Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-27
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/ Madison.-Mrs. Gala Rasmussen,
| formerly of Milwaukee, attempted sui
eide here by inhaling gas. She will
recover.
acknowledgements Cooper on
Monday asked the president to speak
at Racine on his return trip from the
Pacific coast
Richland Center.-Edwin Pickard OF
this city died as result of injuries
sustained in coasting accident when
hit by boy on sled
Neenah.-The sixteenth shipment OF
cannon through here in the last few
months consisted of IS carloads of
boxed cannon from Bethlehem. Pa.
Ashland.-The body of Alexander
Alexander, trapper of Ashland coun-
| ty, missing some weeks, was found in
the snow near Defer's logging camp.
Wausau.-Rev. o. D. Briggs. pastor
Of the First Baptist church three years,
| has rendered his resignation as pastor,
effective on March 1. He has received
call to Sharon, Pa.
La Crosse.-Rev. Philip FRANKIE, as
sistant pastor of ST. Joseph's cathe-
| dral, died after short illness at the
age of thirty-nine years. Rev. FRANKIE
was born in Potosi.
Superior.-Joe Naughton and G. ].
Denham, election inspectors, we're held
to superior court under $1,000 bonds
for trial at prNAent term. They are
charged with falsifying returns.
Kenosha.-Simon Polanski. the
driver of truck which backed into
and crushed Joseph Janca, a Racine
man. to death here, was exonerated by
coroners jury. The jury held the
accident was unavoidable.
Milwaukee.-Beloit college adopted
athletic rule barring freshmen in
their first semester from athletic COM
petition. This places football under
nonfreshman rule, while leaving them
free to participate in other sports.
Superior.-Morris Desmond has been
chosen to represent Superior normal
in the annual state internormal ora
torical contest at Whitewater on
March 10. His subject will be The
Mission of the United States to the
world after the war.
Wausau.-The fourth annual show
of the Central wisconsin Poultry
association will be held in Wau-
sau the last four days Of the
month. The premium lists have been
mailed and indications point to .
large number of exhibits
La Crosse.-Suffering a paralytic
stroke while ascending the stairs,
Mrs. Helen Eddy fell and sus-
tanned fatal injuries. She was eighty
two years old and the wife of Civil
war veteran. Mrs. Eddy was visit
ing friends in Usage, Ia.
Webster.-The new summer resort
hotel and residence of w. H. Da-
Wis on Yellow lake, Burnett coun-
ty, was burned to the ground
with most of its contents. Little in
surance was carried. The house was
popular with northwestern fishermen
and hunters
Merrill-A circuit court jury re-.
turned verdict against Rev. Ham
ley, pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city for $500 in a per-
sonal injury suit brought against him
by an Oshkosh man who claimed in
jury from an automobile driven by the
local clergyman.
Cumberland.-Rev. S. D. Hawkins,
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church of this city, has taken
charge of his pastorate. He comes
from Stockholm, Wis. Rev. Edward
Harbeken, new priest for St. Mary's
and st. Anthony's Catholic congrega-
tons, has come from Lake Mebaga-
mon.
Lake Mills.-Hollis Bacon, three
year-old boy of this town, lost both
feet when a train ran over that
portion of his body. His mother sent
him uptown to buy some groceries
and while gone the train pulled in.
To go home, he had to cross the track,
and as he did not want to go around.
he crawled undNr the train just as
1t started. His mother came to look
for him just as he was drawn out
Poplar-FarNers of the Poplar and
Wentworth neighborhood, Douglas
county, have organized development
association for the promotion OF their
district agriculturally. The officers
are: President, p A. Peterson; vice.
president, x. Wick; secretary-treas-
urer. Eddie Vaughn The directors
are: N. C. Nissley and Ernest Johnson
of Wentworth; Swan Nelson and Mrs.
Frank Isaacson of Poplar
Uocf AIlic Tho citv 0f West Al
lis will this year issue $4,000 worth
of school bonds, and it is planned to
erect a new school. After the sale OF
the bonds. school site will be pur-
chased somewhere between Sixty-sixth
and Seventy-frst avenues, south OF
Greenfield, and north of National ave-
nues. The schools are crowded and
a new school will soon have to be
built in the First ward. Mayor J. j.