Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-11-11
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most entirely petrifed, was found. The
casket was of a design in use many
years ago.
Oconomowoc.-Augu Buske, forty
nine years DID, was killed at Ocono-
mowoc when struck by work train
while walking home on the Milwaukee
road tracks. Mr. Buske leaves his
widow and three children.
Madison..-To acG0aint themselves
with the systems of farming fol-
lowed by Wisconsin stockmen,
delegation of 25 farmers from Nc
Cracker county, Kentucky, will visit
the state during the week of Novem-
Der 1880.
Racine. = Ted 4uttner, forty-four
years old, an expert mechanic
from Chicago, who died in cell at the,
police station, after being picked up
on the street, was not a victim of all
coholism, as claimed by the police. but
died from heart failure, according to-
the post-mortem examination.
Grand Alphabetically three hum
dred young people were confirmed
at SIS. Peter and Paul Catholic church.
in this city. The ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Bishop Schwebach. assisted
lby Rev. FIR. Reding and Rev. FIR. Cis-
zewski of this city and Rev. Fathers
Olowski and Neverd of Sparta.
Beloit-Dr Joel A. Smith, noted
evangelist of the Methodist church.
died here. He held meetings in
scores of cities, east and west, and
thousands professed conversion under
his preaching. He was for four years
a missionary in China and pastor In
several cities before ne became an
evangelist.
Grand Rapids.-John Discher OF,
Rudolph was brought to Riverview
hospital in this city, suffering from a
wound inflicted IL u a colt winch he w..
attempting to saddle. During the
struggle the animal reared on its hind
feet and struck Discher blow in the .
eye with one of its hoofs, completely
destroying the sight.
Antigo.-John Cox of Elton dropped
what he thought was an explod-
ed dynamite cap into the stove.
Later he reauzed the cap was unex-
ploded and, ordering the rest OF the
ramily to stand back, placed his hand
over the stove lid. thinking the explo-
sion would not be of much force. The
stove was wrecked and portion OF
Cox's leg blown away.
Oconto-The 150-horsepower engine
In the sawmill of the Holt Lum~
Der company Of this city blew
up" for some unaccountable rea-
son. This is known as the small en1
CINE at this sawmill and has been used
there for several years. No apparent
signs of any weakness of any parts
had been noticeable. No one was in
tured.
La Crosse.-At the Norwegian Bap~
lists conference of the United
States and Canadian churches, in ses-
sion here, the following officers were
elected: President, Olaf Prading,
Brooklyn, N. Y; vice-president, M b.
Holmen, Minneapolis; corresponding
secretary, H. X. Whitehall; recording
secretary, H. L. Rice, Boston. The
meeting is being attended by 100 dele
gates.
MISUNDERSTANDING a joke on a
friend was indirectly responsible for
the deaths of Carl Thorstad and AL
bert Lee, victims of the auto accident
at the high bridge, north of Mendoza
station. Anton Ekanger testified at
the inquest that Thorstad and Lee
went to Westport Thursday night to
remove gate which Ole Moen had in
stalled at his cottage. They wanted to
play joke on Mr.. Moen, according to
the witness
Merrill.-A deputy sheriff's star may
lead to the solution of the mys~
FERROUS shooting of l.. M Scheffer,.
University of Wisconsin freshman,
who was shot by highwaymen as he
was strolling along the shore of Lake
Mendoza with coed on October q.
Jerome Usher is being held here by
the authorities on charge of forgery.
The police believe Usher may have.
had some connection with the shoot
ing of the student because at the time
of his arrest he wore deputy sherif's
star such as was said to have been
worn by one of the bandits who
pumped bullet into the students
body.
Eau Claire-Miss Ragna Tangjord,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Peder
Tangjord of this city has been
awarded a hero medal for her brave
rescue of the little son and daughter OF
Rev. H. B. Kildahl of Milwaukee, from
drowning in Prairie lake on July q
last. She saved the girl first and then
dived down and pulled the boy out OF
the water after he had gone down
third time. The hero medal was
awarded her by the Ralston hero med
al commission of st. Louis. The medal
will be presented to the young woman
at public exercises to be held here
next Wednesday evening, November q,
her birthday Mayor John B. Fleming
will preside at the gathering in her
honor