Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

teen, was killed Dy an lHlcIulpa OSAA
while driving across the track.
Sheboygan.-The new German Re-
formed church at Plymouth. Rev. F.
w. Beisser, pastor, was dedicated.
Sturgeon Bay-The Door County
Guernsey Breeders association has
been formed. L. F. Henshell is presi-
dent
Janesville.-The state convention of
the Holiness society will be held at the
GAINESVILLE auditorium on November
to IA.
Red ,Granite-Albert I. Paeth fell
into stone crusher at the Red Gran
tie stone quarry He was crushed to
death
Alma-Mr and Mrs. Ferdinand
Walter of this city have just celebra-
ted the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding
Racine.-The executive committee
awarded the 1914 state convention OF
the Young Mems Christian association
to Racine in February.
Beloit.-Lloyd Mathews, aged sew
enteen, was instantly killed by an
interurban car south of the city
while driving across the track. He
was working with crew of thresh-
ers.
Madison-A public conference on
the use of blowers and exhaust
systems in Wisconsin factories
will be held on October 8, in the Re-
publican house, Milwaukee, by the
state industrial commission
Kenosha-Seven members of the
family of Joseph Borowski, farm
er residing in Pleasant Prairie,
near Kenosha, were poisoned by eat
ing toadstools for mushrooms. Five
were saved, and two of the children
are still in critical condition
Madison.-Dr j. A. Estey and
H. D. Simpson have been appoint
ed members of the faculty of the uni
versity by the board of regents. Doc
tor Ely, head of the economics depart
ment, will sail for America October
7, after delivering lectures in Europe.
Sturgeon Bay,-The Door County
Guernsey Breeders association has
been formed with the following
officers: President, L. F. Henshel;
vice-president, Charles Deutch; sec
rotary, Milton Golf, and treasurer, Ed
ward Faehl
Janesville.-Mercy hospital, erected
at cost of some 100000 by the
efforts of the Sisters of Mercy of
the Catholic church, was formally ded-
icated by Archbishop Messmer of Mil
Waukee, assisted by a corps of twenty
priests from all parts of southern Wis
consin.
Observation-Disclosures Burkhart, the
eighteen-months-old son of the sta
ton agent of t he Northwestern
railroad at Narenta, escaped death
when he wandered out of the house
on to the track and was struck by a
passing ore train He suffered scalp
wound.
Gren Bay-Grace Parent seven
year-old daughter of Arthur Parent,
a hotel keeper at Egg Harbor,
was run over and killed by an automo-
bile owned and driven by Theodore
Baraboo of Egg Harbor. The child
was playing in the street and ran in
front Of the machine.
Oconomowoc.-The annual tourna-
ment of the Wisconsin Firemen's
association will he held in June,
1914, at Oconomowoc. The executive
committee of the state association
met at Jefferson and decided upon the
matter A committee from Oconomo-
voc, Mayor Solveson, Gustav Meiss-
ner, F. w. Moldenhauer, DR.. L. A.
Meyer and Judge A. G. Derse, met
with the committee to request them
to give the convention to Oconomo-
woe
La Crosse.-After searching for
two days, the police have found
the ..ody of Thomas Rye, seventy
three years old, who was missing after
having received blow on the head
during a free-fOr-all saloon fight. The
body was lying in Quagmire- The
police are holding Nicholas Hefti as
an accessory to Rye's death. Heftl
admits having struck Rye during the
fight 1t is believed the aged man
wandered about in a daZed condition
and that he either fell In the mud or
committed suicide. A coroners In
queset will be held.
Grand Rapids.-The store of the
Arpin Mercantile company at Ar
pin, north of this city, was burned to
the ground and nothing was saved.
The building and contents were val
ued at $4,000. covered with $4,000 in
surence The company consists OF
James Mercer and five Stofet broth
ers, who live at Arpin. The fire was
ander control shortly after it started,
but powder and shells stored IN the
building began to explode, opening up
cannonade from which the IRE
fighters fed. When the explosion
ceased the fire had gained such head
way that nothing could be saved. The
company conducted a general mer-
chandlse and meat market business In
large and modern store. The cause