Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
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has just celebrated the twentieth an
niversary of his ordination.
Appleton.-Ten wolves raided the
farm of Jacob Keilhofer, killing four
teen sheep, twelve geese and a pig.
Platteville.-The dates selected by
directors of the Big Badger fair for
1915 ars August 81 and September /
and 8.
Baraboo.-R. J. Martiny has been
reelected president of the Sank coun-
ty order of the Wisconsin Experiment
association
Janesville-Janesvi sent its Sec
ond installment to the Belgian relief
fund, bringing the total amount for
warded from this city to $800.92.
Madison The state railroad com.
mission organized by electing Com
missioner Erickson as chairman and
retaining L. E. Settle as secretary.
Racine.-On February 10 and 20 the
fourth annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Experimental association will be
held in the Commercial club rooms.
Augusta-The Rev. w. B. Stubbert,
pastor of the Baptist church here, is
dead. The congregation has not ex-
tended a call to a possible successor.
Port Washington.-Gott Schmit
of Cedarburg committed suicide by
hanging himself with his suspenders
fastened to the iron bars in the county
jail
La Crosse.-Judge and Mrs. Herman
Langstadt celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at their home here.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Lankstadt were married
here on February 5, 1865.
Wausau.-Frank Oswald, Jr., of
Wausau, who is a member of the crew
of the flagship San Diego, on which an
explosion killed 13 men, has advised
relatives here he was not on duty then.
Beloit-The will of G. A. Cummings
Of the Town of La Prairie, Rock coun-
ty, bequeaths $4,000 to Beloit college
provided his heir leaves no issue Mr..
Cummings property interests inven-
tory $4,000.
Madison.-The second semester
opened at the university after a ces-
sation of study periods during ex-
aminations. 1t is expected figures in
the registrars Office will show an in
creased attendance
Rhinelander. = After killing the
mother bear, William Daniels, lum-
herman, captured two cubs, which he
intends to tame The bear had three
cubs, but she fell on one and killed it
when the bullet struck her.
Racine.-W. J. Ryan is in Jail here
charged with passing a forged check
for $25 on a saloon keeper His peck
cts contained diagrams of several
houses in Milwaukee, which the police
take as proof that he is professional
crook
Beloit.-E. J. Carpenter, resident of
Beloit and immediate vicinity since
1856, observed the ninety third ami
versary of his birth at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. George Cleland. The
venerable man is enjoying unusually
good health considering his advanced
age.
Baraboo.-At the annual meeting of
the Old Settlers of Reedsburg it was
found that Sc members had died dur
ing the last year. The following Off
GERS were elected: President, James A.
Stone; vice-president, George A. Sea-
mans; secretary, Mrs. X. Reese; treas.
urer, F. M. Baker.
Waupaca F E. Paronto, former
mayor of this city, has taken to farm
ing. The results he has achieved are
not to be despised. Starting in with
a moderate sized herd of blooded Hol-
stems, Mr.. Paronto reports, in 13
months time sales amounting to
$1,525, besides the output of milk, po-
tatoes and other products
Madison.-G. W. Gehrand, who has
successfully superintendent the schools
at Boscobel, Baraboo and Marquette,
Mich, has been appointed assistant
to Prof. T. L. Hacker of the Mime
sofa agricultural college. Mr.. Gehr-
and will be employed in the develop
ment of the dairying industry. Raised
upon a farm in Walworth county,
Mr. Gehrand spent much of his life
in farming.
Appleton.-Frank G. Haddock, au-
thor, former minister and attorney,
died at Meriden, Conn, where he was
arranging for the publication of his
latest book He was graduated from
Lawrence college in 1876. He prac-
ticed law in Milwaukee. In 1887 he re-
turned to the ministry. He retired
from the ministry to take up writing.
He was at one time editor of the Mil
waukee Globe
MISUNDERSTANDING through the
depot at lakewood, Milwaukee sub
urb, south of the city, demolishing the
structure, a heavily loaded Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road freight
train of 25 cars piled up in wreck
Members of the train crew escaped
injury. No one was in the depot. The
train was travelling north from Chi
cago at a rate of about fifty miles an
hour when the locomotive struck a
split rail. The loss to depot, cars and
contents will aDDrOximate S750O0