Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-02
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acknowledgements Ransom, DldCh~
smith, fifty-five years old, took his own
life by hanging.
latteville.-George R. Alcock was
instantly killed by Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul freight train as he was
on his way to work
Wausau.-Henry Dreyer met with a
bad accident when an auto in which
he was riding hit bridge railing.
He sustained bruises to his head.
Kenosha.-The explosion of gaso-
line engine on the Freeman Hig-
gins farm, west of Kenosha, destroyed
the barns by fire, with a loss of $500.
Thirteen head of cattle were burned.
Wausau.-Anton Mischke, accused
of a violation of the Mann act, was
held to await action of the grand jury
by James P. Riley, commissioner Of
United States court
Neenah-The vestrys and congre-
cations of the Episcopal churches
of this city and Menasha are con-
sidering uniting the two churches.
The object is to build a single church
on the island part of the two cities.
Fond du Lac.-Frank Fink of Prince
ton, forty-seven years DID, former
treasurer of Green Lake county,
died here from blood poisoning. The
infection started where a tooth had
been extracted some years ago.
Superior Superior and other Doug
las county sportsmen are general
ly opposed to 4 the plan agitated
in some of the northern counties to do
away with the open season for deer
hunting for five years and after that
allow it but once every two years.
Kenosha-Mrs. Mary Mayhem, aged
eighty-two, widow of William May
hew, veteran of the Civil war,
who died a few days ago, followed her
husband in death at the family home
in Benton She had been in poor
health and the shock OF her husbands
death was fatal
Beloit-Human bones were found in
the debris of a fire that burned
the big barns on the dairy farm of C.
B. and Edward Salmon, near this city.
The remains are supposed to be those
of tramp who had taken refuge in
the barn and accidentally set fire to
the structure. Five head of thorough
bred Guernsey cattle persisted.
Fond du Lac-William Lovely, ar
rested in Milwaukee several days
ago and turned over to the Fond
du Lac police for robbing the w. w.
Clark residence here, was sentenced to
20 years in Waupun by Judge Fowler.
Lovely admitted to the court that he
carried a gun for purpose" Oscar
Sherry is in jail here field as Lovely's
accomplice and is to be examined by
lunacy commission
Superior-A new record in bounty
payments to slayers of wild ami
mails has been set in Douglas county.
Thus far this year more than twice
the number of animals under the ban
have been killed than were slain for
the same period last year. The list in
cludes 324 wolves, 46 wildcats and 20
wolf cubs. Many men continue to
make living hunting wolves, which
net bounty of $40 each, half from
the state and half from the county.
New London.-The annual normal
teachers meeting, held at the
County Normal Training school,
brought teachers from far and near.
The program, prepared by the school
faculty, concerned itself with five is
sues 1t included besides subjects
dealing especially with the curriculum.
addresses on Hot Lunches for Schol-
ars," Games" "Calisthenics" and
Reaching the Ones Who Aren't in
School" In connection with the ses-
sions there was an exhibit of work
from rural and town schools.
Superior on cigarettes will be
waged by Superior teachers through
the organization recently formed
by grade instructors in the city
schools. A course of procedure will
be outlined at a meeting in ten days.
That the teachers propose to move de-
liberately and on rational lines, Miss
Elizabeth Mccormick, president, and
other officers of the organization de-
clare. There will be no end to the
fight. she said, until our aims are
accomplished That the situation de-
mands immediate attention is evil
dent
Milwaukee.-More than 1,200 per-
sons attended the dedication serv-
ices of the new Emmanuel Lutheran
school. Fourteenth and Lee streets.
Rev. Carl Ross, member of the Con-
cordia college faculty, spoke in the
school hall on THE Benefit of Christ
ian Education to the Parents and
Children" A chorus of school chill
dren sang special songs. At the serv-
ice in Emmanuel Lutheran church.
Rev. F. Pfotenhauer, D. D., president
of the Missouri Lutheran synod, spoke
on christian Education" Director
w. Kohn, Teachers seminery, River
Forest, ILL.,, spoke on the Benefit OF
a Christian Education to the Home
and the State" mass chorus formed
of the different societies in the church
and school sang. The school was
erected at the cost of $4,000. Rev.