Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-09-08
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is first to take out hunting license
in Langlade county and his son, Jo-
seph Rath, was the second.
Eau Claire.-The Franciscan SIS
tiers in charge of the Sacred Heart
hospital of this city celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the hos
pitfalls establishment.
Madison-State banking depart
ment authorized following banks to
open: Bank of Dresser Junction, POLK
county, capital stock $4,000; Bank OF
Mindore, La Crosse county, $12,OOO;
Farmers State Bank of Hayward, Saw
yer county, $4,000.
Eau Claire.-Nels Froseth, fourteen
year-old son of John Forseth, farm
er, drowned in the Chippewa river
While he and younger brother were
wading an eddy carried him into MID
stream. The brother tainted when he
saw Nels drowning.
Menasha-The Rev. Peter Schm1tz
of st. Marys church left requests as
follows: ST. Joseph's Orphan asylum,
Green Bay, $4,000; Mrs. Alice Bese'
his housekeeper, $4,000; the Rev.
Michael Ruhhold, balance Of estate
about $4,000
Observation-Disclosures Attorney "a
bel of Milwaukee county issued war
rant charging Joseph Matush1nec
who eloped to Chicago with Pearl
Daniels of Cudahy, Wis, with seduc-
ton. Chief of Police Littman of Cud-
ahy has gone to Chicago to get the
man. T.
Neenah.-Members of the Winnie
bago County Veterans association
will meet at Company I armory,
in this city. September Is, in annual
reunion. A campfire will be the main
feature Of reunion. Department Com
mander Mckay will deliver the prin-
cipal address.
Oconomowoc-A lone robber held
UP the Milwaukee road depot here
and got away with $47.44 in cash and
about $500 in pay checks, he missed
s125 in a sack. With pistol pointed
at his head Earl Campbell was forced
to stand with his hands up while the
robber who was unmasked rifled the
office.
Beloit.-Attempts to run gambling
Joints and immoral attractions on
the pike" of the Winnebago county
fair, South Beloit, were nipped in the
bud by Sheriff G. w. Finders, Rock
ford, Ill, and Deputies Frank Burbank
and Jack Barrett. They closed two
Oriental shows and a Beautiful
Pauline" outfit before any tickets
were sold.
JanesvilIe-Fur hunters report an
unusual number of mink, muskrat
and small animals in the vicinity
of the Koshkonong marshes. There :
was but little trapping last win
ter owing to the low price of skins
and it is possible that the trappers
will enter into "gentlemens agree
ment" not to do much this year ow-
ing to falling off Of the demand.
Oconto.-A horse owned by Her
bert Messenger emulated the ez-
ample of Mrs. O'Leary's COW, kick
ing over lantern with disastrous re-
suits. The lantern exploded and the
barn burned to the ground. The loss,
amounting to $1,400, included one calf.
seventy-tive chickens, farm implements
and hay.
Two Rivers.-John Gustafson, forty
five, was killed and Ernest Landt es-
capped uninjured in peculiar automo-
bile accident. Gustafson driving rap
idly ran into Landt's buggy, the bug
gy was smashed and Landt thrown
some distance The automobile leaped
in the air. turned completely over,
end for end reversing it's direction.
austafson was thrown and crushed.
Gustafson is survived by his wife
Madison. of State J. 8.
Donald sent a circular letter to
all persons registered in his de-
partment as legislative counsel or
agents, calling their attention to the
fact that they must report expenses
incurred by them not later than Sep
TENDER q. Employees of such coun-
sci and agents are also required to
report the amount of money paid
thom. Where there are no expenses
or no payments of any kind, an affida-
Wit to that effect must be fled Sew
eral hundred legislative agents and
counsel have failed to file a report so
far.
Fort Atkinson.-At a special meet
ing of st. Paul's Lutheran con-
gregation the question of building
a modern school building at
cost of $4,000 was decided upon.
The new building is to be erected
on the site of the old school and part
OF the money is now in sight. Be-
sides the necessary rooms for the vari-
Gus classes which are receiving in
struction under Prof. D. Vogel and his
assistant, it is proposed to provide an
assembly room for the ladies' aid CO.
ciety which numbers upward of 100
members. The building operations
which will begin early next spring,
are in the hands of the following COM
mittee: Rev. A. F. Nicolaus, Daniel
Vogel, --enry Schempf, Carl Erdmann,