Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-11-26
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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Green Bay-Mrs. Theresa Wander
Bush, who spent the last 40 years in
bed, died at the age of eighty-three
years.
Wausau.-Henry Goertz, thirteen
years old, who was struck by an auto
this city, died.
Appleton first sergeants,
buglers and bandsmen in the
Wisconsin National Guard are to
be armed with automatic pistols.
Brillion.-When a gas explosion
in the Brillion Iron works dam
aged part of the building four men
were injured One of them may lose
the sight of an eye.
Baraboo.-Mr and Mrs. Leander B.
Wheeler of this city have just cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding. Their ten children were
present.
eboygan.-August Bucholtz, aged
fifty-four, threw himself in front of a
Northwestern train here, and his head
was nearly severed. He leaves several
childrn.
Sheboygan.-After repeated threats
to kill himself August Buchholtz,
tifty-four years old, father of several
children, committed suicide by throw
ing himself under a Northwestern train
here.
Menominie.-Rev. C. F. Niles.
pastor of the Unitarian church of
this city, received the appointment
of membership IN the board of visitors
of the University of Wisconsin for
four years.
Racinen. = Rev Charles Sparrow
Nickerson, D. D., for eight years
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, but for ten years pastor of
Marietta CO.. church, will again be
head of the Racine congregation.
Couderay-A Mr. Demars, said
to be Of Park Falls, was found
dead in the woods three miles north OF
Draper, this county. He had been
hunting and from appearances his gun
was accidentally discharged, the bullet
striking him in the head and killing
him
Madison-The Wisconsin College of
Agriculture will have exhibits of prize
sheep at the international live stock
exposition at Chicago next month as
follows: Twelve Shropshires, nine
Hampshires, two Oxfords, twelve
Southdowns, nine Cheviots, five Ram
bouillets and fourteen Romneys.
Antigo-The~ body of Anton Janas-
Yak, thirty-one years old, a tele-
graph operator at Summit Lake,
who drowned, was recovered after a
search of three days. Janaszak went
skating, saying to a friend: IF | don't
come back you'll know what has hap
pened to me-"
Ironridge.-Fir supposed to be
of incendiary origin destroyed the
barn and contents on a farm two
miles north of here, owned by the
Northwestern Iron company and occu-
pied by Hubert Voss, consuming FIVE
horses. Loss, $4,000. This is the Sec
ond fire of this nature within week.
Neenah-That not enough tur-
keys have been raised in this sec
ton of the state to supply the de-
mand was made plain when express
company buyers were unable to secure
contracts for 1 400 birds to give away
to their employees on Thanksgiving.
All birds in this section have been
contracted for in bulk.
Grand Rapids.-One of the sur
vivors of the crew of the Fred G.
HartWell, the vessel which sank in
Lake Superior near the Sault Ste.
Marie straits during the recent storm,
was Ernest Kurz, a young man from
this city. Mr.. Kurz is brother Of
Mrs. A. A. Arndt, who just received a
letter from him, telling of his narrow
escape from drowning and of the I'M
told hardships experienced by the sur
vivors who chung to the lifeboats until
rescued.
Florence. Louis Yehle, cleo
trician for the Florence Iron com
pany, owners of the Florence and
Ernst mines, was electrocuted at the
transformer station of the mine Yehle
went as usual to charge the lighting
arresters and in some way he came in
contact with either magnetic or live
wire. This makes the third death by
electricity in this section since the
power line was built year ago. Yehle
is survived by wife and five chill
dren.
ha.-Announcements were re-
ceived here of the marriage of
Miss Eva Theleen, former we'll
known Kenosha young woman and
daughter of Charles Theleen of Oak
Park, and Wendell Klumlein, which
was celebrated at Balguam, India.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Klumlein are grad
yates of Lawrence university at APP
pleton, and they went to India as mis-
sionary teachers. Mrs. Klumlein re-
Gently made a trip of more than
$4,000 miles. joining her husband at
Bombay just before the marriage. All
of the East indian customs were fol-
lowed in the marriage ceremonies
They VIII reside at Moradahad