Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-18
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guilty of burglary in the night time.
Trempealeau.-Bert Warner cut his
throat with a pen knife at his board
ing house here and died shortly after
ward. His home was Spring Grove,
Wis.
Portage.-Captain Snyder, the old
est river pilot in the state, died sud-
denly at Kilbourn. He was captain
of the passenger steamer Appolo in
the Wisconsin dells many years.
Neenah of the local Ital-
ian colony are leaving for New York
where they will embark to fight for
their country. Already about fifteen
have left
Sheboygan.-Peter Schmidt. farm
hand, is in the county Jail, having
been bound over to circuit court on
the charge of burglary in the night
time.
Oconomowoc. - The congregation
of ST. PauPs Lutheran church has
issued call to Professor Meyer
of New Ulm Mimi. The present pas
tor of ST. Pauls, Rev. G. A. Kuhn,
has resigned on account of i'll health.
Marinette.-A dam which forms an
outlet to Lake Nocque bay was mys-
teriously blown up and as result wa
ter in the lake was lowered four feet.
Dynamite was used A nearby bridge
was weakened and the country flooded.
Ashland.-Rev. Nels Grendahl,
new pastor of the Swedish Baptist
church OF this city, who has arrived
from Port Arthur, Ontario, is the tall
est man in town, six feet three and
one-half inches high
Sparta. = James Green, Jr., of
Clinton, Ia, member of the Iowa
National Guards, died at Camp Robin
son military reservation, having been
ruptured internally when a fractions
horse fell on him.
Marinette. - Two persons living
within a block of each other fell
dead of paralytic strokes a few
hours apart. One man died just as he
was about to kneel in prayer at
church. A woman expired at home.
The dead are: N. G. Anderson, eighty
four years old, and Mrs. Elizabeth Col
burn, sixty-four years old
Notwithstanding in deep wa
ter. Elranae, seventeen years old,
crippled daughter of Wilton Smith,
saved the life of Irene Gablon
from drowning, but nearly gave up
her own life in the attempt. The
heroine tainted when she was pulled
out of the water.
Beloit.-Mrs. Margaret Turf, eight
cen years old, was saved from
drowning in Rock river, after she had
thrown herself into the water, while
suffering great nervous excitement.
Some men who saw her rush frantical-
ly to the river, pulled her out in time
to save her life.
Mayville-G. Buchanan walked
into the saloon of William Neu-
mann here, and. after shaking
the contents of bottle of poison.
He was carried to the office of DR..
L. M. Bachuber, where he died. He
was twenty-eight years old.
Ladysnith. The fifth drowning
here recently occurred in Flambeau
river when Gordon Hanson, nine
teen years old, of Barron. succumbed
to cramps while bathing. The body
was recovered after being in the wa
ter half an hour, but all efforts at
resuscitation failed.
New Richmond Keck,
twenty-eight years old, employed
near here as farm hand, made
a desperate effort to commit suicide,
infiicting three wounds in his head
and two in his body, using small
caliber revolver. 1t is thought he
will die. A quarrel with his sweet
heart was the cause.
Kenosha. = Mrs. Susan Emperor
wife of Christopher Emperor, a
farmer residing Icar Prospect, in the
town of New Berlin, was found dead
in her home Coroner John Schaeffel
ordered an examination by DR.. F. c.
Walsh, who pronounced heart trouble
to be the cause OF the death. Besides
her husband the woman leaves one
daughter in Chicago Burial will be
at New Berlin.
Madison. Max Blumenefeld, SUI
perintendent of public property, and
his force killed forty-three bats in
rooms and corridors of the capitol. |
night nearly as many were
still flying through the capitol. 1t is
believed these bats are attracted to
the capitol by the myriads of lake |
flies, bugs and beetles that nightly
futter around the big, bright electric |
lights in the building
Fond du Lac.-Physicians are |
awaiting the results of an unusual |
in surgery performed upon |
Lyle Potash, two-year-old son of Mr.. |
and Mrs. William Potash, residing near
Oakland. The childs right foot was |
severed by moving machine driven
bv his father while the latter was |
cutting weeds on his farm. The foot |
was cut off just above the ankle, and |
the physician who was summoned
sewed the foot back into the leg.