Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD


Sheboygan-Rev. D. Ehmann, the
newly elected pastor of Emmanuel
Lutheran church. will be formally In
stalled in his new charge Septem-
! Der 81
Neenah.-Fire destroyed a dance
hall, saloons barns and residence
of John Kuepper, two miles east of
Waverly Beach in the farming dis
trict. The loss was $1,000.
La Crosse.-Fifteen miles below
where he leaped into the river
from an excursion boat, the body of
Oscar Twedt was found by fishermen.
They claimed the reward of $50 offered
by Mrs. Mary Twedt, mother of the
youth
tiss has declined the call to ST. Johns
church at Bayonne, N. j., and will re-
main here. The vestry has raised
Rev. FIR. Curtiss salary.
Waukesha.-The body of a man
was found suspended from an ap-
pie tree on the farm of Arthur
Hines, north of this city The body
bore the name of Joseph A. Clancy,
harrington, ILL.,
Marinette.-While employed at
Arco, Mimi, Joseph Tlberg, aged
twenty-three years, of Wausaukee, in
jumping from a load of hay was i'm
paled on the upturned tines of a pitch
fork and was fatally injured
Madison.-The labor market in
Wisconsin, as viewed from the
state employment Office, shows a gen
eral fiattening tendency. There was
less demand for labor in July than in
June, and in August than in July.
Racine-Mr. and Mrs ]. S.
I Spencer, Minneapolis, were held for
half an hour under their auto when
the machine struck a tree and turned
turtle. They were bruised and cut
Passers helped them from under the
car
Marinette.-Mrs Herman Verheyen,
in the throes of lockjaw, gave
birth to baby daughter. The
child is perfectly we'll, but there is
little hope for the mother, who stepped
ON a rusty nail Tetanus serum is be-
ing used.
Monroe-John Steil, aged thirty
five Chicago, was killed by a
Milwaukee road train near Gratiot,
west Of here Steil was visiting his
sister Mrs John Mcdonald, near Ora
tiot An inquest will be held at Oar
lington.
Kenosha-Frank Flager, who re-
Gently came here from Milwaukee
to work as a lineman for the Wis
consin Gas and Electric company. was
saved from death by a pulmotor when
he fell against a live wire carrying g.
300 volts
Sheb6ygan.-The Sheboygan busi-
ness men will give a free site
to the state, il necessary, to secure
the new state normal for this city. Il
will give $500 myself" declares Presi-
dent W. A. Pfister OF the Business
Mems association.
Whitewater.-At a meeting of the
state board of normal regents
at Milwaukee this week, an ap
preparation. of $4,000 was made for
Whitewater normal for the athletic
field. Following the close OF the foot
ball season this fall, the field will be
graded, a fast quarter-mile track laid
out and concrete grandstand built.
Madison-Dr R. G. Thwaites,
superintendent of the state His
torical society, announces that a
legacy of $4,000 will come into pos
session of the society This was left
by the late Col. Albert H. HOLSTER
Madison, who died three years ago
Colonel HOLSTER, for many years a
drug man, was president of the state
pharmacy board
Green Bay.-Charles Bacon, thirty
six years old, farmer OF the
town of Depere. was killed in a
runaway while on his way home. The
horse, it is said, became frightened at
an approaching automobile and Bacon
was thrown to the road. When the
autoists reached him he was dead. He
is survived by his wife and two small
children.
Marinette.-A mans foot was found
man car when Northwestern
passenger train from Milwaukee pulled
into Ironwood Cards in the mans
pocket indicated he was Paul Barney.
Muskegon, Mich A wound in the head
had caused death. Railroad men be-
lieve Barney boarded the train at Mil
waukee and was struck by a girder
when passing through viaduct-
have been murdered at New Butler
Oconomowoc.-Emil Oestreich, eight
years old. was struck by an
auto driven by. Miss Gretchen
Jones ON the Silver Lake road. The
boy died shortly after of hemorrhage
of the brain He was crossing the
street on the side toward the oncom-
ing car and the driver attempted to
avoid the accident by sounding the
horn and running the auto to the side
nut the child. probably bewilderea
kept On and was struck