Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-12
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dozen nearby buildings being de-
stroyed
Superior Superior and Duluth
graduates and former students OF
the University Of Wisconsin held their
annual outing. at Minnesota Point
Nearly one hundred attended.
Antigo.-Employes of the Amigo
brewery, who have been on strike for
the last five weeks, returned to work.
officers of the company decided ia
meet the demands of the men.
Spooner.-After lying dead in q
shack for several days, the body OF
Conrad Darhack, forty years old. was
discovered by boys playing in the vi.
cinity.
Grand Rapids.-W. G. Scott, dis
charged employee of the CONSOLE
dated Water Power & Paper company.
is held on the charge of forging the
company managers name to checks.
He left here to be dancing master az
Chippewa Falls.
Fond du Lac-After battling brave
~ for nearly q month. John, ten
year-old son OF Clarence Lemmeen-
ness, died from injuries received in a
Fourth of July accident. While ignit-
ing f1recrackers from a bonfire his
trousers caught fire.
Sheboygan.-Butler Ramsey, nine
teen years old, son Of William Ram
say, Port Washington banker, and
employed as a clerk in the Wisconsin
National bank, Milwaukee, was
drowned while bathing In Lake Michi-
gan here, IS yards from shore.
Z Superior county paid out
1852 during the month of July to
slayers of wolves, and the state du-
plicates the amount as bounty upon
the same pelts. Fifteen fullgrown
wolves and four cubs were killed by
hunters in this county.
Beloit.-Three thieves drove 30
head of cattle, valued at $1,000,
from the farm of Paul Buchanan Of
Harrison, ILL.,, to Alton, and sold and
shipped the herd to Chicago. One OF
the alleged thieves was arrested in
Waukesha. 1t Is doubtful if Mr.. Bu-
chanan can recover his cattle or their
price.
Superior.-A labor temple is to
be built by Superior unions. Commit
tees have been appointed to work
out plans for construction work to
start early next season. ]. P. Clemens
Of the BARRIERS union is chairman OF
the general committee Of 16 in charge
OF the sale of stock, which is to be to
individual union men as well as to or
CARNATIONS.
Waukesha.-Frank Cayll, an Ital-
tan contractor and former deputy,
said he believed the war clouds over
all Europe would not interest his fell
low countrymen, Austrians or any
other of the foreigners whose mother
countries are threatened with war. Mr..
Cayll said most Of the foreigners in
this city are citizens, or have officially
declared their intention of becoming
naturalized, and that they have all
pledged allegiance to the United
States, in which they expect to re-
main.
Superior-An invitation to dele
gates Of the Women's Christian
Temperance unions in northern Wis
consin to hold their next annual con-
vention in this city has been extended
by members of the local unions and
will be presented to the various other
unions individually for acceptance by
Mrs A. McGeorge. Mrs. McGeorge is
president of the northern district w. C.
T. u. organization, which includes all
the w. c. T. unions in Douglas, Bay
field, Burnett, Sawyer and Washburn
counties.
Sheboygan.-For the second time
within a year Capt Harry Groh
saved Harry Kirst from a watery
grave. Last August the young men
were passing the lighthouse in a canoe
when it capsized and Kirst sank. Groh
brought him up and swan to the light
house with him. Kirst was swimming
near the breakwater when he was sud
denly taken with cramps. The tug Pc
ter Reiss was passing. Groh caught
him and swan with him until his faith
er, Capt William Groh, threw out a
line.
Keshena-The Menominee Indian
fair will be held on September
II. Is and 10 at Keshena. There will
be exhibits on the progress of the In
dian. farm and garden products, stock,
basketry, bead work. buckskin, useful
household products. quilting. embroid-
cry, fancy work and school children
exhibit. For the amusement OF all
there will be Indian games, pony
races, lacrosse game, baseball games,
footraces, bow and arrow and gun
shooting contests, as well as other ex-
hibits of Indian pastimes, ancient and
modern, each day of the fair. The
Keshena agency is about FIVE miles
north of Shawano. and is reached by
wagon, stage or automobile by direct.
fairly good roads from Shawano or An1
tigo
Racine.-Racine county farmers ara
complaining of the visitations of the