Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-06-25
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

built by the late multimillionaire for
tourists in memory of his daughter. 1t
cost over $500,000 Rev Bigler receives
$4,000 salary. He has been pastor of
the local church, one of the most fash.
ionable in the city. for three years.
Jefferson. st. Johns Lutheran
church, one of the oldest Lutheran
churches in the state, which was erect
ed in 1849, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground
Appleton the report that
a chicken was Matched having but one
eye and the comb on the side of its
head, William Schroeder says he has a
pig that was born with but one ear.
Eau Claire.-The United Norwegian
Lutheran church of Eau Claire will be
the scene on June 20 of the celebration
of the hftieth anniversary of the first
Norwegian sermon in this city.
Racine-Mrs. Joseph Hoffer, forty
six years old, of Caledonia, committed
suicide by leaping into cistern at her
home. She had been suffering from
nervous prostration for some time.
Racine-Hundreds of people saw an
italian laborer run down by train
and crushed to death Two blocks
from the depot and in front of the ad-
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a frog. His body was mangied and
may only be identified by marks on
the clothing.
Boscobel. - While attempting to
board an east-bound freight train here,
R. C. Leonard fell beneath the wheels
and both feet were cut off at the
ankles, and he was badly bruised 9th
erwise
Waukesha. = August W. Reitsch,
aged forty-nine, took his life at
Nashotah by throwing himself in front
of an interurban car. He was said to
be slightly deranged. He leaves a
wife at Rockford, Ill.
Beaver Dam-William Hammer,
twenty years DID, was instantly killed
by. a 6x6 timber, IA feet long, falling
on him while loading lumber at the
Roedl & Jacobs lumber yards He is
son of Sebastian Hammer, farmer
of the town of Beaver Dam.
Eau Claire.-The big wholesale and
retail hardware store of Foss & Arm
strong, this city, was destroyed by
fire. The damage is placed at between
$4,000 and 100000, all covered by in,
surance The blaze started in the
basement and swept up an elevator
shaft to the third floor, where the big
gest damage was done. The origin is
unknown.
Green Bay.-Bud Simons. fifty years
old, employed at the Barkhausen Goa.
and Dock company. was instantly
killed while working in the hold of q
steamer A clam bucket dropped into
the hold, on the way up caught 81.
mons.
Marinette. While temporarily in
sane, former Mayor George A. Wick.
wire of Manistique, Mich, fifty-eight
years old. took his life by hanging. His
| body was found suspended from raj,
ter in the barn at his home by his
wife.
Prairie du Chien.--Albert Butler
wife and baby, and Patrick Callahan
and wife, all of Waukon Junction
nearly lost their lives when their gas
oline bunch overturned In heavy
windstorm near the pontoon bridge
over the Mississippi river at Prairie dr
| CHEN Had it rot been for the heroic
work Of Godfrey Caroline, bridgetend
| er, who, at the risk of his own life
came to their aid in light skiff, the
entire party would have probably
drowned The launch with the party
| Of pleasure seekers was nearing the
! bridge when an enormous wave split
! It from stem to stern. The boat filled
with water instantly and capsized
Fond du Lac-Albert Marcoe, TWEEN
ty-four years old, salesman for the
! Boex Holman Candy company, was
1 drowned, and Arthur Marcoe, thirty
two years old, narrowly escaped sim
! liar fate while swimming in Lake Win
nebago, a mile from Taycheedah. The
men had dived out of rowboat. Al
| bert was seized with cramps. Arthur
tried to rescue him, and was rescued
by Mrs E. j Breitzman just as he was
going down.
Marinette.- Despondent over the
death within the last year of two OF
her children, Mrs. Richard Morris, liy
ing in the Badger Hill location neal
Ishpeming, Mich. committed suicide
| by taking carbolic acid. She is sur
yived by her husband and nine chD
| iren-