Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-12-18
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Hudson.-Locked in EACH others
arms, the bodies of Albert Gil
seth, a telegraph operator, twenty-five
years old, of Lakeland, Mimi, and his
wife of year were found in the Mis-
sissippi river here. They were
drowned while skating across the riv-
er from Hudson to Lakeland, after Wis
tting the parents of Mrs. Gilseth.
When the telegraph Office was not
opened searching parties were sent
out and followed the tracks made in
the ice to about the middle of the riv-
er, where the couple had apparently
broken through. The bodies were
found some distance below, where the
ice gave way.
Fond du Lac.-Ignatz Maraschow-
ski, an aged Pole, is trying to
get into the penitentiary Maraschow-
ski, who has spent several terms in
state prison, was released last sum-
mer. For several days he remained
around Waupun begging to be read
mitted to the prison walls, until he
was turned over to the county authori-
ties as a habitual criminal. When
arraigned on Monday he was remand
ed back to the custody of the sheriff
and the officers instructed to make a
further investigation of his case.
La Crosse.-At the annual meeting
of Hamilton lodge No. 81, knights
of Pythias, the following Off
GERS were elected: Chancellor COM
mander, John Arnston; vice chancel-
Tor, Louis Jojade; prelate, Lare In
stones; master of works, Charles Lum-
ley; master of finance, A. e. Berg;
master of exchequer, c. L. Lien; keep
er of records and seals, David War
tinbee; master at arms, A. A. Mosher;
inner guard, Herman Fjelstad; outer
guard, F. G. Schweikert; trustee for
three years, Andrew Sletten.
Green Bay.-Mr. and Mrs. Soren
Anderson, pioneer residents of
Green Bay, have celebrated their If
tieth wedding anniversary. Mr.. Ander-
son came here in 1857 from Norway
and was married by the late w. E.
Merriman of the Presbyterian church.
Two children were born to the aged
couple and both were present at the
celebration.
Dodgeville Severson, aged
four, was fatally scalded about
the face and body when a tub of
water poured over him at lis home in
the town of Ridgeway. The child died
a few hours later.
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were
adopted by the Waupaca county
school officers convention at New
London opposing that portion of the
teachers pension law which makes 1t
compulsory, and favoring it's repeal
Elkhorn.-The building Of the B.
B. Krauss Hardware company and
the Elkhorn Bowling Alley com
pany we're destroyed by fire on Sun
day, causing loss Of $1,000.
Madison.-E P. Kohl, J. J. McDon-
aid and r. T. Reinhold have been
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intercollegiate debate team to meet
Iowa
Neenah-A burglar at eleven years
is the accomplishment of Claude Wilt
sic of this city, who has been sent to
the reform school at Waukesha until
he is twenty-one years old
Viroqua.-Fire totally destroyed
the Tate store building, an old
landmark The building was occupied
by a restaurant, a jewelry store
barber shop and the Electric thcater.
Observation-Disclosures Gibbon, aged
f1fty-eight, was killed in a cave
in at the Vinegar Hill mine, west Of
this city. It is thought that he is the
only victim.
Green Bay.-The jury in the Harry
Sheedy murder case returned a YER
dict of not guilty.
Kenosha-Silas E. Walden ot
Elyria, o., a former well-known Ke-
nosha man, who came here to attend
the funeral of his brother, was arrest
ed on charge of embezzlement just
as he was leaving the city. The
charges were made by Charles H. Cur
tiss. a well-known Kenosha merchant
Prairie du Chien.-Joseph Schwartz.
4 farmer and member Of the
county board from Wauzeka, was
crushed to death between a traction
engine and clover huller when lever
slipped while going up a steep grade
and ran backward A son died from
an accident six weeks ago.
Prairie du Chien.-Rev. Stephen
rrant for 81 years pastor of st.
Patrick's church at Racine, died at
nor