Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-07-19

OF Ashland. One more appointment
J that of an eclectic, is to be made
Fond du ac.-Announcement was
made of the appointment of Rev
]. j. Collins, pastor of the
Church of the Intercession of North
Fond du Lac, as pastor of st. Joseph's
church of this city, to succeed Rev.
NJ. j. Taugher, resigned. st. Josephs
congregation is one of the richest in
the Milwaukee archdiocese and has
recently completed a $4,000 church
and parish house. Father Collins has
been at North Fond du Lac nine years.
Prior to that he was assistant at st.
Patrick's church, GAINESVILLE,
Manitowoc. - Wisconsin business
college men met in annual con
vention here and reelected all old
officers, o. l.. Trennery of Kenosha as
president, W. W. Dale, Evansville, sec
rotary and treasurer Newspaper ad'
vertising was indorsed by the asso
citation as the most successful for pro
motion of the interests of the colleges
IF the state Twenty-one colleges
were represented at the meeting
La Crosse.-It was learned here
that c. H. Crownhart of Superior |
had resigned the presidency of the
state board of normal regents, and |
that Theodore Kronshage of Milwau- |
kee has been elected to succeed him, |
Crownhart was La Follette's campaign |
manager in the last senatorial cleo |
ton and gives as his reason his re-
cent appointment to the state indus |
trMl commission.
Reedsburg Johnson, a |
boy who lives at Baraboo, but |
who was visiting Joseph Fosnot, |
his grandfather, here, was instantly /
killed by coming in contact with a
live wire, blown down by a storm. |
About the same time George Hass. |
nineteen years old, was badly burned |
by touching climber on an electric |
light pole which was charged by a |
sagging wire.
Ashland.-The Ashland girl in
volVed in the white slave case which !
resulted in the shooting of Sheriff |
Radcliffe near Rhinelander, is the |
daughter of a well-known resident of
this city. The two Italians in the case
engaged the girl to go to Rhinelander
and clerk in a confectionery store.
Wausau-The triennial meeting
of the Evangelical Lutheran Wis,
Missouri synod will be held in this |
city on August 1924. The triennial
reunion of the alumni of Concordia |
college, Milwaukee will be held in
connection with the conference.
heboygan.-According to the po-
lice, the murderer of John L. |
Sexton, the Hermit of Elkhart Lake"
is being run to earth in Chicago, !
where he is said to have sought ref |
uge after cashing two certificates OF |
deposit for $237 stolen from the her
nit
Madison-The railroad commits |
sion gave notice that it would
begin the investigation of parlor car
rates soon. The notice says that |
rates have recently been increased.
Marinette-While fishing at High |
Falls, Max Engles accidentally |
touched a feed wire carrying $4,000
volts of electricity with his steel rod
and was rendered unconscious. Hell
will recover, although his left side is
severely burned.
Madison-President Var Hise OF
the University Of Wisconsin sailed
from New York for London. He |
will spend his vacation travelling |
through the British isles and the con
tAnent.
Observation-Disclosures to the conven
ton of American instructors OF the
Deaf, which opened it's nineteenth ses-
sion here, are arriving by hundreds. In
the absence of Superintendent E. w. |
Walker, on account of illness, Super |
intendent j. r. Dobyns Of the Missis
sippi school will have general charge
Of the meetings. The delegates were
welcomed by Duncan McGregor, pri-
vate secretary to Governor McGovern.
G. P Cary state superintendent of
public instruction, spoke in behalf OF
education in Wisconsin
Observation-Disclosures will be select |
ed as the meeting place for the 1914
convention of Wisconsin Watkins
statesmen, according to President Alex
ander McEathron of Depere. From |
200 to 800 delegates will attend.
Ashland.-Professor Moore of the
agricultural department of thu
state university is here with several
soil experts making thorough test
of the site donated by Bayfield, and
Ashland counties for the proposed
new permanent experimental farm te
be established in northern Wtscon |
ain