Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-17

DOliC dC1u lIOH MS POCKET, drank tue
contents. He died at Sacred Heart
hospital. No reason is known for the
rash act. Immediately after swallow
ing the fluid he wrote on piece OF
paper, torn hastily from a notebook,
the following: &c. n Stout is my
name, Ramseur, N. c." Other words
written were erased so as to be iIleg1-
Bile. He has relatives at Ramseur.
Sheboygan.-At the annual meet
ing of the Sheboygan County Ag
ricultural society at Plymouth the
profits Of the past year were shown to
be $1,1S6.29 officers elected for this
year are: P. X. Wheeler, president;
Peter Reiss, vice-president; Otto Calf
ron, secretary; E. A. Dow, treasurer.
A new stock Judging shed with an
amphitheater for onlookers and a
$4,000 exhibition building are planned
for the coming season. Premium rates
are to be increased this year.
Kenosha-The boiler at the resi-
dence and garage Of z. G. Sim
mons, president of the Simmons Man
ufacturing company, exploded with
such force that it rocked the frozen
earth for nearly a mile. The model
garage was wrecked A portion Of
the boiler was blown through a wall.
The heating plant was crippled. Cost
ly automobiles were badly damaged.
The loss is estimated at several thou
sand dollars
Laughing John Doug
las, aged seventy-f1ve, known for
his explosive humor, dropped dead
in railway station here while
buying ticket. He died of
heart trouble, and had a bottle of
medicine for his heart in his pocket
when he succumbed. He was once a
wealthy politician of Waukesha
county.
Green Bay-The common council
has passed the $4,000 school bond
ordinance without a dissenting vote,
which insures the building of
large ward school to replace the
Sale and Howe schools, a new Ninth
street building and an addition to the
Woelz school.
Marinette-Earl Heath ran his
auto into his hen coop, where he
breeds fancy chickens, and left the
motor running, so the engine
wouldn't freeze. When he returned
in 20 minutes fifteen chickens had
been asphyXiated from exhaust gas.
Beloit.-An unknown man who was
killed by the cars last October near
Clinton Junction proved to be Karl
Brock, a German, who had been three
years in this country.
Crandon.- Willis and Robert Bak-
er, two young men Of this city,
have captured a black fox The
animal ran into hollow log east Of
the old Montey camps. The boys
blocked the end of the log and cut
into the middle to get at their prize,
and were elated to discover that it
was black fox. They shot it with
revolver so as not to injure the hide
and brought it to town. A local deal
er offered them 500 for it.
Madison Governor McGovern ap-
pointed Charles H. Crownhart and
]. D. Beck members of the Wis
consin industrial commission, and
Attorney Edward w. Frost, Milwau
kee, as delegates to represent Wis
consin at the seventh annual meeting
of the National Civic Federation,
which convenes in Washington on
March to Z.
Kenosha.- The first. death as a
result of the extreme weather in
! Kenosha came when Mrs. Charles
| Norbut, twenty-five years old, died at
the Kenosha hospital. She was burned
! at her home when she sought to start
| fire with kerosene. She threw a
| large cupful of the oil into the stove
! and the explosion which followed set
| fire to the house. With her clothing
| ignited, she ran to the home of
neighbor. When she reached the
house her clothing had been burned
| from her. The woman had two little
| children in the same room with her
at the time OF the fire, but they were
| rescued. The woman was trying to
hasten the fire as the house had be-
come bitterly cold.
! Madison-The state board of
1 health issued new rules, one of
which makes the order prohibiting the
use of public drinking cups apply to
all public buildings. An opinion on
| the term public buildings has been
! asked of the attorney general
! Madison.-Twelve sketches com
prised the two and a half hours
| of entertainment of the second annual
University Union Vaudeville program
| given in the armory.
/ Milwaukee, protest against the
state board of control for the
renewal Of the prison labor con-
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