Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-03
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VIII lake out NATURALIZATION papers on
September S.
Notwithstanding from Coca
man, E. ]. Hamburg found his wife
dead on the floor of her bedroom, from
heart disease.
Glenwood City.-Citizens are arrang-
ing for a Homecoming week from Sep
TENDER Is to %, the week of the an
nual intercounty fair.
Appleton.-Two cows sleeping near
a barbed wire fence on the farm OF
Fred Fleet were killed by lightning
which struck the fence
Friendship.-The state game warden
has been asked to determine the dis.
posal of the blind fawn, year old
captured by Charles Levora.
Stevens nt-Arnold Rasmussen
of the town of Belmont was drowned
in the ST. Croix river while swimming.
The body was recovered the next day.
OshkDsh.-Robert Krenewski, nine
years old, was instantly killed when
one of the wheels of wagon in which
he had been riding passed over his
head.
Beloit.-Mr and Mrs. S. w. Bar
den OF this city celebrated the six
tieth anniversary of their wedding
Three generations attended the cele
bration
Portage. - Lewis Cloake, travel,
ing man, Chicago, was stricken
with apoplexy on a Milwaukee road
train near there. He was removed to
hospital here and died within few
hours
Baraboo.-The North Freedom
Press, published for the last six weeks
by G. L. Schermerhorr, has sounded
its final note and been sold to P. j.
Fauteck, who will move the plant to
some other town.
MISUNDERSTANDING Of this city are
planning a farewell dinner to be given
in honor of Prot Phil s. Reinsch and
A. G. Schmiedemanr, who will leave
this city soon to serve In the federal
diplomatic service
Sheboygan.-Rev John Lloyd, rec
tor of st. Paul's church at Plymouth,
has accepted call to the pastorate Of
st, Johns church at Wausau. Rev.
Mr. Lloyd was formerly a Methodist
pastor at Fond du Lac
Fennimore-Mrs Willis Peacock,
wife of the proprietor of the Fen
nimore creamery, received fatal
burns from the explosion of can of
kerosene from which she was pouring
oil in the kitchen stove.
Sheboygan.--While piling bricks in
a local brickyard, Louis Neitzel was
buried beneath shower of baked
clay. He managed to extricate himself
only after long struggle. He is lying
in the ST Nicholas hospital here badly,
injured.
Wausau. = Philip Knopp, working
on an electric light pole, fell across
live wires. His colthing burned
and fellow workmen climbed the pole
and cut the wires Knopp fell to the
sidewalk, 25 feet below He died at
the hospital.
Appleton. A huge crane was
found dead along the road between
Neenah and Appleton. with an
eight-inch brook trout lodged In its
throat. The crane was six feet five
inches in height and had five foot
wing expansion.
Appleton.-Detectiye representing
the Wisconsin Bankers association
are here investigating forged
check on the First National bank
of Appleton, cashed at Kansas
City, Mo- 1t is said two men and two
women are implicated.
Grand Rapids.-The recent deci-
sion of Judge Park in favor OF the
Wood county drainage district has set
tied long controversy between, the in
terested cranberry growers and the
farmers living in the vicinity of the
proposed district. The district drains
territory about three miles square
between Grand Rapids and Pittsville
Glenwood City-The barn on Tim
Larson's farm in the town of Spring
field, was struck by lightning and to-
gether with a new machine shed, more
than fifty tons of hay and some farm
machinery, was destroyed. The loss
is between $4,000 and $4,000 During
the same storm several head of dairy
cattle on the o. ]. Mitcham farm were
struck and killed.
Maiden Rock.-Hard luck overlook
Hettie Hall and Frank Freeman
prospective bridal couple. Their
home had been furnished, marriage
license obtained and the wedding feast
prepared when both were stricken
with appendicitis. Capt. Thomas
Weeks took them in his launch to the
hospital in Red Wing, where they
were operated on
La Crosse.-Mrs. August Luedke,
eighty-two years old, who was
struck by fast driven team on August
s, died here Her death means the
prosecution of r. NJ La Fleur, a
wealthy horseman Of Pine Creek,
Mimi, and his companion, Henry
Smith of La Crosse, for manslaughter.
The police claim the men we're trying
out track horses on a city street and
were driving so fast that the team was