Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-03-11
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

the FOX River NalIoy D0uIdl SOCloIy
will be held in this city on March 10.
La Crosse-Miss Mary Kelner be-
came the wife Of Oscar Charm at the
same moment as her sister Rose mar
ried Harold Charm, Oscars brother.
Waterloo-The malthouse of the
Waterloo Mailing company was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estt@
mated at $4,000, covered by insur.
ance.
Green Bay-A new record for
church attendance was set here
on "Go-to- Church Sunday 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 people attended serv-
ices.
New London.-The Masonic lodge
of this city has purchased one
of the finest residence properties
in the city and is having plans pre-
pared for the erection of q new hall
and clubrooms
Madison.-Alumni of East Divi~
sion high school Of Milwaukee al
the University of Wisconsin have or
ganized. The new society is to be q
branch of the East Division Alumni as
ISOLATION Of Milwaukee.
Belin.-A three-days' farm school
for men and women has opened
at the Berlin training school. Il. La
Luther, state supervisor of county rep
resentatives of the college Of agr1cul-
ture, has charge Of the work.
Madison-There have been few
violations of the game laws re-
ported to the Office of the state game
warden during the last month. The
wardens report that there is little
snow in the woods.
Madison-The season for game
fish in Wisconsin is closed. Bass,
pike, pickerel and other game
fish cannot be taken until after the
spawning season is over. The trout
season will open on April Is.
Neenah.-Going co the edge or
the Fox river for a pail of wa
ter, Mrs. Emma Ahrens broke
through the ice and was nearly
drowned She chung to the Ice 20
minutes before being rescued by Louis
Eschrich.
Waukesha. = Arthur Berg, aged
ten, son of Paul Berg of Delafeld,
accidentally shot his sister, Mary,
aged eight, while playing with 81
caliber rifle. The bullet penetrated
both lungs and she is not expected to
live. The boy didn't know the rife
was loaded.
Spring Brook.-Owing to contin-
ued ill health, Archdeacon H. e.
Chase, who has had charge of the Epis-
copal mission here and at various
other northwestern Wisconsin towns,
has resigned. His place will be taken
by Rev. William F. Hood of Fond du
Lac
La Crosse.-Driven by extreme
cold to get in supply Of coal,
Mrs. Joseph e. Breuer, wife Of an en-
gineer on the Chicago, Burlington g.
Quincy railroad, stepped on rusty
nail. Lockjaw developed and in spite
of everything the attending physicians
could do she died within few hours.
Madison-Jennie Isaacson and
Fannie Epstein, Chicago women,
are held here, accused Of the
daylight theft of Is diamonds, valued
at $4,000, from the w. J. Gamm jew
elry store. The women were ar
raigned in court and entered plea Of
not guilty to the charge of grand lar
ceny.
La Crosse. = Charged with the
service of a warrant upon the head
of a house quarantined with a small
pox case, Deputy Sheriff George Ritter
stood across the street and yelled until
the man came outside. Then the OFF,
Ger read the warrant to linn in his
best campaign voice and ordered him
to appear In court after the quarantine
| is lifted.
Wausau. - William Schmidt was
| found guilty in circuit court or
| murder in the second degree. He set
| a gun in an orchard August 22. Two
days later George Cramer, sixteen
years old, was shot by the discharge
of the gun and lived until December
4. A motion for a new trial was de-
| MED Schmidt was sentenced to IA
years In Waupun.
Port Washington.-"I'm sorry I
didn't kill her." Joseph Ranchilis
told Circuit Judge Lueck here
Just before being sentenced to ten
years at hard labor in the state prison
after pleading guilty to trying to Kill
| his wife He claimed she had received
| attentions from another man. RAN
| chilis, after being in Sheboygan year,
returned to this city few months ago
| and on arriving home shot his wife
three times. A boarder at the home
! was named by Ranchilis.
/ enosha.-Risking her own life
/ to save the lives of her children,
Mrs. Anton CARRIER had narrow
escape from being burned to death.
An explosion followed her error IN
dashing gasoline instead of kerosene
| on the kitchen fire. Fer three little
! children were playing directly in front
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