Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-12-11

Washburn. - Helmer Christensen
fourteen years old, had a thrill
ing experience with a female bear
which he killed north of this city.
Together with two companions, the
lad was deer hunting in the coun'
try known as the Brown Robbins slash.
ings, when he came upon large bear.
1t became angered and made toward
the lad and was within a few feet of
him when he fired the shot that ended
its life. The bear weighed more than
200 pounds.
Appleton-FTed c. Booth, former.
ly travelling representative for the
Swift Packing company and for
some time a resident of Milwaukee.
was knocked unconscious and robbed
of about 500 while in Appleton on the
night of June %, 1911. For more
than a week he was in a dangerous
condition and unable to tell the aU-
thorities much about the holdup. APP
pleton police have been working on
the case ever since. George Christi
now occupies cell, charged with the
robbery and assault. Christi was ar
raigned in court, placed under $1,000
bonds and his trial put over to De-
cember 9.
Kenosha. = Mrs. Anna Nestrour,
twenty-eight years old. died at her
home in this city. Death came as
a result of an unusual shock. A year
ago the husband of the woman was
bitten by dog and died in the agonies
of hydrophobia The wife nursed her
husband during the disease and her
nerves were so shattered by the hor-
ror of his last days that she never
recovered from the shock. She leaves
two small children.
Appleton. - The Jefferson county
record for the amount of butter
given by a COW in seven days has
been broken by a registered Holstei1
cow belonging to the Hill View farm
herd, owned by Charles Mel. Bever-
idge of Lake Mills, formerly Of this
city. The COW gave 27.84 pounds in a
week The former record for the
county, which is considered the Hol-
stein center of the state, was twenty
five pounds
Prairie Du Chien-The explosion
of 700 pounds of dynamite in the
warehouse at the Bridgeport stone
quarry east of this city woke up the
people for twenty miles around and
shattered many windows in the village
of Bridgeport. A hole four feet deep
and ten feet in diameter was blown in
solid rock where it stood and not an
ember of the building is left. Fire in
the woods is thought to have been re-
sponsible.
Oshkosh-Albert Reuchel, thirty
three years old, was dealt death
hand while playing cards in the
saloon of Gustav Jeske. He had just
won the stakes and was reaching for
ward for the chips when he sank back
in his chair and expired without utter
ing sound Death was due to heart
failure. He had been i'll for some
time, but had been Feeling better
Beloit-Miss Florence Jones, a
senior in Beloit college, has received
the honor of request from the Art
Institute in Chicago for a copy of
paper written by her on THE Work of
Edwin Aviston Abbey" The paper
was one Of the winners at the fine arts
exhibition and will be forwarded to the
Art Institute by the college.
Manitowoc-After 25 years, one of
the many bodies of the Vernon
disaster off Two Rivers, which were
buried as unknown" has been identi-
fed Mrs. Edmund Longyear, Mime
apolis, Mimi. who visited Two Rivers,
is convinced that her brother, John
Patten, who was on the Inflated boat,
is buried in grave No. 6. Mrs. Long
year recognized some of the effects
taken from the body, which have been
preserved The Vernon was wrecked
IS years ago and nearly thirty lives
were lost monument now marks
the unknown
Beloit-Miss May Topping, for
whom the police in many parts of
the country we're watching, is living
at Sparta, having been married to
Greek This information Is contained
in letters received by friends n this
city Miss Topping disappeared from
her home in Delavan on October 81.
She had been teaching in the high
school there for several weeks and
several theories we're advanced to ac,
count for her absence.
Chilton.-That A. NJ Fairchild..
the Milwaukee road operator at
| Kiel, found dead with bullet hole in,
| his head, was murdered, is the conten-.
/ ton of Mrs Annie Scholl Of Newark,
| O., the dead mans mother. Mrs. Scholl.
| identified the victims photograph. She
said the dead man was her son, that
| his real name was Carl Meyers and
| %hof bo % rriad a o0nSidera HE sim Of