death in a lum-
Der camp near Black Duck, Mimi,
where he was killed by falling tree.
Accompanying the death notice came
news that Mrs. Sindahl is sole heir
to timber lands in Minnesota valued
at $4,000.
Marinette.-Foul play in the disap.
pearance of two German immigrants
bound for Sister Bay, Door county, is
suspected. Two and a half years
ago a nephew and niece of Ludwig
Klingbeil of Sister Bay, came to this
country from Germany, worked in
New York for time and then Sc