Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-05-15

S. A. Brant
Kenosha-Kenosha is without a
city physician" to take care of
paupers, as all of the County Medical
society, and this includes all the ply
sicians in the city, have refused to
put in bids for the work of caring for
the poor. They hold that such bidding
is unprofessional, and insist that the
city employ doctors at the regular
rates to take care of the poor.
Barron-M ayor-elect G. A. Koer-
ner has resigned that position be-
cause he has just discovered, he
says, that Wisconsin has an anti-pass
law. Mr.. Koerner is station agent for
a railroad and the state law prohibits
him from using his pass il he becomes
mayor. special election will be
Fond du Lac-Carl Otto a Prince
ton farmer, aged twenty, Is in
a local hospital suffering from concus-
sion of the brain, and William Schim-
mel, aged twenty-five, is in jail at
Princeton charged with assault with
intent to do great bodily harm. The
men are alleged to have engaged in
a fight at Princeton.
Waukesha.-A large homing pigeon,
bearing a message from San
Francisco to a Milwaukee resident
crashed through the bedroom window
of Judge David w. Agnew, Mccall
street, on the last lap of its long
journey. The judge was awakened
by the breaking glass and found the
bird unconscious on the floor. The
pigeon was revived and able to con-
tinue its flight within an hour.
Marinette.-Mrs. Octave Granger,
aged seyenty-nine years, and surviv-
or of the Peshtigo fire. died at the
family residence, after a long illness.
Sheboygan.-The Milwaukee district
association of Baptist churches opened
It's convention at Sheboygan Falls,
WITH large dlt6uuduCG.
Racine.-Becalse his affinity, mar
ried woman, refused to elope with
him, and learning that her hus-
band knew OF certain misconduct,
John F. Walsh, aged thirty-seven,
ended his life by drinking carbolic
acid in an open lot near Racine juno
ton The body was found. In the
clothing two letters were found giving
the reason for the act.
Racine-Three men in an automo.
bile had narrow escape from
death when their automobile crashed
through the guard rail at the approach
of the bridge at the rapids and went
down an embankment 90 feet below,
where the river was raging torrent.
The three occupants Of the automo-
bile, Henry Madison, Sam ELengham
and an unknown man, were saved by
being thrown into a huge net used for
fishing purposes.
Appleton-That ridge of lime,
stone a fourth of mile in width
and two miles long in section 27 town
of Center, formed a hidden dam which
held the water back and caused the
Center swamp in the very heart OF
Outagamie county, is the discovery
made by County Surveyor Charles H.
Gillet, who has just finished survey
upon order of the court in a petition
for the drainage of the big swamp.
Depere-Leland Pratsch and Flor
ence Gittins of this city, who rep
resented the district composed of the
high schools of Brillion, Depere and
West Depere, each secured second
place at the oratorical and declama
tory contests at Oshkosh.
Barton.-A convention of the Fourth
district of l. O. o. F. and Rebekahs
was held in Barron. Cumberland,
Rice Lake, Hayward, Clear Lake,
Chetek, Turtle Lake. Cameron and
Osceola were represented.
Kenosha-The Big Sister movement
is completed They will make a spe-
cial effort to better conditions for the
1000 working girls employed in Keno
sha factories.
Beloit.-In the high school ora
torical contest under the auspices
OF Beloit college, first place was won
by Irving Brown OF Rockford, who
gave the grafton of Lloyd Heath,
which won the interstate contest for
Beloit college a few years ago. Rich
ard Blazer, Beioit. won second place
and Allen Wright, Columbus, third
Janesville.-Earl and Ray Hopkins
twenty-five and twenty-six. pleader
guilty to theft of hides from a slaugl
ter house near Evansville, and we
senten led to one year in states prise