Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-07-25
State News
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pastor of the Catholic church of this
city, has sailed for three months
visit to his old home at Holland.
Glenwood City-The largest hay
crop ever raised in this section of
Wisconsin is being harvested The
quantity per acre it is believed will
be nearly double the average crop.
Florence-Albert Biller. the famous
bear slayer Of Florence county,
killed another monster black bear near
his farm. about SIX miles west of this
city. This makes the eighth bear for
Biller this year
Ripon.-Eight freight cars went into
the ditch four miles south of here on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. when the rails spread. No one
was injured Conductor ORourke had
charge of the train.
Neenah.-A bag of so shells that
were undoubtedly intended for use
during the Civil war were found by
workmen employed in razing the old
Edward Smith residence in this city.
Ihey are similar to the shells used in
the old Springfield army rifle
Ashland. - Mrs Catherine Goelts.
the oldest settler in Ashland and
mother Of the first white child
born in the city, died here at the age of
eighty-four years. The funeral will be
held from the residence, from which
her father was buried so years ago.
Racine.-To prevent being run down
by a switch engine at an unpro-
tected crossing, Alice Thompson, a
young girl, turned the automobile she
was driving and struck a freight car.
The auto turned over, seriously injur-
ing the girl and her aunt, Mrs H. C.
Van Vechten.
Madison-Joseph Dragnie, accused
slayer of Michael Jelaca, entered
plea of self-defense to the
charge when arraigned in municipal
court. His attorney will attempt to
prove that Dragnie shot Jelaca just as
the latter was about 20 advance on him
with heavy bar from a railway en-
CINE.
Madison - A snow ball thrown
by a fellow employee at George
Rogers while he was at work for the
Paine Lumber company of Oshkosh
cost the company an indemnity under
the workman's compensation act. For
permanent deafness thus caused, to-
gether with an injury to his ears
few days later, which caused disabil-
ity for two months, the industrial com
mission awarded Rogers $14110
Green Bay-The Catholic knights
of Wisconsin oil Green Bay has
completed arrangements for enter
tanning the state members in annual
convention on July % and 20. About
two hundred and fifty-five delegates
are expected to attend the convention
here this month, and preparations have
been made to entertain at least eight
hundred visitors. The meeting will be
opened with a pontifcal high mass at
the cathedral at nine o'clock Tuesday
morning, July 2S A business session
will be held in the afternoon at 2:30
Tuesday afternoon, while the election
Of officers and place of the next meet
ing will take place at a business meet
ing Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock, the closing day.
Madison.-Joseph Dragnic. who is
said to have shot and killed
Mike Jelaca, a fellow workman, in the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
yards here, as a result of an assault
by Jelaca on Dragnic pleaded not
guilty to a charge of murder in munic-
ipal court In court Dragnic told the
judge that he acted in self-defense.
He said he went to the railroad yards
to give in his time and quit because
of his trouble with Jelaca, but when
he got there he was afraid Jelaca was
about to assault him again and so he
shot him.
Prentice.-Axel Vixen and Henry
Riedel. two young men of the
town of Prentice, are buried at the bot
tom of an S0-foot we'll on the farm of
Peter Lund. three miles east of this
city. Vixen was imprisoned under 40
feet of earth month ago while work
ing at the bottom of the we'll Relief
work has been going on night and day
since that time, new shaft being dug
16 feet from the original, but this also
caved in at depth of 20 feet. A larger
excavation was then commenced
around the original well and the body
of Vixen was found standing upright
in the bucket that had been used for
raising the dirt at depth of about
sixty-flve feet, but while working to
release the remains Riedel was impris-
oned under about thirty feet of earth
by the caving in of the. shaft The
last excavation was six feet square and
curbed by three-inch. hemlock plank.
An expert mining engineer will now be
employed In an effort TO recover both
bodies,
Ashland.-A striking example of