Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-01-21
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


ebrated her ninety-fifth birthday.
Eau Claire-St Johns German Luz
theran congregation will erect $10,-
900 parochial school building and as
sembly hail.
Fond du Lac Bishop William
Quayle of the Methodist church
will come to this city for the dedica-
ton of the new Division street church
on June T.
New London. - William Wedelie
of the town of Seymour is the
first man to whom an eugenic mar
riage license has been granted in
Outagamie county.
Racine-Hans LObben, an expert
machinist, demented, jumped from
the roof of two-story building
in an effort to commit suicide, but es-
capped without injury and wasn't even
stunned.
Merrill.-Rev John p Owen has
arrived in this city to begin his
new duties at ST. Francis Xavier
church, to succeed Rev. Henry Lee
Gouillou, who has gone to Stanford.
Barron county.
Kenosha-Pietro Pascucci, forty
eight years of age. died at the
Kenosha hospital as result of in
juries received when struck by tim
Der in the plant of the Simmons Man
ufacturing company.
Madison.-Sta Treasurer Henry
Johnson and Secretary OF State
Donald returned from Superior, where
they had been to superintend the sale
of some 1900 acres of land belonging
to the forest reserve. There were but
few bidders. Sales only yielded $424
Madison Twenty-four children mar
rowly escaped drowning when
heavy wind carried the ice on which
they were skating out into the middle
of Monona lake. The waves broke the
cake of ice in midlake, leaving 20 chill
dren on one part and four on the other
The children's cries were finally heard
by residents on the lake shore, who
put out in rowboats and rescued them.
Madison. Simple services were
held at the funeral of John G.
Spooner. who fired q bullet into his
head after he had shot and killed Miss
Emily Mcconnell. a school teacher
Rev. George e. Hunt of Christ Presby
terrain church offered a short prayer
and read scripture lesson and then
the remains were taken to Forest Hill,
followed only by the immediate rela-
tives and few intimate friends. Bur
ial was in the Spooner family lot.
La Crosse.-William Brown, foun-
dryman employed by a contractor
at the Heileman brewery plant, has
neck that stood a severe test John
Zahn. fellow worker slipped off
scaffolding and fell 80 feet. landing
with his heels on Browns neck. zahn
broke one leg from the force when he
struck Browns neck, and also has
sprained back and other injuries.
Brown was unhurt and after picking up
Zahn and turning him over to the doc
tors went on with his work.
Kenosha-John Vixior, Russian,
counterfeit coin, Is said to have
made a confession to federal officials
and the Kenosha police, after Chief OF
Police O'Hare had found at his home
counterfeiting kit. The police say he
claimed that he had made only small
number of coins. He came here from
Chicago and 1t is thought he may be
one Of the leaders of the gang which
has been putting counterfeit silver
dollars in circulation in north shore
towns.
Wausau-Ralph Clark and Ralph
Schultz, both nineteen years old
and residents OF Chinatown, Buffalo
county, were arrested here by Sherih
Herman T. Abrahams, charged with
the murder of Ole Johnson Skiorum.
an aged recluse, on December %. The
boys were arrested at the home of rel
atives in this ciy and taken to the
police station, where they were que5-
toned by Chief of Police Thomas Ma
lone of Wausau, District Attorney s.
G. Gilman and Sheriff c. M. Clafin OF
Buffalo county, who later claimed the
boys had confessed to the attack, at
tempted robbery and murder of Skjor-
UNI.
Chippewa Falls.-Dora, six years
old, and Sophia, one year old,
were cremated in the farm house OF
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bench,
which burned during blizzard which
ragged through this sectioh The fire
was caused when Frank, Jr., six years
old, twin brother of the burned sister
went into the kitchen and took the
kerosene lamp off shelf and dropped
1t. The lamp exploded. starting
blaze that filled the room. The moth
er was in the basement and smelled
the smoke. She came upstairs just in
time to drag the boy out of the room
and saved him. The two little girls
were sleeping in a bedroom. The
father was summoned from the barn
and entered the room, but the flames
forced him to jump through window
TO save himself He was badly burned
and cut by glass. The cottage was
quickly reduced TO ashes and nothing