Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-12


has lemon tree 20 inches high which
has just come into bearing.
Eau Claire. George Malone, fifteen
years old, war shot in the wrist and
knee by COMPANIONS while hunting
| rabbits
Durand.--Mr. and Mrs John Keefe
escaped death when the wagon
In which they were riding was struck
by railroad engine and badly demol-
ished. They were both badly injured.
but will recover
La Crosse.-William Bruce Suther-
land, alleged to- have served numerous
prison sentences, was given a term of
ten years at the Waupun penitentiary
on charge of attempting to rob the
La Crosse Knitting works
Madison.-Dr. Charles Mccarthy of
| the legislative reference library has
gone to New York to try to interest
the general board of education, sup
! ported by rich men and women, in con-
| tributing $4,000 year for four years
for the maintenance of five experiment
| tai state farms in Wisconsin as part
OF the general rural school system.
Racine.-Mrs. Frederick Miller was
| fatally burned when she mistook the
| gasoline can for that containing kero-
sene. She poured the contents on a
fire and in the explosion that followed
her clothes caught fire
| Chippewa Falls. Overcome by
smoke, Fred Sackett, a shoemaker, was
instantly killed by fall downstairs
at his home.
Racine.-At the closing session of
the annual convention Of the Wiscon-
sin State Association of Journeymen
Plumbers, Steam and Gasf1tters, Su-
perior was selected as the convention
city for 1914, the convention to be
held in August. The following Off
GERS were elected: President r. M.
Ferguson, Madison; first yice-presi-
dent, Harvey Thompson Superior;
second yice-president, George Sigh
tom, GAINESVILLE; secretary-treasurer,
J. J. Wiertz, Racine.
Green Bay.-Robbers gained en-
trance to Nejedl Bros grocery store.
blew the safe and escaped with nearly
! $40 in cash. The robbers left I'M
touched sum Of about $3.50 in checks.
Nitroglycerin was used and bags of
! grain were packed about the safe to
deaden the noise. This Is the first
safe blown in the city in the last 20
years. The police have no clue.
Milwaukee--The state board OF bar
/ examiners announced the list of those
who successfully passed the examina-
| ton. Out of the 68 candidates the
| following twenty-one passed: Joseph
| A. Barr, Emmett J. Carrigan, John G..
Connolly, John J. Devos. Timothy p.
| Donovan, Adolph C. Graft, Max r..
Hopkins. Ediom w Kuoppe, Walter F.
Mayer, Arnold Wangerin. Lawrence B.
Price, Daniel G. Slower, Dennis M. Sui
Ivan, Frank Waldrop, Milwaukee;
Bernard Brady, Winneconne; Leo
Bruemmer, Kewaunee; Gerald Clifford,
Green Bay; William NJ Gleiss, To
mah Orrin H. Larabee, Chippewa
Falls; Peter F. Riley, Elroy; G. H.
| Wiegand, Eagle River
Superior-As the result of a guar
rel while returning from dance at
Trego, Veron Delaney attempted to
shoot Helen Sauleen, his sweetheart.
The shot went wild and entered the
side of her brother Albert, who now
lies in a serious condition at local
hospital. Delaney then turned the gun
on himself, killing himself instantly.
The trio were returning to their home
and when about 200 feet from the
house Delaney pulled out his revolver
and aimed at Helen It seemed that
the sweethearts had quarreled and
that Helen had refused to go home
| with Delaney unless her brother went
along Delaney was twenty-five years
old and a student at the Superior nor
NAL. Sauleen is about twenty-five
years old and his sister eighteen.
Beloit. = Beloit's Christian church
structure, far-famed because OF the
fact that 1t was built in day two
years ago, is now mass of fire rut2s.
The building was destroyed by flames.
The origin of the fire has not been de-
termined. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. Up to two years ago this con-
gregation had no regular meeting
place and there was a scarcity OF
funds The congregation owned lot.
however, and there was enough money
to buy the material for building, but
not enough to hire contractor. There
fore, out of this condition grew prop
osition to make a public house rails
ing" Accordingly q large crowd gath
cred, each member being anxious 10
donate labor, and as result the