Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-24
Badger News
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Janesville.-Roy Mckinney is being
held at the county jail on the charge
of larceny from Daniel Brown Of
| Edgerton.
Wausau.-Gottlieb Staege, ninety
one years old, a pioneer farmer of
Marathon county since 1861, died at
his daughters home in Merrill of old
| age
Manitowoc.-Peter Zarnik, % years
a member of the local police force,
| died of heart failure as he was leav-
Ing his home. A year ago he retired
on pension
Roberts.-An attempt was made to
force the safe in the post Office and
general store of A. E. Hafer. small
sum of money and postage stamps
were taken from the till
| Madison-The second disastrous
fire to visit this city in a week burned
the wholesale house of the Gould,
Wells, Blackburn company The loss
is estimated at 100000.
/ Misunderstanding operating a large
circular saw, Anton Nemitz She
boygan man, had a portion of his
cheek and ear sawed off He was en-
| ployed at Clarks' mill, near here.
| La CrosSe.-January births in La
Crosse county were IA less than for
the corresponding period in 1914.
There was a decrease in marriages
also and an increase in the number Of
| deaths.
Baraboo.-Parker G.. Moulton, who
died here at the age of lightweight
! years, was one of the '49ers who
sought gold in California. Or his
western journey he walked across the
| Isthmus of Panama
Racine-While crossing tracks near
the Northwestern depot, Thomas
| Susie forty-five years old, was struck
by train and killed, the body being
| thrown 100 feet He had gone to a
saloon and was carrying a pail of
| beer
| Appleton.-While trying to evade
| her brother, who was chasing her,
! Dorothy McDermott, three years old,
ran through a window and fell 25 feet
! She landed in a snow bank and her
| injuries were scratches inflicted by
| glass.
Merrill-Henry E. Scarf of Toma-
| hawk burned to death in fire which
destroyed his large granary on his
| farm near Tomahawk Mr. Scarf had
been living in the granary since his
| farm home was destroyed by fire some
| time ago.
Beloit.-Thousand of fish brought
| down with high water in Rock river
| f1oundered helplessly about apparent
ly stunned by striking the dam here
Hundreds of carp were raked out by
| fishermen and hauled away in wagons,
tubs and boxes
Madison-Charles Nolan of Madi-
son, who was sentenced to life
Imprisonment at Waupun for murder
ing Tommy Good fifteen years ago,
applied to Governor Philip for par
don. hearing will be held on the
| petition next month. Nolan is model
prisoner Senator La Toilette was
prosecuting attorney when Nolan was
convicted.
Appleton-While several hundred
pupils were i'm the building an
explosion of gasoline in the domes-
tic science department started fire
that destroyed the high school build
ing at Shiocton and entailed loss of
about $4,000 No one was injured.
The flames spread so rapidly that
pupils were unable even to save their
books and wraps.
Oshkosh.-Oddfello of district No.
26 held a convention here. The
convention banquet was held at
night The afternoon was spent in
discussion. Officers were elected az
follows: President, S. ]. S. Shelby,
Omro; vice president, August Schroe
der, Winneconne; warden, Otto Laabs,
Oshkosh; marshal John Haynes, Osh-
kosh; conductor. ]. F. Beck, Fond du
Lac; chaplain, F. F. Bennett, Omro;
guards, Oscar Clough. Winneconne:
John Schwartz, Oshkosh. Twelve
lodges were represented. David
Schreiner Lancaster, grand master
of the state lodge, addressed the con-
vention at the closing session.
Green Bay.-John Loring and Isa-
bella Loring, self-confessed burglars
and holdups, were taken to the
state prison at Waupun to start serv-
ice of their terms of ten and three
years respectively. Dorothy, the at
tractive two-year-old daughter of the
couple, has contracted a commune
cable disease and was taken to local
hospital. After her recovery she will
be taken to a state home for depend
ent children. Loring admitted break
ing into three houses, three saloons,
and a drug store. Immediately after
he had entered his plea, the mans
wife, girl OF nineteen years, entered
a plea of guilty to being an accom-
plice on the drug store job. Both Lor-
ing and his wife implicated Ruth Gold
man, Mrs. Loring's sister, In three
house breaking Jobs.
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